"What in the Three Hells are we going to do about that?" Haldir asked from my side, his wings and sword at the ready.

"I told you," I looked at him, empathy warming my chest. "There are no certainties in war." Though, I could admit that I had not been expecting a fucking dragon. I pitied the soldiers around me that began to second guess themselves all around me as the beast flew in lazy circles above our heads.

The sounds of other beasts raged all around us; the ...