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Chapter 16: Iniko
CooperIf you read The Gentle Dragon, you knew this was coming, but did it happen the way you expected?
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I have no idea what happened, no clue what Iniko saw in my mind that made him run away from me like that. I’d felt his pain, as if I’d stabbed him in his heart. I love him, I do. How would I even know if I loved him because of a mate bond or just because of who he is?Then I’d heard his dragon’s lament begin. I’d felt every emotion he’d been feeling, agony, betrayal, regret, fear. Fear for what he'd done. That, more than anything, caused me to sob as I listened to him crying.Then, something had happened, and it felt like he’d begun to numb our connection, like he did something so I couldn’t feel him any longer.“Iniko!” I called out, hoping that he’d hear me, hoping that my call would bring him home. But it didn’t and not long afterward, I lost all connection to him and his emotions.I cried myself to sleep, so horribly sad to have hurt my dragon like that, sad that I’m not what he thought I was. Hopefully, when he returns, we can talk about it so I can understand what I did wrong.At
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I couldn’t believe it when Eliane ended up at the Academy. I had no idea that she knew where we were, but after listening to her, I realized that she not only knew where we had been this entire time, but she and Iniko had purposefully avoided us.I didn’t want to believe it when she called him Iniko. I knew what it meant, but I had to hear it from her that he shifted and when she’d shown us her claiming mark, I felt like my entire world was crumbling around me.Her anger, her hatred toward me was palpable. She thinks I left her to die, thinks that I haven’t searched for her. I need to tell her, explain to her that I have been searching for her from the beginning, but for now, she’s here asking for our help. I don’t want to save Iniko, my brother. He submitted to MY mate. Now she’s HIS rider. But I can’t deny that he’s my brother any longer. His mark is almost identical to the one that Merethyl wears from my father, only with Iniko’s image.As we walk inside, I can feel that Eliane is b
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The moment I wake up, I’m terrified that it’s all been a dream and I’m back in the laboratory. I’m on a bed with tubes in my arms and a machine beeping near me.I hear voices nearby and I lay quietly, trying to hear what they are saying.“I’ll have to talk to her, explain to her what’s happening and what we need to do to keep her and us safe…” a man’s voice, vaguely familiar, says. His voice cuts off suddenly and there’s silence.“She’s awake,” a much deeper voice says. That voice is like a call to my soul, like it’s drawing me to him. Who is that?“Hey there,” a pregnant woman says, walking into the room. “I’m Tesha. The others told me you remembered me from when you and Iniko saw us. Kaylani said that you thought I was nice and that you might be okay with me coming in to talk to you.”“I remember you,” I say quietly.“Good. I wanted you to know that you’re safe. You’re not back in a laboratory which is what most of us think when we wake up like this,” she says.“If I’m safe, why am I
Ancalagon: The Last Pure Dragon Chapter 20: Ancalagon
I knew it. I knew he’d tortured her, but to hear her say it, to hear Eliane sobbing with the memory of what must have been unimaginable pain….I couldn’t take hearing anymore.I’d been right outside her door, listening in. I don’t care if she doesn’t want me to hear. She’s my mate. I need to know what I can do to help her. But hearing that, hearing her break down, it nearly broke me.I raced outside, barely making it before my dragon ripped through me. I leaped into the air roaring my anger and frustration. Elio and Ajax are the first to join me, the other dragons joining close behind.“Please, I just want to be alone,” I tell them.It takes a moment, then they all fall away. All but one.I turn and look at my best friend.“Alone means by myself, Jax,” I tell him.“I know. I’m just flying,” he says as if he’s not keeping tabs on me. I’m too distraught to care. If he wants to follow me, fine. At least I know he’ll keep quiet.I fly high up into the sky, high enough that humans and even m
Ancalagon: The Last Pure Dragon Chapter 21: Eliane
This time when I wake up, I look around, not afraid, but not seeing anything familiar. My eyes land on the large, dark figure sitting in the corner of my room.“What are you doing here?” I know it’s him. He smells so good. He’s been here a while based on how strong his scent is in this room.“We need to talk.”“Did they find Iniko?”“Not yet. My father, Merethyl, Tana, and Cedric are still out looking. They’ll have to come back soon. They all have small children at home. But we’ll keep looking. I’ll send the dragons out to search.”“But not you. You won’t search for your own brother, will you?” Of course he won’t. He was willing to let Iniko die.“I would, I have, but right now, I’m worried about you,” he says.I snort. “A bit late for that, don’t you think.”“Listen, Eliane, I know you think I didn’t try to find you, but I did…”“Save it. I don’t want to hear your excuses. You always seem to have one. So, what is it this time? What dire emergency is keeping you from helping to find yo
Ancalagon: The Last Pure Dragon Chapter 22: Ancalagon
When my father, Merethyl, Tana, and Cedric arrived home later that night, I went to them and told them my plan. My father is covered in his children with his mate, loving on them and giving them a lot of attention since he’s been gone. Merethyl is holding the youngest one, an elf son, while my father plays with the other three. He’s always been a good father, even to me. I wonder if I ever have children if I’ll be a good father too.“Are you sure that’s a good idea, son?” my father asks me.“I don’t see any other way. Do you?” I ask.My father looks at Merethyl.“When do you want to do this?” she asks me.“Tomorrow. I don’t like the idea that she has explosives in her brain. Now that we know how the Mean Ones got the paralytic, I’d feel a whole lot better if they were out of her head.”“I understand, but it’s a risk,” my father says.“So is everything else that we do. This isn’t any different, it’s just that I’ll be the one taking the brunt of her anger if she lashes out, but I don’t t
Ancalagon: The Last Pure Dragon Chapter 23: Jewels
I knew the moment I smelled him that Cal was my mate. Everything about him is drawing me to him. I can feel my heart, already wrapping around him, loving him in the way that only a dragon can.I rumble happily as we fly, my mate whooping on my back excitedly, enjoying himself as he was meant to be, riding on my back.“Over there, Jewels,” he says to me, guiding me to the place he said he wanted to take me. I feel a wave of jealousy flow through me. No human could get up here. He had to come on a dragon. He has the scent of a dragon, all of the elements blended together. His scent is intoxicating, but now, I wonder if it’s because he’s been with other dragons. I did notice other dragons at the school. Perhaps…“Jewels, why are you getting hot? What are you thinking about?”I don’t answer him right away, but my jealousy is getting worse the more I think about my mate with someone else.“Jewels, what is going on?”“Who is she?” I growl.“Who is who, my beautiful dragon.” I can feel his ha
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I feel warm and comfortable, something I don’t remember feeling for a long time. This isn’t Iniko. He keeps me warm, but this is much warmer. And the smell all around me is delicious, making my mouth water. What is that scent? I feel like I’ve smelled it before.I move my cheek, instantly feeling the cool air around me brushing against the warmth of my face. I run my nose over the floor that I’m sleeping on. It smells SO good. I have a nearly insatiable urge to lick it. And that, more than anything, has me jolting awake.When I do, I lift up, and see Ancalagon’s glimmering eyes, smiling down at me.“Sleep well?” he asks, and I can hear the mirth in his voice. Please tell me I didn't lick him in my sleep!I scramble to get off of him. I can’t believe I thought he smelled good!“You’re alive. I guess my dragon didn’t kill you,” I say. I know I sound grumpy, but I didn’t expect to wake up laying on top of Cal and I certainly didn’t expect to like it.“No, she didn’t,” he says and the way
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