Johnathan I felt my heart skip a beat at the thought of showing what she truly was to the Dragon world. Her kind had been hunted to extinction. Wars had started over her kind, and I looked at Jostein. The man had everything taken from him. For centuries, the emotional pain he lived with had to be horrible. Dragons lived for a long time, so to have our great ancestor still living would not be uncommon, but to have him live so long without his soul connection was unusual. I watched Madeline debate for a short while before she looked at me. "If we have children, they will be in danger at every turn if discovered." I nodded my head in agreement. She was correct. "I don't want that. Over a thousand years and broken families on both sides is too great of a price to pay over one man's greed. I

