Semua Bab Rise of the Phoenix: Bab 1 - Bab 10

***This is Book Six of the Elemental Dragon series. References will be made to events that happened in previous books without being fully explained here. While this book can be read as a standalone, it is recommended that you read the series, starting with The Arena.***Every time I’m called to rise, I choose a human who is worthy. One whose heart is pure. One who is kind and loving. One who values the lives of others and is willing to give their lives to protect those around them. It has to be a human with these attributes because, while I always rise again, my humans do not.Over time, I’ve realized that when I’m called, there is always a human who stands out to me, one who calls to me in some way or another. This time, when I felt the call to rise, it was Emmi who called to me.She was an orphan, someone who never had a family, but who always stood up for the underdog. She was the one who would walk through the forest and help the creatures who were injured or trapped. They responde

I almost kissed her. I wanted to, desperately wanted to kiss her, just like I do every time I see her. But I’m not sure she’s ready for that. Emmi has been through a lot and she trusts me. I have no intention of betraying that trust.I hear a commotion coming from the old hospital. Since I know that it was Emmi that caused the fire that burned it down, I want to know what’s going on. I’m not sure how, but the old hospital is still so hot that hardly anyone can get close to it. However, I can see that Eliane, Ancalagon, Zephyr, and Avani are all looking at something in the middle of what's left of the old hospital.“What’s going on?” I ask my brother Kano as I jog up.“I’m not sure. It’s too hot for Amne to get close enough to see” he says. His mate is a fire dragon, so the fact that she still can’t get close says a lot about the heat of the area.Tana and Kenna fly overhead, but they don’t land, waiting to see if something is wrong. I hear Tana, then Kenna gasp as they see whatever th

I know I shouldn’t have kept her out this late, but time flies when I’m with Emmi and I can never seem to get enough of her. And then … that kiss. I’ve been on my own for a very long time. Runaways tend to stick together and sometimes we find comfort together. But I’ve never kissed anyone who felt so good, so right, like it feels when I kiss Emmi.Of course, being here in the Academy, I know a lot more about dragons and mate bonds, so I understand that Emmi is my mate. I understood with my head that the mate bond was powerful, but now that my dragon side seems to have found his mate, the pull to her, the desire to be with her, even the taste of her lips, has me losing myself.To me, it doesn’t matter that we don’t know what kind of shifter she is. She could be a bunny shifter for all I care, and I’d still want her. The thought of a little bunny shifter hopping on top of my dragon form makes me smile as we head back to the temporary hospital wing.“Why are you smiling?” she asks softly

When I went to have lunch with Emmi, she was in my father’s office. I knocked on the door and was surprised when Kaylani answered.“Hey, I wanted to see if Emmi wanted to have lunch with me,” I said, looking past Kaylani and seeing Emmi looking very stressed out. “What’s going on?”I move past Kaylani and walk to Emmi, seeing images of DNA on the wall. Whatever my father has said has upset my mate. I don’t hesitate, I wrap my arms around her, pulling her to me.“Whatever it is, we’ll figure it out,” I whisper to her. She nods her head against my chest, and I smell the salt of tears. I look over her head at my father whose face looks grim.“Do you want to tell me about it?” I ask her.“Dr. Everett can,” she sniffles, her arms going around me and holding me tightly.I begin making crooning sounds, rubbing her back as my father explains what he’s found in Emmi’s DNA.I grit my teeth. I refuse to let this sweet woman die. I can feel my dragon’s protectiveness swelling inside of me. I’ll do

‘Did you hear all of that, my love?’ I ask my mate in our shared mind space as I watch Ajax take off with Emmi and whatever her shifter is, on his back.‘I did, my dragon. You need to speak to Yhendorn.’I turn to Kaylani. “We need to speak to Everett," she says.“Merethyl says we need to speak to Yhendorn as well.”“She called you young, Avani. A young dragon and she knew that dragons used to be older than elves. This isn’t a normal shifter.”“We already knew that, Kaylani. If Doc Everett can’t figure out what she is, then she’s not something that was alive in our lifetime before she was called.”Together we walk back to the main house. I look over and see Cedric’s wolves building a new medical wing. This one is more towards the front of the main house, where the old one was behind it. I have to give those wolves credit, they are master carpenters and they work fast.“Everett’s waiting for us,” Kaylani says as we walk.“KENNA!” I boom in my dragon’s voice.“WHAT?” she booms back, maki