“You’re the only one strong enough to get him out of here. You can carry him if you use the chains.” “I will not leave you on this field—” he growls. “If I leave, everything falls apart. Dragonkind protects its own, even above a bonded rider,” I remind him. His eyes narrow, and steam billows from his nostrils. “Do not lecture me on the laws of my kind or you will learn how comfortable I am breaking them.” Cuir quickly removes himself. “Please,” I beg Tairn. “If not for Teine’s own sake, then for Mira’s. I’ve already lost Andarna. I can’t lose my sister, too. Do not ask me to find that strength
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