Chapter 21: Merethyl

So many of my people are here.

“Help me get them out!” I say and we start to go into the rooms, releasing my fellow elves.

Several of them are in bad shape. I push my healing into them, which is easier than doing it for other shifters. I can feel that something is off, but I don’t have time to figure out what it is.

“Princess, what are you doing here?” Someone asks me.

“I came looking for Yhendorn, I didn’t know they had captured so many of you. I was worried you were dead.” I say.

“Some of us would have preferred dying to what we’ve experienced here.” Another says. He’s one that feels ‘off’ to me.

“Have you seen Yhendorn?” I ask.

“No, Princess. We have not seen our King.” One says and I hear someone suck in air behind me. I turn and see the Komodo dragon shifter.

“You’re an elven princess?” He asks, his eyes wide.

Avani has just come out of a room, carrying an elf. He hears the Komodo dragon and snarls at him, putting the elf down and cornering him against the wall.

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