Test

Qinglong muttered, “I get why you feel this way about her.”

Bailong didn’t know what ‘this way’ meant. He was always cautious of his aunt. The cryptic messages and ambiguous actions marred the relief of familiarity he once felt upon her arrival.

This wasn’t the same Lady Hiwaga he had met in that rundown Kaizen inn. This was a Lady Hiwaga that was after her own means. And the path to them went through him. Her actions today confirmed his suspicions and raised his guards. All she cared about was her own plans and visions.

She floated towards them, and Qinglong snickered. She said, “I think it is time to test your abilities. Shift.”

Words passed through his body like a command. He shifted in a blink, out of control suddenly. She compelled him to shift?

Anger that rarely ever came rushed into his head for a moment. He felt his consciousness hazy, sway, unsure of his own presence in his beast form. He felt Qinglong’s surprise and anger, too.