Gavin the dragon tamer

  "How were you able to look in her eyes?" Warren asked. "I've always understood that dragon tamers avoid eye contact. "

  "Y-you were peeking as well?" Gavin accused.

  "Just enough to see you. "

  "I challenged Chalize to try to break my will without touching me," Gavin said. "Our arrangement was that if she failed, she would let us pass in and out freely. "

  "What made you think you could succeed!" Dougan exclaimed.

  "I've always been immune to the charms of dragons," Gavin said. "Through some inborn quirk, their stares do not mesmerize me. She could have decapitated me with a flick of her tail, but she is young and has lived in solitude, so she relished the challenge. Surely, to her, it seemed a contest she could not possibly lose. "

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