It was a week later and Felix and I sat on chairs with our fishing rods in the lake. I finished my beer and opened another one as I leaned back in my chair. It was a nice day out, Wynter and Milo were playing on the grass.“Megan really said that?” Felix asked me.“Yeah, she said they sit on the porch and check him out whenever he’s not wearing a shirt,” I said.“There’s only one thing we can do,” Felix said as he looked at me.“We have to kill Max,” I said with a laugh.“We have to get this girl to fall in love with him,” he said.“Oh, yeah,” I said as Felix laughed.“Why would we kill him?” he asked.“Your wife’s checking out another man whenever we’re not around,” I said.“So’s yours,” he said.“Hence the killing,” I said.“He’s still a kid,” he said.“He’s not that much younger than we are,” I said.“Barely married two years and already they want younger men,” Felix said.“We need to step up our game,” I said as Felix shook his head.“So what do we know about this human girl?” Fel
The King had sent his private jet to fly me to France. It was almost an eleven hour flight and I sat wondering what the King could possibly want from me. Apart from the invitation was a detailed itinerary of what to wear, when to be at the airport and when I would arrive at the King’s chateau.When I stepped off the jet a black SUV with dark tinted windows were waiting for me. The front door opened and a man stepped out, dressed identically to Archibald, and opened the rear door for me. He bowed his head slightly as I climbed in and almost immediately the driver sped away from the jet.“Mr Grey, upon your arrival at the chateau, you will be shown to your quarters to freshen up. The King will receive you in his personal office for refreshments and your official meeting. Tonight the King hosts a ball in honour of the crown prince’s seventeenth birthday,” the man next to the driver said.“I guess I better brush up on my etiquette,” I said with a smile as the driver glanced at me in the r
Two hours before the ball was set to start Archibald knocked on my door once again and led me out of the castle to their official ceremony hall. The King was standing with his back towards us and Archibald closed the doors behind him.“Ryder, come join me,” Rex called from the stage.“I guess we’re going to the dragon realm now,” I said and he smiled at me.“If you don’t mind,” he said.Abeloth separated from me and flapped his wings once. He bowed his head in front of the King and in return Rex also bowed his head to Abeloth. The King handed me a knife and I cut our palms and pressed them together.“My blood will grant you entry to the dragon realm,” Abeloth said.I smelled the dank cave first and then I started feeling the pull. Rex looked ready to throw up and then the dim darkness enveloped us. I heard faint scratching against the cave wall and a few pebbles fell to the ground.“Lord Typhon,” I said loudly and looked down.“I see you’ve brought a friend,” Typhon said and his voice
As I made my way to the front of the ballroom towards my table the King motioned for me to join him. I sat down on Florin’s chair as the King pushed a tumbler towards me. “Is the ball not to your liking?” he asked me.“It’s a grand affair my King, but I’m used to much simpler things,” I said as he laughed.“I saw you leaving the ballroom and wondered if my daughter had upset you,” he said.“Not at all, I needed to have a quiet conversation with a friend,” I said.“Of course,” he said as four warriors walked towards us.“Your Majesty, two watchers just discovered the body of Lord Thomas Summerton in the far gardens. We are investigating the breach as it seems like he was killed by a vampire,” the warrior said.“Was he bitten?” King Rex asked them.“No Your Majesty, his heart was ripped from his chest,” the warrior said.“Please report your findings to me as soon as possible,” King Rex said and dismissed them with a wave of his hand.“What a tragedy,” I said.“How on earth did you manag
Almost three years later ….Rex and I spoke over the phone once a month and he’d give me the name of a new enemy. I killed them all silently but always left their bodies as a message. The discovery of these men and sometimes women always made the papers and Rex would congratulate me the next time we spoke.The jobs for the King I did alone but Felix always went with me when we did work for the Elders. Wynter and Milo would turn five in two days and Megan had about four weeks of pregnancy left and they were both little hellions. Milo was faster than Wynter but Wynter was stronger.Megan was pregnant again, this time with a girl, and we were both excited at her arrival. I was also awaiting the news of the King’s passing. Time had caught up with us and I had an uneasy feeling. Rex himself had said that Florin was spoiled.“Why aren’t you dressed yet?” Megan asked as she came out of the bathroom.“Just thinking,” I said.“You can’t sit and wait for him to die every single day,” she said.
Wynter was five years old and the dragon displayed on his back took my breath away. Abeloth would come forward and peer at him and every time Wynter’s eyes would turn yellow it scared me. He was too young to handle the power of a dragon.“Daddy?” Wynter asked as he woke up after his merging.“Do you remember what happened yesterday?” I asked him.“Something jumped into me,” he said his eyes flashing yellow.“You merged with your dragon,” I said to him.“Like Abeloth?” he asked me with wide eyes.“Yes, do you think we can go outside so I can meet him?” I asked.“Okay,” he said smiling.I picked him up and we headed downstairs. Megan was starting breakfast and she kissed Wynter on the forehead when I put him down. “We’ll be outside for a bit.” I said and opened the kitchen door.Abeloth separated from me and lowered his head towards Wynter as he called on his dragon. “Come out thing,” Wynter said out loud.“He doesn’t know how to come out,” Wynter said.“Come forth child of mine,” Abelo
“I present to you Mr Grey, Chief of the Grey Tribe, from Florida in the United States of America,” the man announced me.“Please Mr Grey, take a seat,” King Florin said as the man left me standing in the doorway of the grand dining room.“My King, my condolences on the passing of your father,” I said and bowed my head.“Thank you, he was a good man,” Florin said.There were new faces around the table, faces I didn’t recognize, younger men in the positions previously held by his father’s men. Now I was convinced that Rex didn’t die naturally, that his death had somehow been orchestrated.“Mr Grey, we meet again,” Alexandra said where she sat on Florin’s left side.“Princess,” I said and bowed my head without looking at her.“Let’s eat shall we, we can talk business later,” Florin said as servers walked in and placed plates down in front of us.I ate and listened to the conversation around me, only answering when someone spoke directly to me. Alexandra kept giving me looks which I tried
I could smell fire and I started running as Abeloth circled overhead and landed on the far side of the pond. There were bodies littered in the forest and on the footpath as I ran screaming Megan’s name. I stopped for a second as someone grabbed my leg.“I’m sorry little Ryder,” Tank said and closed his eyes as he died.“Tank,” I said and shook his shoulders. His head rolled from side to side and the anger bubbled to the surface.I pulled my gun out and took the gun that lay next to Tank as well and I started creeping forwards. I heard the roar of dragons and more screaming as men died. I shut my mind off and ran straight into the midst of fire, smoke and blood as I shot anything that moved.“Megan!” I yelled.I had killed over ten men and Abeloth had taken care of the ones that had tried to escape by air. The cabins had been burnt to the ground and I could smell the putrid scent of burnt flesh. I found Ava five minutes later, her dead eyes staring up into the night.“Rest in peace Ava