Averis was… flabbergasted.
She had always considered herself one of the fastest beings alive when airborne. Speed was her pride — her wings, her very identity. She could outpace her siblings with ease and even challenge her grandfather on his best day. Her wings had carried her over mountains, across storms, and through skies untouched by anyone else. Every new horizon she conquered made her heart swell with pride.
But now, all that confidence wavered.
Despite all her years of flying, all her experience and natural skill, she couldn't even *come close* to what she was witnessing at that moment.
The dragon they were riding on was anything but ordinary.
