*Rhys*

Fatigue from a mostly sleepless night settled deep in my bones, but it honed my already sharp instincts to a razor’s edge instead of weighing me down.

The nightmare started the same way, but it had changed.

Right after the scaled beast had her in his sword-sharp talons, her panicked eyes locked with mine. She cried out a single syllable heard over the deafening crackle and roar of flame.

“Rhys!”

After awakening, my hair sticking to my ...