The world was warm. Cozy. Peaceful.
Which obviously meant something was about to go horribly wrong.
I buried my face deeper into my pillow, feeling the comfortable weight of my dragon curled up beside me. Its tail flicked lazily against my arm, and its slow, steady breathing filled the silence of the morning.
For one brief, glorious moment, I allowed myself to believe that I could stay like this forever.
[ You do realize what day it is, right? ]
No.
Absolutely not.
I was pretending today did not exist.
Unfortunately, fate had other plans.
CRASH.
My door slammed open with all the force of a siege weapon.
"WAKE UP, YOUR HIGHNESS!"
I jerked upright with a yelp, my heart nearly exploding out of my chest.
My dragon, startled, launched itself off the bed, smacking its head against the wall with a very undignified squawk.
Mara and Elira stood at the entrance to my room, both beaming like today was the best day of their lives.
