Chapter 92: Agreement

Lena

The chill night air raises goosebumps along my bare arms as I pace the balcony restlessly. Far below, the twinkling lights of the sleeping city mock my own restless inability to settle. In the east, the full moon's pale glow crests the jagged horizon, casting twisted shadows across the stronghold's imposing silhouette.

Somewhere within those dark halls, the man awaits my decision. The man whose ambitious gaze both unsettles and intrigues me, though I resent his audacity thinking any but I can dictate my fate.

Hunter would see us bound eternally, fates shackled in unbreakable union. And yet... my rebellious heart remains deaf to wisdom's cautious counsel. What true harm if I play his game of courtship a short while? The rules may yet favor me.

Tomorrow's dawn brings opportunity to set terms of engagement. Hunter's occult knowledge complements my own incomplete understanding of the ancient bond linking dragon flesh to mortal souls. Together, surely those mysteries may finally yiel