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First Lessons

Author: Paul Wright
last update publish date: 2026-01-07 02:15:34

Jamie wakes to sunlight streaming through crystal formations. For a moment, she forgets where she is. Then everything crashes back.

The sanctuary. Her grandmother. Dragon blood.

She checks on the twins first. Hemston is curled up in the cave-shaped bed, still sleeping. Herston's spot is empty.

Jamie's out the door in seconds.

She finds her daughter in the main cavern, sitting on a bridge with her legs dangling over the edge. A silver-scaled woman sits beside her, talking quietly.

"Herston!"

Her
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  • The Broken Luna From The Dragon Bloodline   Leanora's Gambit

    The battle's going badly. Three Shadow Council members engage Jamie's team directly. Prime watches from the throne, amused. The other two members maintain the child-curse spell.Jamie's team is losing. Fast.Then reinforcements arrive. Unexpected ones.Leanora Thornton crashes through a window in full dragon form. Her essence should be dampened. It's not."Surprise," she says, shifting back. "Miss me?"Behind her, fifty fighters pour in. Mix of alliance members and freed prisoners. People Leanora recruited."How?" Jamie manages between dodging attacks."Broke probation. Regenerated my essence completely. Called in every favor I'm owed." Leanora throws magic at a Shadow Council member. "Figured you'd need help. Was right apparently.""You're still a traitor!""Was a traitor. Now I'm trying to fix that." Leanora's fighting alongside them now. "Can we argue about my redemption arc later? Kind of busy not dying."The reinforcements help. But six immortals are still too strong."We need th

  • The Broken Luna From The Dragon Bloodline   The Sickness

    Jamie's preparing to scout the monastery when Kade calls from Canada. His voice is panicked."Something's wrong with Herston. She collapsed during training. Won't wake up."Jamie's world stops. "What?""She was practicing shields. Everything normal. Then she screamed and fell. Her scales are glowing. Pulsing. Like something's trying to get out." Kade's desperate. "We've got doctors but they don't know what's wrong.""I'm coming. Right now." Jamie's already moving."Jamie, we're in the middle of—" Briton starts."I don't care! My daughter's dying!" She's heading for the plane. "Prime can wait. My child can't."The flight to Canada takes eight hours. Longest eight hours of Jamie's life.Jai provides updates. "Herston's stable but unconscious. Her essence readings are off the charts. Something's affecting her dragon blood directly.""What could do that?""Unknown. But Jamie, there's more. Other dragon children are showing similar symptoms. Three kids in Europe. Two in Asia. One in South

  • The Broken Luna From The Dragon Bloodline   Alliance Fractures

    Before they can assault the monastery, news arrives from home. The alliance is fracturing.Tavish Morwell calls an emergency meeting. Without Jamie's permission. Without alliance protocol."We're voting," he announces to gathered representatives. "On whether to accept Prime's offer. Dragon Queen isn't here to decide for us. So we decide ourselves."Jai patches Jamie in remotely. She watches the meeting from Switzerland. Helpless to intervene directly."This is illegal," Raina objects. "Jamie is alliance leader. We can't vote without her.""She abandoned her position to chase ghosts in Switzerland," Tavish counters. "While she hunts Prime, we're vulnerable. Exposed. Prime could attack any moment.""So you want to surrender?" Raina's disgusted."I want to survive. There's a difference." Tavish addresses the room. "Prime offered coexistence. Dragon rights remain. Alliance continues. We just acknowledge their authority over enforcement. That's acceptable.""That's submission!" A vampire l

  • The Broken Luna From The Dragon Bloodline   The Offer

    Before they can leave for Switzerland, another message arrives. Not a video this time. A person.Standing at alliance headquarters' main gate. Alone. Hands raised in peace.A woman. Middle-aged. Unremarkable appearance. But her eyes are ancient."I'm here to negotiate," she calls out. "Prime sent me."Guards surround her immediately with their weapons raised."Don't shoot. I'm unarmed. Just a messenger." She doesn't move. "I need to speak with the Dragon Queen. Prime has a new offer."Jamie watches from security monitors. "It's a trap.""Obviously," Kade agrees. "But what kind?""Only one way to find out." Jamie heads down. "But I'm bringing everyone."They meet in the courtyard. Twenty alliance fighters surrounding one woman."Dragon Queen. I'm Cassandra. Shadow Council emissary." The woman bows slightly. "Prime wishes to revise their previous offer.""Not interested in offers from genocidal immortals," Jamie says."Hear me out anyway. Prime acknowledges your strength. Your determina

  • The Broken Luna From The Dragon Bloodline   Meredith's Secret

    The team prepares to leave for Switzerland when Meredith asks for a private meeting. Just Jamie, Briton, Kade, and Selene."Before we go hunting Prime, there's something you need to know. Something I've kept hidden for forty years." Meredith looks older suddenly. Tired."What?" Jamie asks."The Shadow Council isn't a myth. I've known about them my entire life." Meredith sits heavily. "They killed my family. Not Elena. Not the Supreme Council. The Shadow Council. Prime specifically."The room goes silent."You knew?" Jamie's voice is dangerous. "You knew there was another layer and you didn't tell me?""I thought they were gone. Destroyed. Forty years ago, Dragon Queens united and attacked the Shadow Council's base. We thought we won. Thought we killed Prime." Meredith's hands shake. "We were wrong. Obviously.""Start from the beginning," Briton says. "Everything."Meredith takes a breath. "The Shadow Council predates the Supreme Council by millennia. They're not just old dragons. They

  • The Broken Luna From The Dragon Bloodline   The Message

    Before they can leave for Switzerland, a package arrives at alliance headquarters.No courier. No shipping label. Just appeared on Jamie's desk."Don't open it," Kade warns. "Could be explosive.""Or magical trap," Meredith adds.Jai scans it. "No explosives detected. No magical signatures. It's just... a box."Jamie opens it anyway.Inside: a tablet. Already powered on. A video queued to play.She presses play.The screen shows a room. Elegant. Ancient. Walls lined with artifacts that predate human civilization.And in the center, a figure. Completely masked. No features visible. Just a smooth, featureless silver mask."Dragon Queen Jamie Olive Bravery." The voice is distorted. Could be male or female. Young or old. Impossible to tell. "We finally meet. Virtually, at least."The figure sits in an ornate chair. "I am Prime. Leader of the Shadow Council. The true Dragon Council. The power that has maintained order for four centuries while lesser beings like Elena Morgrave played at aut

  • The Broken Luna From The Dragon Bloodline   The Pattern

    Jai works through the night analyzing the deaths. Jamie, Briton, and Kade watch over his shoulder."There's a pattern. Look." He displays a map. "Eight deaths. All in different cities. But the timing is precise. Exactly seventy-two hours apart. Not approximate. Exact.""Ritualistic?" Meredith asks,

  • The Broken Luna From The Dragon Bloodline   False Peace

    Three months after Elena Morgrave's execution, Jamie allows herself to believe the war is truly over.The alliance functions smoothly. Dragon rights are implemented across seventeen countries. Mixed bloodlines thrive openly. Children attend school without fear."Mama, can we go to the park?" Hersto

  • The Broken Luna From The Dragon Bloodline    A New World Order

    Six months after Elena's execution, the supernatural world is transformed.The Dragon Rights Act passes in seventeen countries. Mixed bloodlines gain full legal protection. The alliance becomes a permanent governing body.Jamie oversees it all from her new position. Not dictator. Coordinator. Bring

  • The Broken Luna From The Dragon Bloodline   Justice

    Jamie wakes three days later. Hospital room. Both mates sleeping in chairs beside her bed."Hey," she whispers.They're awake instantly."You're alive." Briton's relief is obvious."Barely. Everything hurts." Jamie tries to sit up. Fails. "What happened?""You defeated an Elder. Ended the Supreme C

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