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“Darling, are you okay?” Mama asked me at supper that evening. It was understandable; ever since London had asked me out, I’d hardly stopped smiling. Even as we ate, I grinned through the mashed potatoes. I didn’t mean to be, and I didn’t know why I was either. London was still just London, wasn’t he?

“Yes, Mama, I’m fine.” I consciously tried to stop smiling and failed spectacularly at it.

“Kaia,” said Papa with his rich, soothing voice, “is everything okay? Has something happened?”

“Mama, Papa, really, nothing has gone on. London and I just talked about plans for tomorrow that got me excited. That’s it. They’re with Alexander Alano, remember him? It’s just been forever since I’ve seen Alex, and I suppose I’m simply eager to see him …show more content…

In no more than five minutes, I was at the ports nearest London’s family’s tavern.

I smelled the Cabian before I saw it, which was saying something for three reasons: the Cabian was new, dozens of other sailing vessels were surrounding it, and the boat was a ship designed to fit a fully-grown dragon. And dragon’s aren’t small, mind you. But the smell was familiar yet indescribably bad, and I raced to the pier in excitement, my off-shade olive green coat flapping wildly around me.

“Alex!” I shouted when he and London came into view. They were sitting on the bench outside Boar’s Beer. “You’re here!”

“Oh, really?” he said, sarcastic as ever. “I thought I was still at sea.”

“It’s good to see you. It’s been an infinity of forevers.”

“I know. I’m the reason we’re here, I was missing you lot terribly. I came up with the idea to get a dragon as an excuse to come here, but then I actually got invested in the idea. My parents thought that a dragon would be too overkill, but hey, there’s always someone looking for that one what-sane-person-would-buy-this item. A dragon also gave us a reason to get a new boat. The Bian was practically falling apart at the seams, if boats have seams to fall apart at.”

I laughed. London was funny and all, but Alex was more of a comedian-nature than him. “Where’s your parents? Aren’t they coming to get the

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