Hazel’s POV
It happened all too fast.
One second I was standing on the battlefield with Nicholas and the others, power still crackling around me. The next, a crushing cold slipped deep into my bones. The world blurred, and when my vision cleared, I was no longer on land.
I was underwater.
Tall, dark rocks surrounded me like prison walls. Strange, ancient statues covered in barnacles watched silently from the shadows. The water was freezing, pressing against my skin like icy hands. My lungs burned for air until something inside me shifted. My legs fused together, scales rippling across my skin as my tail formed. I gasped…but this time water filled my lungs without choking me. I could breathe.
Dillian’s father floated in front of me, his massive tail moving slowly, powerfully. His eyes
