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ntha

that surrounded the Dragon Lord's castle, I

isn't happening. I wanted to take care of my peopl

right now my hand wouldn't stop shaking, I pushed them between my k

? It's going

owering, that I couldn't see the top of the tallest tower from

ngest of all Dr

as certainly powerful. Money, influence, a

it against me right now. I shivered and rubbed my arm.

and hold my tongue. It was the driver of the carriage. He looked frightened and he didn't speak t

ching beneath my feet. I felt

in the beautiful rolling hills and the warmth of the cas

d it a

ee two men standing nearby. They look so big and hef

n soldier

and cold. The driver finished unpacking

ay, insisted that he drove me out of the night now. It was my last chance t

't that

He had a family to return to, a kingdom that ha

o back on my

ront of the carriage and I turned tow

a blond man,

fellow me. The Dragon Lo

I couldn't refuse him, instead, I just nodded. "Alright. Let

I most certainly was. I needed to have a facade that ke

eyes that made me want to recoil. He looked like he was

about him but already I

t even the

g a deep breath, I followed him into

the blond man grabbed it and used it to light our way, other than th

s something eerie about this place, it was quiet, lack

ake or moving around the castle. F

to come face to face with the str

ed at th

owed him without saying a word. I was hopeful that if I was q

as just being

n't know what they looked like, or what they were like. I knew that

shifting and them being able to take alt

dn't know, and that was the part of what made them so terrifyi

k to act when he was provoked, and it was no w

no one who had faced off against th

all dead. I swallowed my anxiety

eart began to race. It fluttered i

cked, huge, echoing sounds that

rd is just be

ne" a voice

had expected. Somehow, I had expected roughness, anger, th

ike whiskey over a rock,

ll sent a chill

eath. I didn't know what I was expect

ng into the room, he looked back at me and

ever disrespected my servant like that before,

here you ar

nd dipped and move for

e. That will be

the corner of my eye. As soon as the door c

, I wanted to at least see

nything was brave, I lift

gony desk. He was leaning against it with a cas

, he took my

ing like

pt hair and wild eyes, and the making of the feral dragon t

build beneath his shirt and trousers rolled up sleeve a

open at

n the dimmed light. Zane had left the touch, but it

the was a

as handsome. I co

was a danger in his sparkling eyes that bel

. I can't let my guard down

" he said, pushing himse

g my face. I felt my heart race in my chest, bea

ew everything about me already, whi

t so vulnerab

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