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Jonathan

The car travels at a steady speed; three hours feel like a lifetime sitting in this car. Traveling isn’t something I’ve done in years—until I met Celine.

I’m reading through the journals the Fae Queen gave Celine. Sebastian and Dolton are still going through the boxes of information.

We’ve not spoken, not even a word. No one wants to speak because that means acknowledging and discussing the risks involved in this.

Sure, Sebastian is a Dragon, so we can get out quickly if there are issues. He can fly us all out—well, not him personally, but his guards and such.

My eyes flicker to the car’s rearview mirror and land on the large truck behind us. That’s a sign Sebastian expects trouble. He has fifteen guards shifted into their dragon forms, sitting in the back of it.

Does he really think something will happen to us? Clearly, he does, although I’m not entirely sure wh

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