บททั้งหมดของ Under the Dragon's Protection: บทที่ 71 - บทที่ 80

The word had spread. Y was expected to make every attempt to stop the procession in the evening. All the shifters across the world were made aware and were welcomed to join the crowning of the next Alpha king of the shifters. Coronation was sacred to all shifters and was supposed to be done at the ancient ruins of the Temple of The Gods from where the first shifters were said to have originated. They were in the very North, near the pole, and hadn't been used since Elijah was crowned, but after he chose to sleep, the magical crown along with all the rest of the coronation stuff was buried with him to be dug out once the new Alpha King ever emerged. The day had been agitated; everyone was on edge. Dom and Iris had to retrieve their to-be crowns from the sleeping caves of their predecessors because they were magically sealed in and only someone worthy could retrieve them. This was a task that they had to do themselves. No one could serve them the crowns. They had to earn them themselv

Now it was time to crown the Alpha King and Queen. It was a huge deal and no one knew what type of magical chain reaction was to be expected as a result of the crowning, since the last crowning was more than three thousand years ago, when Elijah had married Dom's mother and Dom wasn't even born yet. Elijah had told his experience multiple times now, but after all this time, who knew what changes awaited them? Thus, he first picked the crown from its chest and placed it on Dom's head and then picked the other one to be placed on Iris' head. This is when the magic worked. All the people in the audience, even non-dragons like Clara, felt a wave-like magical tide wash over them as Dom and Iris looked forward, their necks balancing the heavy crowns. It was a pretty sight as well as a very powerful one. This was the reason why everyone had come to attend the coronation at such short notice. The magic tide was a form of unification that joined everyone to the allegiance of the new Alpha

The dragon couple weren't shocked to find Y's werewolves. Most of the werewolves on the planet worked for him. But Nora was nonetheless surprised to see the ruthless guy she had once worked beside, calling himself the Alpha of the pack. At last, she remembered he was Waai's delta, with no particular pack but working wherever and however Waai asked him to. Freddie tried to calmly tackle the situation, according to the plan, say what they came to say, and in case of a positive or negative response, withdraw without violence. They did not want to attract Waai's attention to their current location where their baby was sleeping a couple of hours' drive away along with the pregnant Alpha Queen. "Hi, I am Freddie. We have come here-" "Shut it, Dragon!" Alaric growled with an expression like the last word left a bad taste in his mouth. "Nora! please ask your pet to not make matters any worse than you've already made by coming into the wolves' den." Freddie was about to give an enraged resp

Iris stood in the doorway, blood splattered all over her pale t-shirt and jeans. Her baby belly was quite visible as she stepped in, her boots clicking on the stone floor. She made her way straight to Alaric and looked him up and down, then turned to Nora, "Fetch some iced water, dear." Her sweet voice betrayed her badass entrance, but her tone quickly changed when she addressed Alaric. "You must be the Alpha Alaric Freddie's been giving us a headache for, since morning." Before he could reply in the affirmative she introduced herself, not that she needed any introduction, every werewolf of Y knew of her at one time or another, "I am the Alpha Queen, tribrid between witches, vampires, and werewolves, restorer of balance and peace, Iris Maeve McBlaze. You will only address me as Alpha Queen" She spoke with authority and stepped over to sit on a couch in the middle of the room, smiling at Freddie, like her menacing introduction did not even happen, "Do you mind fetching me a towel? Th

The next morning was a refreshing one. The February winter winds were giving way to some nice March sun every now and then. Iris woke up around noon, to Lily bringing a hot breakfast with a warm smile and a promise to run a bath for her to be ready for the day. Iris returned the smile and got ready to dig in for breakfast after Lily headed out for her daily chores. That is when a disoriented Clara entered the room with an equally miserable-looking Sussane in tow. Liliana sauntered casually soon after. Iris looked up surprised, "What happened?" The spoon in her hand dropped into the bowl as Sussane asked, "When was the last time you talked to the Alpha King?" "Suz! What happened to Dom?" Iris' eyes went wide in terror as she quickly tried to mind-link her husband and the father of her unborn child. Lily just stood behind waiting for confirmation of the promise made last night as Iris panicked, "Why isn't he responding? Why is his mind-link off?" She tried to connect to Freddie in