Chapter 0724

My father's voice trailed off at that point. He dropped his head a bit, as though the memories pained him to recount.

"We shared secrets with one another," he said. "Secrets that no one else—not even your mother, Nina-ever discovered."

"But it all went south, didn't it?" Enzo whispered.

Aldric nodded slowly. "Mila had a small tribe of her kin; the last of her kind. It was my job to protect them in exchange for Mila's expertise. And I failed."

Mila burst into Aldric's chambers, the doors swinging outwards in front of her. Her hair was wild, and her eyes glowed like two emeralds. Aldric had gotten used to the dragon's frazzled appearance, and he went to wave her away.

"I'll speak with you in a moment"

"No." She stormed forward and slammed her fists on the table, causing Aldric's werewolf council to jump in unison. Fire flickered on her fingertips; without a word, the others got up and scurried out of the room in fear of the dragon's strength.

Mila?" Aldric rose from his chair once they were alone. Another one of Mila's episodes, perhaps, he thought. But

Aldric had known

killed them all," she said through her choked screams. "I went back to the village, and they're all dead. They fucking killed

ran around the table to meet her. He reached for her shoulders, but she

And I'll

sun was high in the sky by now, but Enzo and I hardly felt the passage of time. My father traced his finger around the rim of his whiskey glass as he

on the market. We staved them off as much as we could, but their underground networks ran deep. They got her kin in the end. Mila would

your end of

my men on the horizon, the poachers would leave them alone. But they

every last one of those poachers. She found their hideout and spread her fires through the caves in which

palace," I whispered. "She created it when she burned

"I still remember exactly what she said that day, while the mountain was still smoldering: "Their grave shall become my throne, Aldric. And I shall turn this mountain

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