Chapter 23

Karina

My head pounded like a jackhammer as my wolf and new dragon went at it. Neither wanted to agree with who I should be with, and of course, I wasn’t included in their little conversation.

I could almost make Anya’s regal figure out in my mind. Her scales glinted as she faced down her foe. “Karina, you’re already well aware that Magnus will never be good enough for you. He’s been cruel, deliberately so, and does nothing but try to hurt you. From the very start, you were just a means to an end for him.”

Wincing, I couldn’t help but remember how I’d crept into the chest, so optimistic about the life I was about to lead. My throat tightened. How wrong I’d been.

Myla scoffed. “Magnus is our mate. Anything he does is because you need a lesson in obedience and to remember your place in life, which you clearly need.”

Anya snorted so hard I could envision my mind filled with smoke. “Obedience through cruelty is no way to treat one’s mate. Shepard has