eon

for her alone in my bedchamber. It was a strange feeling, placing my safety

, Talia, followed, carrying jars and bottles of herbs I rec

he herbs aside and

ming in the candlelight, was a set of si

nd lie face down on th

he said. For a cure, I

sed and slid along my spine, searching for something. Her touch was cool, but where her finger

oing?" I couldn

gly easy to understand. "Your energy channels are like rivers. I am going to build dam

She had inserted the first needle. It wasn't a sharp pai

ly, her placements impossibly precise, as

t was incredible. The Chief Dragon Healer's attempts to soothe my energy with his own dragon flame

n my mind-"no abnormalities." That in itself was the biggest abnormality. Could her skills be re

from my Dragon Core had faded to its lowest point in three years. I could even feel the faint

raged within me, seemed to find a moment of p

about an hour. She remove

ked at her. She was wiping the needles with a clear liquid, her expression focused. Sweat dampen

't seeing her as a tool or

ght. Do not use any of your dragon's

ded, unabl

left, I su

High

"This time, investigate her mother, the 'Scarle