14 Asim awoke to excruciating pain. Nausea churned in his stomach. The pain rocketed through him when he rolled to his side. It was so intense; he feared he would lose consciousness again. Damage…, he choked out to his dragon. Left leg broken, jaw fractured, his dragon replied, pacing inside him. You no can shift to me. I know. Symbiot…, he asked, trying to breathe through the pain. Locked away. They threaten kill mate, his dragon snarled. Asim clenched his fists against the floor. His head was pounding, making it difficult to think. He had to get to his symbiot. He couldn’t shift into his dragon with a broken leg and he couldn’t fight. Breathing deeply, he forced himself to roll over. The bits of symbiots around his wrists were moving over his body. The bone in his leg would be too

