LARA
As if he felt my presence from afar, the dragon lifted his head and turned to look at me with mesmerizing eyes.
“Smoke!” I recognized him at once and ran to him. Somehow, he felt like the closest creature to me in this damn palace. I leaned over his head and stroked him with my hand, resting on his warm rough skin. For some reason, it felt even better than I thought and Smoke closed his eyes enjoying our little reunion too.
“I am still angry at you, you know,” I said to him and clicked his nose. He probably didn’t even feel it. But I had to make a point. “For bringing me here,” I stressed out.
He snorted a bit of smoke emerged from his nose right before I managed to move away.
“Because of you I now have to deal with that arrogant, impossible, overbearing and… and… abso
