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Chapter 38: Tana
CooperOhhh, the water dragon!
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When my pack and I arrive outside the arena, I begin sniffing for Tana’s scent. When I get it, I also smell Avani’s earthy scent, Ishir’s exotic musky scent and a fourth scent that smells like the salty, briny scent of the ocean. That must be the water dragon. I begin walking in their direction, drawn to Tana, but also wanting to make sure that they wait until my pack is in position. When we find them, my eyes are drawn to her. “Tana.” “Cedric. I see you’ve brought Galen and other members of your pack.” Galen nods at her and I can tell he’s pleased that she remembered his name. “Yes.” “Lycan, did you bring your arsenal?” I drag my eyes from Tana to look at Avani. “Of course.” I nod at Ishir and then look at the beautiful woman standing beside them. “You must be Kaylani. I’m Alpha Cedric and this is my pack.” “Hello Cedric, I am indeed Kaylani.” Her voice is soft like the sound of the water in a small creek, relaxing and calming. Her hair is long and blond with dark blue streaks
The Arena Chapter 40: Tana
As Kaylani and I alternate our fire and ice around the arena, I first see Ishir fighting up by the harpoon launcher. I heard it launch and then saw Cedric jump and pull it down, away from Kaylani. On my next trip around the arena, I saw Cedric shooting the harpoon launcher into the stadium, causing chaos. The spectators may have thought they were safe from my fire, but they’ve basically put themselves into an oven and I keep turning up the heat. Then, Kaylani comes behind me and freezes them into place until I come around and literally start melting them where they stand. “I hate the smell of burning flesh.” Kaylani says to me. “I love it.” Avani says, slamming into the arena floor and causing the walls to shake. “Nearly there.” I yell as I come back around and see Cedric fighting against someone. The person has him on the floor of the stadium and they are about to punch him. I direct my fire at the person. As much as I wish I hated Cedric, I don't and I can’t stand by and let him
The Arena Chapter 41: Cedric
‘I did it for her.’ Who’s 'her'? The entire way home, I thought about what Tana said. Unless she wasn’t talking to me. But she said it after I thanked her. It didn’t make sense. I’ve been mulling it over for a month now. I’m looking over the next petitions for mediation for me to hear. I’ve finally gotten the schedule down to every other week, but it means it takes longer to meet on those weeks. It’s still less than it was in the beginning. As I’m pouring over the petitions, Bastian comes in. “Ced, my financial wizard wants to have a conversation. She says she’s found something but needs your approval to move forward.” I look up as he flops down on the chair in front of my desk. “Can we do it via phone? I don’t really have time to go to the human city for a meeting.” “Funny, she basically said the same thing. She’s about to take some time off so she wanted to meet with us before that. I’ve got a call on the schedule for next week, after your mediations and before her vacation.” I
The Arena Chapter 42: Tana
This weekend, I’m taking Kenna to the mountains to teach her how to use her dragon’s call. She turned three a few weeks ago and Avani agreed to meet us because Kenna wants him there. We leave at night, but I keep a slower pace because Kenna still hasn’t reached maturity and is much smaller than I am. At this pace and only flying at night, it takes us two days to get there. My daughter seems to enjoy being able to stretch her wings and fly so much. It’s nice to share this time with her, and I plan for us to start coming out here more often. When we arrive at our designated spot, I see Avani in his human form on the ground. I belt out my dragon call to him, showing Kenna what it will sound like. He returns the call to me, still in his human form. Kenna lands beside him. He takes his time looking over her dragon form, lifting her wings, checking her feet and noting the onyx-colored stripes down her side. I can hear him telling her how beautiful they are, and she should wear them with p
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I ran past the last mountain where I found her scent and continued on to the next mountain range. I sniffed around but didn’t find her scent. I ran up one of the mountains to the top and looked all around. Off in the distance, I see another mountain range, so I head down and begin running to that one. Halfway there, I stop to eat and get some food. I catch the scent of other shifters but none that smell like predators or predators in my immediately vicinity. I lay back, looking up at the night sky, listening to the sounds of the forest around me. I wonder where Tana is. Is she truly with Ishir? Avani? Both of them? I hate the thought of it, the thought of my mate with another. So, instead, I remember our time together, our one night. I fall asleep thinking of how fantastic it felt being inside my mate. I’m awakened by a strange sound far in the distance. I hear it several times before it finally ends. I have no idea what the sound is, but now that I’m awake, I’m get up and begin mo
The Arena Chapter 44: Tana
I wake with Cedric wrapped around me. I’m not sure he could have told me I was his more than he did. He clearly thinks that I’m with Ishir or Avani, eww, and he was staking his claim. What he doesn’t realize is that he hasn’t claimed me. At least not the way a dragon is claimed. He may think I’m his, his mark is on my neck and he can say it as many times as he wants, but I’m not a claimed dragon. Of course, ‘the other person’ I spoke about was my daughter, not another man. I have to put her first, and I won’t risk him trying to take her from me. So, until she is old enough, and strong enough to stand up to him on her own, she will remain a secret from him. I slip out of his arms. He was so close to finding my treasure trove. I hope that he’ll leave when he wakes up alone, but I don’t have time to get him out of here. I’ve been gone too long, and I need to get back to Kenna. I shouldn’t have done it. I shouldn’t have let him back into my heart, into my body. I should hate him. I shou
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After waking alone the morning after claiming Tana again, I have an inkling of how she felt when I left her. I wanted her to know that I was claiming her, that I wanted her, that she was mine. But she left me. I’ve come back to this spot as frequently as I can. I’m hoping that she’ll come back, that maybe I’ll be lucky enough to be here when she does and we can finally talk, but she hasn’t returned. After the first couple of times, I started looking over the mountain wall that looked staged. What I found shocked me. It’s a cave of treasures; art, sculptures and gemstones. So many gemstones, some of them are larger than my fists. When I first moved the boulder that was blocking the cave, I smelled it. This must be her family’s cave. Since she’s the last of her kind, it would be hers now, but the scent of the others lingers here. Her scent lingers here. I’ve moved around this space, smelling everything, finding the pieces that smell more like her. She’s partial to the gemstones. A de
The Arena Chapter 46: Tana
I watch as Cedric helps get Kenna out of her restraints. I knew she was terrified which is why I screamed in my mind for Cedric to help her. I never dreamed that he’d actually hear me. I watch him tease our daughter, getting her to relax. I know he doesn’t know who she is, but hearing him call her Little Red causes my heart to flutter. Damn him. Why does he have to be good with her. I’m keeping an eye on the fight with the dragons, not that it’s much of a fight with three fully grown dragons. The hunters have weapons but most of them bounce off their scales. Avani has taken an arrow between his scales but he’s still fighting. I turn back just in time to see Cedric rip the last harpoon out of Kenna’s wing. Her cry makes my heart hurt. I would kill these hunters if I could, but I’ll settle for watching my brethren kill them for me. I watch as Cedric wraps his arms around her face as best he can, being careful to not touch the open wounds. He waits until her cries stop. “Are you good,
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