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

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

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 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

Hartwell was only a seven hour drive away and the land that I’d bought was almost forty acres of pure nature and bliss. It was large enough for our dragons, concealed from the neighbours by large wooded trees and the house was far enough from the road to give us privacy.The house had six bedrooms of which two would be for guests and each room had their own bathroom with a half bathroom downstairs for visitors. It was a large house but space was one thing I needed right now. The cabin had been significantly smaller than our house in Princeton but it was okay because we were building a future on the island.I tried not to think about the island because that made me think about Megan and how she’d died. This was a fresh start for all of us. I wasn’t sure how much Wynter and Milo understood about death but I steeled myself for when they’d ask.Lucas and Rylee followed behind me and we stopped to eat after five hours. It was near dinner time and Abby had just started crying for a change a