Jaessa POV
”Suite yourself.” The sneering voice returns, when suddenly a pair of raven-black wings burst forth from the guardian’s back before me, and I gasp as what appears to be the head of a lion tearing through the mask of my new ally.
“Allocen... I swear, we... we had no idea.” The once confident voice falters, just before the lion’s head releases a bellowing roar from his throat, as fire erupts like a torch, and I hear screams fill the air.
A malodorous scent of singed flesh burns my nostrils and a wave of nausea overcomes me. I double over, retching onto the dry sand as a figure looms over me. After the contents of my stomach are poured out onto the ground, I gaze up to the stunning features of a god-like man, with long golden locks flowing down his sculpted shoulders, wh
