The Dragon King's Human Mate
"Her bloodline split. One line went into hiding as humans in the outer settlements. One line went further — deeper into the old world, beyond the Dragon Realm's reach, into the territories that the covenant never covered."
I stared at him.
"Two lines," I said.
"Two lines," he confirmed.
"And you are—"
"The other one," he said simply. "Yes."
The silence that followed was the kind that happens when something rearranges the entire picture.
From near the door Drex said nothing.
From beside Drex Zaron said nothing.
Lyra, to my left, was watching Sorin with an expression I could not read — which was unusual because I could always read Lyra.
"You said," I managed, "that you know the handler's name.