Page 20 of Dragon Untamed

Kaida focused on how her dragon was responding to the environment. As she did, she realized there was a black haze on the ground, and wisps of it would flutter upwards as her dragon breathed it in. Each time she did, anger built inside her, and her dragon spewed her plasma at everything in front of her. Kaida tried to find the source of this weird black haze, but her dragon was more focused on destroying everything around her.

Listen to me! This isn't you! There is something here that is making you do this!

The dragon roared just as a blast of ice knocked her sideways. When she got back onto her feet, she looked up and found Beckett's dragon hovering above again. Kaida noticed that he was not getting close to the ground. Beckett's dragon was looking around at the ground! He must have noticed the haze and knew it was something he needed to avoid.

Her own dragon decided that he was not worth her effort and swung her head back toward the largest building in the area. The other three buildings were already demolished, entirely shattered to pieces, and beyond repair. This one was the only one left.

That's when Kaida noticed why her dragon was staring at it. The black haze was funneling out of this building.

What the hell? What is causing this?

Kaida didn't get an answer. Instead, her dragon opened her mouth and allowed her Plasma magic to build inside of it. Without knowing what it was, Kaida was unsure if this was a good idea.

What if this haze is another form of magic, and my dragon's magic could cause things to get worse? What if that is exactly what this needs to explode onto the rest of the island?

The magic let loose from her mouth before she could reason with her dragon. Kaida watched as the purple arcs of light swirled around the beam of her magic hurtled toward the large building. It bubbled over the entire thing when it collided and then exploded.

Rubble and dust blew every way it could as her dragon stood in place and watched for the destruction to settle. As it did, Kaida could feel Beckett's dragon land beside her. Her dragon didn't move. The dust went along with the air as the air blew through the area. There was nothing left of the structure outside of small spots of large rocks. Kaida looked for the black haze and noticed that there wasn't a single spot of it left.

Well, hats off to my dragon for knowing what to do... but what the fuck was that?

Staring at the destruction the Plasma Dragon caused, Beckett second-guessed himself on approaching her. There were two ways this could go. The first way would be that the dragon would turn and blast him again with Plasma magic and gravely injure him if she managed to hit the same place twice. The second would be her calming down and shifting back into Kaida so they could talk. Considering his injury still had his scales burnt in his chest, he chose to land on the ground and shift back into his human form.

I am much smarter than that to approach her like this. She leveled multiple buildings with ease. Fuck, she blasted me out of the sky. Me! One of the four strongest dragons on this island. How fucking strong is she?

That is a small amount of power she just showed us. Tread with caution,his dragon told him before he retreated to the depths of Beckett's mind to heal.

Beckett looked down at himself and noticed his skin was charred from where the Plasma magic touched his dragon form. The only bad part of being a Dragon Shifter was both the dragonand human forms shared the injuries. With him shifting, it allowed the magic to speed up a little to heal it, but it would take more than that to heal completely.

I definitely need to warn the guys not to piss Kaida or her dragon off. I have never seen a dragon cause this much damage with one attack.

He looked over at the beautiful, deep purple dragon and thought about his next move. The dragon was staring at the building which seemed to cause the weird black haze. He could see Kaida's dragon fighting the effects of it the moment she breathed it in. Her dragon was going berserk and she managed to fight it off long enough to destroy what was distributing the effects.

Does this mean she cannot be easily influenced by magic? If so, that gives her an edge over Witches and Faeries. Holy shit... she really should be queen.

Kaida's dragon started to sniff the air. Beckett froze as his mind went through scenarios of what could happen. He wasn't sure what she would be searching for but hoped it wasn't locating another source of where that magic came from. Beckett already knew why she was drawn here in the first place. This peninsula was where elite magic users would flood before the Kings and Queens of the kingdoms tightened the barrier around the island. There was something about this place that held magic for people to pull from to perform stronger spells. Beckett remembered his parents and the others' parents talking to him and the other three princes about how they needed to keep people from this area as much as they could when they passed down the responsibilities to them. Whenever any of them asked what exactly was there, no one could give them a clear answer. It wasn't a safe place to allow magic users to go because they could awaken something that should remain asleep.

When the dragon swung her head and looked at Beckett directly into his eyes, his blood ran cold. He wasn't sure if whatever caused her to basically go berserk was still affecting her or not. Her large but lean form slowly turned and began to walk toward him. Beckett could feel the earth shaking underneath his feet. He looked directly into her eyes to show her that he would not back down. If he did this to a Lycan, it would cause a bigger issue than it would with his mate.

My mate. That's right! That is how I can connect with her.

Beckett opened himself up to the bond and allowed himself to connect with her. He shut it down when he noticed the black haze and realized that was why his own dragon didn't follow suit. When he did this, Kaida’s dragon shook her head momentarily. When she looked back at him again, there was some recognition there. This was a good thing. The dragon recognized Beckett as her mate. Now, the only thing he needed to worry about was if she liked the fact that Beckett was her mate after breathing in something toxic. He could feel her attention on him through the bond. Something inside the chord between them told him he had reached her and could speak to her.

Hello there. Kaida, I think you need to shift back. We shouldn't be here.Then Beckett gave it another thought.Or could you fly us back? This area is not safe... as you have noticed.

A rumble inside of the dragon's chest had Beckett feeling relieved. When the dragon lowered herself onto the ground and maneuvered her wing to leverage Beckett to climb onto her back. Beckett felt his shoulders lower before he walked over to the dragon. Her head moved forward and nudged him upward by his ass. Beckett looked back at her, gave the dragon a wink, and said, "All yours, baby. Get us back to the house, and I'll show you." It was followed by another rumble and then a puff of purple smokeat him. Beckett chuckled to acknowledge his mate's dragon and continued his ascension onto the dragon's back.

Once he was settled, Beckett bent down and patted the dragon's back. She wasted no time getting into the air. With a single whoosh from her wings, they were airborne. Beckett's arms wrapped around one of her spikes along her back to steady himself as they made their way to the clouds. Within minutes, their home was in view. Beckett was surprised at how quick the dragon was compared to what he knew other dragons to be. His own dragon would have taken longer to get to the house from the peninsula, even at the slow pace they are flying.

How damn powerful is she now? I really need to go into the archives. We don't know nearly enough about Plasma Dragons to help Kaida through this.

Then the dragon's body rippled, and Beckett felt Kaida's dragon lose altitude. He looked ahead and noticed her head was drooping. Another ripple, and Beckett lost his balance. His hands clutched at the air as Kaida's dragon was losing her form. Beckett called on his dragon, who was still recovering from the attack. His dragon pushed out his wings, and Beckett caught himself. He quickly looked around and found Kaida in her human form, plummeting toward the ground.

FUCK!

Beckett threw into his wings and flew down after Kaida with all the energy he could muster. His dragon's energy was depleting fast, and Beckett's heart was in his throat as he closed the gap slower than he wanted. He kept his hands outstretched to grab her as soon as he got close enough, but the distance wasn't closing. He was going to miss.

A flash of green flew past him and snatched Kaida from her fall. Beckett felt his dragon roar at seeing his mate being taken from him and straightened out his wings for Beckett to get a look at who had done this. Beckett's heart filled with rage ashe looked but didn't locate her promptly. Then, a green dragon landing outside of their house caught his attention. He knew that dragon. Arlo's large Terrain form looked like its own section of land with Kaida lying on the ground in front of him. Beckett flapped his wings to make it to the ground just as Arlo shifted back into his human form.

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