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Danny had refused to believe me. That was until he couldn’t get hold of Mack, then I could see the doubt creeping in. Thale still had him in silver shackles, although the look on Danny’s face told me that he barely had any fight left.

“How could he do this to me?” I faintly heard Danny mumble.

I didn’t respond. I was too busy pacing up and down the room, waiting for news of what we were going to do next. Louis had been gone for over 30 minutes. I would have expected them to have come and got me by now. I stopped suddenly. What if they had gone to confront Fallon without me? I would never forgive Thale if they had.

“Sophia!”

Danny shouting my name made me spin round. “What Danny?”

“I was asking you why Mack is working for Fallon.”

I bristled with irritation. “Because he’s fucking one of the female dragons, and he thinks they have a better chance at winning than you.