A HONOURABLE DEATH

Kiran helped me down from the horse and I grunted when my feet hit the ground. I leaned all my weight on him as we stared at the mountains.

"So? Where do you think the onyx dragon is?" Kiran asked as he frowned under the scorching sun at the mountains and caves in front of us.

"I don't know." I panted weakly.

Kiran wrapped his arm tighter around me. "So what do we do now?"

"The onyx dragon is around here somewhere. "I can feel the presence of a powerful being here. Must be the onyx dragon." Madea observed.

I turned to look back at the mountains. "I guess now all I have to do is wake the onyx dragon up and hopefully it render it help." I breathed weakly.

I was about to move forward when I felt another pain. I clawed Kiran's arms tightly as I breathed hard through my nose.

"Arianne? You okay?" Kiran asked wrapping his arms around me to support me.

I nodded my head. "Yeah, let's just hurry and get this over with."