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Chapter 71

Author: Shan R.K
last update Last Updated: 2025-08-31 04:38:24

Ashlyn

Krav ripped the air and was gone. Blue scales, large Wings. A roar that shook the dome as he turned and flew off. He did not look back.

I grabbed the rail and swung a leg over to jump.

Haden’s hand hit my shoulder.

“Just leave him. Choose me, Ashlyn. I know I shouldn’t want you but there is something there. Something stronger than any mate bond.”

Sheetal turned my head and stared straight at him through my eyes. Her voice filled the balcony, low and grave. “Maybe you feel it. But her heart belongs to him. Don’t you feel it in the air, grey one?”

Haden’s jaw worked. He did not answer.

I vaulted the rail. Bones shifted. Skin tore. Sheetal took me whole. Black Honshu hit the ledge, claws catching, and we dropped to the street in one clean fall. The lions in the square scattered when we landed. We ran.

We hunted the Den first. Streets, rooftops, the wards. Nothing. His scent broke on the roofline and vanished into the sky.

We pushed into the tunnels, claws slipping
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