Frostbite (The Dragonian, #3) - Adrienne Woods Page 0,19

up and try again.

“Cara, it’s not that easy, what if I break something?”

Something I think you’re not aware of, this mutt has plenty of abilities, baby. And one of them is healing. Something I figured out the last time I crashed into a bed of trees. I hurt my wing and the next time I came out, it was fixed.

I thought about what she said. “I can do this?”

No, we can do this.

I got up and took a deep breath as I walked over to the edge. The trees and the land at the bottom made my head swirl again. I closed my eyes.

Just do it, now, without opening your eyes and listen to my voice, Cara said.

I pushed my enormous body forward and hurled myself off the mountain. The wind from below blew against my face and Cara let out a huge pleasure howl.

Now spread your wings and trust the wind, she yelled and I could feel my wings opening. With a jolt I flew up into the air and felt how the wind supported and stabilized my body.

On my command flap both your wings together. One flap, two flaps, three, four. She counted and I flapped both of them on each count.

Now open your eyes, Sugar, this view is amazing.

I opened one and gasped. The other flew automatically open as I hovered over a bed of rainbow clouds. The first couple of stars began to appear. It was simply beautiful.

Turn your head to the right, Cara ordered and I could see the top of three towers in the distance. It was Dragonia.

“How do I turn?” I asked her.

Just angle your body in that direction without flapping.

I leaned towards the right and tried to turn in the direction I wanted. It was really easy with her voice giving the instructions.

For the next part I want you to give a giant flap and keep your wings tight against your body.

“Okay, I’ll try,” I said and flapped once, folding my wings right next to my body. I darted forward at a crazy speed and Cara let out another howl. I closed my eyes again as the surface zoomed in and back again. She really loved this and I had to admit the cool breeze against my scales felt amazing.

The towers came near and Cara told me to open my eyes again. The wind pushed me slightly back but as she counted again I started to flap them both together.

Tilt your body slightly forward so that you can descend.

I tried to do what she said but I must have leaned too far forward and I struggled to hear her orders while trying to regain my balance as my heart beat noisily in my chest.

The ground came closer and I came crashing down to meet it. Turf flew over my body as I skidded, and my scales burned as I came to a halt.

I lay there for a couple of minutes. The good part, I was still alive. The second good part, I didn’t think I’d broken anything, and the third, it was super awesome for my first landing.

I found a soft warm hand on my face and when I opened my eyes Constance stood right beside me.

“Are you okay, Elena?” Her eyes were huge orbs and when Cara started to laugh uncontrollably I joined her.

Constance stared at me as if I was losing it, but joined in too when she saw that I was having fun.

I turned my big head around and my laughter disappeared instantly. The main entrance had a long deep hole from my pathetic landing tactics. I’d missed King Albert’s statue by an inch. A tree hadn’t been so lucky and lay broken on its side.

“Sorry about the mess.”

“You’re fine, this mess is easy to fix,” Constance said and she handed me the robe Julia had just given her.

“You’re an amazing dragon, Elena. Ever thought about wanting to kill Blake?” Julia asked.

Constance gave her the eye and I laughed again.

“All the time, but not the way you think.” I closed my eyes and started to concentrate on my human form. It was easy as I’d seen her many times in the mirror. Her blond hair, green eyes and oval face came first. My frame with arms, hands and fingers, was next. I could feel my limbs growing smaller. It still ached but it wasn’t as painful as the first time had been. The lower part of my human form with legs, feet and toes was last and when I