Chapter Thirteen
CASS
I hit the earth with a thud that would have broken every bone in my body if I hadn’t been in my dragon form.
Staring helplessly up at the thick canopy of leaves above me, I could only lie there, winded, as my shifter curled up inside my chest. Damn it. I couldn’t sustain my dragon.
Soon enough I was human again, n***d and shivering in the freezing cold of the north. I curled onto my side and crossed my arms over my chest, closing my eyes and trying to draw in breaths.
If I fall asleep, maybe I’ll wake up and this will all have been a dream...
With a groan, I opened my eyes again.
I couldn’t fall asleep, not now.
But moving hurt. It hurt a whole damn lot.
My attackers had damaged my wings, somehow. Frozen them, maybe? And the pain of the fall stung through my
