As she was heading back to the front line, she turned and winked. “See you at the fireworks?” She didn’t even wait for my answer before darting off into the woods. I looked at Beckendorf. “Did she just . . . ask me out?” He shrugged, completely disgusted. “Who knows with girls? Give me a haywire dragon, any day.” So we sat together and waited while the girls won the game.

