Aimar often found himself questioning why he'd ever become friends with Azariah.
And as he looked at his grinning face after he pushed him down, he couldn't help but wonder,
'Why do I bother sticking with this prideful bastard?'
Maybe it was because of Oliver.
Or perhaps, he actually liked being around Azariah, though he'd never admit it out loud.
In the end, he didn't know.
'I should have stayed home.'
Grumbling internally, Aimar twisted mid-air as he refocused on the task at hand.
The thought of fighting a dragon alone chilled him to the bone.
But....the idea of burdening Azariah—after all the hell he'd been through—was worse.
The inside of the inactive volcano was eerily silent, bathed in a dim, unnatural light.
The walls of the crater were steep and rugged, carved by previous lava flows.
Layers of volcanic rock, ash, and sediment were visible.