Page 123 of Rescued By The Dragon

He chuckled. “Ah, your wishful thinking is charming. At least one of you is.”

A chilly wind settled against my skin, raising goosebumps over my body and forcing me to attention. Evian took a few steps backward, while his army stood to attention. It felt unreal to look at a group of people resembling me who wanted me dead so badly. What was so wrong with my mother loving a human? I wasn’t the one on a war path.

Dorran grabbed my elbow and whispered, “Stay with me, Little Mouse.”

Evian smiled that infamous notorious smile and vanished.

Fear climbed my vertebra, and rested on my shoulder like a devil whispering in my ear. I turned back to our army. “Be strong and quick. Don’t stay still for long.”

Dorran lifted my chin and stared into my eyes. “His weakness is his confidence. Just like the coward he is, when you’re down, he will try to end you. Always be ready.”

A loud war cry broke out around us.

The sirens rushed our army in a whirl of wind and chaos.

The shock of it made my heart still, and the noise around us deafened. Having never been in a fight in my life, I braced myself for impact, turning to face two sirens lunging for me.

A blast of fire shot from behind me, burning the sirens to ash at my feet. Toby stopped and looked down at me. “I forgive you for tripping me. Watch your back.”

I knew his being here was against the King’s demand. All of them fighting for me was against their ruler’s wishes. It made me fight harder. It made me want to win so much more.

I turned and noticed a dragon shifter that had shifted in the field, spraying fire all over the sirens.

Closing my eyes, I reached out and searched for Dorran.

I knew he could see in the rain better than I could, but I wasn’t sure if it would affect his fire. I covered the space between us attempting to give him coverage from the rain.

Dorran ventured farther away from me, pulling the restraint I had around him.

Holding on tight, I bent my knees and jumped into the air, seeing the fight from a bird’s eye view. Panic surged through me at the number of sirens flooding the place like rabid zombies. I tried to stretch myself further, blocking the rain from the other warriors fighting. To give them a chance to use their fire.

Gideon surged into the sky amid the field and shifted into his dragon form, coming down on several sirens with fire blazing over the field.

A tickle of panic touched the back of my neck. I turned in the air and looked over at the trees several yards away. Someone watched me.

Dorran’s heart racing tapped my skin, and I found him searching the skies for me. I tried to extend any peace I could toward him, but someone grabbed me from behind.

The hold I had on the rain vanished and it pelted the field.

Evian’s laugh was light in my ear, his hands rough against my arm and mouth as he dragged me toward the forest. I elbowed his rib and tossed him over my shoulder.

He landed by the cabins, stood up, brushed the dirt from his clothes, and maniacally fixed his hair.

“This is unnecessary,” he said sadly. “I hate that so many of your friends will have to die for you, Love.”

Frankly, I was sick of hearing that.

Evian cracked his neck back and forth, but before he could get himself together, I hit him in the chest with what magic I had. He slammed against the cabins and laughed under his breath. “Amara. If that’s all you know—,”

Reaching forward, I used everything I had to grab his ankle and slam him against the field. Evian turned toward me, his eyes glowing red, jolted his palms outward, and pushed me against the nearest tree. It knocked the breath from my lungs.

Evian walked over and stopped in front of me, watching me try to stand up to no avail while attempting to catch my breath. “You’re weak and unpolished,” he said, looking down at me. “You have more powers but you’re not more powerful than me.” He squatted down in front of me. “For a brief moment, I thought about keeping you for myself, but now I know you’re not worth it.”

Evian rubbed my hair between his fingers. “Your mother would have loved you. It’s such a shame they killed her.”

Vomit and anger climbed my throat. Through the tears in my eyes, I felt Dorran trying to get to me.

Grinding my teeth, I kicked my leg up between his legs and made him fall over to all fours.

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