The land burnt. The stench of smoke and ashes rising from a ravaged ground caused Jjord’s eyes to water as he begged his companions to flee.

‘Magnus, Arlan, come! We must leave, and live to fight another day.’

‘Fight?’ Arlan put out the flames that singed his trailing, ginger beard. ‘How can the three of us fight against an entire army of these accursed elves?’

‘We can start by surviving! Walk fas...

'When I was little, I used to lie outside, reaching my hands up to the sky above, convinced I could touch the great moving clouds if I just extended my arms a little further,' Wilder said as he lay on his back, listening to the sound of the elves' chatter.

Kulkan chuffed with laughter, before growing sombre. 'What a terrible thing, to be unable to fly.' He raised his snout to the sky and stretched...

Our eyes met as you smiled at me,

I looked away, bashful and shy,

I shifted uncomfortably in my seat,

My hands sweating,

I don't know why.

Those four precious letters dwell in my heart,

I couldn't find courage to speak,

Whenever I saw you,

I felt red-hot sparks,

Without you, I can't even breathe.

The words that I wanted are stuck in my throat,

The words I have longed to say,

With you gone

How c...