ANMELDENWell, Kenna didn't pull any punches.
RainaI didn’t understand everything that Kenna said to Iniko, I’m younger than he is by a couple of weeks, but I understood the part about him being reincarnated. This is my uncle’s second life and in his first life, he apparently wasn’t the same dragon he is today.Iniko and I have always been close, maybe it’s because we’re close in age, or maybe it’s because I’ve always smelled all four elements on him, but he’s always been my best friend. It’s for that reason that that I lift into the sky behind him, following him away from the Academy.I know my uncle well enough to know that he doesn’t want to leave his mate. The sheer number of marks he left on her body proves that. So, whatever is going on with him, it’s powerful enough that it is causing him to leave her. Again.I saw his dragon’s body flinch when she called out to him. His scales rippled over his body like it was painful to leave her, and yet, he’s still flying away.Thankfully, it’s a lot easier for me to shift into my drag
InikoDid I make sure my mate was covered in my marks? You’re fucking right I did. No one is going to take Brooke away from me.I’m sure she’ll get over the bit of embarrassment she feels. Dragons are possessive animals, just look at the mate marks that adorn the riders at this Academy.I can tell Brooke is annoyed with me, but I also know that every dragon, every shifter, and every elf at this Academy will know that she is mine.She slams the door to the bathroom, and I hear the water turn on. Since I know she’s angry with me, I wait until she’s done to go take my own shower. When I exit the bathroom, I’m surprised to find her gone.I growl, quickly getting dressed then following her scent to the Big House.I expected to find her in the dining hall. Instead, her scent leads up to the female’s dormitories.I’ve just taken a step when Aunt Kay’s voice rings out behind me.“Males are not allowed in the female dorms, Iniko. You know that.”I turn and look at her.“My mate is up there.”“T
BrookeWatching Iniko unconsciously using his fire and water elements showed me just how much work I still have to do to get strong enough to claim him. My mate is a very powerful dragon, stronger than even he realizes.Because I was standing beside Merethyl, I knew that she pushed her own earth element into Avani so he could continue fighting against Iniko. Angry Iniko is a powerful force. Cal was right. There’s no way I could defeat him in the arena, not yet anyway.Now everyone here knows that Iniko has all four elements. Well, everyone except Iniko. Once again, there is information that everyone knows except my mate. Once he realizes he has all four elements, I wonder how he’ll respond. Will he become even angrier, or will he accept it as he keeps telling me to accept the differences in myself from when I was a human?I guess time will tell.Even though Iniko was protecting me from his elements, even the ones he didn’t realize he was wielding, I was able to use my water to help put
InikoAfter talking to Cal, I began searching for Brooke’s scent. Since she and everyone else at the Academy move around all day, it was hard to find the most recent scent. When I did, it led me to dad and Merethyl’s home. I was confused until I remembered that Bajaro lives here with them.Interesting. My mate is finally trying to connect to her hyena side? I wonder what caused her to finally start connecting to her shifter side. I wonder if she's meeting with someone about her polar bear side as well.I stand outside, knowing my father is in there. I don’t want to start a fight in front of his family, so I wait for Brooke to come out. As soon as I see her walking out their front door, everything inside me relaxes.That is until my father has to open his big, fucking mouth.I can’t believe that Brooke thinks I don’t care about her. I told her I couldn’t be here where everyone knew my history except me. I didn’t tell her I was leaving her.Okay, I may have made it sound like I would hav
Brooke“I spoke to Doc Everett once I knew you were ready to find out more about your hyena side. There were other possible options, but as it turns out, it’s my DNA that you have in your body. That makes you part spotted hyena,” Bajaro says, grinning. “We’re the best.”Her mate, Shiv, an eagle shifter, snorts from somewhere nearby. She rolls her eyes and ignores him.“There are only four species of hyena, and the spotted hyena is the largest and the most powerful, which I’m sure is why the scientists chose me and others like me to use in their experiments. We are great hunters with powerful jaws, lending even more power to your dragon and polar bear sides. We live in a female dominated society, we are fiercely protective of our family, and contrary to popular belief, hyenas are more feline than canine, which is probably why you get along so well with Ishir.”“Feline?” I ask.“Yes. I know it seems strange, but when you consider that hyenas generally live in Africa and battle with anima
InikoHow can she be so callous? How can she act like our mate bond doesn’t matter?“Where is she living, Kaylani?” I growl as I follow my aunt out of the dining hall and back toward the area where my room with Brooke used to be.“Don’t pull me in the middle of your fight with your mate, Iniko. If you want to know what Brooke is up to, you need to ask her.”“I DID ask her. She didn’t answer me,” I growl.She spins around, not budging and holding my gaze when I nearly run into her.“She did answer your question, Iniko. You just didn’t like her answer. Perhaps, instead of running off, you should take some time to speak to the people you are actually angry at rather than taking it out on your mate,” she says.“I’m not taking anything out on Brooke,” I growl.She raises an eyebrow, holding my gaze long enough for me to press my lips together so I don’t roar in frustration, before she spins around and continues down the hallway.When she comes to a closet, she pulls out pants and a shirt th







