like some sort of a saint.”
She just smiled and looked down at her cup again.
“They say that the Dragonians feel worse than the Dragon after a beating. It will pass when you see how it transforms Robert.”
“Why can’t Blake hold out longer?” I asked.
“He’s still young and new to this Dragon/Rider relationship. It’s something that only kicks in with years and years of being a part of a team. You become dark for the right reasons and not because you want to be. Blake, well, the wrong kind of dark still lays heavy with him.”
“And that disappears when they are part of a Dent?”
She nodded, closed her eyes and threw her head back. She sighed, opened her eyes again. “I just wish he didn’t have to fight so much against this.”
“I’m used to it.”
“You are so strong, Elena.”
What? Nobody had ever told me that. “I can just imagine how he must make you feel when he rebels against this. It breaks my heart. Every time I look at him, I see the son that I lost. He was such a beautiful creature, so helpful and kind. We used to be so proud of him, he was a real blessing, did really good in school and then he started to become darker. The process was slow, and now….” She wiped a tear away. “I know I shouldn’t lose hope, not now that you are here, but I’m scared of holding on too tightly. What if he never Dents? What then?”
“We deal with it, or I’ll deal with it.” I tried to reassure her that I had everything under control, even if I had nothing in control.
She touched my hand. “I know plenty of people tell you this, but you really are so much like your father, and Katie too. I wish I could show you what they were like in real life.”
I smiled. If only she knew. Don’t think about that.
Her chair screeched on the floor as she got up, put her cup in the sink and came over to me, kissing me on my head.
“Try to go and sleep, I’m quickly going to check up on Blake.”
She started to walk away.
“Will he be okay?”
She turned around and nodded with a slight smile. “It might take a couple of weeks, but he’ll be fine.”
I watched her body disappear around the corner. I finished my coffee and went back to my room.
AROUND SIX WE were taken back to the port.
Constance was still with us, and the silence was thick as all of us, including Tabitha, took the elevator back to Elm.
She was quiet, didn’t even look at anybody. I didn’t even know what had happened, why she was unconscious lying in the corner.
I wanted to ask her how it all started, but that was pushing my limits, so I kept quiet.
We went our separate ways at the stairs, said goodbye to the boys and just went to our room.
This weekend was more than I could handle.
ON MONDAY, IT was bliss to have Blake-free classes again. I was worried, don’t get me wrong. Isabel said she would phone the minute he woke up, but I was also grateful for the terror-free classes.
How I stiffened up every time I entered a class and prayed that the professors wouldn’t push. His answers were always right, but he would find a way to slip in something, aiming at me. It was so stupid to think about it, and he was such a bully.
Without him here, I actually started to look forward to them again, well except Aviance.
Peter actually got Tabitha’s attention again as Blake was nowhere near to scare him away.
She wasn’t as mean to him as before, but you could see that she still didn’t love this relationship at all.
But it also meant that I was spending the entire hour alone, just sitting on the steps waiting for all of them to return and wishing that I could fly again myself.
That afternoon I had another meeting with King Helmut and King Caleb. It was our monthly meeting where decisions were to be made once again.
Emanuel smiled when he saw me in the lobby of Tith’s palace.
“Elena,” he greeted me.
“Hey.” I still sounded tired as we walked to one another.
“How is he?”
“Urgh!” I pulled my face.
She just smiled and looked down at her cup again.
“They say that the Dragonians feel worse than the Dragon after a beating. It will pass when you see how it transforms Robert.”
“Why can’t Blake hold out longer?” I asked.
“He’s still young and new to this Dragon/Rider relationship. It’s something that only kicks in with years and years of being a part of a team. You become dark for the right reasons and not because you want to be. Blake, well, the wrong kind of dark still lays heavy with him.”
“And that disappears when they are part of a Dent?”
She nodded, closed her eyes and threw her head back. She sighed, opened her eyes again. “I just wish he didn’t have to fight so much against this.”
“I’m used to it.”
“You are so strong, Elena.”
What? Nobody had ever told me that. “I can just imagine how he must make you feel when he rebels against this. It breaks my heart. Every time I look at him, I see the son that I lost. He was such a beautiful creature, so helpful and kind. We used to be so proud of him, he was a real blessing, did really good in school and then he started to become darker. The process was slow, and now….” She wiped a tear away. “I know I shouldn’t lose hope, not now that you are here, but I’m scared of holding on too tightly. What if he never Dents? What then?”
“We deal with it, or I’ll deal with it.” I tried to reassure her that I had everything under control, even if I had nothing in control.
She touched my hand. “I know plenty of people tell you this, but you really are so much like your father, and Katie too. I wish I could show you what they were like in real life.”
I smiled. If only she knew. Don’t think about that.
Her chair screeched on the floor as she got up, put her cup in the sink and came over to me, kissing me on my head.
“Try to go and sleep, I’m quickly going to check up on Blake.”
She started to walk away.
“Will he be okay?”
She turned around and nodded with a slight smile. “It might take a couple of weeks, but he’ll be fine.”
I watched her body disappear around the corner. I finished my coffee and went back to my room.
AROUND SIX WE were taken back to the port.
Constance was still with us, and the silence was thick as all of us, including Tabitha, took the elevator back to Elm.
She was quiet, didn’t even look at anybody. I didn’t even know what had happened, why she was unconscious lying in the corner.
I wanted to ask her how it all started, but that was pushing my limits, so I kept quiet.
We went our separate ways at the stairs, said goodbye to the boys and just went to our room.
This weekend was more than I could handle.
ON MONDAY, IT was bliss to have Blake-free classes again. I was worried, don’t get me wrong. Isabel said she would phone the minute he woke up, but I was also grateful for the terror-free classes.
How I stiffened up every time I entered a class and prayed that the professors wouldn’t push. His answers were always right, but he would find a way to slip in something, aiming at me. It was so stupid to think about it, and he was such a bully.
Without him here, I actually started to look forward to them again, well except Aviance.
Peter actually got Tabitha’s attention again as Blake was nowhere near to scare him away.
She wasn’t as mean to him as before, but you could see that she still didn’t love this relationship at all.
But it also meant that I was spending the entire hour alone, just sitting on the steps waiting for all of them to return and wishing that I could fly again myself.
That afternoon I had another meeting with King Helmut and King Caleb. It was our monthly meeting where decisions were to be made once again.
Emanuel smiled when he saw me in the lobby of Tith’s palace.
“Elena,” he greeted me.
“Hey.” I still sounded tired as we walked to one another.
“How is he?”
“Urgh!” I pulled my face.
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