Chapter 9 - Silas

"I hate you!" She sobs at me, clutching the collar as though it would ease her pain. 

I hadn't come with the intention of hurting her, but she had pushed my buttons and made me angry, I had never been very good at controlling my temper at the best of times, especially with those who weren't my chosen mates as the Dragon kings were. We were a sort of family, we had been together for centuries and we planned it to be that forever. 

she was nothing but a problem to us, a complication we didn't realise we needed, or wanted. But now she was here and we needed her, we all wanted to have our own children, but we couldn't give each other that. She can. She can give us what we want if she'd just cooperate. she doesn't understand that she is our only option, the only chance we may ever get for it. 

I quickly clean up the contents of the tray and storm out of the room, locking the door. I was supposed to try and get her to listen, but she