Derek “Damn, Dimitri is there nothing you could’ve done to at least make it tastes somewhat alright?” I gag as I force myself to keep the contents down despite my stomachs protest. “I could’ve but that would’ve taken longer and I don’t think time is on our side.” He’s got a point and let it go. Dimitri, Anastasia and Gabriel chant two words. I recognize the first word but not the second. “Lanuae draconem.” I blink and find we are in the dragon realm. “Eyes and ears open people. Let’s assume they know we are here.” “Yes alpha,” reply the shifters. We take in our surroundings and us shifters immediately shift into our other forms. We can see better in the dark this way. Gabriel translates since only us shifters can speak to each other in this form. Gabriel and the others chant another spell and I can see their eyes glow. Must be something so they can see in the dark. We are well hidden in the woods. To the left is the lake from Maliyah’s drawing and on the far side of the lake i
“Derek,” says Dimitri to get my attention. “What did you find,” I ask as I walk over to the makeshift table he is at and see a map of the dragon realm. There are several x marks all over the map and there is a spot circled on the map that appears on that far side away from our location. “That is where the dragon palace was, here where they have circled is pretty close by the palace. They’re looking or found something important I believe. Maybe the dragon scale flower,” Dimitri replies. I put my paw on the map and Dimitri understands, rolling it up and stuffing it in his pocket. We are going to need that later. To the left of where we entered is the red door Maliyah drew. “Gabriel,” I say and he looks where I am headed. “That’s it isn’t? The door Maliyah drew.” “Yes Gabriel it is. Let’s get it open and get everyone out of here.” Gabriel gets ready to chant a spell to open the lock when we suddenly hear several growls and I see several shifters stalking towards us from another t
“Maliyah?” “I’m okay. I can stand.” She again tries to stand but I support her weight. Owen walks over to us. “Thank you,” says Owen. I put my hand on his shoulder and squeeze it. “You’re welcome.” “What the hell is Maliyah doing with you? I thought she was napping? That’s what she told everyone anyway.” I turn and glare at Maliyah. I grab her by the arms and shake her harder than I meant to. “What the hell were you thinking!? You could’ve been killed or kidnapped. The silver dragon that wants to kill you was there! Right there Maliyah! How did you even know where I was? Who taught you teleport?!” I am full on shouting and she is crying. I let go of her arms and pull her into a hug. “I’m sorry,” she cries. “You scared the shit out of me Maliyah. I don’t want to lose you too. Don’t you ever, ever do that again.” “I’m sorry,” she says again through her sobs. “I could feel Malayah and I saw her attack you. I knew I just wanted to be there to help you and I appeared.” I look a
Once I am comfortable that I am not going to fall, I head to my vanity to blow dry and curl my hair. Mom has always teased me I am not like other kids my age. I put on my shoe and head out the door. Before heading downstairs I peak in on the twins. They’re still asleep so I pull my head back out and close the door. I stare at the stairs contemplating whether I should take them or not when Aspen startles me. “I highly suggest taking the elevator.” “Aspen you scared me.” He laughs. He is leaning against the wall and walks over to me. “What are you doing up so early?” “I couldn’t go back to sleep so I showered and was going to head to the library before breakfast.” “As long as we aren’t having tea, I’ll join you.” “Sorry about that, really.” “It’s in the past Maliyah just don’t do that again.” “I promise I won’t do it again.” “I hear there is a thing called a pinky promise and it’s unbreakable. Do you pinky promise?” I hold out my pinky to him and he stares at me. I laugh and t
Davina There has been so much death and sadness, Derek and I decide to have a small celebration for the twin’s first birthday. Derek says normally it would be a huge pack celebration but with everything that has happened we haven’t had time to plan it and I feel it would be poor taste to have a party after we just had a funeral. Today is Thierry’s birthday and tomorrow will be Accalia’s but we will still celebrate their birthday together. Maliyah is finally able to take the boot off her leg but we still don’t let her train or ride Beauty. I want her to fully rest and she is still grounded. When I wake up I find Derek is not in bed. I sit up and look around the room. He’s not in our room either. I put my robe on and head to the nursery. I stop outside the door and listen. I can’t hear Derek talking to Accalia. Every since Enzo threaten our other two daughters he’s been very protective of them. Especially Maliyah. Enzo threaten to get her pregnant if he gets his hands on her. He’s ver
“You ready for that shower,” I say between kisses. As he pulls away I bite his lower lip causing him to growl. “Not if you keep doing that,” he says as he claims my mouth with his. “I love it when you’re pregnant.” I laugh at his response as he starts moving again but slowly this time. I moan softly. He temporarily removes himself and picks me up to carry me to the bathroom. He turns on the shower, pushes me up against the wall and slides back in. He continues going slow as we make out like we’re in high school again. The thought makes me smile to myself. “What are you smiling about,” he asks. “I was thinking we are acting like some high schoolers making out the way we are. I never did make out with anyone in high school, the though made me smile to myself.” “Maybe I need to drive you to the lake like the high schoolers and make it official,” he chuckles. Though he is going slow I can feel myself tighten as another wave hits me. I grab a fistful of his hair and he grips my ass as
“It’s time love,” I whisper in her ear. She looks at me but doesn’t say anything. I give her a deep kiss, savoring it, forcing this kiss to remain ingrained in my memory. Against my wishes, I pull away far enough to keep our foreheads touching. “I’ll be back.” I give her another quick kiss before turning and walking away. I walk towards Mark who is also kissing Daniela, saying goodbye. When I reach him I don’t stop and continue towards the house and he follows. “We’ll be back Derek. For our family’s sake we will be back.” “We must be successful on this trip.” “We will be, don’t worry.” “No seriously, we have to be successful. Maliyah already broke through that seal. She’s talking to Malayah again.” “What really? How do you know?” “When she came to the dragon realm she communicated with us when she was in her dragon form. She shouldn’t have been able to do that. Have you noticed she is spacing out more lately?” “Damn. So what are you going to do?” “Maliyah won’t like it, neit
“Maliyah, get out of here,” I yell. Maliyah doesn’t listen and she uses her powers to reach her mother hugging her. The wind dies down and we all fall to the ground. “Everyone okay,” I ask. Everyone nods. I walk to Davina’s side and bend down next to her. “I failed you.” I wait for her to yell at me, hit me, something. What I don’t expect is for her to throw her arms around me crying. I hold her close and grab Maliyah. I fight my tears while holding onto my wife and daughter. “I’m sorry.” I don’t know what else to say. “Derek do you even realize what happened to you back there,” asks Mark. “No, what do you mean?” “Dude you looked like a werewolf from a horror film.” “What?” “Seriously dude, you looked scary as shit,” says Owen. “Like a werewolf from Underworld?” “No closer to the ones in Van Helsing. Different but pretty similar,” says Owen. “Dude you are the lycan,” says Mark. That makes sense. I just witnessed a loved one die a terrible death. Dad said that’s one way