SILAS POV
The moment Helena ran up the stairs, it was like a part of me had been ripped from my own body. Just Those few seconds I carryed her my heart was full. My dragon was focused on her soft body pressed against our chest and didn’t even hear the human.
And his treat? That had been the cherry on top.
And the Moment she was gone, everything left was my rage. My need to snap his head. My pulse hammered so violently I tasted metal in my mouth, and Seiryu shoved against my bones with such force it felt like the edges of my lungs were shredding.
She was here.
Close enough to touch.
Close enough to take back.
Yet she had bolted the second she saw the situation fall apart, and nothing stung more sharply than watching my mate instinctively run from me as if I were the threat instead o
