The Dragon's Kiss - Chapter 139 - TWENTY: Farm Boy

... as she tore the now-crispy weed out of the ground.

It had been more than four months since she'd first arrived in the obscure village called Tael. The scraggly group of huts and withered people marked the farthest north and west point of Mevani, sandwiched perfectly in between Serin's border and the desolate North.

She'd been skeptical as Dash led her through the snow-packed hills above Serin's capital, but Tael had proved to be the perfect hiding place--a place completely forgo ...