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I nodded. “I’m safe.”

He turned and took in the scene before us. With an eerie growl and chirp, he sprinted across the road towards Kayden and Alexander.

What was that? I had never seen him act that way before or have black eyes? Was it from the piece of my power that he had inside of him?

Too many questions without a simple or known answer.

A new dragon roared and this time, I relaxed, recognizing the roar of my mate, Trey.

“Took you long enough,” I whispered just before my body fell to the side and I slipped into unconsciousness.

ChapterTwenty-One

“Mama?” I whispered as I felt her running her hands along my body and using her magic to heal me.

“It’s alright, baby. We’re here and you and your mates are safe now,” she whispered back, her voice thick with emotion.

“Piper? The other guards?” I asked.

“All safe. Nana Kara is healing Piper right now,” she assured me.

I exhaled in relief. “Trey mad?” I asked, my voice cracking as I feared his reaction to finding out I had killed his mother.

“No, Lily, he’s not mad at you,” she assured me.

“Elrith and Kora?” I asked.

“Safe with Triston and Jol at the house,” she answered. “We’d just arrived at the house when Branson felt your call for help and notified us.” She sniffled. “It took us a little longer to find out where you were, but luckily he and Riddick were closest.”

“Stop talking,” Great Nana Kara snapped at us. “You’re impending Ember’s healing ability and you’ve got a lot to heal. All of you do.”

“I do?”

She scoffed. “Seven broken ribs, severe lacerations, some down to the bone, burns across a lot of your body, and more.”

“Burns from explosion?” I guessed.

“Child, shush,” she said in exasperation.

I obeyed, but cracked open one eye to look up at Mom. Both eyes opened at the sight of her glowing eyes brimming with tears. “Mama?”

“I crushed them, Lily. I used my powers and crushed the rest of them into dust,” she said. “And I’d do it again in a heartbeat.”

Mom could use telekinesis and had an affinity for earth, which meant she could pull rock from the ground and use it to crush people.

“It’s not enough,” she snarled. “They should have been punished, not killed, but I couldn’t stop myself when I saw you bleeding on the ground.” Leaning down, she nuzzled my cheek with her nose. “I’m so sorry this happened to you.”

“Not your fault,” I reminded her.

“We should have found you another family to live in, one that wasn’t so dangerous to be part of. If you’d been raised by another, non-royal family, then you wouldn’t have been forced to live like this. You would have been safe.”

I shook my head and reached up to grip one of her hands. “What do you think would have happened if I’d ended up in a family who despised demons? Do you think they would have reacted so rationally to finding out I was part demon? That I was a demon princess? No, I was raised in the right family and it’s thanks to your training and parenting that none of us died today.”

“Lily!” Trey yelled and ran over to kneel beside us. He rested a hand on my cheek and rubbed his thumb across my cheekbone. “Stop talking and let your mom heal you.”

“I’m sorry,” I whispered. “I’m so sorry, Trey. If there had been another way.”

He growled at me and I snapped my mouth shut, pain shooting through me at the anger on his face.

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