The Devil's Cursed Witch novel Chapter 381

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Ember could hear her own loud heartbeats, and her palms turned sweaty as she held onto the skirt of her dress.

'Shall I turn to look at him? What if my expression offends him? Oh no, what is my expression like? Do I look scared?' She shook her head. 'It should be fine. He is my mate. I have seen White Tigers and even the feathered races in their beast forms. They simply look like large animals. I shouldn't be scared of animals. Dragons should be just large lizards with wings, right?'

She repeated those lines in her mind over and over again, but whatever courage she managed to scrunch up evaporated along with the warm blow of air behind her, the loud but relatively shallow breath of a divine beast.

'No, no, no, I can't look! Dragons are said to be the most powerful divine beasts in existence. Can I really turn around and pretend that I'm not scared? What if my reaction upsets Draven?'

She heard the grunt of the large creature behind her, as if he was urging her to turn around and look at him.

'Ugh! Now, I realize I am indeed troublesome. Wah! What do I do? I was the one who told him I wanted to see his beast form. I can't be like this now.'

Holding her breath, Ember decided to throw caution in the wind and turned around.

'Whatever, this is my mate! Even if I'm scared now, as long as I get used to his appearance, I will adapt to his looks!'

However, the courage she gathered dissipated the moment she laid eyes on that savage-looking claw.

Yes, the moment Ember turned around, her gaze landed first not on the head of the scaly creature, but on its sharp talons so large it was almost the size of an adult human. If by mistake she happened to come under even that talon, grasped by within those nails, she was sure the slightest force would stab--no, crush her under it.

'If the claws are already this large...'

With bated breath, her gaze slowly moved upwards, up, up--

For a moment, she was momentarily blinded by the sunlight behind the large creature, and all she could see was a silhouette that seemed larger than even a house. She instinctively took a step back and squinted her eyes as she raised her head.

Ember forgot how to breathe.

'A Black Dragon.'

Under the glare of the midday sun, a mystical-looking creature so magnificent and elegant, it looked like a sculpture made out of the finest black obsidian stone, stood in the middle of the flowers.

To say the creature was beautiful was an understatement.

Arrogant and domineering, a high-ranking creature that could exert pressure on every living organism simply by standing still.

'So this is a Dragon...'

His entire body was covered in midnight black scales, glinting mysteriously under the sun like an armor, yet as much as he looked dangerous and ferocious, one could say his form was a sight to behold. He was like an artwork, from the way its barbed tail leisurely curled on top of the plants, to his long graceful neck curving up towards the Dragon's horned head, and those intelligent red eyes...