Maelin Razzhrrnae

“My name is Maelin Tse Lae Razzhrrnae.”
Isellta looked at her with frank curiosity. “You have a fey first name and a dragon last name. Why?”
“My mother was Carrah Tse Laende, Fey of the Dryad Woods. My father was Bohai Razzhrrnae, a Chinese peace dragon from the Lower Province.”
He tilted his head. “Do you have a dragon form?”
“Unfortunately, no. My fey blood overrules my dragon inheritance.” She unfurled her wings – overlapping red enameled scales with a black skeleton leaf pattern along the edges.
“Ohh! They're so pretty!” Isellta started to reach for them but pulled back. “Is it okay if I touch them?”
She smiled. “Go ahead.”
He ran his fingers over the slick, smooth surface of her scales. His wings fluttered happily. “I’ve never seen a half-fey with such beautiful wings. Usually, the mixed genetics cause wing defects.”
Her smile grew.
“Your father must be beautiful.”
The unexpected compliment caught her off guard. Any jealousy she felt about Jay’s feelings for him abandoned her. “He is.”
“My Da is beautiful too." Isellta said. "Beautiful in so many ways." His expression turned wistful as he traced the outline of a scale with his fingertip. "Do you get to see your Da very often?"
She shook her head. "Not as often as I would like."
He gave her a questioning look.
She shrugged and folded her wings into her back. "I'm only part dragon. So, I am unable to fly. But I still get bouts of dragon wanderlust, where I can't bear to stay put a moment longer. I have to leave. Have to travel as far as I can."
"Oh? Does Jay go with you when you leave?"
She shook her head. "Unfortunately no."
"Ohh. Poor Jay. That must be hard for him."
"It's hard for us both. I don't want to leave him. If I had a choice, I would stay with him for all of my life."
"But you can't?"
"No. I can't. But no matter where I go or how long I am gone for, I will always return to him. No matter what."