All Chapters of SHADOWBORN: The Rise Of The Dragon Wolf : Chapter 91 - Chapter 100

Chapter 89NyxThe words on the page blurred together for a moment as exhaustion crept in, but I couldn't stop now, not when every entry revealed another piece of the puzzle that was my parents' impossible love story and by extension, who I truly was beneath the surface.Alex shifted beside me and his thumb traced circles on the back of my hand in a gesture that was both comforting and distracting in ways that made my heart flutter despite everything we were learning."Your mother was brave," he said quietly while I paused to rub my burning eyes. "Sneaking down to those dungeons every night, risking everything for someone she barely knew just because her heart told her the truth was different from what she'd been taught.""She was reckless," I corrected but smiled as I said it because I could recognize that same recklessness in myself, that same tendency to follow my instincts even when logic screamed that I should run the other way. "She was nineteen and questioning everything her e

Chapter 91Nyx"There's more," I said while turning to the next entry. "She's writing about finding a place to settle, somewhere far from both dragon and wolf territories where they could try to build a life together."My mother's descriptions of those early days were tender and funny in turns, filled with observations about learning to live with someone who saw the world completely differently and loved her anyway.She wrote about arguments over stupid things like how to cook meat and whether dragons or wolves had better tracking abilities, about making up afterward in ways that made me blush and skip ahead quickly while Alex laughed at my discomfort."Your parents were adorable," he teased. "And apparently very much in love based on how flustered you just got.""Shut up," I muttered while fighting a smile. "Nobody wants to read about their parents being that affectionate.""I think it's sweet," Alex said and pulled me closer. "Proof that love like theirs exists, that bonds can form

Chapter 93NyxMy breath caught and tears spilled down my cheeks because I could see where this was going, could understand the impossible choice my father had made."He sacrificed himself," I whispered. "Left us so that my mother and I would have a chance to disappear completely.""Keep reading," Alex urged gently while his arm tightened around my waist. "See what else she says about his decision."The next entry was dated three days later and my mother's grief bled through every word."Karl left this morning before Nyx woke up," she'd written. "We said our goodbyes last night after putting our daughter to bed, held each other and cried and tried to memorize the feeling of being together one last time. He made me promise to keep Nyx safe, to help her access her powers when she's ready, to tell her that he loves her more than anything and that leaving was the hardest thing he's ever done. I watched h

Chapter 95NyxWe walked in silence for a while as the forest grew darker around us and the temperature dropped enough to make me shiver despite the exhaustion keeping me warm from the inside out. My mind kept circling back to everything I'd learned, kept trying to piece together the timeline of my mother's choices and understand why she'd waited until it was too late.Alex's hand stayed firmly wrapped around mine and I could feel his concern bleeding through the mate bond, his wolf clearly on high alert for any threats that might be lurking in the shadows between the trees."There," he said suddenly while pointing toward a rocky outcropping ahead. "That looks like it might have some shelter, maybe a cave or at least an overhang we can use for the night."I nodded because speaking felt like too much effort, followed him as he led us toward the rocks with careful steps that avoided making unnecessary noise. The outcropping turned out to hide a small cave, just deep enough to provide

Chapter 97Nyx"It's not exactly the same," I pointed out. "Her abilities were locked by a curse, mine were suppressed by a spell my parents deliberately cast.""But the principle is similar," Alex insisted. "Both situations involve dragon fire that's been buried and needs to be called back out, and if this Lyanna successfully helped her daughter do it then maybe her techniques will work for you too."Hope flickered in my chest, fragile but real. "You think I could actually do this? Access my dragon side using instructions from ancestors I never knew existed?""I think you won't know until you try," Alex said practically. "And having a roadmap from people who've dealt with similar situations has to be better than just fumbling around blindly hoping something works."He had a point, and the more I read through the ancient entries, the more I felt a connection to these women who'd come before me, these dragon queens who'd faced their own challenges and recorded their solutions for daugh