Avery
“Kill her!” my dragon screamed in my mind.
Claws formed on my hands, but instead of advancing towards the bed, I shrank away. I brought my hands up to my face and nearly poked my eye out. Mara’s eyes widened, seeing my shifted hands.
“Stop it. I’m not a killer,” I implored my dragon.
“She wants our mate! She is a threat!”
“If we have to kill to keep our mate, what is our bond worth!” I felt like I was getting ripped apart.
My grief and pain weighed on me, clashing with her possessive rage.
“Protect what is ours!”
I felt her murderous anger as it pulsed against me. The barrier between us was so thin she no longer felt encased. It was so thin I could almost make out her form in my mind. Scale flickered across my forearms.
“Erik wouldn’t.” I shook my head, squeezing my eyes shu
