Betty POV
I had fallen asleep, the pain in my shoulders had at long last stopped. I think they are numb now. When I woke up, I was in a cave, surrounded by other men, no woman to be seen, and I wondered why I was there when it was only men.
‘Ah, sleeping beauty has awoken.’ An old toothless man slurred at me, and I frowned at his attitude, wondering what I had done to deserve his anger. It is not like I had a choice to be here.
‘Leave her alone, Zac, it is not like she had a choice, any more than we have.’ A younger, kinder man said, though not younger by much, he would be as old as my dad, and though he is still young, being here must have aged them, the place did not look that comfortable.
‘Where am I? I managed to croak at the nicer man.
‘The dragons' lair. These dragons are cold a
