Jace stood in the darkness of the wood and watched the woman transform, she looked like a bird about to take flight. Her arms outstretched, her head back, raven hair cascading down her back. Yes, she was covered in blood and ashes, dirt and there were twigs stuck in her hair. But he had never seen anything so beautiful in his life. He was Twenty-two years old and had never been anywhere outside this village. His sister Jess was allowed out into town because she could steal from the stupid human men that wanted to get into her pants. And his b***h of a mother was ok with that.
The dragon rose out of her body like a mist until it consumed her. It happened in seconds, so fast he wasn’t sure what he had actually seen. The monstrous beast was as black as night with an oily iridescence that hur
