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focused on condensing the particles in the air. A strike of lightning flashed across the blue, which was gathering into darkness.
Lok sent out more bolts, soon filling the sky with their crack and boom. The electrical interference would skew his location. It wouldn’t throw the dragons off once they were close, but until then, it would help.
Purple and gray clouds lit up against the flickers of lightning. Sighing, Lok sank to his knees and hung his head. A century of hiding, gone to waste. With his death, his den mates’ true killer would remain unpunished. Lok’s thirst for vengeance would never be quenched.
His sole consolation was that Kadence would be free. Her sister would have justice. He snorted. A century ago, he never would have given up his life to save a human’s.
Somehow, she had become everything.
***
Grunting and thunder filled her ears. Kadence lifted her head, blinking and yawning. A damp musk greeted her nose, darkness blurred her vision, and cold stone surrounded her. She was curled on a plush cushion, but this wasn’t a five-star hotel. Far from it. A roar pierced the air, chilling her blood.
What was that?
She held her breath, squinting through the pitch-darkness. A whisper for Lok’s name lodged in her throat. The last thing she recalled was the dragon princess, whisking her off. Is this my new cell?
As quietly as she could manage, she rose and crept along the wall. Ahead, a flash of lightning illuminated an opening. A way out? Her heart pounded, pumping hot blood through her veins and searing her chilled muscles like an icy burn.
A feral snarl vibrated from one corner, followed by another outside the opening.
Uh-oh.
She grabbed for the knife she kept stashed in her boot, but her hand came up empty. Yeah, she’d removed it before she’d donned the diving suit. Dammit. The lightning flared again, revealing a glimpse of a long, spiked tail inside the cavern.
“You can’t hide in there forever, Lok. They’re coming. For you.” The threat came from outside.
A low rumble echoed off the walls. Where was Lok? She scanned the cavern, but the only being she’d spotted was the one with the tail…
Hell, no.
It couldn’t be true, could it?
Growling rippled through the cavern, and as the flares outside struck again, Kadence spotted him.
A dragon.
A…Lok dragon?
Outside, a creature slithered across the opening and paced to match Lok. Another dragon? “You never should have shown yourself.” A sneer. “Some of us even believed you dead. Now, you’ll wish you were.”
Okay, Lok’s kindred? Assholes.
Kadence inched forward, trying to spy another glimpse of Lok. This was too insane. In the blackness, she crept forward, edging one foot in front of the other. A clink echoed as her foot kicked aside a metal object. Crap.
Both dragons whipped their heads in her direction. Extraordinary hearing, remember? Hell.
“What…” The dragon outside sniffed, its nostrils flaring crimson and its glowing eyes widening. “It cannot be. A flaming—”
“Kadence, get back!” Lok lunged for the opening. A whistled, lyrical tune vibrated the walls. The other dragon had somehow figured out a way in, its clawed foot slicing through the shimmering wards.
Kadence scrambled backward, but tripped on a stone and crashed onto her ass.
“Pearl.” She froze as a dragon hissed above her, its warm breath fanning across her face. Lok? Or the other one? It was too dark to tell them apart.
He stroked her cheek and a warmth filled her being. A glow illuminated the space between them, coming from… Me? As he bent forward to stroke her cheek with his claw again, something knocked him off her. On the floor, he let out an anguished howl.
Kadence raised her head and gaped at the two large beasts wrestling on the ground, flipping and clawing and fighting their way…
To me.
One dragon snarled and kicked out at the other, shoving him toward the edge. He snapped back, but the other barreled forward, and
Lok sent out more bolts, soon filling the sky with their crack and boom. The electrical interference would skew his location. It wouldn’t throw the dragons off once they were close, but until then, it would help.
Purple and gray clouds lit up against the flickers of lightning. Sighing, Lok sank to his knees and hung his head. A century of hiding, gone to waste. With his death, his den mates’ true killer would remain unpunished. Lok’s thirst for vengeance would never be quenched.
His sole consolation was that Kadence would be free. Her sister would have justice. He snorted. A century ago, he never would have given up his life to save a human’s.
Somehow, she had become everything.
***
Grunting and thunder filled her ears. Kadence lifted her head, blinking and yawning. A damp musk greeted her nose, darkness blurred her vision, and cold stone surrounded her. She was curled on a plush cushion, but this wasn’t a five-star hotel. Far from it. A roar pierced the air, chilling her blood.
What was that?
She held her breath, squinting through the pitch-darkness. A whisper for Lok’s name lodged in her throat. The last thing she recalled was the dragon princess, whisking her off. Is this my new cell?
As quietly as she could manage, she rose and crept along the wall. Ahead, a flash of lightning illuminated an opening. A way out? Her heart pounded, pumping hot blood through her veins and searing her chilled muscles like an icy burn.
A feral snarl vibrated from one corner, followed by another outside the opening.
Uh-oh.
She grabbed for the knife she kept stashed in her boot, but her hand came up empty. Yeah, she’d removed it before she’d donned the diving suit. Dammit. The lightning flared again, revealing a glimpse of a long, spiked tail inside the cavern.
“You can’t hide in there forever, Lok. They’re coming. For you.” The threat came from outside.
A low rumble echoed off the walls. Where was Lok? She scanned the cavern, but the only being she’d spotted was the one with the tail…
Hell, no.
It couldn’t be true, could it?
Growling rippled through the cavern, and as the flares outside struck again, Kadence spotted him.
A dragon.
A…Lok dragon?
Outside, a creature slithered across the opening and paced to match Lok. Another dragon? “You never should have shown yourself.” A sneer. “Some of us even believed you dead. Now, you’ll wish you were.”
Okay, Lok’s kindred? Assholes.
Kadence inched forward, trying to spy another glimpse of Lok. This was too insane. In the blackness, she crept forward, edging one foot in front of the other. A clink echoed as her foot kicked aside a metal object. Crap.
Both dragons whipped their heads in her direction. Extraordinary hearing, remember? Hell.
“What…” The dragon outside sniffed, its nostrils flaring crimson and its glowing eyes widening. “It cannot be. A flaming—”
“Kadence, get back!” Lok lunged for the opening. A whistled, lyrical tune vibrated the walls. The other dragon had somehow figured out a way in, its clawed foot slicing through the shimmering wards.
Kadence scrambled backward, but tripped on a stone and crashed onto her ass.
“Pearl.” She froze as a dragon hissed above her, its warm breath fanning across her face. Lok? Or the other one? It was too dark to tell them apart.
He stroked her cheek and a warmth filled her being. A glow illuminated the space between them, coming from… Me? As he bent forward to stroke her cheek with his claw again, something knocked him off her. On the floor, he let out an anguished howl.
Kadence raised her head and gaped at the two large beasts wrestling on the ground, flipping and clawing and fighting their way…
To me.
One dragon snarled and kicked out at the other, shoving him toward the edge. He snapped back, but the other barreled forward, and
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