Chapter 19 Aira Speaks for the First Time --Cryptically

Like a sleeping dragon, the scroll rested next to me on the bed, silent but full of fire.

I had trouble falling asleep.

Not with its words circling around in my mind.

Not with the mark on my shoulder throbbing like a second heartbeat just beneath my skin.

I turned over on my back and gazed at the moonlight streaming in delicate silver striation