Dianan smiled, though the smile never reached her eyes. She had just provoked a monster.
Granted, that monster was still weak, little more than an infant compared to what he would eventually become, which was precisely why she had dared to provoke him in the first place.
Even so, a monster was still a monster. Whether fully grown or only beginning its journey, it remained something capable of causing unimaginable destruction.
Their mission wasn't to kill Julius Augustus Hayes. It was to capture him alive, and that alone made the situation far more troublesome than simply eliminating a dangerous enemy.
After all, the monster's parents were two dragons who would sacrifice anything for their offspring.
Nathaniel Augustus Hayes and his wife stood at the very peak of humanity, and with war against the Zlycons drawing closer with every passing day, possessing their only son as a hostage could shift the balance of the entire conflict.
