Keanu
I stood at the edge of the clearing one last time.
“I’ll be back tomorrow,” I said. Not a threat but a promise. “And the day after that. And the day after that. Until you’re ready to stop hiding and talk to me.”
I turned and walked back toward the clearing where I could shift. The golden scales rippled across my skin as I let the transformation take me, the dragon rising from the man with a rush of heat and wind. My wings unfurled and caught the evening air, and I launched into the darkening sky, heading south toward the kingdom.
Toward my sister. Who I felt was hiding something from me the same way Tempest was hiding from me, just with less forest and more stubbornness.
The women in my life were going to be the death of me.
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Leah and Darien were waiting for me when I walke
