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, if not unheard of. 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 a price to pay for one

