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“That’s more like it. Hello, mate. Nice to meet you.”

Chapter Five

Chp 5 - Claimed

First Dragon, above and below, Azynsa straddling him was the most beautiful sight under the sun. She was finally in his arms and her dark skin and long black hair was calling for him to touch and tease.

Before another second passed he needed to mark her, claim her, unite their souls for all time. He knew that just as he’d known a new power had sunk into him when he’d seen her. Both had hit him so damn hard, it had knocked him to his knees.

He couldn’t feel any stronger, except if he had his dragon back. That part of him still felt empty, but the warmth of having his mate by his side filled that hole with the strength of a thousand suns.

“Get up, you damn fools, and run.” Jett whooshed over their heads and farther down the tunnel. Not far behind him was the horde of demon dragons.

He thought there had been a lot of them at the battle he’d fought with Jakob and Ciara. This was ten times that. They screeched and came at them like pissed off pissants whose hill been smashed.

But, who cared. Cage had found his mate and now they were going to fight their way out of here.

He and Azynsa scrambled to their feet and he grabbed her hand. He shouted to Jett’s behind. “Lead the way, oh black–souled one.”

Together, they ran, twisting and turning through a maze of tunnels. Demon dragons popped up at every corner. Jett dispatched the first few with his talons or his fire, until they figured out where the weakness was. Mainly Cage and Azynsa.

“To where? Now that they have seen you and your mate, they will be everywhere. Kur-Jara won't be far behind. He wants her bad. The demon dragons are all wound up about it.”

One of the little bastards popped up behind them. Azynsa squealed and shoved her blade right through its eye.

That was fucking sexy as hell. He’d known she was a badass, but to see it in person was hot. He’d love to spar with her someday, just as foreplay. First, they had to escape.

“Can we get out the same way Jakob and Ky did?” Jett was turning out to be a shitty guide.

“Not unless you are a green dragon and not a gold one, or your mate there has some special powers I don't know about.”

They hit a dead-end and both he and Jett turned to look at Azynsa.

“What do you want from me? I can turn into half a fish. But, unless you think these guys want a dragon fish sandwich for dinner, that's not going to help.” What she didn't say, but that was clear in her voice, was that she thought the two of them were dumbasses.

God, he could kiss her right here and now. Smart mouth with a sense of humor in a damn tight situation. Adorable. However, he would save kissing for later when they weren't all about to die.

A great roar reverberated through the tunnel followed by a swath of fire that disintegrated the majority of the demon dragons. The remaining ones shrank back.

Unless that was miraculously Match, they were about to get a visit from the Black Dragon himself.

The only way out was to fight. There was no way he was making it through six out of the seven gates of hell, surviving an attack by Annunaki and demon dragons, and actually finding Azynsa alive and in good shape, to die at the hands of that son of a bitch. But, he was still weak, and a mirror and a sword weren't helping him come up with anyway out of this situation.

Cage was no God damned knight in shining armor here to slay the dragon.

Azynsa gripped his hand tighter. “Anyone got any bright ideas on what to do now?”

Oh, fuck yeah. Bright was exactly the right idea. He yanked the mirror off of his belt and shoved it into her hand. “Hold this.”

He traded the mirror for her sword, shoving the extra blade into his belt. He may need it later.

Not at all how he had planned to gift the mirror to her, but maybe he would not die in the next twenty-seven seconds and could do a better job later. Azynsa stared at the gold and glass and gasped.

“Where did you get my mother's mirror?”

“Later. Hold it up and out like a cross at an exorcism.”

“Whatever your planning, hurry the fuck up.” Jett lifted his snout and blew his own fire back into the tunnel. “Because that is only going to hold him off for about three and half seconds.”

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