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Unfortunately, Tori wasn’t the biggest help because he wanted to see it all Vacations growing up had been short trips to lakes and hunting cabins His escape to Helsinki had been the farthest he’d ever been away fron country with a sexy, intelligent man as excited to explore this town as well

And how could he not want to walk every inch of Wroclaw Located on the Odra River, the city was comprised of twelve islands and over a hundred parks It wasn’t surprising that Wroclaas often referred to as the Venice of the north Art andto soak it all in

Over the course of the day, they wandered over to the University of Wroclaw to see the famous mathematical tower and the arden and a gaggle of cute dwarves Tori found hi with the dwarves as they took photographic evidence that they’d found them

They wandered through Nadodrze, which was Wroclaw’s Old Town, to see more murals, parks, and beautiful cobblestone streets They paused there for lunch and to check in with the other tean of the Jaeggi Tori wasn’t ready to breathe a sigh of relief, but he was starting to feel hopeful that they i on their heels

Not that it was easy to re their backs for the rogue on had such an easy, friendly way about hiso much in his life

It didn’t hurt that they didn’t talk about et back to Burkhard Castle They were just two friends walking through a beautiful city, enjoying a perfect summer day

At least, the topic of dragons and es didn’t come up until they were on Cathedral Island and wandered onto the lock bridge Tori found his steps slowing as they strolled across, and he paused at the railing where hundreds ofNa couples who had vowed that their love was locked and would endure forever It was a ro as Tori kept his ing the bridge

“What are you thinking?” Baldewin inquired as he came to stand beside Tori

His face scrunched up a little as he looked along the bridge at all the locks representing prouess I ondering how ether”

Baldewin frowned at the locks for a moment “It’s hard to say Hule to understand about them”

Tori grunted and started to lead the way across the bridge “I don’t think es are too different from humans”

“Why do you say that?”

Tori shrugged as they crossed into a heavily tree-shaded area There was a nice breeze blowing off the river, keeping the worst of the day’s heat at bay “In et the impression that my people convinced themselves that when they married, it was fated That they could be just as happy, if not happier, without the dragons There was no divorce But there were a lot of very unhappy people, and the nu for years”

“What do you mean? Are they ill?”

Tori shook his head, his stoes were the es Those born without the ability to use ed as humans They were actually allowed to leave the clan per that they could never return Few took up the offer The clan was all we knew” Tori sighed and shoved a hand through his sweaty hair “Anyway, if a couple gave birth to a child asn’t a e, they were looked down on by the rest of the clan for failing in their duty Thewith the strongest fees People even tended to look the other way if he cheated, so long as he cheated with anotherfemale”

“And your leaders actually believed that if a couple didn’t have a e child first, they had no possible chance of their second or third child being a e? That they had soe?” Baldewin asked, horror tre in his tone