Page 40 of Dragon 7

Closer.

Stronger.

A strange sound hid beneath it.

Odd chanting.

Many voices.

What the fuck?

I vaulted over a fallen log.

My boots struck a boulder.

I launched from it.

For one brief instant, I soared through the darkness.

The wind held me.

Then gravity remembered me.

I landed and kept moving.

The scream came again.

Our Tiger.

Rage ignited inside me.

Cold.

Sharp.

Beautiful.

The sort of rage that belonged in our bloodline.

The sort that ravaged empires.

The sort that buried enemies.

Someone touched her.

Someone hurt her.

Someone made her scream.

I would repay that mistake with generations of suffering.

Far behind, Yoichi’s yelling chased me. “Don’t, Hiro!!! It’s not what you think!!”

What is he talking about?

“Hiro, come back!!!” Yoichi yelled again. “She chose!! Don’t ruin this!!”

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