Drake - POV
Yuri’s piercing scream shattered the frozen silence, wrenching me out of my daze. She clung to the lifeless bodies of her newfound family—people she’d only known for two months but had grown to love deeply. And now, they were gone. I turned to Opal, whose empty, soulless gaze pierced through me, igniting a fire in my chest. My anger roared.
I lunged toward her, fire magic crackling at my fingertips, ready to burn her to ash for what she’d done—but before I could reach her, something strange happened. My legs buckled beneath me, and an unseen force flung me backward. I hit the cold ground hard as
Opal collapsed to her knees, her gaze still vacant but unwavering, fixed on me.
“What are you doing, Fin?” I hissed at my dragon.
His voice resonated in my mind, steady and unyiel
