{"Once you've earned his loyalty, there is nothing a dragon won't do for you."}
TOR'S POV
The wind had teeth now. It tore through the trees like they were paper, screeching past the ruined stone of Hanka Island. I could feel the pulse of the realm, its agony beneath my feet. Freyr stood beside me, tense, his eyes fixed on the creature that had once been the Moon Goddess. But Ashanai… She was no goddess now. She was something else entirely. Twisted, Poisoned, and Power-drunk.
"I will destroy everything that stands in my way!" she howled, and her voice cracked the sky. I swear the heavens flinched, and then something shifted, and she stilled, a moment of hesitation, and then her eyes flicked wide.
A sound that sent a cold shiver down my spine as he screamed, "RURIK?!" The name spat from her like venom. Ashanai stumbled, just half a step, but the power rippled through the air in a jagged line. Her expression turned from confusion to betrayal, and then pure wrath.
