“What’s wrong?” I asked.
In a blink, he was crouched beside me.
“You’re safe now,” he whispered, cradling my face in his hands.
“I’m not feeling so well. She bit me and I think that’s the reason.” I soiled his uniform with my tears.
“Don’t worry about it.” He pulled me up to my feet and moved to the window.
It only took him a minute, but he removed the boards and shattered the glass with one of the planks.
Without waiting any longer, he started to shift. Ripples of onyx black distorted his handsome features and a moment later, the most breathtaking creature straightened beside me.
“You are so beautiful!” I whispered, eyeing the lines of his strong neck and the wide span of his wings, so perfect that they could be carved out of precious stone.
“Get on my back,” he said.
My head started to spin, but I was able to shut down the nauseating feeling, and pushed myself to climb to his neck.
“Where are we going?”
“I’m going to get you out of here. I promise.”
He came for me. He’s here.
That was enough. I closed my eyes, too tired to keep fighting my body, and slowly, darkness came for me.
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
TYNAN
My breath was coming out in violent bursts, my throat burned with fire and my limbs ached. Alina’s body was limp and lifeless in my arms as I carried her above the city.
“Ty?” Frid talked directly into my mind, but I had stopped listening.
I knew what she was going to say. For so many years, I kept repeating the mantra that I would personally kill any member of the group if they got infected. I used to say that so often, I actually thought I was strong enough to do it. But it was easier said than done. I was stupid, and arrogant, I had no idea what it would feel like.
“Go back to the city.” I growled.
“The hell we are.” Victor joined in.
“You can’t do this.” Frid drifted closer to me.
A warning growl came from deep in my throat. My dragon was roaring with pain, and I could not control the furious outbursts of energy.
“What the hell, man?” Victor shot to Frid’s side.
“What’s your plan?” the calm voice of Sol carried straight into my head.
“I don’t know.”
“Where are you going then?” Frid asked.
“Far from here.”
I gained some altitude because we were approaching the wall that separated the city from no-man’s-land.
“They’re coming.” Sol suddenly said, and I looked back.
