Page 2 of Wish of Dragons (Dragon Tails 3)

They’d been worthy opponents.

Being human, however, sucked rotten croc eggs. The modern world was not made for warriors like him.

He peered back down at the defeated foe he’d choked to oblivion with his mighty tail.

The red dragon was out for the count, his citrine eyes rolled into the back of his head. If Kai tore a chunk of flesh from his shoulder or belly, he would barely feel it, right? It would grow back…

Maybe…

Eventually…

Just as he licked his chops again in anticipation and opened his maw to chomp down, a shout from nearby made him freeze.

“Stop! Don’t hurt him!”

With his jaws open, the longest of his teeth grazing the thinner, more vulnerable scales of the red dragon’s belly, dripping saliva to tenderize the meat, Kai rolled his eyes sideways to regard the human who dared to interrupt his feast.

“Pretty sure cannibalism is against the rules of the Celestial Realm,” the pale, black-haired stranger barked at him with hands on hips, eyes narrowed.

Don’t care, Kai thought in his mind.

Master could punish him for the transgression later.

He wasn’t afraid of pain or death, given the number of times he’d died already from the endless wars he’d fought. The worst that could happen was the silence and isolation before his next mission. He hated stillness and boredom.

The only bright spot during those immeasurable stretches of captivity was when one of the Jade Emperor’s daughters came to visit.

Miss Seventh was her name, if Kai wasn’t mistaken.

He never cared about names, since he never knew anyone long enough for their names to matter. But he recalled Miss Seventh, since she was the only being who visited him. And she was sort of entertaining with her far-fetched tales about the Celestial and human realms.

Sort of, because she tended to gab about social interactions and observations—who cheated on whom, who fancies whom, who plotted the murder of whom because they were incensed by the cheating… But she never talked about anything truly exciting, like gory battles and knockout fights.

Kai existed to fight.

He sank the tips of his canines into his defeated foe’s belly, breaking through the scales to the juicy flesh beneath.

“Stop that!”

The small human had the audacity to run right up to him and kick his tail.

Not that Kai felt anything from the blow, not even a tickle. He thought about flicking the annoying ant off the cliff with said offended tail, but that would mean he’d have to unwind it from the choke hold he had on Red.

Which might allow the other dragon enough air to recover from his blackout and make a comeback.

Hmm. Might not be a bad idea to have another go at him.

Kai was getting turned on just contemplating the renewed struggle. Nothing amped up his blood like a glorious, brutal battle.

But the human kept buzzing like an incessant fly.

“He’s a friend. Leave him alone.”

I brought him down,Kai thought reasonably.I get to eat him.

“Kai.”

Kai’s jaw went slightly slack at that, and he drew his chin close to his chest as he peered with suspicion down at the human.

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