Chapter 2
With Adara gone, the golems lost focus and stopped moving, the attack suddenly ceasing. Giant, frozen statues that, after less than a minute, melted back into the magical ether. The fog dissipated with them, and warmth returned to the penthouse.
Titus regarded the place grimly. He'd only just made it in time, the setting sun having delayed his arrival. Yet once he knew where Adara had gone, he'd made haste despite his secret visitor.
A form on the floor shuddered, the many scales rippling. Their color matte and smeared in dark ochre as the dragon found herself grievously wounded.
And angry.
Titus threw himself to the side as flame jetted weakly from her mouth.
"Peace," he yelled.
Tatsuo Nakamura took her human shape, nude and subtly curved, yet it was her flashing eyes that drew Titus's attention. "Peace? There shall be no peace. Your protg brought chaos into my home."