Page 4 of Dragon Keeper
Happy bees made sweeter honey. And his bees were the most loved in the entirety of Lunastra. He had no doubt none at all. And his honey was the finest.
He heard a flapping and glanced up into the bright blue sky. The sun was warm, and it backlit the dragon that was coming to visit. It was a small one though, so either it was a child or it was one of the triplets from the guardian house. Honestly, itwould most likely be one of the children, although they should be at school right now and not out flying. Not that that mattered. Some of those teenagers had minds of their own. “Someone’s coming to visit.”
“I won’t keep you. I’ll just say hello to whoever’s visiting and then head home. But I wanted to get this planted before the rains came tonight. We should have an amazing storm.” Myk grinned.
“Well, all of my hives are well protected from that and used to the rain.”
Whoever the visitor was, they knew better than to fly over the hives. The dragon landed in the back, and then Cosmo came walking around to meet them.
Perhaps walking was a little staid. It was more intense than walking. Striding was a better word.
“Myk, I need you up at the house.”
Myk frowned. “Me? Why?”
“Someone is at the house, someone who knew you and your brothers, and they want to see you. They’re very agitated.”
Myk’s eyebrows went up. “Did you get names?”
“Sloan, Brayden and Riley. Uh, red hair, one blue eye, one green eye each. Not triplets, but obviously related.”
Now Myk broke into a beaming smile. “Oh, my God, yes, of course I’ll come. They have to be wondering what the heck happened with the house. Dude, they must be so concerned. They’re good friends.”
Oh, Tyr wanted to meet whoever it was. He wanted to go see. Should he ask if he could go? It was probably terribly rude to ask, but he really wanted to. Tyr supposed he could just tag along and not ask, but that seemed even more rude than asking, so perhaps he should inquire.
“Do you want to come, Tyr?” Myk asked. “Meet some more Earth dragons?”
He almost bounced, but that would be less than dignified. “I would. Please. Let me grab a crock of honey.”
Cosmo snorted. “Of course, beekeeper.”
Guests needed honey. That was what he did; it was his job. So he ran to the storage behind his home and grabbed a crock, just enough to give to someone new to the area. Not enough to be too showy.
“Come on, you two. Let’s fly, huh?”
He nodded, wrapping the honey in a cloth so he could easily carry it in dragon form. They leaped into the sky moments later, heading up to the guardian house, where he knew he wasn’t allowed in, but the triplets who lived there had been ingenious. They had built on a conservatory with a large patio. That way he and Myk could sit outside and the dragons from the human realm could sit inside with the windows open and they could all talk.
They had met a hilarious beaver shifter named Yarrow that way. He liked Yarrow very much.
They landed soon after, and Myk took off to the house while he and Cosmo walked more slowly.
“You are not worried about these dragons?” he asked.
“About them being dangerous to Lunastra?”
He nodded. He loved Poe, who had come through from the human realm a while ago, and who had mated with his friend Cade and given him four amazing children to be ewyrml to. But these dragons sounded more… alpha.
“Nope. These guys are vampire hunters like Orion. You know, Cullen’s mate?”
He shivered. The earth dragons spoke of vamfyr more than was reasonable.
“But he is a unicorn.” Sometimes, the triplets made no sense.
“Right. But they feel the same way. They won’t hurt anyone here.” Cosmo sounded so certain. “Isawit, Tyr.”
Cosmo had visions, and Tyr had seen how accurate they could be. He respected the pink fae-dragon’s ability. So he nodded, and they got to the house just in time for Myk to laugh out loud.
“Wow! Sloan! Bray and Ri. Look at you guys. I can’t believe you’re here.”
