Page 31 of Her Warrior Dragon
The trees finally thinned out, and she came to a halt at the edge of the woods. At the top of the hill was a large clearing that held two dragons circling each other. Her eyes widened, taking in the black dragon, but it was the newcomer that held her attention. He looked just like his statue, but even more fierce, much larger, and more dangerous.
A deafening screech grabbed her attention. The black dragon attacked Vander. With nowhere else to go, she slid behind a wide tree, her heart all but jumping in her throat.
The battle began.
The soundof Faye’s scream echoed in the back of his mind. He knew he had been close to her from her voice whispering in his head, but once he heard his name screamed, his dragon burst free. It was no longer willing to sit back. The shifting in the middle of woods wreaked havoc on the already dying forest. His dragon was too large for the area, but it didn’t matter. Faye was in danger.
He sensed her close by and circled Gamair. His dragon was in pure beast mode. Gamair thought he was impossible to defeat. The Death Lord assumed he was too powerful for Vander, but that was where the black dragon was wrong. He had never fought Vander, The Warrior, who was protecting his mate.
Even Vander couldn’t control his beast this time. Gamair came in for the attack, but Vander’s dragon was in control and able to bat him off, twisting around and going for Gamair’s neck. He had to stay on the Death Lord and not let him use his energy. Vander’s teeth sank into the dragon, and Gamair bellowed out in pain. The dragon kicked him off, and Vander lost his grip on him.
Gamair took advantage of the kick and advanced again, trying to knock Vander down, but Vander recovered quickly. With a quick, deep breath, he blew out his scorching flames from his mouth.
Gamair let loose a scream. The flames danced along his scales. He tried to turn and run, pumping his wings as if to take off.
He was not getting in the air. If he did, there was no telling where this battle would end. Vander couldn’t risk any more innocents getting injured or killed at the hands of the Death Lord.
The sound of a dragon’s roar echoed in the air around them.
Feno.
Vander pounced on the tail of the Death Lord, halting his flight into the air. The dragon turned, trying to swipe his sharp talons at Vander.
Feno flew overhead and breathed his fire down onto the dragon. Vander did the same. Dragon’s fire was one way to kill another dragon. Not many knew this, and dragons did not share this information. Normal fire did nothing, but it was the magic laced into a dragon’s fire that was deadly to another dragon.
Gamair tried to fight them off, but he was growing weaker by the second. They continued to breathe their flames onto him. Vander let the dragon’s tail go and concentrated on sending his flames. Gamair was quickly losing his fight. He slowly tried to crawl away. Another roar came from the sky, signaling the arrival of Jodos in his dragon form. He, too, joined them in sending flames onto the black dragon. He hovered in the air alongside Feno.
Finally, the Death Lord’s fight went out of him. His body collapsed to the ground, unmoving. Feno and Jodos landed, and they waited to see if the black dragon would move.
“Is he dead?”Jodos asked, breaking the silence through their mental link.
Vander’s dragon released a growl. He moved closer to the burnt dragon. Vander couldn’t sense a heartbeat from Gamair.
“He’s dead,”Vander informed them. His dragon huffed, pissed that it was that easy to kill the Death Lord. He would have preferred to draw out the death and torture him slowly, until he faded into nothing, but this would have to do. Short and sweet.
The villagers would now be avenged.
Dalma would be avenged.
Faye would be?—
Faye! He turned his head, and his gaze frantically searched the area. He had to find her. His focus landed on the wooded area that was at the top of the hill, which led to where Gamair had appeared in the clearing. A slight movement from behind a tree caught his attention.
He slowly walked in the direction of the woods, his eyes on the small human who was peeking from behind a tree.
Faye.
“Go to her, brother,”Feno said.“We’ll take care of the body.”
Vander stalked toward the trees, confident his brother would do as he’d promised. Faye moved from the tree she had been hiding behind. It was the first time he had revealed his dragon to her. He had to pull back on his dragon. His beast was ready to dash over to her and scoop her up, but Vander was sure that would scare the shit out of her.
Gentle, he scolded his dragon.We don’t want to frighten her.
His dragon complied and calm down slightly. They stopped just yards away from her. She stood there, eyes wide, staring up at him. She appeared so tiny standing next to his massive dragon.
“Vander?” she whispered.
Her voice was faint, but he would recognize the sound of his name on her lips anytime.
