The Dragon Slayer's Queen
In the split second, Zayla saw Bella’s decision—knew she’d chosen to play dead, to lull Scarlett closer.
Zayla’s vision tunneled, but she could feel every muscle of her own body, could feel the exact instant Ari took over, shoving her toward the light, toward her sister.
She didn’t see what happened next; she only heard the scream—human and dragon both, the sound of a world cracking.