HelenaWhen I was called by my brother to join him in the square, I wasn’t expecting to be faced by Max. I frowned as I made my way to my brother’s side. Something flashed in Max’s eyes before he shifted. His expression quickly became horrified and within seconds we found out why.“She has escaped! I left. I couldn’t do it. I just went for a run and ended up here. I don’t know what happened. She is gone. She is out!” The strong man that stood so tall in front of me all those years ago suddenly crumbled to the floor as his words sank in.NagaaraI knew he was there to kill me. I waited for him to do it. I waited to feel the release, but then I heard his footsteps moving away and when I looked up, the cage door was open. In the blink of an eye, I got up and ran. It was hard, but I forced my body to work. The guards were hot on my heels, but something was pushing me to survive, and somehow, I made it out.The light outside was blinding, but I couldn’t stop. I turned the corner of the bui
NagaaraI couldn’t go somewhere where people could help me. I had memories of my ancestors dealing with all sorts of other species, but I had never seen any of them myself. I only knew the beasts and I sure as hell wasn’t going anywhere near any of them until my bounds were completely gone.Unfortunately, the spell that kept my chains in place wasn’t going to open that easily, and I was forced to make my way to the first human town I could find. I knew from the memories my ancestors gave me that I would find the tools I needed there. The moment I removed the chains, I would be able to shift and heal and that was all I could think about.I found tools easily enough, but it took a while to figure out how they worked, and before I could free myself, I heard someone coming. I made a run for it and disappeared back into the forest as fast as I could with the tools in hand.I had no idea how long I had been running when I finally found a cave. It was dark outside, and it was difficult to tr
NagaaraIt didn’t take long for me to dig up my mother’s bones, and there in the middle of it all was what I was looking for. Her heart had long since gone. It had become a part of the surrounding dirt, but since half of my heart was still beating in my chest, my magic protected the other half that I left with my mother.I picked it up and lifted the right scale and as soon as I placed it in the gap, I felt the magic inside of me stir. A bright flash erupted from deep inside of me and when it was gone, I felt myself growing stronger by the second.The beasts made one huge mistake when they let me live. They believed that I was the last one and, since there was no male, I would never have any children. What they didn’t know was that dragons didn’t have to mate for a female to lay eggs.I wasn’t going to take my revenge on the beasts by chasing after them all on my own. I would wait. I would lay my eggs and wait and when there were more of us, and the beasts least expected it, I would s
MaxShe was astonishing! She was incredible and, even with our broken bond, I felt drawn to her like a moth to a flame the moment she silenced every alpha in the room, including me. I followed Helena the moment she stormed out. I was not the one who wanted to break our bond all those years ago and, even after that, I never forgot about her.I was just so busy fighting against my father and the pack to keep the dragon girl alive that I didn’t have time to do much else. I didn’t have the time to fight for the love of my life. The moment the realization hit, while I stood there staring at her, and she stood staring right back at me, it was overwhelming, and I felt something spark deep inside me.“Tell me what you learned about the dragons.” I walked over to the small tray in the corner and poured each of us some coffee. I was actually more in need of a drink, but our current circumstances clearly didn’t allow for that.“I’m sure you know more about them than I do. You fought them most of
HelenaI couldn’t avoid the alphas completely, no matter how much I wanted to. In the morning, I got up, and my neck felt stiff after sleeping in the bath all night. We gathered at the diner for breakfast, and from the looks of everyone, nobody seemed to have gotten much sleep.That thought made me feel a lot better, but only for a moment. As soon as Max walked in, I felt my damn body respond. I wondered if that goddess that reincarnated my ancestor so many times was playing tricks on me now, but I didn’t have much time to wonder.“Good morning, Helena. How did you sleep?” Max smiled, and I felt like slapping the smile right off his face, but I couldn’t. Everyone was looking at us. Everyone saw what happened the night before, and I could feel all of them willing me to accept Max right there and then. Everyone accepts my brother, of course.My brother knew why I rejected Max. I told him the same night I handed my alpha title over to him. I caught sight of my brother and frowned while s
HelenaI had been going back and forth about why I should reject Max for the second time and my mother was telling me why I shouldn’t. She had one point that I couldn’t deny. I didn’t really know him all that well. I had judged him in a very difficult time when he was probably not himself. I shook my head and frowned.“NO! I can’t be with that man! He is infuriating.” I pouted and crossed my arms over my chest like a young child who didn’t want to do something.“Well, I’m afraid you will have no other choice. He has requested an official meeting with you through your brother. You know the law. You have to give him a chance.” My mother huffed before storming out and I sighed deeply. I should have known that Max would do his research about that! That was if he didn’t already know the laws about mates.An hour later, my brother showed up at my front door and right behind him Max was grinning at me. I didn’t even greet him, as my brother explained the rules to the both of us. Max wasn’t a
HelenaI had given Max a lot to think about. Hell, I had a lot to think about. So, it wasn’t a huge surprise when I didn’t hear from Max for a couple of days. I couldn’t help but giggle whenever I thought about him, and it was honestly becoming a royal pain.So, by the time my brother showed up at my doorstep to inform me that Max had requested another visit, I was ready to burst out of my skin with excitement. It was not how a woman of my age should act. I couldn’t damn well help myself.My second visit with Max went better than the first and I found myself actually laughing at his odd joke. Things unfortunately turned serious right before our time was up when Max asked if I could see myself sharing a future with him.“I could. I wouldn’t lie about that, but your future …” I thought about it as a frown formed on my face. “As a matter of fact, all of our futures still hang in the balance. We don’t know where the young dragon went or what her plans are. I couldn’t possibly have childre
MaxShe said yes! Okay fine, so she didn’t actually say yes, but she might as well have! My heart soared on the drive home. I had never felt like that. I felt like a young pup in love and it was simply wonderful. Ridiculous that a man at my age was acting like a young pup, but still. It was probably one of the best days of my life.The second we arrived home, I started to plan. She said that she didn’t think it would be a surprise, but I fully intended on surprising her. Whatever I did on the day we accepted each other had to be spectacular. I thought about the young dragon girl only for a moment before pushing all thoughts of her to the back of my mind.There had been no reports or sightings. We even went as far as checking their old home, and she hadn’t gone there. At least, I was told by my warriors they had been there, but I trusted them. They wouldn’t lie to me knowing how dangerous she was.I actually felt as though life could finally begin. We weren’t in the middle of a war, an