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The Assassin Chapter 51: Zephyr
The atmosphere that night is incredible, there’s a lot of laughter, the dragons are bugling in happiness and everyone is excited. I’m not sure I realized how much Nova expected to die when she shifted, but watching her with Amne, I realize that now she can relax and begin to really think about what it will mean to be a fire dragon. I knew Ajax and Kano had given up already and Naida and Keagan were too new to have let it sink in, but watching Nova’s excitement makes my heart soar. As we cook food and roast marshmallows, everyone is talking about happy things. Everett and Kaylani tell everyone about their plans to open a boarding school for all dragons, shifters, and hybrids to come and learn about themselves and each other. “It will be a place for those who don’t have homes, to live until they decide they are ready to leave,” Everett says, smiling at Kaylani. “So, Nova and I can live here?” Naida asks. “Oh, I have a home,” Nova says, coming to sit in Ishir’s lap. “You do?” Ajax a
Huling Na-update : 2023-09-13The Assassin Chapter 52: Ajax
Kano and I are sitting in our living area playing video games. “Sucker!” I say as my player on the screen kills his player. “Son of a bitch!” Kano says, tossing his controller aside and slumping back into the couch. It’s been two weeks since Doc Everett told us we were going to live. Honestly, Kano and I had both given up on life, but now…now we’ve had to really start rethinking what we’re going to do with our lives. I still don’t truly understand what it means that I’ll become a dragon. Kano and I had talked about it after that night at the bonfire. He is my best friend, and going through all of this together has made us more like brothers. We both want to stay here. I don’t know what that will mean in the long run, but living here is way better than living on the streets and there’s no comparison to that hellhole of a laboratory. “Lights out in one hour guys,” Kaylani calls out to us. I look at Kano and he smirks at me. We’ve both been on our own, taking care of ourselves for a
Huling Na-update : 2023-09-14The Assassin Chapter 53: Zephyr
This last month of my pregnancy has been very busy. Ishir found Nova’s real birth certificate and the missing person’s report for her two years ago. It broke my heart to see the sweet smiling face of what must have been Nova's school picture. “What happened to her parents?” “Car accident. Then she was sent to live with family that, from what I can tell, didn’t realize she’d gone missing for several weeks. They did put in the missing persons report, but they haven’t really done anything to search for her,” he told me. “Do you have pictures of her parents?” I ask him. “Yeah, I knew you’d want them. I’ll send them over to you. We could make a photo album, or get her one of those picture frames that uses electronic photos in a slide show,” he tells me but I just look at him. I have no idea what he’s talking about. “I’ll take care of it. You just worry about bringing our healthy daughter into the world. There is one more thing,” he says, his voice grim. “What?” “I think I found Olive
Huling Na-update : 2023-09-15The Assassin Chapter 54: Ishir
I carry my daughter in one arm and wrap the other around Zephyr as I help walk her inside. Ancalagon is anxiously flying in circles over our head. “Let me get your mother settled and then I’ll bring your sister out to meet you,” I tell him. He rumbles a thank you and flies over to the dragon area, impatiently waiting. I help Zephyr get inside to the medical room we started in. “Do I have to be in this room?” she asks. “Let me check you out, get an IV in you and just make sure that there aren’t any complications. You dragons are pretty sturdy animals, but I want to be sure since I’m here and you haven’t delivered your afterbirth yet either,” Everett says. Merethyl’s lip curls. “Avani ate mine, both times. I can handle a lot, but that was gross,” she says. “Animals in the wild frequently eat their children's afterbirth to hide the scent of the placenta and therefore the smell of a newborn child from predators. So he was just trying to protect you and your newborn,” Everett says.
Huling Na-update : 2023-09-17The Assassin Chapter 55: Zephyr
I feel like my heart is going to burst as I take Cyrene from Tana’s arms and lift her hand to mine, seeing Ancalagon’s blessing. “Cal?” I ask quietly, knowing he can hear me, even over the humming of the dragons. “She will be one of us, only different. She may have Ishir’s form, but she will have the heart of a dragon.” I’m not sure I understand what that means, but my heart is so full of love for both of my children, for my mate, for everyone that is here to support me that I just burst into tears. Ishir’s arms come around me, holding both of us, until my tears turn into hiccups. “You’ve had a lot going on in the last couple of weeks, my love. Why don’t you let Kenna watch over Cyrene and you and I can go lie down. Kenna already looks about ready to burst into flames in her excitement to hold our daughter,” he says and I turn, seeing Kenna bouncing on her toes. She holds out her arms and I put Cyrene into them, before leaning into my mate. “I’ll bring her to you when she gets h
Huling Na-update : 2023-09-18The Assassin Chapter 56: Ishir
I could smell the fear and pain on the young hybrid female as soon as I found her. There were a lot of strange scents in the area where we found the two hybrids, and I want to go back and investigate those, but right now, her life is literally on the line. When Cedric bursts into the area where we’re waiting to hear from Doc Everett, I stand. Cedric is a royal Lycan and his own powerful energy makes him a good mate for a fire dragon, but it also means that he blows into a room like bomb when he’s on edge. “Cedric,” I say, getting his attention and putting myself between him and Zephyr. I know he’d never hurt her, but it’s a protective instinct to protect her. “Where are they?” he asks again, this time a bit more calmly as Tana comes in behind him, putting her hand on his shoulder. “Everett is trying to save the girl. It doesn’t look like the boy made it. Kaylani and Merethyl are in there with him,” Zephyr says behind me. Cedric scrubs his face. These are the first hybrids that we’
Huling Na-update : 2023-09-19The Assassin Chapter 57: Zephyr
We leave Everett to work his medical magic and hope that it works. When we step outside the medical wing, all the hybrid kids are standing there, looking solemn. “Did they die?” Keagan asks. “The boy did, but the girl still has a chance. Doc Everett is going to do everything he can to help her,” Ishir says as I watch Nova’s lips tremble. I open my arms and she rushes into them. I wrap my arms around her, crooning at her. “What can we do to help find them before more end up like this?” Ajax asks. “I need to go searching for them. I need to find them before they shift. I don’t know if there are others that have died or maybe, like the girl, they shifted and didn’t die right away and we could potentially save them. I need to get back to where we found these two. There were other scents on the ground that I want to search for,” Ishir says. “We can help,” Kano says. “Not yet. You’re still learning how to shift and in the forest, you have to shift above the tree line and drop to the g
Huling Na-update : 2023-09-20The Assassin Chapter 58: Ishir
I had just smelled the scent of blood when Ajax yelled for us. We all turned and began racing in that direction. I’m thankful that Zephyr diverted to Kano, taking the kids with her because I wouldn’t want them or anyone else to see this. I’m an animal, but even for me, this is violent. I shut off my mind to Zephyr, hoping she won’t come looking for these images. The field looks like a slaughterhouse. It looks like an entire herd of deer, some foxes and who knows what else has been literally ripped to shreds. I slowly walk forward, trying to catch the scents of what could have done this. It’s impossible to even say if whatever did this actually fed on these poor creatures or just ripped them apart. “What do you smell, Ishir?” Avani asks me quietly. The three of us, Avani, Cedric and I have seen awful death. When Zephyr was killing the shifters, we saw it, but not like this. Zephyr was quick, efficient, she made their deaths as easy as she could. This is pure violence, rage, possibly
Huling Na-update : 2023-09-21
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The Assassin Epilogue 2: Zephyr
Three months later I’m in the kitchen of my new home, my daughter in a swing out of the way but where I can still see her and my newborn son in a bassinet in the next room. Having two children four months apart has been a challenge, especially when you add on that our house was being built and the surprise that we have planned for today. It’s a big one and I’m so nervous that I feel sick. ‘Easy Zephyr. Everything will be fine, you’ll see,’ my mate coos at me through our mind link. I tap into his mind and realize that somehow my mate snuck in, and my daughter is now strapped against his chest while he’s outside setting up the fire pit for the dragons. We decided to cover up our surprise with an ‘open house’, inviting everyone so all of our friends could be here ot witness the event today. “I can’t believe you had another baby before I had mine,” Merethyl says coming in with Terra, their little girl, another dragon. “Tiger and dragon gestations are similar so I’m only pregnant 3 mo
The Assassin Epilogue 1: Ishir
One month later “Take a look at this, Ish,” Cedric says to me. He and I have been hunting the hybrids that we know are out here, but so far, they are adept at evading us. However, they leave their trail of devastation behind them. “They’re getting more violent,” I say to him. “Yes, I’m starting to be able to distinguish between the two groups. The first group of hybrids seems to kill to eat and they clean up everything but the blood. This group…” “They’re starting to enjoy the kill,” I finish for him. “And they’re upping their game. It’s as if they are practicing, almost like they are planning on attacking something larger, or stronger,” he says looking at me meaningfully. “If they come for our dragons, they will meet their match, and their end,” I say. “If they come anywhere near my children or my pack, I’ll destroy them. I was willing to help them before and maybe we can still help the other group, but this one? I’m not sure they want our help.” “This is the group that had a
The Assassin Chapter 65: Zephyr
When we couldn’t find Sunshine, we went back for Oliver, only to find that he’d been killed and eaten. “Hybrids,” Ishir had confirmed when we landed and saw the blood everywhere, more blood than when we’d left behind. Through our combined senses, I could smell them. “Should we go after them?” I ask him. I stay in my dragon form in case I need to quickly attack or defend, as Ishir is kneeling on the ground near the blood. “Zeph, this is violent. There's a lot of blood here. I mean, you and I are used to violence, we’re animals, but this is something else, this is vicious. I don’t want you near this,” he tells me, standing. “Ishir, I’m a dragon. I can handle vicious.” “You’re my dragon, Zephyr and you’re the mother of my kitten. You may be a strong and powerful dragon, but you have a soft heart. Let me protect you from this. I’ll get Cedric and we’ll go searching for them. You’ve suffered enough violence at Oliver’s hand. I’ll take it from here,” he says, stroking my snout as he ta
The Assassin Chapter 64: Eliane
I lay here, strapped to the bed, like I have been for what seems like forever. It’s been a long time, two weeks, if my calculations are right, which is questionable since there are no windows in this room. But if I’m right, it’s been two weeks since my father was here. I’m not sure which is worse, the pain or the hunger. It only felt like a couple days after he left, that the man who gives me the injections left too and he hasn’t been back. I was okay for awhile because I had the IV fluids dripping into my body, but that dried up over a week ago. I’ve relieved myself multiple times and now everything in here smells terrible, the area between my legs feels raw and I'm worried it's getting infected, which it probably is. I hear the pitiful sound of the creature in the other room. He sounds so much like Ancalagon. I have no idea if it’s him or not, but I hope not. Once again, we’re trapped underground. “Cal, if you can hear me, I’m here. I know, I’m hungry too. I’m sure my father will
The Assassin Chapter 63: Oliver
I hadn’t expected them to be back so soon. They’ve never returned so quickly after finding one of my laboratories. In fact, the last time, they burned it down, releasing all my subjects. This time, my subjects had escaped on their own. I had been watching from my personal laboratory since my lead scientist told me that the shifts were imminent. He wasn’t wrong, but what we didn’t expect was that they would grow to sizes that burst through their cages. They had become wild, killing the scientists before helping the others escape. The dragon and the tiger wouldn’t have known that some of the humans that had been laying on the ground, had become snacks for the vicious creatures, as they fed on their way toward freedom. Once again, I’ve been thwarted because my scientists don’t seem to know what they are doing. Thank goodness my “daughter” and her future mate are both still under my control. Eliane has been responding well to the treatments, almost as well as the dragon. I’m hoping tha
The Assassin Chapter 62: Zephyr
The voices in my head have started screaming again, only this time, they are telling me to do something, anything to help the children that this monster is killing. I’m stronger now, so I shut my mind off from Ishir. He is helping that boy, helping Everett and Kaylani try to save him, and while he does that, I go to Cyrene. I know what I have to do even if it kills me. I pick her up, kissing her and smelling her sweet, exotic scent, a mix of mine and Ishir's. “Zephyr?” Nova’s quiet voice asks from the doorway. I take one more deep breath of my daughter’s scent, then put her back in her crib before turning to Nova. She’s breathing heavily and there are tears in her eyes. “What’s going on?” “I have to go end this Nova. I can’t let Oliver and his men hurt you or any of these children any more. It will never stop while he’s alive.” Her lips quiver and she rushes to me, wrapping her arms around me. “Please come back to me. You’re the only family I have, Zephyr, you and Ishir. I love
The Assassin Chapter 61: Ishir
I pick up the boy, which is about all I can tell about this poor creature. He shifted and his body didn’t take it well. Whatever his primary DNA is, it isn’t elf or dragon. “Here, call Everett and let him know we’re coming in with one," I say, handing Zephyr my phone. "Did you check the other rooms?” “Yes, the others are dead, but he’s alive,” she says as she dials and heads outside. I race back to the office, grabbing as much as I can carry in one hand including the computer, while carrying the boy with the other. I don’t have time to rip out the cameras, so it’s possible Oliver will see that we were here. Hopefully, I can tap into the feed online and block it, but I need to take care of this boy first. I run outside, picking up my phone where Zephyr left it before racing up her back. I’ve barely gotten settled before she’s lifting off and flying faster than she’s ever flown before with me on her back. “Hang on, buddy. We have a doctor that can help you. Just hang on until we ca
The Assassin Chapter 60: Ishir
‘Have you ever been to this city?’ Zephyr asks me in the mind link as we fly. ‘Just once,’ I say hesitantly. It was when I was searching for the assassin, before I knew that it was her. ‘Oh,’ she says. ‘So, anything in particular I need to know about this city?’ ‘It’s smaller than the one where Tana’s penthouse is,’ I tell her. ‘So, hopefully it will be easier for us to find him?’ she asks. ‘Let’s hope,’ I say. We land outside the city and once again, I take in the gorgeous view of my mate in her dragon form. She is spectacular. I missed seeing her while she was pregnant. I stroke my hand down her chest and under her wing. She turns her head to watch me as her body quivers at my touch. “Truly, I have no idea what I did to deserve such a beautiful, wild and fierce creature like you,” I tell her, opening up to her so she can feel my love for her. At times like right now, it hits me like a freight train. “Sometimes, I love you so much that it hurts, Zephyr,” I tell her, leaning ag
The Assassin Chapter 59: Zephyr
After Ishir told me that the hybrids must have been close when we were there and that they came back and finished off the animals that they had started to eat, I knew we needed to get back out and start looking for them again. Avani took Merethyl to his cave of treasures. He has done that with all of her pregnancies because his DNA in their child mingles with hers and she begins to talk and act like a dragon. This time seems a bit easier than what I’ve heard of the first two, or maybe Avani is better at reading the signs and getting her away earlier. He took her early this time, so they will most likely be gone for two to three months, meaning we've lost one of our search party. He told Ishir that he will continue to search for the hybrids near his cave of treasures, but he won’t leave Merethyl for long periods of time and once she is completely overwhelmed by the dragon DNA, thinking she’s a dragon, she won’t leave the cave until she delivers. They’re having a girl this time, anothe
