Bankrupting the Alpha: Crowned by the Dragon King
My fur wasn't the dull brown of the Sandwell line; it was a shimmering, radiant silver that caught the moonlight, glowing like liquid starlight.
"Oh, Goddess," Beatriz whispered, her hands over her mouth. "Aella... you're beautiful."
But as I stepped toward a small, crystalline pool fed by a mountain spring, I saw the mark.
Around my neck, hidden beneath the thick silver fur, were two deep, indelible lines etched in a pulsing violet light. The first line was jagged, sliced clean down the middle as if a blade had tried to sever my throat. It was the mark of the Rejection.