a P

astern side of the castle, a plac

e glow through the morning mist, making the footing as treacherous as it was

ad insisted,

he very edge, the harsh wind whipping her strawber

rom the dining hall was completely gone. In her plac

eet voice carried through the howling wind. "Gideon's first two

me, a sweet, psychotic smile

climate of the South took

hborn ladies can be. Don't you agree? It's almost as if something in t

wasn't even hiding it anymore--openly bragging about two cold-blood

m," I stated, my draconic senses

them take their last, miserable breaths,

udrey threw her head back and let o

omebody

ff 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

isle guard sprinting at full speed up the trail, crushi

. She had known the patrols were

voice trembling with dark, feverish excitem

. The guard was only seconds away

onds. Fo

es. Just as the armored figure was about to

ight hand to counter--only for Audrey to seize my wrist and

fore I could wrench my hand back in disgust, her other hand tore

. O

red figure charged into the open. It

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

her voice cracking with raw, theatrical terro

" Kael

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

, my arm still partially outstretc

is gauntlets scraped against the stone, hauling

or air, her cheek smeared with blood from

y, immediately stepping between me and the weepin

uard. She curled into a trembling ball behind him, pointing a

y sobbed hysterically before

o be friends! But she grabbed me... she scratched my fac

ht. He turned his head to look at me,

g. He had arrived just in time to hear her beg for her life, witness her fa

trap, executed by

dragon crystal embedded in his collar. It was a reson

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

oke out on the

n of undeniable evidence. She had backed me straight into a dead end. And n