I walked down the hallway with purpose. I had been here for a week and they still refused to let me leave. I felt the familiar press of invisible chains reminding me that I couldn’t just run away. I held my stomach to help support it as it swayed with my steps. At this rate, I was going to end up giving birth in the dragon kingdom surrounded by strangers. I wanted to go home. Where was Darren?

The dragons told me that he was no longer on the battlefield and that he went searching for me. ...