~Anika's P. O. V. ~ Jace and I were battling it out again, taking hits and giving them. This week has passed quickly, that means I have at best 14 days to beat Jace before I go confront my enemies head on. I want to leave the boys out of this, I will go find Orion and the others myself and destroy them before they hurt another member of my family. I won't let them win, my thoughts go to Richard for a moment. I missed him, Orion will pay for killing him. His pack is mine! The more I thought on the deaths caused by those Hood mutts, the angrier I became. I was to be married to Matthew by now, I was to be the full fledged Queen of Vampyres! I was to take Adam and Whitney as my other mates! I! AM! THE DRAGON QUEEN! My body burned something fierce, the floor began to shake beneath me, I could

