All Chapters of Iniko: A New Beginning: Chapter 1 - Chapter 4

InikoWhen we get to the mountain, we land and Brooke shifts, growling at me.“You didn’t fly as fast as you can, Iniko!”I lean my face over her. “I beat you, Brooke. What difference does it make?”“It means you don’t think I can fly faster than I did.”“No, it means that I know exactly how fast you can fly. I didn’t let you win. Why are you angry?” I growl back.She turns and begins to walk away. I put my wing in front of her and when she starts to push past me, I push my talons into the ground around her, caging her in.“Stop avoiding me and answer my question,” I say.When she refuses to answer I begin getting angry until I smell the salt of her tears.Rather than yell at her like some dragons might, I lay down and slowly wrap my body around her before lifting my talons so I can see her.“Talk to me, sister,” I say.She has her hands wrapped around her body, like she’s trying to hold herself together.“I suck at being a dragon,” she says, swiping tears from her eyes.I hear Cyrene

BrookeI meet my friends, Enya and Aspen, at the cafeteria. Once a week, the three of us get together to catch up. I don’t think I would have survived on my own without the two of them. They took me under their wing, literally and figuratively, and helped me escape from the laboratory, then to survive when we were on our own.Both of them are mated and have kids now. Enya is mated to Valko, another hybrid and they have a son. Since both Valko and Enya have Lycan DNA as one of their two top hybrid breeds, it’s not surprising that their son is predominantly Lycan. However, Enya is part fire dragon and Valko is part earth dragon. Their son, Conroy, is already showing signs of being a strong, powerful hybrid.Aspen is mated to Nesterin, an elf. Since Aspen is part earth dragon and elf, their daughter, Cybele, is already very dominant in using her earth element. I’ve seen her throw a tantrum and watched the earth rumble gently under her feet, and she’s barely a toddler.Since both of their