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.

perhaps, he thought. But no-when he saw the tears in her eyes for the first time in twenty years, he knew that something was

since Aldric

she said through her choked screams. "I went back

her. He reached for her shoulders, but she pulled away

poachers. And I'll fucking

I hardly felt the passage of time. My father traced his finger

for years," he explained. "Seeing as there were so few dragons left, their scales and especially their eggs-caught quite the price on the market. We staved them off as much as we could, but their

of the deal," I said slowly and

full of pride. I thought that with the threat of my men on the horizon, the poachers would

he whispered. "She killed every last one of those poachers. She found their hideout and

palace," I whispered. "She created it

crossed over to the window yet again. "I still remember exactly what she said that day, while the

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