My growing terror must have shown in my eyes, as Zyanya’s cruel grin spread further. “Having trouble?” she crooned, her mock concern sickening. “That’s what an alpha command feels like, little bird.” What? Even in my terrified haze, I suddenly realized it stood to reason dragon shifters had alphas just like wolves did. For all I knew, they also had packs and fated mates. But that didn’t matter to me. I hadn’t seen the bright shine of red in her gaze like I’d seen in Fenris’s when he’d used his command. Zyanya simply spoke, and I’d been compelled to obey. How did this happen? I hadn’t even known she existed before I’d transported myself to Egypt, and that couldn’t have been more than fifteen minutes ago. I have to figure out how to get out of here. Zyanya had proclaimed that I would be

