one could see quite a few Navy soldiers mingling with the City Watch.
Draco flinched, feeling a tingling sensation on the back of his neck. He suddenly lost interest in the conversation and stopped listening to the elves listing which Navy vessels were currently in port. Not even a mention of the flagship caught his attention. The dragon began to look around, searching for the source of the strange, yet not unpleasant, sensation. He turned towards the quay. The tingling intensified as his gaze fell upon a crowd near the corvette. A merchant was arguing with someone.
‘Draco?’, Kei gently tugged the reptile by the arm, snapping him out of his strange state.
The dragon looked around. Ari and James were arguing over which of them had actually recognised one of the frigates, whilst Forth was trying not to listen to them and stood staring off into the distance. Only the werewolf had noticed the change in Draco’s behaviour and reacted to it. He looked slightly concerned.
‘Is something wrong?’ Kei quickly began looking around, focusing particularly on the spot the dragon was staring at.
‘No, I don’t think so.’ Draco looked again at the spot that had previously caused that strange sensation, but this time he felt nothing. ‘Something… I don’t know,’ he admitted.
Kei moved forward, fixing his gaze on the end of the pier. He looked as though he was about to pounce on someone. Draco quickly placed a hand on his shoulder.
‘Calm down, it’s probably nothing.’ He pulled the soldier back slightly. The werewolf resisted at first, but quickly gave in and took half a step back.
‘Has something happened?’ Forth turned his attention to them, and when Draco looked over his shoulder, Ari froze in surprise, mid-sentence.
‘No, no.’ The dragon quickly denied it. ‘I just thought I’d imagined something.’ He smiled apologetically.
It was too late, however. Both Kei and Ari were already on high alert and were looking around somewhat nervously. Forth, with his innate calm, shifted slightly so that no one was standing in front of him, blocking his view. Only
