Chapter 4– Unshackled

In an explosion of stone and unleashed power, the Beast stands among the rubble of its former confines in all its imposing and dangerous majesty. Though released, it doesn’t go for a kill and instead seems more interested in leaving the cavern behind through a hole in the rock wall created in the wake of its sudden return to the world. However, determined to survive and evade capture by the still living yet stunned royal guards, she makes the split second decision to jump onto its barbed tail and hang on as it begins to flap its wings to leave. But it doesn’t seem to be too capable a flyer yet, as it crashes into every side of the sharp uneven cave walls and squeezes destructively through the smaller tunnels. All she really wants to do is get out of that dark kingdom safely, but she doesn’t know if she truly will receive that luxury with the Beast…