Chapter 6
The Call to Arms
Now an unlikely ally of the Draggifs, Elara rallies Oakhaven and her new companions. She leverages her unique understanding of the Draggifs' nature, transforming their wild strengths into an formidable defense against the invaders.
The dawn painted the sky in hues of bruised purple and fiery orange, a stark contrast to the gnawing dread that had settled over Oakhaven like a shroud. The air, usually alive with the morning bustle of market stalls and the distant bleating of sheep, was thick with a chilling silence. Every eye, it seemed, was turned towards the jagged peaks that clawed at the horizon, the ancestral home of the Draggifs, and the direction from which the approaching enemy would surely come.
Elara stood on the ramparts of the town, her heart a frantic drum against her ribs. Beside her, the magnificent male Draggif, whose name she now knew as Ign