The wyvern roars in victory a heartbeat before they crash into the hillside with a sickening thud. The wyvern limps away on its hind legs and the talons that tip its wings. Deigh doesn’t move. Liam’s raw scream shatters my heart, and Tairn flares his wings, banking hard to keep us from the same gruesome fate. “DEIGH.” Tairn’s grief blasts through my body as he streams fire at the wyvern’s retreating back, and Andarna’s cry fills my head. No. If Deigh… “Is he—” I can’t bring myself to finish. “He’s gone.” Tairn reverses course, barreling for the hillside outside the city walls where Deigh has
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