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Felix helped Maggie into her car and I followed him in the truck. Maggie had been coherent enough to give him her address and I looked at the single story house in the quiet neighbourhood. Felix rummaged in her handbag for her keys while I picked Chloe up.Upstairs were two bedrooms and I put Chloe down on the bed in the plain room. The other one was obviously Maggie’s room. I heard soft murmurs as Felix put her to bed and I headed back downstairs.“What are you doing?” Felix asked me.“Perfect opportunity to find out whatever we can,” I said.“Good thinking,” he said as I went through her mail.She had a laptop on the coffee table and the screen came alive when Felix moved the mouse. Her social media accounts were in Maggie’s name, all her friends seemed to be from Montana in general and there were loads of photos of herself with various friends.“If you’re hiding you don’t advertise your life on social media,” I said as Felix sighed.Her email and Instagram was the same thing. There
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We’d been driving for almost six hours when Felix slowed down and took the exit for Malta. I glanced at him and he gave me a lopsided smile. “I’m hungry.”“Make it quick, we’ve still got about twenty hours ahead of us,” I said.He pulled into a gas station and filled the SUV’s tank up. I stood outside and stretched my arms above my head as he spoke to a woman at the other pump. She was pointing him in another direction as he nodded his head.“There’s a convenience store back that way,” Felix said.“For what?” I asked him.“Snacks for the road, listening to you snore isn’t as compelling as you think,” he said as I smiled.“Please, you probably stare at me while I sleep and drool a little,” I said.“Asshole.”“Let’s just eat first, I need real food,” I said.We stopped at an American restaurant and ate our fill. We’d barely been there an hour before we headed to the grocery store. Inside the store Felix grabbed a trolley and headed directly to the snacks aisle.I froze in my tracks as F
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“Ryder,” Typhon almost growled my name.“Lord Typhon,” I said and bowed my head.“What have you done halfling?” he asked me.“She needs to remember,” I said.Typhon stepped closer to her and lowered his head and released a breath. She gasped and sat up straight. Abeloth separated from me, his face had a look of disbelief on it.“I can’t believe it,” he said and disappeared into the dark recesses of the cave.“Your bond is accepted,” Typhon said as Megan turned her head towards me.“Our bond?” I asked him in disbelief.Typhon's claw slashed across both our hands and I saw our blood rise and mingle in the air. I stood there in disbelief as I watched our blood swirl together and then become one. The wound on my hand healed and Typhon let out another breath.“You’ve merged your blood, you are now bonded for life,” Typhon said.“Ryder?” she asked as I went down to my knees and grabbed her as she cried.“I’ve missed you so much,” I said as I clung to her, my own tears running down my face.
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Megan hadn’t said a word to me for the past three hours after Felix’s revelation about Ava. If he wasn’t driving the car I would’ve beaten him to within an inch of his life. None of us had said a word for the last two hours. Megan was ignoring me and Felix couldn’t even look at me.“You’re an asshole,” I said to Felix.“I know mate, I’m sorry. She has a right to know though,” he said.“Tell me everything,” Megan said softly.“I didn’t plan it. It happened and I did the next best thing, I married her because it was better than being forced to bond with her,” I said.“Do you love her?” she asked me.“No.”“I’m not mad at you Ryder, I want to be, but I’m not,” Megan said.“You’re letting him off the hook just like that?” Felix asked her.“Yes.”“You do realize that he doesn’t really deserve you,” Felix said. “Me, on the other hand, would worship the ground you walked on.”“Felix …”“I don’t have the piercing, mind you, but I’m quite skilled without one,” Felix continued as Megan laughed.
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“Ryder.” I heard Lucas’s voice and turned around.“Dad,” I said feeling nervous all of a sudden. The look on his face was one of worry mixed with sternness as he looked at my unharmed face.“What’s going on? You said it was urgent. What the fuck did you do this time?” he asked me all at once as he glanced at Felix.“Just because both of them are here doesn’t mean they’re in trouble,” Rylee said.“Mrs Grey, a wonderful delight to meet you,” Felix said as he took her hand and kissed it.“Knock that off,” Lucas said as he looked at him.“I see where Ryder gets it,” Felix said as Rylee smiled at him.“Why can’t you be nice like that?” Rylee asked Lucas.“You want me to kiss other women’s hands?” he asked her.“Don’t be an asshole,” Rylee said.“And yet again I see where Ryder gets it,” Felix said as I chuckled.“Cut the bullshit, why are you both here? What the hell did you two do now?” Lucas asked.“Not me,” Felix said looking at me.The adjoining room’s door opened and Elder Vic walked
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“Link!” Megan yelled as she opened the back door.“Megan? Megan!” Link yelled as he ran towards her and caught her in the air as they both cried and hugged.Link had been waiting for us on the porch. I didn’t stop to greet him as I raced behind Felix to the infirmary where I found Emily pacing up and down in the hall in front of the examination room.“Any news?” Felix asked Emily.“Not yet, they’ve been in there for a while now,” Emily said as she hugged me and looked at Felix frowning as she did.“He’s her bonded half Ems,” I said and her eyes widened slightly.“Wow, you two really do share everything,” she remarked.The door opened and Peter stepped outside looking grim and I could hear Ava crying inside. I smelled blood, a lot of it and it disappeared faintly as he closed the door behind him.“I’m so sorry Sire, I tried everything I could but she was already in premature labour by the time I got here,” Peter said.“Is she okay?” Felix asked.“Physically yes,” Peter said.“She doesn
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“Motherfucker!” I yelled and slammed the laptop closed.I was alone in my office and I had just received an email from the Elders with regards to Sire Anthony Jacobs’ retribution claim. He was escalating the matter to the High Council. He was enraged to say the least.“Does your father know you call him that?” Felix asked me.“Not now Felix,” I said.“What’s wrong?”“I have to appear in front of the High Council,” I said.“On what charges?” he asked me.“Failure to uphold the Sire’s vow.”“For divorcing Ava?” he asked.“Oh he doesn’t even know that part yet, this is for marking Megan,” I said.“He’s pissed off about the alliance,” Felix said.“So what am I looking at Felix? Financial penalty, loss of my lair?”“It depends on what he’s asking for but yes financial penalty is an option, absorption of your lair or he can demand that the bond be broken and reestablished between you and Ava,” he said.“That’s what he wants,” I said.“I agree,” Felix said.“What I’m about to do is going to
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Another week passed by and Link had bought out my personal shares in the lair businesses. He still wasn’t happy with my decision but he understood it better now. I had handed over everything to him and now this really was his lair and territory.I was standing outside the meeting hall where the High Council was currently questioning Anthony. I’d be called in soon enough but I wasn’t particularly worried. The Council always conducted their hearings behind closed doors, meaning that it wasn’t open to the public. The Council members, the Elders of the region and the affected parties were allowed inside.Lucas was standing next to Megan even though I’d told him not to come. When I told him that I’d given the lair to Link I was stunned into silence when he didn’t yell at me but actually agreed that it was the best thing I could’ve done.“It’ll be fine,” Lucas said.“I know Dad,” I said.“If things turn south we can always just kill everybody,” Felix said.“That’ll definitely score you some
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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
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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
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“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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
