Page 56 of Dragon Rivals of New York

“You went to The Black Wing?!” She leans in excitedly. “I’ve been begging Cyrus to take me. What was it like?”

“Incredible.” I’m certain I’m the one looking dreamy-eyed now. Just thinking about being tied up like that has me alltingly.

“Oh, I know that look. It was better than incredible.”

“It really was,” I whisper the confession.

“Okay, definitely making Cyrus take me there as soon as all of this is over.”

“Right… once all of this is over.” And I’m a dragon. In a relationship that can never be broken, stronger than marriage, withtwomen. Two fucking amazing men. But still… two men with their own needs and wants, that I’ll have to balance with my own. I really should have called an emergency session with my therapist. Although, how on earth would I talk to her about all this? I wonder if there are any dragon therapists in the horde.

Finley puts her arm around me. “This is going to work out, Sora. I just know it.”

“How do you know?”

“I have faith.”

“In thegoddess?” I don’t know why I say goddess like a secret, or maybe like a curse, a word I’m trying to hide.

Finley shrugs. “Maybe. I don’t know. I do think there’s something more than us out there. Something or someone that brought me to Cyrus and you toyour men.”

“Ha! There’s no way in hell my parents would believe God wants me to be with two men.”

“Why not? Didn’t David and Solomon and all those other patriarchs have multiple wives? What’s so different about it?”

“Huh, I never thought of that.”

“Who’s to say there’s only one way of being in a committed, healthy relationship?”

“You’re coming with me when I tell my parents.”

She laughs, the sound swallowed quickly by the night. “Come on, let's get back so you can fly yourself next time we go out. You’re gonna love it.”

I think I will. And not just being a dragon. I think I’m going to love being in a relationship with Jethro and Kyro. I’m still scared. But I trust them more than I trusted Manny after years of dating. My gut tells me this is right.

We spend a few more minutes laughing and plotting all the places we'll go once I can fly, then we head back to my men.

When we land at Jethro’s place, there are two dragons I don’t recognize on the balcony with Jethro and Kyro.

“We’ve secured the Silver Temple,” one of them says with a slight bow to Finley. Sometimes it’s easy to forget my friend is essentially a princess in this world.

“Midas and Adrianna are already there,” Kyro says. “They want us to be quick.”

“Can I change first?” When it was just going to be the three of us, I didn’t care much about what I was wearing, but now that others are joining us at the temple, I feel suddenly self-conscious.

“It won’t matter, lovely,” Jethro is already stripping out of his clothes.

Right. I guess I won’t be in these sweats long anyway.

Kyro rides with me on Jethro’s back, while Finley, Cyrus, and the two other dragons flank us on either side. We all stay alert, and quiet, in case the Ruby Diamond Horde tries anything else.

The flight is fast, but it feels long. By the time we land, I'm more than ready for all of this to be over. Ready to move on from the decision and start figuring out this new life with my two mates.

Back on the ground, Jethro and Kyro take my hands in theirs and we enter the temple together. Unlike Finley’s transformation, the crowd that’s gathered remains in their dragon forms. Some stay outside as guards, others come in with us. Even Midas, Jeslyn, Finley, and Cyrus don’t shift. Only Adrianna changes into her human form.

There’s an urgency, a solemn tension in the air as we walk to the pools. Without speaking, my men help me out of my sweatpants and t-shirt. I thought I’d be embarrassed, the way I felt when Finley stood naked in this same spot, but I’m not. Instead, I feel… excited. And more than a little turned on. Guess I have more of an exhibitionist kink than a voyeur kink.

“Do you understand the choice you’re making?” Adrianna asks.

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