(Orna)"You don't like your food, Lili? I bought the best tarts in Draconiá just for you," I said to the little girl as she kept poking her food with a fork, a disgruntled expression on her face."I want to go back," she said as she looked at me with a defiant frown."Lili, shut up. You know I will only do what is best for you," Ezra said to his sister, and she didn't look too pleased to hear that."But I miss Hayden and Vera and Owen and-""I know, I know, but look around. This place is big, and now falling apart, and you have lots of toys to play with. You will love it here.""I don't want toys. I don't like this house or anything." The girl sullenly looked around with a sigh as if it was a burden to live here in this opulent house with the toys and the food and the dresses.She would rather live in the woods, in a rundown cottage that was on its last leg.I really didn't want to look after a little girl at this point, anyway. My plans were finally falling into places and I had no t
(Vera)MY MOTHER WAS MURDERED.Everything inside me shook. I had a slight doubt about that, but now I was sure of that. Yes, Tyrell looked more destroyed than my mother, and it was very clear it was poison in his case, but I could see the subtle similarities. They must have improved their poison to make it work instantly.My heart twisted in anger and vengeance. I wanted blood on my hand. I wanted to swallow all of them whole until this cavernous hunger in me was satiated. I had never been so angry in my life. I am a part of this plan from the very beginning. In fact, this started eight years ago, the day my mom died — no, murdered — and it was put into motion when I stole the Eye of Sabius five years ago.”There was silence, a big, tensed silence, until all the words were sealed behind the lips and the air smelled like burned hopes and dreams. I had always thought I was a girl who lived according to her own rules. What a big fucking lie that was!I cleared my throat as Mateos’s palm
(Nova) I didn't know what happened the day that little bitch Thalia Red attacked Vera with a dagger. One moment, there was this excruciating pain all over my body, like someone was melting my scales in a furnace, and then the next moment, I felt like I was floating in the void. There was only darkness there. Intense, blinding darkness.I could hear Vera's voice calling out to me. I could hear her begging and crying for me to come back. Their voices were like a strange symphony dancing around me, and I felt them, felt their pain and love and suffering, but I couldn't reach her, reach him. I couldn't see them, see anything except the darkness.The words I was saying back to her were lost in transition. It felt like there was an invisible wall between us, and the wall swallowed my sound, but transferred hers.Those were the most horrible days of my life. I screamed and shouted and roared, but everything went unheard, and lost in that endless vacuum. The voices were slowly fading, and I
(Vera) Shade and Nova spent a lot of time, a lot, making love, confessing, talking. I felt like a freaking pervert watching them, but I couldn't stop."That is how I feel, watching you all the time.""But you are a pervert, Nova, and I am not," I said with a teasing laugh and she growled at me. "So, Shade said we will do the ceremony tonight. Are you okay with that?""Of course. It is yours, and you do what you want to do. I am just happy you are back, Nova. So damn happy!" "You are sweaty, and dirty," Mateo said to me as he grabbed me by my hips, pulling me to him. I snuggled closer to his body, smiling as I did."It is the dragons," I hissed as I stared at the way the water cascaded down, before merging into the pool. Sunlight scattered off the water, making beautiful prisms around. Everything here was magic, pure and unsullied, and I wished we didn't have to go out to the real world. "Damn... they are-""You look too hot. This will, maybe, cool you off," he said with a twinkle in
(Shade) Nova was magnificent. I had missed her so much when she was gone, but now that she was back, I didn't want to waste another minute. I had to mark her, we had to mark each other. "Should we shift?" I looked at the tempting creature standing in front of me, already half naked. She nodded her head, black hair whipping in the wind. I could see the goosebumps on her naked flesh, I could smell her arousal. She smelled the most delicious, and everything in me screamed for her. It was my instinct, primal, basic. She was everything, and for me, nothing else mattered. Mateo had his parents, his family, friends, Draconiá, but I only ever had two things. Mateo, and now, I also had Vera and Nova. Nova danced closer to me, her n*pples hardening and visible through her white bra. I slid my palm over her breast, making her moan. "Yes, we should," she said, but I could see from her eyes she wanted more with me, like this. Her hands were slowly trailing down my pants, as she opened my zipp
(Vera) The woman had walked away, but I couldn't stop myself from following her with my eyes. Something about her was odd, and I didn't like the feeling in my stomach. I felt nervous and agitated, and Nova was too. I could feel her restlessness."Where did I see that serpent ring, Nova?" I thought and my dragon shook her head, looking frustrated."I have no idea. You must have seen it when I was gone, or when I was not there."I shook my head as I watched the woman talking with the queen. Her expressions were sweet and sugary, but her eyes- the look in them was so wrong. Mateo walked towards me with a glass of Elven Snow Gin. "You want something?""That was what you were drinking when I first met you," I whispered as I grabbed the glass from him and took a quick sip."I blame it for my actions.""No. You would have done everything you had done that night even if you were not drinking," I said with a teasing look in his direction and then I was distracted by a loud laughter. The woman
(Vera) I was talking with Tatienna when Amyra barged towards us, sweaty and pale. Her fingers were trembling and I could see whatever she had heard was not anything good. She looked like she had just seen a Spectre or something."It is- she is not- this is a -" Amyra blinked and took in a deep breath as I put a hand on her shoulder, turning her towards me."Look at me, Amyra, look. Take a deep breath, and now tell us what you have heard.""We should go somewhere else. Grandma, your private chambers...""Go, I will ask Mateo and Blaine to come meet you.""Keep and eye on Claudine, Grandma. Tell mom and dad, too, to meet us," Amyra said as she hurried away and I followed her. She was almost running, climbing two stairs at a time, and we finally reached the room. She looked around, walked in and soon Blaine, Mateo, the king and the queen were all there.Amyra nervously tugged at her hair as she stared at us. "You are right, Vera. She isn't as harmless as we believed," Amyra started, and
(Orna)Tymeria walked the entire length of the dungeon, her nostrils flaring in irritation. Her cheeks were flushed as she kept mumbling under her breath. I felt a tickle of amusement as I pushed the woman inside the last cell and locked the door. There were annoying sounds of sobbing, which irritated me to no end. I wanted nothing more than to silence them, but for now, I needed them. I had to keep them safe here. "Fucking Claudine," she hissed, before she whirled around and looked at me her eyes narrowed in agitation. I could see her rage, but I didn't care about Claudine. Everyone was a means to an end. I knew she wouldn't babble, and that was enough for now."It isn't really her fault, Tymeria. Like I said, my niece is smarter. She has always been." I felt a flicker of pride. It was fun playing against someone who was as smart as me. If she had been someone like me, if she had acquired the genes of Estrild's daughter, we could have destroyed Draconia together, and built somethin