Part Two: Chapter 30

Laryn

I risk my life for one glimpse of a treasure so precious it's worth the danger. I've heard Bastian's rumbling when I enter his territory and my heart breaks for our destroyed friendship. The blame is on me and no one else. I stole his mate, Acasia, who at the time was Bastian's most valued possession. It doesn't matter that I released her or that a dragon's very nature covets the greatest treasure of others. Bastian hates me. Now Acasia has become dragon and the two guard the first dragon egg laid in thousands of years. I only want a simple glimpse to wash away a small bit of the loneliness that endlessly eats my soul.

I miss Tahr and Sarn too. My friends forsook me after I kidnapped Acasia. It's been over a year now and they still don't trust me. I know they understand my grief over the death of my bride-they've lived it. They would have kidnapped the human Acasia too and they know it. But none of these thoughts take away the fact that I can't be trusted around their women.

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