And Then There Were Four

Almost as if he and I had known each other in a past life.

cleared his throat. "Are you okay?"

Clearing my throat, I turned my gaze away from him and down at the grapes in front of me, quickly picking one off the vine and popping it into my mouth. The sweet flavor of the red seedless grape caused me to moan, and as I did, Silas quickly adjusted where he sat and

"Yeah, I'm fine," he replied, catching my gaze again, "so, is there anything you want to ask me?"

"You mean besides how old you are?" I grinned, watching him chuckle at my comment. There was a lot I wanted to know, but I just wasn't sure how to ask.

"Do you really wanna know—"

Shaking my head quickly, I laughed as I picked up the drink in front of me, "no, no... not yet anyways. I'll just keep pretending you're like twenty."

"I definitely haven't been that old in a very long time," he muttered playfully. His eyes gazed up to the clear star-filled sky above us. "Shall I simply just tell you some things about me?"

His solution sounded way better than any questions I could ask, and nodding my head quickly, he made himself more comfortable laying back on the golden pillows staring up at the sky. "Okay, then let me see where to start."

"Maybe just the basics?" I offered, causing him to glance over at me from where he was lying. The urge to lay against him was strong as he pointed a finger at me and smiled.

"Good idea. Well, as I said, I came

from your realm, or Earth, as you call it. However come from a much older earth: I came to Asgard with a friend who has since returned to the realm a place I wasn't keen to go back to. I actually love being here in Asgard, and if you want to know-I have been at the school for a long time."

"I have never seen you in any of the classes, though. You must have gone through them all a hundred times by now." The idea of someone wanting to take classes that much shocked me. There was no way I would do something like that.

Silas chuckled, though, shaking his head, and I quickly realized I was wrong.

"I'm no longer a student, Cassie."

"Well, then what are you then? Because I mean, you use the training field and hang out there all the time." My question was valid and watching Silas open and close his mouth, he hesitated in his next words.

"I'm a guardian, Cassie. It's what dragons are known to do. My ancestors helped to defend the realms and, in return, were granted immortality."Please check at N/ôvel(D)rama.Org.

I was shocked to hear his admission and would never have expected someone like him to be what he was. He looked so young and well-put together, like a preppy rich kid.

"So, you are a dragon shifter... which means you actually turn into a dragon?"

The question sounded dumb, but I had honestly never seen a dragon, so how was I supposed to know that they were real? Jumping to his feet, he brushed himself off and stepped off the blanket onto the grassy clearing.

"If you want to see a dragon, then I'll show you a dragon, but if I shift Cassie... you're going for a ride."