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“Yeah, and what about the Witches, you think the treaty can’t be broken, you forget the Oracle created it, she can also break it. The Oracle hates us for what you did. We all know when she picks sides whose side she will be on, all because you were to blind to see.”

I watch the woman sit on a chair, her head in her hands as she sobs. The man walks over, placing his hand on her shoulder.

“I can’t lose you,” she cries.

“You won’t.”

“But blood must be spilled, yours must be spilled to right the wrongs or the curse on the Dragons won’t break, it’s already happening, they are changing, growing weaker,” she whispers looking up at him, tears streaking her beautiful face as her snake-like eyes stare back at him.

“We will find another way. I will ask King Aziza for his help.”

“And if he says no, if Blaire says no?”

He pauses, looking out the window. “Then I will pay for my sins.” he says, and she starts sobbing again.

“Silas must never know, he won’t find out my love, everything will work out, you’ll see, Blaire will accept the bond, she will accept him.”

The dream fizzles and warps, light shining behind my eyelids, beaming down on me brightly from the hole in the roof. Aldrin’s pale face leans over me, causing a shadow to fall over my face.

“You okay, you were muttering in your sleep.”

“I think I know how to break the curse,” I whisper.

“The curse is broken,” Aldrin says, looking at me. He quickly helps me sit up. I see naked men everywhere, men all pulling on clothes trying to cover their naked bodies.

“They have been taking blood from us all night,” Aldrin says, and I look at his arms, multiple scars littered his skin the same as mine.

I shake my head, “They will change back,” I whisper, and he looks at me, confused.

“Elora, are you okay?”

“No, listen Aldrin, they showed me, the fates showed me. The curse isn’t broken, only the curse on the Fae, and the fertility one. The Dragons though their curse was different, it was never our sacrifice to make, our blood won’t keep them here forever they will change back if they don’t have their mates.”

“Elora you’re not making sense. Look, they are fine, and Dakari is fine,” Aldrin says, pointing to the hundreds of men.

“Yes, but he found a mate, to ground him, he has Abbie.”

Aldrin shakes his head, clearly not understanding, I barely understand it myself, but I know after what I saw that the curse wasn’t broken, the balance needs to be restored for the Dragons to remain, a life for a life. Blood for blood. I just hope Silas would forgive me, if he is even here.

“I need to find him,” I tell Aldrin.

“Find who?”

“King Darshan… Silas’s father.”