Chapter 0691

Finally, after what felt like an etemity, I collapsed in a weakened heap on the cot. The silver rope was still bound around my wrists and my neck, a constant reminder. Every movement ached, and my wolf was nowhere to be found.

Some time later, the sound of iron jerked me out of a half-sleep. I forced my heavy eyelids open to see a petite servant entering my cell.

Wordlessly, the girl knelt in front of my cell and pushed a tray of bread, cheese, and water toward me. At least the food here was normal, or so it seemed.

I reacted instinctively, my hand shooting out to grip her scrawny wrist before she had a chance to pull away. She gasped. Despite my drained state I easily hauled her up against the bars.

"Tell me what's happening!" I hissed. "Why have I been brought here?" The girl whined and winced, terrified, but I didn't let go.

The girl grimaced, clawing at my hold. "I cannot-the queen-*

she cried out. "Tell me everything." I growled, "or I'll break

my pressure slightly and she sagged a little, letting

grip a little more, but not entirely. Even though the silver in the bars burned my skin, I held her fast, determined not to let her

over the next several agonizing minutes, the servant girl told

remaining heir of an ancient shifter dynasty-dragons, which I had long thought extinct. I couldn't believe my ears when I heard this, no, I refused to believe it. But the

said, still struggling against my grip. "Queen Mila is the last

queen of what?" I scoffed. "I saw no other dragons in

"Cave us a home. We haven't got packs like you werewolves do. We were scattered, abandoned, afraid.. but Queen Mila gave us a pack, a

extinct. There was always infighting, hatred, no real sense of loyalty to their own kind. They didn't evolve with the times like werewolves did, and they

a long, long time ago. Hundreds of years ago,

heard this story," I said, grimacing. "You're

insisted. "Most of us live underground, in

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