A/N: Welcome to a New Month! Expect mass releases from today to 3rd April <3
Roxy carefully placed them back into the wooden box and snapped the brass latch shut.
She rested her trembling hand over the Kitsune crest, her mind racing with the impossible, terrifying implications of Ren's final message. A trickster always leaves a backdoor open.
What do you mean Ren?
She took a slow, shuddering breath, the faint, desperate spark of hope warring with the absolute, crushing exhaustion in her bones. She looked up at the towering Dragon Alpha still kneeling beside the mattress.
"Zaza," Roxy whispered, her raspy voice completely shattering the heavy silence of the master bedroom. She swallowed hard against the dry, aching lump in her throat. "I'm hungry."
It was a simple, biological admission, but to the King, it was the equivalent of a divine miracle. Zarek's golden eyes widened, a massive, shuddering breath of profound relief escaping his chest.
