Dragon Blood - Chapter 6 - Welcome to the clan - Part 1
Astrid could hear her heart racing and her adrenaline rush kicking in as her body continued to race up the hillside after Hayden. She felt the element of guilt within her become more powerful after learning the truth about Hayden's past and how her words had affected him more than she realised. She just hoped she could catch up with him, apologise and learn the truth before it was too late, and he was gone for good. She knew a dragon like Hayden being alone in this world would be a terrible and risky thing.
Hayden could feel the hurt of Astrid's words repeating in his head over and over with every step he took. "He doesn't belong here" was the hardest to swallow as wherever he went, he didn't belong. He tried to stay in new places but being the only dragon in those places made it 10 times harder. But seeing Astrid's eyes change and realising she was the first dragon he had encountered in months finally gave him some hope. But of course, the gods hated him, and he was back to where he started, alone once more.
He was brought out of his thoughts when he heard someone shouting his name in the distance behind him, gradually getting louder and closer. He then started to recognise the voice belonging to girl who caused these feelings and made his anger within him to rise and he began to pace faster. "Don't worry, I'm out of here" He spoke in a harsh tone to let Astrid know how he felt. "Don't, I was stupid and I'm sorry" Astrid rushed in front of him to try and stop him from walking away. She looked up at his face and could see the fire in his eyes from how she treated him. "Don't go, we can help you" Astrid continued in calm tone, trying to ease the tension between them. "Help! Oh, I've had plenty of help" Hayden respond back and tried to push past her, but she wasn't for letting him go. "We can really help, you need to learn to control your inner dragon self before someone gets hurt, probably you". Bringing up what happened earlier in the cloak room, kept the fire fuelling within him and he just wanted her to leave, so he pushed her out the way and continued rush up the hill. Astrid wasn't going to give up that easily. She decided to take a shortcut through the forest using her speed to cut him off.
In seconds flat, she jumped in front of him and he instantly stopped but looked more annoyed than before. "I know about the belch's and that you're on your alone, but you're like me and you saw that". She didn't know if bringing that up would be a good idea, but she wanted him to learn to trust her. "So?" He said with more of an eye roll than Daniel does with his sarcastic comments that makes on a regular basis. "I'm not going to let you go" she said that in the most honest voice that she never used before and it felt weird to her as she not used to letting out many emotions in front of strangers. "Go ahead, chase me, try and stop me. Use your dragon like powers and see how long it takes for someone to find out what you are". "Cause none of your mates know your secret, do they?" Astrid could only look down and give Hayden the answer he already knew. "Through not, I've got nothing to lose here, unlike you".
Hayden's response was more effective than she thought but deep down in her mind, she knew how he felt trying to keep such a big secret. Hayden the turned towards the forest and jumped over the fence and began to run deep into trees. Astrid could have just let him go, so why did she have a voice in the back of her mind telling her to go after him.