Her arms extended, but they weren’t arms anymore—her fingers stretched into massive, razor-sharp talons, wings unfurling from her back with a deafening snap. Red eyes. Glowing. Burning. And she was *huge*. I tilted my head back, trying to process the sheer *size* of her. Big as a f*****g *two-story house*. My brain blanked. Alek cursed beside me. “Holy fuck.” “She’s a dragon,” I muttered, my voice hoarse. “A goddamn—” Alek cut me off. “An alpha dragon.” A *what?!* I turned to him, my head still spinning. Alek’s eyes were locked on the creature in front of us, his jaw tight. “Black scales, red eyes, and the sheer size of her,” he said, his voice eerily calm. “She’s an alpha.” I felt my stomach drop. An alpha dragon. That wasn’t just rare. It was im

