All Chapters of Shadow And Flame Chronicles Book 1 Ethereal Bonds: Chapter 11

Chapter 11Riku Draven's point of viewI feel the surge before I hear it—magic ripping through the ward like lightning splitting the sky. My dragon roars inside me, scales pushing beneath skin, wings straining against bone. Dawn's fear blasts through me as clearly as if she'd screamed in my ear, though I'm miles away patrolling the western boundary. I'm already running, shifting partially as I go, when I feel my brother's rage joining the maelstrom in my mind. Rain has reached her first. The thought sends me hurtling faster through the trees, branches whipping against my hardening skin, every instinct screaming one single thought: protect her.My transformation fights me as I run—my dragon wanting full freedom to fly, to burn, to tear apart whatever threatens what's mine. I force it back just enough to maintain speed without losing control. Claws extend from my fingertips, slicing through undergrowth as if it were paper. My vision sharpens, colors intensifying as my pupils elongate to