After a few seconds, she landed at the bottom, and what she saw stunned her. The humongous scaled dragon was all coiled up like a mountain, and in front of him was the handsome Darryl, meditating.

'What's going on?' Veron could not process the scene at all. 'Why isn't the scaled dragon attacking him? Wait a minute. Is it guarding Darryl? No, it can't be!'

Darryl opened his eyes when he heard the movement, and rage surged through his heart when he saw Veron. 'D*mn it. She must be here to see w