Chapter 62
I didn’t want to wake her, as Buryan was taking her to Mithil Castle later today. She needed to be well rested. I scurried out of bed, popped on a shirt, and tiptoed downstairs. Both Myrtle and Aria were late risers, so I was expecting a late breakfast and catching up with my brother a bit more. Instead, I found my brother in his winter cloak dragging a large sack of food from the outside into our kitchen’s ice box.
“So!” He gave the sack a kick to unwedge it from the doorframe. “I heard that Aria’s a dragon from Mari.” I began to open my mouth for an explanation, but he kept going.
“I completely believe her. I have never seen anyone eat like that before. She swallows things whole! Bone and all! That’s crazy!”