The Dragon's Vengeance
I leaned against the stone railing, looking past the blazing courtyards toward the distant, shadowy silhouette of the Northern Manor rising against the dark horizon.
Dorian Thorn was waiting over there, resting in false security, completely unaware that the storm was heading straight for him. My core thrummed with raw, unstoppable power.
The first head had fallen, but the vengeance was only halfway done. I bent my knees, the dragon-forged muscles in my legs coiling with explosive kinetic force, and launched myself off the balcony into the dark night sky.