“You can’t do this,” Marquis snarls. “You said that if we came here and did the work that was asked of us, we and our families would be free.” “I said that you would be released if you did the work required to help me win the war.” Wyvernmire stares into Marquis’s face, her nostrils flaring. “But I. Am. Losing.” “So only the one of us who cracks the dragon code will go free?” Gideon is staring between me, Katherine, and Sophie. “I’m glad you understand, Gideon,” Wyvernmire replies.
