All Chapters of Rise of the Phoenix: Chapter 1 - Chapter 5

***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 life 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