Page 37 of Dragon Untamed

Adrien rolled her eyes. "The information I know is out there, and it is with my coven. Not here."

Kaida bit her lip. She thought there would be a chance that Adrien knew something now so that they could begin the search. Adrien seemed to know a lot without having access to her coven's books.

"We can talk to the guys. Maybe there is a library here that we don't know about."

Azulia shook her head, "We looked all over the island when we arrived. We hoped we could find a spell to break the barrier to go back."

"Did you ask them, though?"

"Well... no."

"I think I need to go home. I need to fill Beckett in on everything we know and see if he knows of a place with books that might have an answer for us. I can come back if he does know something."

"Your mate was never really a fan of us. Neither were the other dragons," Adrien pointed out.

Kaida shrugged. "That was before I got here. I think I can change his mind."

Sundrei giggled as Remy wagged her eyebrows.

"I'm sure you can," Remy teased.

"Oh, shut up." Kaida shoved Remy lightly, "Not like that. I just seem to be able to get him to do what I want now that we are bonded."

"Maybe you can convince the other three too," Remy sniggered.

Kaida glared at her. "Now you are using what I confessed earlier as a joke? Not like you weren't drawn to three other guys yourself."

"Yeah, but you don't see those three here, do you? You have the three other goons that run this island at your feet. I say use it to your advantage."

"I'm not going to use the guys for anything. I don't even want to be attracted to all four of them!"

"You really think they are hiding a library from us?" Adrien asked while wiping the remainder of her tears away.

"I don't know. Maybe? If they weren't all that nice to you when you first arrived, maybe they kept that information from you. I mean... correct me if I am wrong here, but aren't they a little speciest sometimes and treat the dragons better than others?"

The girls seemed to all nod in agreement to what Kaida pitched to them. Kaida hated to know them well enough to say something like that. The boys were not that great toward their people. It may seem like they are because there are more Elemental Dragons here than anything else. But the other species of people were theirs to lead as well.

"Then I'm going to stick to that. There has to be somewhere that has lore here. If there is, they are going to show us. We must know how to fight this dimension before it spreads to everyone."

"What if there isn't anything about the dimension, even if there is a library here?" Adrien asked.

"Then we will fight it any way that we can. If my dragon could close the opening here, then we can use her magic to keep it fromtouching here. If that means I have to train every day, then I will. We will all do what it takes to make this right. I won't stand around and just let this happen. If you guys are with me, then I know for sure that this island will be safe."

Adrien smiled at her. "Well, look at you. You thought you weren't worthy. Yet here you are, stepping up to lead and save this island."

Kaida felt her cheeks get hot. "Thanks."

"I mean it. You need to stop thinking you aren't worthy to lead and deserve to be rejected. Enzo was stupid. You would have made an amazing queen."

"I wouldn't go that far."

Remy growled. "Bullshit. I agree with Adrien. You already are a Queen. I'm glad you are finally showing it."

"Me too, Kai. I agree with them," Sundrei spoke up. "You are the Queen that you think you aren't. You may not be the queen of Dragaal, but-"

"You are the Queen of the Island," Azulia finished.

The tears welled up and spilled down her face. Kaida's heart fluttered at the sound of her being the Queen, the position she thought she had before she was dropped here. Not only did they say the words, but Kaida couldfeelthe truth of them in her friends’ voices as they said it. They believed in her. They believed that she could lead them all.

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