a P

astern side of the castle, a plac

soft blue glow, making the spot beautiful but deeply treacherous.

ad insisted,

he very edge, the harsh wind whipping her strawber

rom the breakfast hall was completely gone. In her pl

tle over the roar of the wind. "Gideon's first two brides

me, a sweet, psychotic smile

climate of the South took th

-born noblewomen can be. Don't you agree? It's almost as if something i

t in her soul. She was openly confessing to two untraceable murders.

them," I stated, my draconic senses f

ched them take their last, pathetic breath

udrey threw her head back and let o

omebody

ainst the canyon walls. I frow

as she

near the ledge, panting slightly, her eyes fi

as wa

d, I heard it. My draconic hearing picked it up f

Thud

e guard sprinting at full speed toward our location, crush

. She had known the patrols were

rembling not with fear, but with dark, uncontrollabl

. The guard was only seconds away

onds. Fo

es. Just as the armored figure was about to

using terrifying force to drag my f

e. Before I could yank my hand away, she used her other hand to aggress

. O

d figure charged into the open. It w

e dead in the eye, gave me a final, victorious smir

her voice cracking with pure, ultimate desper

" Kael

edge. His armored hand shot down into the void, his metal gauntlet cla

s, my arm still partially outstre

ed back bulging as he hauled the weepin

for air, her face smeared with blood from th

y, immediately stepping between me and the weepin

guard. She curled into a pathetic ball, pointing a violentl

rey sobbed hysterically, bu

ted to be friends! But she grabbed me... she scratc

e turned his head to look at me, his eyes

ironclad. He had arrived just in time to hear her beg for her life

trap, executed by

g dragon crystal embedded in his collar. It was a d

he glared at me. "I require immediate assistance at Dragon's

oke out on the

ain of undeniable evidence. She had cornered me in a dead end. And now, I wa