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I am the dragon III Chapter Forty-One
The King had sent his private jet to fly me to France. It was almost an eleven hour flight and I sat wondering what the King could possibly want from me. Apart from the invitation was a detailed itinerary of what to wear, when to be at the airport and when I would arrive at the King’s chateau.When I stepped off the jet a black SUV with dark tinted windows were waiting for me. The front door opened and a man stepped out, dressed identically to Archibald, and opened the rear door for me. He bowed his head slightly as I climbed in and almost immediately the driver sped away from the jet.“Mr Grey, upon your arrival at the chateau, you will be shown to your quarters to freshen up. The King will receive you in his personal office for refreshments and your official meeting. Tonight the King hosts a ball in honour of the crown prince’s seventeenth birthday,” the man next to the driver said.“I guess I better brush up on my etiquette,” I said with a smile as the driver glanced at me in the r
I am the dragon III Chapter Forty-Two
Two hours before the ball was set to start Archibald knocked on my door once again and led me out of the castle to their official ceremony hall. The King was standing with his back towards us and Archibald closed the doors behind him.“Ryder, come join me,” Rex called from the stage.“I guess we’re going to the dragon realm now,” I said and he smiled at me.“If you don’t mind,” he said.Abeloth separated from me and flapped his wings once. He bowed his head in front of the King and in return Rex also bowed his head to Abeloth. The King handed me a knife and I cut our palms and pressed them together.“My blood will grant you entry to the dragon realm,” Abeloth said.I smelled the dank cave first and then I started feeling the pull. Rex looked ready to throw up and then the dim darkness enveloped us. I heard faint scratching against the cave wall and a few pebbles fell to the ground.“Lord Typhon,” I said loudly and looked down.“I see you’ve brought a friend,” Typhon said and his voice
I am the dragon III Chapter Forty-Three
As I made my way to the front of the ballroom towards my table the King motioned for me to join him. I sat down on Florin’s chair as the King pushed a tumbler towards me. “Is the ball not to your liking?” he asked me.“It’s a grand affair my King, but I’m used to much simpler things,” I said as he laughed.“I saw you leaving the ballroom and wondered if my daughter had upset you,” he said.“Not at all, I needed to have a quiet conversation with a friend,” I said.“Of course,” he said as four warriors walked towards us.“Your Majesty, two watchers just discovered the body of Lord Thomas Summerton in the far gardens. We are investigating the breach as it seems like he was killed by a vampire,” the warrior said.“Was he bitten?” King Rex asked them.“No Your Majesty, his heart was ripped from his chest,” the warrior said.“Please report your findings to me as soon as possible,” King Rex said and dismissed them with a wave of his hand.“What a tragedy,” I said.“How on earth did you manag
I am the dragon III Chapter Forty-Four
Almost three years later ….Rex and I spoke over the phone once a month and he’d give me the name of a new enemy. I killed them all silently but always left their bodies as a message. The discovery of these men and sometimes women always made the papers and Rex would congratulate me the next time we spoke.The jobs for the King I did alone but Felix always went with me when we did work for the Elders. Wynter and Milo would turn five in two days and Megan had about four weeks of pregnancy left and they were both little hellions. Milo was faster than Wynter but Wynter was stronger.Megan was pregnant again, this time with a girl, and we were both excited at her arrival. I was also awaiting the news of the King’s passing. Time had caught up with us and I had an uneasy feeling. Rex himself had said that Florin was spoiled.“Why aren’t you dressed yet?” Megan asked as she came out of the bathroom.“Just thinking,” I said.“You can’t sit and wait for him to die every single day,” she said.
I am the dragon III Chapter Forty-Five
Wynter was five years old and the dragon displayed on his back took my breath away. Abeloth would come forward and peer at him and every time Wynter’s eyes would turn yellow it scared me. He was too young to handle the power of a dragon.“Daddy?” Wynter asked as he woke up after his merging.“Do you remember what happened yesterday?” I asked him.“Something jumped into me,” he said his eyes flashing yellow.“You merged with your dragon,” I said to him.“Like Abeloth?” he asked me with wide eyes.“Yes, do you think we can go outside so I can meet him?” I asked.“Okay,” he said smiling.I picked him up and we headed downstairs. Megan was starting breakfast and she kissed Wynter on the forehead when I put him down. “We’ll be outside for a bit.” I said and opened the kitchen door.Abeloth separated from me and lowered his head towards Wynter as he called on his dragon. “Come out thing,” Wynter said out loud.“He doesn’t know how to come out,” Wynter said.“Come forth child of mine,” Abelo
I am the dragon III Chapter Forty-Six
“I present to you Mr Grey, Chief of the Grey Tribe, from Florida in the United States of America,” the man announced me.“Please Mr Grey, take a seat,” King Florin said as the man left me standing in the doorway of the grand dining room.“My King, my condolences on the passing of your father,” I said and bowed my head.“Thank you, he was a good man,” Florin said.There were new faces around the table, faces I didn’t recognize, younger men in the positions previously held by his father’s men. Now I was convinced that Rex didn’t die naturally, that his death had somehow been orchestrated.“Mr Grey, we meet again,” Alexandra said where she sat on Florin’s left side.“Princess,” I said and bowed my head without looking at her.“Let’s eat shall we, we can talk business later,” Florin said as servers walked in and placed plates down in front of us.I ate and listened to the conversation around me, only answering when someone spoke directly to me. Alexandra kept giving me looks which I tried
I am the dragon III Chapter Forty-Seven
I could smell fire and I started running as Abeloth circled overhead and landed on the far side of the pond. There were bodies littered in the forest and on the footpath as I ran screaming Megan’s name. I stopped for a second as someone grabbed my leg.“I’m sorry little Ryder,” Tank said and closed his eyes as he died.“Tank,” I said and shook his shoulders. His head rolled from side to side and the anger bubbled to the surface.I pulled my gun out and took the gun that lay next to Tank as well and I started creeping forwards. I heard the roar of dragons and more screaming as men died. I shut my mind off and ran straight into the midst of fire, smoke and blood as I shot anything that moved.“Megan!” I yelled.I had killed over ten men and Abeloth had taken care of the ones that had tried to escape by air. The cabins had been burnt to the ground and I could smell the putrid scent of burnt flesh. I found Ava five minutes later, her dead eyes staring up into the night.“Rest in peace Ava
I am the dragon III Chapter Forty-Eight
We had burned all the bodies on the island and Lucas and Rylee had arrived a few hours later. I had called Chase too but I told him not to come, he had his own lair to protect and I didn’t know if anyone else could be a target.“Rex left me this,” I said and showed Lucas the memory stick.“Let’s see what’s on it,” he said.We were in Elio’s office and we both sat down on the sofa with the laptop on my knees as a video of Rex popped open. His skin was pale and his eyes were sunken in. He looked halfway dead in the video.“Ryder, I don’t have much time. I’m being poisoned by someone close to me and the Florida Elders have reported your wife and son’s dragons. I’m sorry for what will happen to you because they will come for them.A friend of mine wrote this spell for you, any witch can perform it, the people present in the room will remember you but everyone else will forget your history. Your life will be erased and so will your accomplishments but that will also set you free.The first
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I am the dragon III Epilogue
The door of my bedroom opened after two knocks and a young girl with a shy smile peeked inside the room. She looked down when I turned around where I’d been standing in front of the windows and she reminded me of Ally, innocent, with an aura of hidden magic.“There are clothes of your size in the cupboard Sir. Mr. Reese has asked that you freshen up and he will escort you to meet with the King in half an hour,” she said with her head still lowered.“Thank you, I’ll be ready,” I said and she smiled again and closed the door.The suit in the cupboard fit me perfectly and I looked at myself in the mirror. Abeloth was strangely quiet, he wanted us to fight our way out, die a warrior’s death if it came to that. It was the first time in our lives that we disagreed about something so important.“We can take them,” he had hissed on the plane.“No more bloodshed Abeloth,” I said and blocked him off.Another knock came at the door and Mr Reese, I presumed, opened the door and nodded. I followed
I am the dragon III Chapter Sixty-Three
We had left Aurora two days later and driven back to Hartwell. We arrived late at night but Mary-Joe had cooked for us and she and Simon had waited up. Their were hugs and some tears, especially from Mary-Joe and Nova, as we stepped back into our house.“It’s good to be back,” I said as Simon and I shook hands.“It’s been too long Mr Ryder,” Simon said.“We’re not leaving again any time soon,” Nova said.After a very late dinner we all retreated to our bedrooms and I knew that nobody would be up early the next day. The air smelled different in Georgia and I felt a sense of calm when I drove into Hartwell. We were home.I was up early the next morning, my internal clock always woke me up before five am. It was summer holidays and I left the house at seven am after a jog and a shower. I was going to surprise everyone with breakfast from the bakery. A little family celebration that was well deserved.I also planned on talking to the boys about their future during this breakfast. They’d b
I am the dragon III Chapter Sixty-Two
“Morning,” I said to Nova as I walked into the kitchen two days later.“You okay? You’re usually up a lot earlier,” she said with a smile as I kissed her cheek.“Late night,” I said and sat down as she started making more coffee.“Have you talked to Luca?” she asked me.“He’ll be here at lunch time,” I said and she smiled even more. “Might take a few days to hand everything over.”“We’re finally going home,” she said with a dreamy look in her eyes.“Listen …” I stopped talking as Nova gasped and I stood up as I saw her put down the newspaper on the counter, her hands shaking.“He’s dead, I can’t believe it,” she said almost breathlessly.“Who’s dead?” I asked her and grabbed the newspaper.“International French businessman, Marshall Covington, found dead in his room in Illinois.”I scanned through the article and it described how they found his body in his bed and his head in a nearby dumpster. Police had no leads, there had been no forced entry into his room, no fingerprints and no d
I am the dragon III Chapter Sixty-One
Nova and I sat in the audience as Wynter and Milo graduated from high school. They would turn eighteen in a few months and we couldn’t be prouder. They had both grown up tremendously in the past two years.They might as well have been twins even though they didn’t really look alike. Milo had Ava’s brown eyes, Felix’s dark brown hair and he wasn’t really pale like Basil and Elio were but lightly tanned from being outside so much.Wynter’s hair was a shade lighter than mine, almost as if Megan’s blond hair had mixed with my dark hair and produced his. He had my green eyes and his skin was darker than Milo’s. They were both tall, well-built and cheeky as hell.Abigail favoured Megan down to a tee, from her golden blonde hair to her blue eyes and Megan’s smile. She was a beautiful girl and I knew she would be stunning as the years turned her from girl to woman, something I wasn’t quite ready for.Alexis was ethereal with a fairy like beauty, her brown hair had a glow to it that made it se
I am the dragon III Chapter Sixty
I stood in a back room with Rev as the top floor of The Drake filled up with lair members. Most of them didn’t know me, the younger generation had never met me and everyone else had forgotten the real me. The irony of the situation wasn’t lost on me and I wouldn’t instantly have their trust or respect.Rev and I walked through the lair members to the raised dais where the Elders were already seated. Nobody made way for me and they nodded their heads at Rev whilst completely ignoring me. I reached the podium and looked at my people. They were all talking among themselves and Rev stepped forward but I stopped him with a look.“Dragonkin of the Grey lair,” I said and switched my aura on. It flowed from me over them, silence greeted me as they all bowed their heads under the pressure. I was so much more powerful than them that even the Elders bowed their heads.“I realize that you don’t know me, that you are worried about the future of this lair and I won’t try to convince you of what I’m
I am the dragon III Chapter Fifty-Nine
Three days later we held their funeral ceremonies. I kept it short because I knew that at any moment I would break down and I couldn’t, not in front of their lair. I still didn’t think of them as mine and I’d yet to have that conversation with Nova.I broke later when everyone was asleep and I sat in the dark room looking out of the windows, letting the tears fall silently. I’d never fully understood Lucas mourning his parents for so many years, but I got it now, I really got it now.“We need to talk,” I said to Nova the following morning as I sat on the couch that faced the windows.“What about?” she asked me.“Staying in Aurora, doing the right thing,” I said.“Being their Sire …” she replied softly.“There is no one else,” I said.“Look at what happened, even before saying you’d take over as Sire,” she said with worry in her eyes.“That was one man, thinking he could take this town,” I said.“Yes and who comes looking for him?” she asked me.“Nova, don’t make this harder than it is
I am the dragon III Chapter Fifty-Eight
Nova drove in front with the girls and I followed with Wynter and Milo. We kept up a steady pace and stopped twice, once for gas and once to eat. We reached Aurora by nine pm and I overtook Nova as she followed me to the house.The front door opened and I saw Rev as I parked the car and climbed out. “It’s good to see you Ryder,” he said as he slapped me on the back as we hugged.“I want to know everything you know,” I said as the kids climbed out.“Hi, I’m Nova,” Nova introduced herself and shook hands with Rev.“Rev,” he grunted out and looked at my family.“Ryder?” I turned and looked at Hannah as she came down the steps.“I’m so sorry Hannah,” I said as she hugged me tightly and I felt her tears against my neck.“Look at them all so grown up,” Hannah said once she had released me. “Come inside, let me show you where you’ll be sleeping.”“There’s a folder on Chase’s desk,” Rev said as I threw the keys to Wynter to unload the bags.I left Nova and the kids with Hannah and followed Re
I am the dragon III Chapter Fifty-Seven
The days passed without incident as the girls got accustomed to their dragons. Scylla and Chusi were different shades of silver and I laughed heartily when I realized that Chusi was exactly like Shae, bossy and care-free.“What’s going on with you?” I asked Wynter one evening as I found him standing on the porch, looking out onto the lake.“I don’t know Dad, something feels off,” he said.“What does Echo say?” I asked him.“Not much but he feels it too. It’s weird, I feel like something’s going to happen,” he said.“Like what? We’re lone dragons, nobody knows about your sisters,” I said.“If I knew don’t you think I’d tell you?” His voice was laced with irritation.“Easy tiger, I’m trying to help you,” I said.“I’m sorry, it’s just frustrating as hell,” he replied.“Wynter, things in life aren’t always what they seem. You have a destiny, we all do, you’ll find yours,” I said.“Where? Like you said, we’re lone dragons, nothing ever happens here in this shit hole,” he said.“Watch your
I am the dragon III Chapter Fifty-Six
Five years later …Nova and I had gotten married a month later on the farm, our close friends and family present. It was a small, intimate wedding and we’d gone to the Bahamas for two weeks afterwards. Lucas and Rylee had stayed at the farm with Mary-Joe and Simon to watch the kids.Lucas and Rylee loved Nova and in return she loved them as well. The kids were happy with our union and Alexis and Abigail were now truly sisters. Nine months after our honeymoon, Shae was born. She had a full head of black hair and the most beautiful pair of blue eyes that reminded you of the sky.We lived our lives in peace, albeit sometimes boring but always loving. We were happy and Nova was a great mom to our five children. The boys were fifteen and the girls were turning ten with Shae at almost five. Shae ruled over her brothers and sisters with a strong mindset, a strong will of her own and she had me wrapped around her finger.“It seems you’re happy to see me,” Nova said as I turned towards her and
