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Chapter 124: Awakening
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Stealing The Dragon's Heart Chapter 125: Rebirth
I drifted gradually up through velvety shadows toward waking, feeling almost reborn. Every muscle ached fiercely, but my spirit felt cleansed by recent trials. We had walked through fire and fury both literal and figurative, somehow emerging intact on redemption's far shore.With effort I pushed upright, taking in familiar features gathered anxiously around the modest pallet where I had slept. Concern furrowed Sage's brow until she noted my returning gaze. "Lena! Thank the ancestors." She gripped both my hands urgently. "We feared you might never rouse after expending so much strength against the darkness."I managed a wan smile, ribs protesting even that small motion. "I yet breathe thanks to your steady watchcare, my friend." My searching look found May and Freya curled together nearby, worry softening into relief. But foreboding still weighted the strained atmosphere. I hesitated before voicing the question that haunted me most. "And Scar? Has there been any change while I drifted
Stealing The Dragon's Heart Chapter 126: Homecoming
A feeling of bittersweet joy hung in the air as our ragtag group celebrated my unexpected reunion with my son. Jackson gazed at me with such awe and longing, as though unable to believe I was real. I found myself overwhelmed trying to reconcile Jackson to his grandson.In the midst of the emotional upheaval, I noticed Hunter slip quietly from the room, a shadow dimming his usual vibrancy. My joy dimmed, realizing how difficult this reunion must be for him. With care not to jostle the sleeping babe in my arms, I slipped out to follow Hunter's brooding silhouette."You deserve time to process all this change," I offered gently once we were alone outside the battered walls.Hunter exhaled harshly, avoiding my searching look. "I just need...space, to adjust to everything." He attempted a strained half-smile. "Don't mind my sulking."My heart clenched hearing the hurt poorly masked beneath his gravel tones. Impulsively I laid one hand on his slumped shoulder. "I haven't decided anything ye
Stealing The Dragon's Heart Chapter 127: End Of An Era
Lena The dull roar of the crowd gathered outside the hall was audible even from within my dressing room. I stared at my reflection as Sage zipped up the back of my knee-length black dress, her skilled hands working quickly. "There," she said. "You look beautiful, Lena."I sighed, brushing a strand of hair from my eyes. "I don't feel beautiful. I feel like I'm being served up for auction."Sage squeezed my shoulder, meeting my eyes in the mirror. "Today marks the beginning of real change. No more hiding, no more fear. You're bringing peace, Lena."Footsteps at the door made us both turn. Scar loomed in the doorway, striking in his black suit, silver hair glinting. Hermes hovered behind him, looking slick in navy blue. "It's time," Scar rumbled. I lifted my chin, striding forward. Hermes offered his arm and I took it, letting him guide me down the plushly carpeted hall. The clamor outside crescendoed as we approached the doors to the hall itself, camera flashes visible even from her
Stealing The Dragon's Heart Chapter 128: Epilogue
I woke slowly, languidly, enveloped in warmth. Soft lips pressed against mine even as fingers trailed down my body, igniting smoldering embers inside me. I yielded to the kiss, the caress, feeling wanted, desired.Until an angry snarl shattered the moment. The lips disappeared and a solid weight pinned me down. My eyes flew open to see Hunter sprawled on the floor, Scar looming over him, fists clenched."Scar!" I exclaimed. "What the hell?" His magenta eyes blazed as they fixed on me. "What the hell? You're seriously asking me that?" He stabbed an accusing finger at Hunter. "I can feel everything you feel, remember? So imagine getting woken up by you getting all hot and bothered over some bastard pawing at you.""Hey!" Hunter launched himself at Scar, both crashing to the floor in a tangle of limbs. I scrambled back as they rolled, grappling furiously. "Enough!" I shouted, but they ignored me. With a cry of frustration, I flung myself between them, shoving them apart with all my str
Stealing The Dragon's Heart 1. Unexpected Guest
The thin walls of my grubby room rattled with the force of the rowdy ruckus coming from the doors of our unit, sending vibrations throughout my body and waking me up. I shot up, then groaned, easing my movement when pain erupted throughout my bruised body. I grabbed random sweatpants lying on the futon bed and headed for the doorknob."What's going on? Samuel? Samantha!" I called, heading out.My first thought was the twins as I made my way to the kitchen. I couldn't afford to baby my wounds when trouble came knocking on our doors, literally, but I had to spare a minute to wear my pants and wrapped wrap a random scarf around my neck. My sleep shirt was baggy enough to conceal what was visible from my non-existent boobs. I ruffled my short bangs, and completing my disguise as a boy, I approached the door–the only thing that protected my siblings from the harsh world. "What's going on– hey?" Samantha, the younger but braver of the twin, ran into me along the way."We don't know.. .. w
Stealing The Dragon's Heart 2. Break Entry
My mind was filled with paranoia as I listened closely for any sound in the eerie silence that filled the summer night sky. It was the type that made breathing loud to the ears, one I wasn't accustomed to. The ever present chirping crickets in the slums whenever darkness sets in had gradually became a norm to me.And now, two hours away from Willow, in a neighborhood filled with gigantic Villas, I stood alone, crouched under a tree."Now." Max's voice reached me through the earpiece plugged into my left ear. He is one of Fox's men and my partner for this operation. Being a hacker came in handy when breaking into the heavily guarded house."Right."Snapping on my black leather gloves with my duffel back secured tightly over my back, I drew the hood to my hoodie over my face and ran upto the fence at the back of the mansion in front of me, taking cover under the trees.The electric fence currently disenabled was easier to climb up here than the solid smooth walls of the side fence.Secur
Stealing The Dragon's Heart 3. Prisoner
I crawled out from the table and ran back the way I came from. But instead of going upstairs, I took a sharp corner round a dark hallway on the first floor.The damn house was like a maze."Max! You have the floor plans, tell me all the escape routes on the first floor.""You think they haven't secured all of those exits?""What the hell do you want me to do then? Wait here until I'm caught.""Whatever. If you're caught, you're on your own."The line went silent and I cussed again. Now I'm on my own.It was too dark, and I couldn't use my flashlight unless I wanted to get caught, so I felt around the wall as I run further down the hallway. It was so long and mazy that I have been running for a good five minutes without coming to it's end. At first, there were few doors and windows illuminating the pathway, but for the past two minutes, I haven't come across a single door nor window. Just dark walls leading farther down to god knows wher-Omph!The wall suddenly shifted and I stumbled o
Stealing The Dragon's Heart Chapter 4: Stranded.
Lena ran through the dark alleys of Willow, the slums, clutching the gemstone in her hand. She had managed to make it out alive from the security guards and the maniac."I made it!" Lara wheezed.Apart from the bruises and cuts on her body, she was unscathed. She had done it. She had pulled off the heist of the century.Without further ado, she headed straight to Fox's base. She knew he would be waiting for her, eager to see the prize she had risked her life for. She hoped he would reward her well, maybe even cut off all her five years of service. But was just wishful thinking.Lena reached the door of the base, a rundown warehouse that looked like any other in Willow. She knocked three times, then twice, then once, the secret code that only Fox's trusted members knew. The door opened and she stepped inside."You're back." The guard grunted and led her to Fox's den.The base was dimly lit and filled with smoke and noise. Lena saw several of Fox's men lounging around, playing cards, dri
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