Semua Bab Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates: Bab 121 - Bab 130

LiaAfter that startling revelation, I decided I needed to spend some quality time with my mates.It was a lot to take in when you realize that your ancestors double-crossed a bunch of dragon shifters to save the world. Then you go ahead and screw it up. The you is me.I was the one who messed it up but if they had just told me the truth then everything would’ve been fine. Maybe we could’ve come with some way to keep the dragons at bay.Right now, I didn’t want to think about it. We were still at the hotel, trying to figure out what the hell we were doing. Simone was with me in her room with her mates out getting something to eat. It was giving us a chance to talk.I flopped onto the hotel bed with a sigh, staring up at the ceiling. “I need to figure out how to spend some quality time with them.”This was what I wanted to focus on right now. I spent some quality time with my mates and tried to distract myself from everything that was going on.She glanced at me, smiling.I stared back

Rain"Are you guys seriously not freaking out about this?" I demand, pacing the length of the room. "We have to go to the dragon stronghold. Under the ground. Somewhere no one even knows the location of! How is that not terrifying?"Colby leans back against the wall, arms crossed, looking way too relaxed for the situation. "It’s a challenge. We’ve faced worse."I stare at him. "Faced worse? Colby, these are dragons. Not some rogue pack looking for a fight. Not some pissed-off witches. Dragons!" I throw my hands up, barely resisting the urge to shake him. "They breathe fire. They eat people. And we have to go into their territory, underground, where they have every advantage.""Sounds like an adventure," Colby says with a smirk.I groan. "Of course, you’d say that."Matt, sitting on the couch, rubs a hand down his face. "I’m not saying I’m thrilled about it either, Rain. But what choice do we have? If this is the only way to put them back to sleep, we have to try.""Try? TRY?" My voice

RainI gave a slow clap as the barrier went down. “And just like that, Lia has officially out-magicked every ancient wizard in history. Someone get this girl a trophy.”Colby groaned. “That was awful.”Matt shook his head. “I’d say ‘do better,’ but I know you won’t.”Lia rubbed her temples like I was physically giving her a headache. “Rain, I just exerted a ridiculous amount of energy breaking an ancient magical defense. I will not hesitate to hex your mouth shut.”Jesse exhaled slowly, looking like he was reconsidering every decision that had led him to standing there with us. “Rain, I need you to be quiet and save the jokes for when we aren’t in mortal peril.”I gasped, placing a hand over my heart. “You wound me. You want me to be quiet?”“Yes.”“Like, right now?”“Yes.”“Even if—”Jesse turned, leveling me with the kind of look that could probably kill a lesser man.I cleared my throat. “Okay. Message received.”Colby patted my shoulder. “Proud of you for learning.”“Character gro

ColbyThe second Lia’s fingers brushed the relic, she went rigid.“Uh—” Rain’s voice cut through the thick silence. “What the hell is happening?”I didn’t answer right away. I was too busy watching her.Her chest rose and fell, shallow and slow. Her eyes, wide and unblinking, stared at something none of us could see. The relic pulsed faintly in her grip, the jagged edges cutting into her palm, but she didn’t seem to notice.Rain’s panic escalated. “Colby!”“Calm down.”“Calm down? Are you seeing her? She’s—she’s frozen! Lia!” He reached for her, but I caught his wrist before he could touch her.“Wait.”Rain’s gaze snapped to me, his frustration barely contained. “Wait? For what? For her to stop breathing?!”“She’s breathing.” I kept my voice steady, even though I didn’t love this either. “Look at her—she’s not in pain; she’s not convulsing. This isn’t an attack.”“Then what is it?”I hesitated. “A vision, maybe.”Rain’s mouth opened and then shut. He swallowed, forcing himself to brea

LiaThe group of us was standing together in a circle. I was in the middle of the circle, holding the dragon stone and letting their words wash over me. At one point, my finger was pierced with a blade. A droplet of blood was placed on the stone, followed by more whispers.It was to put some of the dragons to sleep, but it also seemed to imply that I would end up gaining more abilities and having a connection to ancient dragons.None of this made sense.Had my ancestor casting a curse somehow managed to tie our blood to the dragons, causing the connection to grow for years? This was based on the fact that it was tied to the artifact. I couldn’t believe what was going on or that this was happening.The power rushing through me was insane. I felt my vision blur, but then this surge of magic rushed into me. It was insane. Gasping; it felt like the power was so great that I could see it flash in my eyes.This was insane.I almost fell over, but I managed to steady myself. When I came to,