Page 74 of Bite Me

“They're from your genes, not mine. My suppression spells only do so much.”

Strange. Why would Kur-Jara have the crone suppress anything in his offspring? When Ky got out of here, and it was when now, not if, he had a lot of intel to bring back to the AllWyr. Then Jakob and Match could hash out what all these questions meant. He was taking a goddamn vacation. Just him and Jada in a secluded little cove, where they can have plenty of sex on the beach, and not the drinks.

This was Ky's chance to kick the Black Dragon's ass. He hadn't had a chance to stretch the increase in powers he'd felt when he and Jada mated. It had been curtailed by her powerful allure. But, now that he knew what that felt like, the next time she used it he would be ready to harness her power and add it to his own.

But the First Dragon had given him the mission to get Azynsa out of here.

On one claw, the odds were stacked against him in a battle. This was their home turf and there were a lot more of them. He had no doubt he could take a lot of the demon dragons out, and at least injure the Black Dragon. He wasn't sure he'd make it out of that battle with enough energy to find Azynsa and escape. But damn, he hated leaving this opportunity untaken.

He would go find Azynsa and he would get back to Jada as soon as he could. In one more minute. Anything else he could glean from eavesdropping on the enemy would help them win the war. Loose lips sink shits. Lots and lots of demon dragon shits.

Their voices were getting louder and he would only have a few moments. Now that he was back and in dragon form, it wasn't like he could hide behind a rock.

He had a plan that involved grabbing Azynsa and stretching his senses to find the tunnels leading to the tide pool. Come hell or hopefully high water, they'd get out of here quickly.

“Yes, I know the succubus went back to her coven. Stupid bitch. Leonard can only protect her for so long.”

Ky had missed something. Why had Jada gone back to Leon?

“The dragons have forsaken her for taking the golden shard. She won't be safe for long,” the crone said, gleefully.

If Ky's heart had plummeted any further it would have fallen right out of his chest, rolled across the floor, and into the lava. Jada had taken Cage’s soul shard.

No. He wouldn't believe it. He would've known. She trusted him; she would've told him.

“She still thinks she has to hide her true self for you to love her.” That's what the White Witch had said. “She's tougher than the others.”

Now Ky understood what that meant.

Being Jada's mate would be tough on him, if she couldn't be trusted.

His soul screamed that that wasn't right. She was his soulmate--his true mate. He loved her. Fate would not have given him a mate he could not trust.

He had no idea if that was true or not. Maybe this was the way of it. He had no information to go on. The only other dragons who had mates were Jakob and Steele. They were both beyond happy in their relationships. But before that it had been generations. What if this happened all of the time back then, making enemies lovers? There was no one to ask.

Ky was so distracted that he didn't even notice the enemy had found him until there were three demon dragons on his back.

He roared and swatted them away, using the deep hurt and anger at Jada's betrayal to fuel his battle. All three of the demon dragons who attacked him first hit the cavern wall so hard they instantly exploded into ash.

“Get him,” Kur-Jara roared. The man shifted into his own big Black Dragon and spewed fire at Ky's head.

Ky jump to the air and dive bombed the Black Dragon, aiming his talons for its eyes.

The black Dragon shot another spout of flame at Ky, but he defended with an icy blast. He still had no water, but he could control the temperature of the air, ice being part of his element.

He had enough fury in him to turn half the horde into ice cubes, which he scooped up and threw like some little projectile icicles at the Black Dragon's head.

When he ran out of demon dragons to throw, he could throw his heart. Until he saw Jada again and found out the truth of whether she had betrayed all of Dragonkind, and him, his heart would be guarded like it should have been from the start.

He’d opened himself too early, loved her too fast.

From here on out, his heart would be as hard as stone and cold as ice.

Betrayal

After everyone was done flipping out, probably because Ciara used her magic on them, there was still a standoff between the dragons and Leon.

“I don't want to start a war with you too, Incubus, but I will if we don't walk out of here with that soul shard.” Jakob’s words had a whole new ring to them, one that had a lot more power behind it than Jada had ever heard before.

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