**Jax**

My mind raced with a million different thoughts, but I was too stunned to say much of anything. The little witch had managed to render me speechless yet again.

"A dragon?" Disbelief dripped from my tone. "You're telling me you're a dragon?" I'd known there was more to her than what met the eye, but I had not expected that.

"Technically, I'm half dragon, half witch. Mom was a dragon. Dad was a witch." She spoke calmly, as if all of this was ...