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he stared at the man-no, th

ragon

Wings folded behind his back, eyes like burning gold, he stood still and si

r chest, the pain in her should

tand," she rasp

deep, ancient-something that belonged to the

memory. The rogues. The

she whi

no sound against the smooth stone floor. The warm

e fates sen

, stunned. "I did

id. "But yo

eath c

r now. "I am the last of the Oldblood Dragons.

yes. "And what do I h

f the bed. He tilted his hea

ear th

...

close enough for her skin to react

of the Flamebound. Only she can

eet lower. Just below her collarbone, above her heart, faint glowing lines twiste

it quickly

eve in fate,"

yes burned

op it from bel

ghtened. "What do

a long moment. Then,

li

inked.

n between two destinies. Rejected by one, claimed by the other. But your power

'm nothing! I was thrown away like

flared briefly, causing the torc

weak," he said.

ing down the emotion swelling in

t to g

you there," he said

at? You'll just keep me here? L

t change. But something d

r," he said. "You're

escaped her lip

dn't

that comes fire. And when it awakens fully,

her head. "Yo

simple gesture, the walls of t

lack stone melted into glass, rev

gma winding through jagged cliffs, molten waterfalls crashing into scarl

ot the wor

ent. Beautifu

y for this,"

er is," Th

alk away, his wings drag

" He paused at the doorway, not looking back. "Your former Alp

a sti

a

e said bitterly. "Wh

et. "Because now... he

n he wa

-

he stared out the glass wall at the impossible landscape. Somewhere, beneath her ribs, her w

rk above her heart pulsed

t a

here. Minutes. Hours. Eventually, a

in and amber eyes. She wore flowing robes of dark r

mall bow. "The Flame King's high

Selena asked

t here on the night of the Blood Moon. In Dragon cul

agree to a

miled. "No on

-

and glowing mineral salts. Her body ached, her mind s

just

ent

mmered like obsidian, clinging to her curves, symbols woven into the f

nded her

tared at

broken omega who had run

ike someone

-

elena was brought to a stone platform beneath the open sky. Lava flowe

ood at th

ame,"

much of a choic

ways have a choice. But so

ached

didn'

the glowing mark on her c

sh of

h of

mes at the edge of th

mething else. Something inside her responde

ark f

s eyes

un," he w

wn eyes gl