Chapter 22. Willow and His Dragon-Wolf (3)

"River of what?"

"River of Fire," Emerald repeated herself.

"Wow," Arabella said, staring at the glowing light. "It looks nearer though."

"Don’t be deceived by that, Arabella," Emerald said. "It may look near, but it isn’t, no one has ever seen the River of Fire before. I tried to once and cross the dark river to reach there," she said, pointing at the glowing light in a faraway distance. "But it seems it keeps moving further away. I had wanted to be the one who would free my master from the chains used in binding him, but it wasn’t easy because the chains used on him are connected with the River of Fire, and to find the key, one must succeed in passing the ten guardians," Emerald added.

"That is if one eventually comes across the river," Arabella said.

"Yes, but it is impossible; that was why we decided to use a second option since I couldn’t find the River of Fire," Emerald told her, by now half of their bodies, from their waists below, were inside th