The Dragon Slayer's Queen
“This isn’t over. The prophecy doesn’t end with your victory today. The true test is still to come.”
Before anyone can move, the advisor speaks a word in a language older than the Queen’s bloodline, and a black portal opens at her feet. She steps through, vanishing without a sound.
For a moment, there’s only the wind.
Then Zayla, spitting blood, forces herself to her feet. She leans over Liam, whose breathing is getting slower, and says, “We have to fix this.”