"Are you alright?" Dex asked, voice different than his own.
He moved towards Serena, who was still on her knees panting from the lightning that just cracked through her magic.
"I'm fine," she answered, not looking at him, pushing herself up. Her insides were still burning and she was not 'fine' in the slightest.
Dex was inches from her now, and clearly was about to pull her into his arms.
This was hard. Did she want him to hug her? She did. Fuck.
A water dragon dropped from the clouds, directly behind them, saving her from whatever terrible decision her concussed brain was about to make.
He looked up just as its mouth opened.
"Halt," he called. It froze along with the two storm dragons still on their right and left, who evidently needed reminding.
Lightning, hail, and rain were blowing horizontal. The weather was unquestionably getting worse as time went on.
Serena ran and jumped onto closest storm dragon.
It roared immediately in defiance.
