“They’re not going to let me leave again,” I mutter, feeling a cold terror sweep over me.
“Nolo ut noceat te, permitte mihi placet,” I plead to the leader. He makes an awful hissing noise that makes me cringe.
“What? What happened?” Daerius asks in panic.
“I told him I didn’t want to hurt them and to please let me leave, but he took it as a threat. Now I have no choice,” I whisper in defeat.
“How can you hurt them? Didn’t you say you can go right through them?”
“There is another reason they wanted to keep me here. Fire is the one thing they want, and the one thing that can destroy them.”
Ready? I ask my dragon.
Yes, he growls, and I feel a comforting warmth surround me. I throw
My wolf is growling at me, and I am growling back.How could you let her go? You had her in your arms!He snarls.Because she asked me to! If I hadn’t then she would be completely pissed off and there is no way she would ever let that happen again!I spit. I get silence in return.That’s what I thought,I mutter before ending our connection.I walk behind Lyza, next to my sister who is smirking widely.“What?” I snap as she throws me another devious glance.“Nothing, it’s just it looks like I was right about the dragon, it pissed you off didn’t it?” She sneers, failing to hide her obvious delight.“She isn’t an ‘it’ and no you weren’t right about her,” I growl, and she
Princess Lyza, that sounds good to me,Mitalonys chuckles.“Princess?” Angel growls behind me. I whip around and realize that they are all still chained.“Hey, can we unchain them?” I ask my uncle who gives me a funny look.“Why are you traveling with him in the first place?” He asks, tossing them a wary glance.“I am staying with them so they came with me here so I can shift. Basically, I’m trying to show them that dragons aren’t savage monsters, and this situation isn’t helping,” I mutter.“I meant, why are you traveling with the Werewolf King? The son of the man who nearly threw us into extinction?” My uncle snarls. I unconsciously bow my head, the rage and power in his voice forcing me fearfully into submission.“He i
I am so confused. I can’t tell if Lyza brought us here knowing that her uncle would imprison us or not. Also, right before she left, I saw a side of her that worried me.She killed that guard, for simply restraining her, and with a single kick. Her eyes were burning red and her voice was more of a feral growl that made the room shake and my wolf cower at the power she was radiating.“Your mate is a bitch.” I turn to see Angel glaring at me through the cell bars.“Do not speak to me,” I mutter with a growl, looking away.“You know I’m right. She killed that guard without even blinking, and she let her uncle imprison us just for being wolves,” she spits.“Stop talking Angel,” I growl, growing frustrated with her.“She didn’t even react when you said
The dress is beautiful. Black silk with red and orange crystals at the bottom, made to look like flames crawling up the dress. It’s paired with a tiara of black iron.My hair is in an elaborate braid down my back and laced with small red stones. I smile at my reflection. The girl in the mirror is one I remember to be a fierce dragon warrior, one who would do anything to protect her family, but would do exactly as she was told. The perfect daughter.A knock at my door makes me turn around quickly.“Come in,” I say. The door opens to reveal my escort.“Hello uncle,” I greet him with a nod. He shakes his head at me, a smile on his face.“Just as beautiful as I remember,” he chuckles. I walk over to him, placing a chaste kiss on his cheek.“Let’s go,” I say, feel
“Why the hell would you have to fight your ex-fiancé to the death?” I ask, completely confused.“Because it’s a sign of disrespect to interrupt a bond and the consequence of disrespect is a fight to the death,” she growls furiously.“You are a great fighter though, you have nothing to worry about,” I shrug, trying to make it seem like nothing. I wipe the blood that is still running from my nose and wince at the pain.“I’m a good fighter compared to wolves, but I am nothing compared to male dragons! Much less a dragon warrior!” She yells, shoving me back into the wall.I stay silent, my face going emotionless as I try to look strong.“I hope you’re underestimating yourself,” I mutter before walking over to the guards.“I’d
My shoulder is bleeding badly, but I ignore it, the wound very minimal compared to some of my past ones. Kailo’s dragon, Venix, is growling furiously.Venix doesn’t take complete control of Kailo’s actions like Talon does mine. Talon will practically fight for me since he has much more control in dragon form.My collar is the only thing keeping him from taking full control forever.“How could you let Lyza do this to Kailo?” Venix growls. Dragons can speak to one another when in dragon form, but in a language only known to Dragons. I only know what Mitalonys has taught me.“Lyza has a mate, and you and I both know Kailo’s intentions to bond with Lyza weren’t pure,” Talon snarls and my wings stretch out to their full span. I hear several gasps from the crowd watching, no doubt from Angel and Daerius.
A hoarse yell fills my ears, and it takes me a moment before I realize it’s my own. All I could see were shadows and now all I can see is Lyza falling through the sky.Her wing has a huge tear in it, and she is covered in a glistening black liquid, blood. I feel my heart drop as I notice she is not moving, and her eyes are closed as she falls.I am standing, but my legs give out underneath me as her body hits the earth. The ground shakes and a plume of dust floats over us.Kailo soars down from the clouds, his wings beating away the cloud of dirt. I see he is missing an eye and half of his face is badly burned.“Oh shit, I don’t think she’s getting up,” someone whispers behind me.Then flames suddenly burst from within the dirt cloud. I jump back, narrowly avoiding getting my eyebrows burned off.
I can’t stop staring at Kailo’s mangled, bloody body. His eyes are still open, staring straight ahead.He looks like a boy again, like the boy I loved and vowed to spend eternity with. He used to be kind, strong, gentle, and would look at me as if I were the most important person in the world.And today I found out he was going to kill me for my throne. Years of affection and devotion, all for nothing.“Lyza? Are you there?” I hear Daerius’ voice say. I turn my head, still under Talon’s control. I see him standing at the edge of the dirt bowl I’m in. My head is level with his.“Listen I’m going to help you shift back, but first you need to come over here,” he says. My body moves forward but instead of presenting my neck to Daerius like I wanted, Talon has me knocking Daerius into the ring.