Time

Asher POV

After about an hour of sitting in the cell with Zyra, I ordered her to leave. I wanted to spend time with her, but she shouldn't have been sitting in the cells with me.

So, I've been alone for hours, waiting to find out their plan. They hadn't thought this through. I need to leave the cell to go to the room. As soon as I step out of this cell, it will come back. Then what?

I'm willing to agree to anything right now if it gets me out of this cell and back with Zyra. The footsteps have me standing, and I watch my dad and Darius walk towards me.

"What's your plan? How am I to do this?" They haven't thought it through.

"You need to shift." Darius looks at me.

I laugh at him. Is that some kind of joke? "You want me to shift, so that what? I can kill people easier?"

My dad sighs and steps forward. "Please do as you're told. You won't understand why we're saying you can shift, but shift. Into your wolf, not dragon."

Of course, I won't understand; they haven't explained it to me. If