The Dragon Slayer's Queen
She didn’t see what happened next; she only heard the scream—human and dragon both, the sound of a world cracking.
When she could see again, she was on the stone floor, both hands outstretched toward the circle of blackness that throbbed in the middle of the ruined table. Mariah crouched over Bella, who was—impossibly—standing again, her face streaked but her eyes alive and wild.
Scarlett stepped into the circle, black smoke billowing from her feet. “Join me,” she said, and in the next heartbeat, Mariah yanked Bella by the arm, dragging her into the darkness.