Irina
The sunshine outside the window contrasted starkly with the frigidness inside me. I focused on the wood grains of the window frame as others held their conversation around me.
I sat to the right of my mate. Only a tiny gap separated our chairs, but there may as well have been a deep icy crevasse between us.
Our bond was broken.
Quinn had clung to life, and my dragon had held him together when his blood volume had almost run dry. She held his failing heart in stasis long enough for the doctors to transfuse him. She sacrificed her very essence so that he could live, and now my dragon was gone, just like so many other irreplaceable things.
“We need a game plan.” Quinn’s voice was strong despite his ordeal. He laid out a thick sheaf of paper with the council seal attached. “We ha
