Realizing they had secured both the human female and the child, the remaining Sun Peak vanguard didn't waste another second facing the deadly thermal lasers.
They pulled into a tight, defensive cluster, using their scorched bodies to shield the dragon holding the fleece bundle as they lunged back into the purple clouds, desperate to flee the valley's defensive perimeter .
"NO!" Caspian's roar didn't even sound like it belonged to a living creature.
The black dragon threw his entire weight into the sky, his dark wings snapping back with a force that shattered the stone ledge he departed from.
His golden eyes were completely gone, replaced by a blinding white light of pure draconic fury. He didn't care about the thermal lines, he didn't care about the ground drakes—his mate and his newborn daughter were being carried away into the northern sky.
He closed the distance with terrifying speed, his massive jaws snapping shut just inches from the trailing dragon's tail.
