I should have known Arlen would not take a no for an answer. She surprised me by building up three huts with Tak, one of the earth dragons Vaelir had brought from the palace to assist us. He didn't agree at first, but of course, Arlen knew how to convince him.
"Convince? She tricked him," Draco snorted with evident amusement.
It was funny to see Arlen calling Tak a weakling, even if she didn't say it with those words. I couldn’t help the smirk tugging at my lips as I watched Arlen stride away from Tak, her chin lifted in that infuriatingly smug way of hers. The earth dragon looked equal parts impressed and irritated; his arms crossed as he scowled at the huts they’d just raised from the corrupted stone.
"She called his magic ‘cute,’" Draco added, chuckling. "Then implied a child could
