He wasn’t going to fight them.
He was going to tear through them until he reached her.
And God help anything that touched Seph.
Because Ash was coming.
And so was I.
Chapter 44
Sy
Something was wrong.
I could feel it in the depths of my soul.
The sky had been darkening since morning, heavy with a pressure that crawled along my skin.
A storm gathering without clouds.
A warning without sound.
And Seph.
My little one.
Something was wrong.
I lifted my gaze to the gods, as if any of them still bothered to look back.
Then — like a breath pressed against my mind —
a whisper.
A name.
Echo.
“Echo,” I murmured aloud.
The name landed in my ribs. I felt it, like I felt her.
The air shifted in answer.
Find her.
Before the thought fully formed, my body was already moving.
Bones cracked.
Skin burned.
The world folded around me as I shifted, scales consuming flesh and light and memory.
In seconds, the man was gone.
And the dragon stood in his place.
