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CHAPTER 438
~Zara's POV~
The walk through the castle was eerily silent. The dragons who led us didn't speak, their presence obscuring us like a shadow.
Kaid walked beside me, his jaw clenched, his posture tense. He wasn't happy, but there was nothing he could do.
I wasn't sure what I expected from the dragon palace, but as we ascended the spiral staircase leading to the upper chambers, I couldn't help but admire its strange beauty.
It was ancient yet modern, its walls carved from dark stone, lit by floating orbs of soft golden light.
The ceilings arched high above us, murals of dragons in battle painted across them in striking detail. The air smelled of fire and something faintly sweet—incense, maybe.
Finally, we stopped before two doors, side by side.
"The lady stays here," one of the dragons announced, nodding to the chamber on the right. "The male will take the next chamber."
