Maximus frowned at Asher’s words. “In case you did not hear me, I am here to retrieve Mariah, and only her. Any other person who wishes to follow would meet their end by my claw.”
“And I am telling you that if you don’t bring me along, I am not letting my sister go anywhere with you. You can go back and tell your king what I said,” Asher stood his ground.
“How insolent?” Maximus was enraged, his purple eyes glowing as his hands shifted into dragon claws, “How dare a mere land demon give me orders? Do you wish to die?”
“Lord Maximus,” another purple dragon had shifted into a man during the time Maximus was part shifting, and so called out to him. “Remember, the king told us that on no account must we resort to violence. Please, my Lord, if he wishes to go, we can just take him with us; i
