The great Dragon

Chapter 142: Hope in a difficult time

Serpens welcomed the new day bathed in the warm embrace of the morning sun, a sense of purpose mingled with a tinge of yearning in his heart. Rose had taken him to one of Brynner's guest houses where she felt he would be safe. They had both stayed together in each other's arms that night.

Though they had not intended to have any form of romantic relationship, the emotional turmoil within them had clouded their sense of reasoning. They had kissed a couple of times, but somehow things didn't escalate between the two of them before they returned to their senses.

"I'm sorry," Serpens had apologized. "We shouldn't be doing this, not with everything that is happening,"

"I'm sorry too," Rose sighed. She knew she shouldn't be thinking of making out with Serpens, especially not when they were in the middle of so many crises. But she just couldn't deny the fact that she was missing the presence of a man in her life, and having been Serpens' girlfriend from five years ago, before his sudden disa