Sol.
The Lowly woman with ice in her veins and an unknown history buried in her skin. A Lowly couple found a huge egg in the forest, and right when they were about to crack it open to eat, she’d come out of it—a little brown baby girl.
What is she? Some sort of creature? A shapeshifter too?
In my mind, I saw her standing there, barefoot in the ash, trembling with a power she didn’t ask for but couldn’t refuse. She had pushed Korin—in his dragon form—out of the sky with her ice.
She hadn’t even known she was that strong. It terrified her, the way her power met Korin’s in the air.
Plus, it hadn’t been just a fight.
It had beenintimate.
Sensual.
That part made my breath catch.
Sol had walked home like she was waking from a fever dream, aching in places magic shouldn't reach. And the rumors had already begun in the town—theories swirling, people trying to explain what none of them had truly seen.
Only one boy dared to tell the truth, and even he didn’t understand it.
Sol had fled.
And I understood why.
The world wasn’t built to cradle women like her.
Not ones who made the impossible happen.
By the next chapter, everything shifted. She knew someone was following her, and that scent—Korin’s scent—jasmine, stormwater, and flame haunted her.
Then a man appeared with pale skin, black hair, and noble bearing. Still, the dragon’s scent wrapped around him.
She tried to figure out who he was.
He vanished and reappeared too fast and got too close.
When Sol got scared, I felt that same fear twist in my belly too. That aching confusion of being huntedandwanted.
Fearedandchosen.
She ran. And behind her, the stranger rose, his skin glowing and rippling. His body unraveling into wings and fire.
I swallowed.
The man was Korin, the dragon.
She fled.
He chased and caught her with his massive claws.
Wondering what will happen next, I leaned back against the pillows.
Korin, you better not hurt my girl. I’ll knock you out. What was Korin thinking in that moment? Did he know what she was since she had no idea?
I turned the page, heart thudding, hungry to know what would happen next.
Chapter ten
