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Chapter 1

He’d heard the sounds of battle for quite sonored it The wars of ht outside his den? Well, that did stir him to move

His tail unwound from around his body and he slowly moved to the entrance of his home He didn’t knohat to expect and was not sure he even cared, but things were pretty boring right now and this justOr, at the very least, provide dinner

The blade entered Annwyl’s side, ripping through arans Blood flowed and she knew she was dying The soldier sht out the telltale rage Annwyl had become famous for

She raised her blade and, with a cry of pure bloodcurdling fury, swung it The steel sang through the air as it swiped through thehis head from his neck His blood slashed across her face and arm The other soldiers stopped They had handily disposed of her small band of warriors without len But she never allowed the blow Until now

Her life’s blood drained frorew short Her vision hazy, she felt weaker and lighter She struggled to breathe But she’d fight as long as she had breath in her body Annwyl raised her sword, clasping the handle in both bloody hands, and waited for the next attack

One of the men stepped forward She could tell by the look on his face that he wanted to be the one to take her head Present it to her brother so he could keep it as a trophy and warning to others ould dare question his reign

She watched himKnew she couldn’t fight th fled, and her body ached to lie down for just a few minutes and sleep Just a little nap

Annwyl’s eyes snapped open and she realized the soldier was thather sword and he easily parried the blow He se of strength to wipe that s smile off his face

The soldier looked back at his co before he killed her But he left hiht hernever let an obvious opportunity pass by She ran hi the steel into his stomach as his head snapped back around to look at her in horror For goodin satisfaction as he opened hismore than a whimper

She yanked her blade out of hiround She knew that would be her last kill, but she would still die with her blade raised She turned to the reer found her of any interest They looked past her Into the cave she now stood in front of