Mallory“A piece of her—more precisely, of her dragon—was cut out. That’s why she can’t wake up, her dragon’s soul was mutilated. She is very weak and doesn’t have the strength to wake up,” Jen explained. I covered my face with both hands, wiping my tears and trying to settle my breath. We didn’t have time for me to have a panic attack now, we had to help my Little Sister. “I talked to Ember, her dragon, and I could see she is growing weaker by the day. If she dies, Kemy goes with her. They are closely connected, their souls are intertwined. Healing Ember as soon as possible is the only way we can bring them both back from this long sleep.” “Ember will need the piece of her soul back, or at least part of it. Otherwise, she won’t be able to wake up,” Jen sighed deeply. Her words were making my heart race in the somber rhythm of dread and desperation. It was all a huge nightmare. Alma placed her hand on her chin and looked at Kemy for a moment, “We need to find a way to make her
AlmaEgan and I left Kemy’s room and went to ours. He ran his hand through his hair anxiously. I sighed, it was hard to see a way through. But I trusted the Great Golden Fire and I knew that if it decided to not help Kemy, it was because it wasn’t supposed to be like this. There was a better way, a way in which she could be more than whole and wake up to a better reality; and something told me that this other way had everything to do with her mate. Egan turned to look at me and placed two gentle hands on my shoulders, “I know what you are thinking about, Little Ruby. But if we let him come close to her, he can use this proximity to harm our clan. We harbour powerful magic and powerful magical instruments in this house— itens the Alpha-to-be of a power-hunger pack could be greedy for. His father didn’t seem to hesitate to kill, torture and destroy to gain and maintain power, so what would his son do to obtain such powerful magic?” I looked into space as many thoughts swirled in my h
Kemy I threw myself in his arms, feeling his warmth, breathing his scent in. “I missed you, beautiful mate,” he muttered against my lips before covering them with his once again. His tongue swirled into my mouth, in a heated and passionate kiss that matched the look in his eyes.I sank into our kiss and his tongue’s rough caresses. Henry’s fingers ran through my hair as his other hand slid from my waist to my hip. His fingers dug into my skin, his touch was something between sweet and possessive.After getting lost in our kisses for a while, Henry looked into my eyes and started talking. “I have to talk to you now before I’m not able to stop kissing you anymore and I end up waking up without telling you what I found out.”I only nodded, half-absent as I was melting in his arms. “There is a way for me to invade the house and rescue your body. I will do it tomorrow, you will be my arms in both our dreams and reality,” he assured me. “Please be careful. These dragons are dangerous
Mallory I woke up with a convulsive movement as I heard a weird noise. I was still sleeping every night in Kemy’s room, it brought me peace. This time I would make sure she was safe.My hands rubbed the sleep off my eyes and I looked around trying to find the source of the noise. I jumped out of themakeshift bed as soon as I saw the werewolf in front of me, this time he was naked, which only made my panic increase. I was almost hyperventilating as cold sweat dripped down my forehead. I couldn’t remain still as he approached my sister, his thing hanging dangerously. I gulped hard and breathed deeply, my dragon Alessia was humming soothingly to calm me down and give me strength. I felt my body starting to grow hot, burning.“Don’t you dare to get close to her!” I yelled, fury and fear interlaced in my voice. “Stay back! Now, I only want my mate!” he almost growled, baring his canines at me, his eyes glowing a threat. A shiver roamed down my spine and I had to make a huge effort to
HenryI shielded my mate from the fire with my body. Of course, they wouldn’t hesitate to hurt or even kill her, they were monsters. The only odd thing was that they didn’t do it before. Did they want to use her in any of their sick experiments? This thought alone made a growl of wrath thunder up my throat. “Stop this now! You are all insane!” The witch screamed and I glanced at her, noticing that she waved her hand, making the dragon’s fire retreat towards her fingertips in slow motion. “Stop attacking each other, don’t you idiots see that the only way to solve this insane misunderstanding is by talking to each other like civilized people?” the pinch of a witch said firmly, trying to step forward and be in front of her Dragon Alpha, but he wouldn’t have it; he kept her behind his body protectively. Knight growled in my mind, not so happy to be down-talked, but I kept him at bay. What if Kemy’s sister was indeed alive and in that bedroom? “He is a werewolf, he can’t be civilized!”
Henry Alma brought me some clothes and I stayed there in Kemy’s room with her, watching her sleeping, reveling in her delicious scent. It calmed Knight down a great deal; he was an almost tamed beast now. Almost being the keyword... The fact that we were kept under surveillance made me want to shift and shove Daniel away. The grumbling dragon was there too, sitting on a chair close to his mate, Mallory. He kept staring at me awkwardly, his face long with a permanent frown. I knew he didn’t trust me and assumed to know what was best for MY mate, but he didn’t. “I can bite him only a couple of times, nothing lethal…” Knight suggested, and I shoved him to the back of my mind since I was tempted enough to do so without hearing Knight’s encouraging ideas. I stared back at him, I was an Alpha and I wouldn’t cast my eyes down nor bare my neck to anyone, especially not a grumpy reptile! His frown only grew and his eyes started glowing in a shade of golden. Knight was pissed off and so wa
Mallory After resting for the rest of the morning, having a relaxing bath and a dish full of ramen, I put my sports leggings on and went towards the stairs. I sucked some air in, trying to stick with my decision. I couldn’t stand being only a scarred and scared little hare anymore, I was sick of it. I was sick of being afraid and unable to help myself. I had to rise, to become at least able to protect Kemy and myself. I could do it, step by step my legs moved down the stairs. Daniel was already there, waiting for me and wearing a tight sleeveless shirt that marked all his chiseled muscles, his biceps exposed… and the grey pants really agreed with his amazing butt. I pushed my gaze away and gulped hard, I was gawking. I think I’ve never looked at a man and felt my mouth water before, normally I only felt my stomach getting queasy. But no one else had ever made my stomach less queasy than him. Maybe it was the mate bond or the fact that he was gorgeous and sweet in his own way. I
Mallory After a long hot shower, I went back to Kemy’s room. Adrian was there, watching my sister and the werewolf. Henry was holding Kemy’s hand, his eyes on her. These weren’t the eyes of a tormentor or a monster, like the gazes that inhabited my nightmares. His eyes were tender, sweet. Although I didn’t trust him, I wasn’t blind to his dedication towards her either. Was this love? I didn’t know. I was only used to tormenting gazes when it came to men. Except for Daniel’s gaze; I knew he wouldn’t hurt me, ever. That was clear, but I still couldn’t wave my fear, my stupid fear. His gaze was pure encouragement, care, friendship and I ruined everything by kissing him. Mate or not, no one would want someone as broken as me. Too tainted, too marred, too damaged to be good to anyone. I sat on the accent chair in front of Henry and sipped my tea slowly. Gods, why did I kiss him? What was I thinking? He didn’t want me. I couldn’t be with him, not even if he wanted to, not even if I wa
KemyNiki and Marion organized some kind of brunch for Alma with only us ladies. Niki called it ‘Back from the Nest’ party. So,
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HenryAfter Mallory left to go to sleep, I laid on our bed and took my Kemy in my arms.“How are you, Sweetness?” I caressed her face, brushing a stray lock of her light brown hair behind her ear.A sigh left her juicy lips, but it was soon replaced by a small smile, “I am fine. It might sound crazy, but I am less afraid now. What happened today showed me that I can manage to stand on my feet and face the challenges that might come my way, even when at first I fail or hesitate. Besides, knowing that the doctor isn’t around anymore, makes me feel safer.”“The others told me that the rest of the Red Dragons don’t know that the doctor and his gang came here. You are safe now.” My arms tightened around her as I pulled her into my chest.“We will always protect her. Her and Ember,” Knight roared in my mind and I couldn’t agree more.Our mate was safe now, in her Dragon and human form. I wished all the danger and challenges were finally over, but I knew our battles were only beginning, and
KemyAs soon as we learned about the chip implanted in the nape of my neck, Marion gave me a pain-killer concoction made by Niki and removed the chip from my skin using a sterilized knife. Henry held my hand through the small procedure, even though it didn’t hurt as much as I expected, having my mate by my side made it much easier. Marion didn’t waste time and melted the microchip using her fire.After a couple of hours, Mal came to my bedroom. The corner of her lips were twisted down and her face was contorted with something deeper than sadness as she sat on my bed by my side.I had so much to tell her, that I didn’t know where to start from and I could feel she also had something to say. Henry
DanielI stayed with Mallory for a couple of hours, and when I had to go interrogate the Red Dragon I hesitantly left her with Kemy and Marion. My dragon grumbled in my mind, releasing a grumpy roar, he didn’t want to leave her, neither did I. But I needed answers and I needed that bloody doctor dead soon.My legs marched to the dungeon, and the pathetic coward flinched as soon as he saw me. He could surely see his approaching death in my eyes.My fist was already in flames before I even reached him. Without losing any time, I punched him in the face over and over again.“Tell me their bloody names. Tell me the names
MalloryA memory flashed before my panicked eyes as I stood still in front of the closed door.“It didn’t work this time, Lord Darion,” one of the Doctors said with an exhale.“We will try again in a few weeks. You should increase the dose of drugs and hormone injections. Find a way to make this woman able to conceive my children!” he yelled at the doctor, cold rage radiating from him and making my stomach clench.He was a monster and there was nothing I loathed more than having him inside me.
DanielI held Mallory’s hand as we walked down to the basement where Egan had a small dungeon built with only a few cells. When one has as many enemies as our clan has, this kind of place comes in handy.One of the Red Dragons was chained to the wall, surrounded by Egan, Alev and Adrian. My gaze moved to my mate, but she seemed surprisingly unfazed by the scene unfolding before her eyes.“He was the doctor responsible for experimenting on Kemy. We still have many questions to ask him, before he becomes ashes. So far he had only told us that no one else knows where we are.They came here without telling anything to their Lord.” Egan said firmly and calmly, looking between us and the chained prisoner.Mallory’s heart q