All Chapters of The Gentle Dragon: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

We’re not supposed to leave the school grounds, but sometimes, I just need to get away. In a school of freaks, I’m the freakiest. I’m the only one who can shift into two different types of shifters, which might be really cool if they were normal, but they’re not. My DNA got so screwed up by the scientists that no matter what form I take, I’m a freak of nature, a scaly Lycan or a furry dragon.That may change if Eric ever wakes up. I may not be the only one that can shift into two animals. I heard that Doc Everett had to give him a fourth DNA, elf DNA, to try to get the others to merge. We’re still waiting to see if Eric wakes up. He has Komodo dragon, polar bear, water dragon and now elf. If he’s like me, he’ll shift into something like a furry lizard or a scaly elf. Neither of those options is positive. Sometimes, I wonder if it wouldn’t have been better if they had left me to die.As I walk through the woods surrounding the school, I catch a strange scent, a scent I’ve caught severa

Amne had a pretty good night overall. She tossed and turned for a long time until Ancalagon suggested that I flip her onto her stomach. It took me awhile to figure out what he was saying. My understanding of dragon speak is getting better, but it’s not perfect.When I carefully helped her flip onto her stomach, she was able to fall asleep and I realized that her entire life, she’s only slept this way.Every few hours, I’d wake up and take blood from her IV, testing it to make sure that her shift continued to go well. By morning, I’m feeling pretty confident that I can get her outside today, even if it’s just to lay in the sun with the other dragons for a few hours. Her eyes are mostly stabilized in the human version, with only the occasional flickermto her dragon's eyes.I was just about to ask her what she wanted to try and eat for breakfast when Ancalagon bellowed his warning. I heard Kaylani run outside and shift, then tell Ancalagon and the other dragons to guard the school. I’d h

After getting Elio and Valko fed, I showed them to the spare rooms in the hospital wing. “I’m assuming you’d prefer to share a room for now? If not, we have space to give each of you your own room. It’s up to you,” I tell them. They look at each other and turn back to me. “Together,” they say at the same time. I’m not surprised. They have been together since they left the laboratory. They are obviously friends and trust each other. I put them in a room that has two twin beds and its own bathroom. “There’s a shower in there with towels,” I say stepping into the bathroom. I check the cabinets and pull out a couple fresh bars of soap and some shampoo. “If you need or want conditioner, I’ll have to get that for you,” I say, checking to make sure they have pillows, and that there are sheets and blankets on both beds. “Why are you doing this? Helping us, I mean,” Elio asks. “I’m a doctor. I was a human doctor before I met the dragons and the others. When I became a doctor, I swore an

Perhaps I shouldn’t be so severe with an elf prince threatening to claim Kaylani, but I know that she’s my mate. It scares me to think that someone might claim her. If they did and they told her she needed to leave the school, she would go with them. If they told her to burn the school to the ground, she would do it. That’s what happens when someone who only wants the power of a dragon claims one. That's the power of claiming a dragon. They give themselves to you completely. I can still feel Kaylani seething beside me as I lead her out of the dining room. It takes a lot to make my mate so angry that she would threaten to kill one of our students. Threatening to claim her is obviously one of those things. I look at her out of the corner of my eye. This is the woman who gives herself to me willingly, but she’ll threaten to kill an elf prince if he says he wants to claim her. I wonder if she isn’t threatened by me because she knows that I could never claim her. I’ve seen the other mate

All of the frustration and fear of facing the elves vanishes the moment I hear the alarm go off. Eric is awake, he’s alone, and he’s in my laboratory. Thankfully, Amne left for breakfast early this morning with Kano, but I need to make sure that Elio and Valko aren’t going to get hurt. When I race inside the main house, everyone who wasn’t outside is milling around. “Get to class,” I bark as I race through them. “Dad! Dad, what’s happening?” Ajax calls, rushing in from outside. He and his brothers were there to help protect the school. I turn, seeing the fear on all of their faces, after the threat from the elves this morning. “Eric is awake. I’ll take care of it. There’s nothing to be afraid of. The elves are gone,” I tell them. “Zephyr!” Kaylani calls out to her, racing up behind me. “I’ve got it,” she says and stops, beginning to guide the students back to the dining room or out to classes. I turn my attention back to Eric. I can hear banging and pounding as he must be tryin