Page 42 of Bite Me

The last time Ky had been around Ciara she’d created a fierce tempest that could blow them all around like feathers. But she didn’t have a lot of control over her powers with the wind or rain then.

Jakob shook his head. “Nope, it was all Ciara.”

She waved her hand, dismissing Jakob’s boast. “Well, not all me. I’m sure.”

Jada had an answer to half her question. “What about the other two? Fire and water?”

Ciara closed her eyes and everyone’s coffee and tea froze solid.

Dax turned his cup upside down and shook it. Nothing came out. “Hey, I was going to drink that.”

He turned the cup upright and blew a tight stream of fire at the ice, warming it back up and took a sip.

Before anyone else could say anything, their cups all began to steam.

Ciara blew out a breath and yawned. “Only little parlor tricks, but they take a lot out of me. I haven’t properly learned to focus any of them, except for that one time.”

Ciara paled for a moment and swallowed like she had something bitter in her mouth. Jakob took her hand and squeezed.

She smiled and continued. “It’s not like the way I can work with the emotions. I’ve used that one most of my life without even knowing it.”

“Fleur, I’ve seen your power over the plants. Can you use the other elements too?”

Maybe all dragon mates were white witches. Which meant Jada was not one. The human part of her had some light, but the rest of her was dark and black.

“My mother is a flower nymph, so most of what I can do is from her. But, when Steele and I mated—” Fleur glanced over at her dragon warrior before continuing, “I met the White Witch too. She brought something more out in me.”

Fleur stood took a deep breath and a shimmer washed over her body. The green dragon mark on her neck and collarbone stretched its wings.

Her eyes changed, her pupils elongating, the green in them more pronounced, stunning. Small sharp talons extended from her hands and white scales flicked across her skin.

She didn’t shift into a dragon, only those features appeared, but the shard at her neck glowed.

There were no such thing as female dragons. Leon had made that a point.

Jada stared along with everyone else. She wasn’t as focused on Fleur’s transformation, as the soul shard she wore. Ciara had one too. Neither of their dragons did.

A longing so deep inside of her own soul struck her with the force of a tsunami. The dragons had given their mates their souls.

Steele stepped up and stood directly behind Fleur, his own dragon just below the surface, growling at the other dragon warriors, protecting his mate.

Ky, Dax, and Jakob didn’t move. They weren’t any threat to Fleur. They were surprised was all.

Ciara breathed out a sigh and helped the rest of them do the same. “Fleur. That’s amazing. But, you might put it away before Steele drags you off to his lair.”

Fleur blinked a few times and the scales and talons receded. Steele bent and whispered something in her ear that made her blush. A couple of daisies popped up from the floor under their feet.

“The White Witch is obviously trying to help us, but we’ve got to help ourselves with what she’s given us.” Not that Jada was sure how she could contribute unless Kur-Jara wanted to let her drink him dry.

She’d figure that out later. Another attack could come at any time, now that they knew the demon dragons could come out to play during the day.

“The dragons have their powers over the elements. Ciara, you can play with all four, along with a fifth element that includes emotions, Fleur has some serious flower power fueled by something unique, and I’m not sure how it will help, but I’ve got my hypnotic allure. We have to be able to cobble all that together into a plan of some kind.”

Ky smiled like a fool at her. “Don’t forget your sexy smarts,aroha.”

She hid the shiver his words gave her. “The question is, how can we harness those powers to keep everyone safe from Kur-Jara?”

“It sure would help if the rest of the dragons had badass mates too.” They all looked over at Dax.

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