“You of all people know the lengths I’ll go to in order to protect her. And since I’m pretty sure you’re the reason we’re getting reports of dragons dropping wyvern carcasses at every outpost we have along our border, the reason this college is emptying itself of most of the leadership in a rush to contain the problem, the least you can do is give me a chance to say goodbye to her.” “You what?” My gaze swings to Xaden’s, but he keeps his locked on my mother. “Would have done it sooner, but it took a couple of days to hunt them down and kill them,” Xaden replies to her. “You’ve threatened our
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