Alpha Dragon
One day, maybe, I could help lift the curse.
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Bastian
Cold air ruffled my wings, lifting me higher, carrying me farther from home. Pain lanced deep throughout my body, pulling a roar from my chest, up my throat, and out. Black smoke mixed with fire spewed a hundred feet in front of me. The agony spread from my center-from my heart to every fragment of my soul.
She was dead.
Gone.
Not my mate, but still a part of me.
The best part.
Fuck the curse. Fuck my life. I never wanted the claiming again, couldn't bear the mental anguish or the beginning of another loss. I roared with every part of me, but no one heard.