Tall towers rose above the weathered gray stones, while green banners fluttered from the spires. The drawbridge was open across the moat, where water lilies bloomed and small fish darted just below the clear water’s surface. It was so much like the castle at home that a lump formed in Annie’s throat and she felt truly homesick for the first time since leaving Treecrest. “No dragons yet,” Liam said, studying the sky and the land behind them. Annie cleared her throat and said, “They probably live in caves. I’m sure I would if I were a dragon.” The postcard had brought Annie and Liam to the road at the end of the drawbridge. Although they had appeared in full view of the guards standing on either side of the portcullis, neither one reacted to their sudden arrival. When a witch flew by on a broomstick, landing inside the castle wall, neither the guards nor the people crossing the drawbridge looked up. Annie wondered if magic was so commonplace in Greater Greensward that people barely acknowledged it.
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