What Your Love Felt Like: The Dragon Saga
Chapter 30 - Liana's POV

I must have spent about a couple of weeks in the Dragon Kingdom.

My days passed between playing with Damian, falling every time for his many tricks, going to the infirmary to collect and test samples with Marcus. Then coming back to my room and sulking in front of the mirror.

However over the last couple of days, I was able to channels this on to the paper equivalent of the Dragon Realm.

The Scrolls as they called it were made from the barks of the Memory Tree. It had the capability to jot down the thoughts a person wanted to convey, then effectively narrate it to the one it was conveyed to. No need to learn to read or write. It was so simple. I was in awe. I was addicted. I kept on scribbling this and that with my mind's pen, until I almost had a house full of it.

I hardly got to see Draco. He was busy with his state affairs.

I was used to living alone. I was used to loneliness but somehow, the insides of the Harem never felt really welcoming. So that night, I decided I was going to take my chances and sneak around a little. I had overheard the maids saying that Draco was at the borders. It was supposed to have been a far off place so Draco wasn't going to be able to monitor me.

I dismissed Ichiona. Modified the gown I was wearing into a knee length dress and started climbing down from the garden's waterfall end.

I had thought it was a suspended construction but boy! I was wrong. It was levitating.

The water made my grip slippery and I started falling. I was so scared of getting caught that I dared not scream. Dying seemed like a better option than another round of Draco's lectures. Surprisingly my butt landed on soft padding. I opened my eyes which were closed in fear.

Boy! I hadn't landed. I was still hanging midair. I turned my head to see what kept me from falling.

I was the Hooded Lady. I met one I had met at the place with Lanterns. She had her hands stretched out in the direction where I was stranded. It was she who had stopped me from falling. "Ah! Thank you for helping."

I scratched behind the back of my ear as she gently put me down on the flooring.

The Corridor with Lanterns was just behind her back.

I was a bit confused. The Harem seemed very far from that place. How did I happen to land around it?

"This is the only moveable part of the Dragon Construction. It changes its location every night. "

She answered as if reading my mind.

"Wow. So cool."

my hands were automatically cupping my lips in awe.

"But why so?"

The corridor enchanted me from the first moment I had laid my eyes on it. Getting to know more about it was making it more magical. More surreal.

We walked back, together inside as the Lady explained, "These Lanterns are the life Lanterns of the members of the Imperial Family. Each member has one. As long as their core is alive, this Lantern keeps on burning." I was lost for words. No wonder they radiated so much warmth when touched.

"It is connected with its owner, so if you touch it the owner will be sure to know about it."

I was about to touch the one hanging closest to me but moved it as soon as I heard her warning.

She seemed more friendly and open that night. Probably because Draco wasn't around. He kept terrorizing everybody.

"So, my Damian also has one?"

I could touch him as much as I wanted. My baby would love it.

"Of course. He is the Prince. That one. Beside his father's "

I already knew which one was Draco's, so I walked towards the one that was Damian's.

"The reason that this keeps changing location is to protect it from intrusions, right? The lives of the ones in the Royal family are the ones most important."

It did not take me long to draw that conclusion. I just turned towards the Lady for confirmation. She nodded. Just as I was about to reach for Damian's lantern the entire place shook. Like an earthquake. "My Lady, brace yourself. The place is changing its location. "

I immediately sat down. Holding on to the floor I yelled, " Does it always start shifting so suddenly?"

The entire place was shaking and vibrating.

"No. Only once per night. "

She said, Looking from one corner of the room to another. As if trying to replace something.

"Then why is this happening all of a sudden? Is it malfunctioning?

I asked, still ducking. The place had not stabilized yet.

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"It implies someone's life must be in danger right now. Someone important."

Her eyes were still scanning when I turned straight towards Damian's Lantern of Life. It shone bright. But the one beside it, Draco's seemed to flicker in the middle.

I stood up carefully, heading it's way. I was trying to check if it was my eye or was it actually flickering in the middle.

Before my hands could touch it, it was grabbed by another hand, "What the hell is this one doing here?"

It was Lucian. I must have touched his lantern by mistake when the shaking started. His eyes had the same glaring expression as Draco's. He too was burning the poor Lady with his gaze, while she bowed to the ground in dread. His grip around my wrist was tight. I tried to pull my hands away. This failed attempt effectively made his head turn in my direction.

"Draco needs to properly chain his human."

His tone disgusted me.

I bit hard on his grip. His skin was hard, cold and scaly. My teeth could not penetrate. This was a high level of embarrassment.

It failed at its purpose, but it surely did not fail to infuriate him further.

He let go of my hands. Then grabbed my neck. Before zooming out of that corridor.