Newton kicked the door open, wafting the smoke with his hands. He saw Zed seated on the bed as if he cared about nothing in the world including the choking smoke that had filled the room.

"We need to leave Zed. The palace is under siege," he said walking towards him.

"You should have let me die," Zed said, looking at the wall blankly.

"You know I can’t do that. Here, let me help you," he said grabbing him by the waist to help him stand.

"Let me guess," he said supporting his frame with Newton’s shoulders. "You saved the girl first, and then her mother, didn’t you?"

Newton looked at him for a moment but chose not to answer. They walked out of the room with Zed groaning in pain, his smoke infested eyes looking bloody red.

"You can’t answer that, can you?" He asked once they were outside.

"I’ll take you to safety," Newton said avoiding his questions.

"Isadora has already reclaimed the palace," Zed informed him. "You don’t need to worry about my safety anymore." Newton looked below the floors to confirm and indeed the Arcadian knights were leaving.

"Why did you come for me? I wanted to die you know," Zed said leaning on the wall now that Newton had let go of him.

Pissed off by his words, Newton walked to the wall and roughly grabbed Zed by his collar. "Never say that again, ever!" He warned looking him in the eyes.

"What if I do? Will you kill me or something?" Zed asked, deepening the situation from bad to worse.

"You saved me from death to only bring me more suffering Newton. You were the reason I lived but right now I don’t have a purpose to live. I can’t promise to not commit suicide if I get the chance."

Newton let go of his shirt and took a few steps back. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

"If you die, your blood won’t be in my hands but yours. I’ve done everything to save you and this is how you repay me, by wanting to die!?"

"I never needed saving in the first place. If you gave me what I wanted, you could call that saving. This... this is torture!"

"I can’t believe you," Newton said and turned to lean on the rails. "Go ahead! Kill yourself. I’ll have the honor to announce how foolish the seer was."

"That won’t be necessary," Zed said. Newton walked towards him and hoisted him on his shoulders.

"I’m taking you back to your room," he explained and he was glad Zed said nothing about it.

*****

Isadora leaned on Alexander’s chest as they flew higher in the clouds, the once smoky city turning to a tiny dot. The clouds gave them company and Isadora seemed to like it. She would stretch her hands to touch the clouds as Alexander held her steadily making sure she’d not fall. He had not spoken a word and it disturbed Isadora.

"It’s beautiful," she said looking at the vast clouds that formed funny shapes.

"Mmh," she felt his chest reverberate and turned to look at him.

"What are you thinking?" She asked him. His face looked rather disturbed.

"About you, us," he replied.

"What of us?" She asked craning her neck to look at him. Alexander hoisted her like a feather and turned her around so that she was facing him entirely now.

"I was imagining of our future together, kids roaming around us, my daughter tugging my cloak tight as I wrote the damn royal letters in the king’s chambers. And you walk up to me, kiss my cheek and light up my dull day."

"And how do I look in your imagination?" She asked in curiosity.

"A golden silk dress that accentuates with your curves, your hair held in a ponytail and a crown placed on your head," he said smiling at her and she smiled back. "I love you Isadora."

"I love you too, my knight in shining armor," she laughed softly but the simple action made Alexander’s heart beat faster. He inched closer to her and asked,

"Should the knight in shining armor get his reward, Your Majesty?"

"What reward. Name it and I’ll give it to you," she said, mimicking the voice of a queen. But to her surprise, Alexander looked at her wickedly and she could already guess what he had in mind.

"I want you," he said, his voice coming out in a whisper. The wind, as if knowing what he wanted to do, blew her hair revealing her seductive neck at him.

"Like, here, in the air?" She asked. The idea in itself was crazy. On a dragon’s back!

"Yes," he said, smiling. She felt his cold hand caress her leg lifting her dress up to reveal her thighs and before she could complain, he had sealed her lips with his in a soft but sensual kiss. He wrapped his arms behind her neck as they both succumbed in moans and groans, on a dragon’s back! And as if Whirlock sensed what was happening (behind his back), he let out a shrieked sound and soared higher in the sky.

Alexander unstripped her dress quickly, the strong wind blowing against her radiant skin but that only made her appear more beautiful. He gently lowered her dress and folded it so it couldn’t be carried away by the wind and laid her on the dragon’s back that he was on top.

He removed his shirt as well but removing his pants proved to be the hardest job. Isadora pushed him over so that she was the one on top now. She gently lowered his pants, her eyes never leaving hers as his ranging manhood swayed slightly in the strong current.

"I take the lead," she said, biting her lower lip seductively. She stranded herself between his legs and held Alexander’s manhood earning a groan from him. She gently placed it in her entrance and lowered herself so damn slow it hurt Alexander. He so much wanted to be inside of her as she wanted him.

Isadora let out a loud moan as he completely filled her. This was a feeling she had never experienced before. He placed his hands on her hips and guided her back and forth before Whirlock let out another growl.