Page 45 of Creatures of War


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“Pleasure seeing you again, Rayna. How has your week been? I haven’t heard much from you lately,” the king said, sounding all too relaxed. He shifted in his chair, inching toward me.

“Classes have been keeping me busy,” I said, wanting to keep the response simple, unable to tear my eyes away from the rider currently forced onto Philit’s back.

I practically held my breath and waited. So did everything one else. Nothing happened, and they finally got the rider off my mate. I blew out a breath, fighting to not rub at my skin. Irritation was quickly building up in me, and I had a feeling it wasn’t just coming from me, but from my mates too.

“You know, this can all stop,” King Laskis said, sounding sly. “Join me, and I will leave them alone.”

I pressed my lips together, knowing better than to reply to him. An older woman got up on Landers. She looked absolutely miserable, like everyone else, and seemed relieved when nothing happened. She practically jumped down on her own, walking away, only to be stopped by the guards. They exchanged words before her shoulders slumped, and she went over to Philit. They were going to make sure each person tried all three dragons.

The air charged around us as others found their dragons, but while the hair on my arms stood on end, I paid them no mind. All my attention was on the guys. Even my emotions began to shift as theirs filtered through me. We were starting to feed into each other again, and in this situation, it wasn’t a good thing.

I tried to relax. I really did. Holding onto the fact that they were my mates and no one else’s was supposed to calm me. But it didn’t work as well as it should have as more people were shoved on their backs, and my mates grew frustrated and impatient.

“We can end this,” King Laskis practically cooed. “Just bond with me.”

“Do you know how disgusting that sounds?” I finally snapped out.

The guards around me all stiffened at my aggression. I was so close to growling at the king, which was definitely a treasonous response. I swallowed my anger, snapping my mouth shut, and went back to glaring at all the riders approaching my dragons.

“Rayna, this is inevitable. I get what I want. I always have, and as king, I always will. You can say no all you want right now, but eventually, you will have no choice but to give yourself to me. Otherwise, it’ll be too late, and your men will perish. Do not think I am benevolent. I learned a long time ago to take what is mine without worrying how it affects others.”

“That’s probably why you’re mateless. All the riders knew better than to even attempt to bond with you.”

The king stiffened next to me, and I swore the guards stepped closer to me. I said some very dangerous words. Even my adrenaline spiked as I waited for the king to respond. He didn’t say anything, only reached out and grabbed my knee, squeezing it hard enough to bruise.

I grimaced at the pain, and Philit growled, picking up on it. King Laskis didn’t pay the dragons any attention as he turned to me. His hand slid further up my thigh, riding my skirt up higher too, exposing my bare skin. Any further, and he was going to expose me to the public.

I grabbed his hand and yanked it away from me, throwing myself back, not caring if I flipped the chair over. He yanked hard enough to keep me in place in the chair. I tried to twist his arm and hurt him, but he was too strong, quickly slipping out of my grip.

“Touch me again, and I will chop it off,” I snapped at him as I jumped to my feet, my hands at my side.

“I can touch you however way I wish,” the king said, darkness enveloping his expression as he stood and towered over me. “I can do anything I want with you, and no one can stop me. Right here, right now, I can force you on your knees and make you take my cock in your mouth. Or I can ram your pussy as hard as I want and claim you as mine. Do not test me, little rider. I will make you suffer, and eventually, I’ll have you begging.”

I practically threw up the longer he talked like that. Everyone around us had turned into hush voices as they watched the scenes. But as soon as the king got halfway through his threat, my dragons were growling.

“Guards. Make her kneel. I think it’s time to give her a punishment big enough so she never puts her hands on me ever again.

The guards surged forward, reaching for me. I screamed and ducked away from them. Roars filled the air, practically shaking the ground and making it hard to stay on my feet. People screamed, and I looked over to see Philit, Landers, and Zilon all fighting the restraints they were forced under.

I ran to them, but a guard grabbed me, yanking me back hard enough to scream as my shoulder felt like it was being torn.

Then, the air became hot. Impossibly hot. My skin tingled, yet amped up to even newer heights. It buzzed. I cried out at the discomfort from it, only for it to explode a moment later. I could practically feel that buzzing power slam into my dragons, and just as it did, they roared again. But this time, instead of the deafening sound of their fury, fire blew out of them.

Out of all three.

Everyone began screaming as my guys broke out of their chains.

And blew more fire. All around. Forcing everyone to run. The guards let me go as they charged toward the new threat, and I could only gape at them. No doubt about it. They didn’t need me on their backs to blow fire.

An impossibility became real thanks to my bond with them.

Chapter Twenty-Six

Philit was the first to get free, but since his wings were bound and he couldn’t fly, he didn’t make it far as all the guards surged onto my guys, trying to keep them contained.

“This is absolutely amazing,” the king said with big eyes as he stared at me. There was fear in his expression, judging by his big eyes, and he wasn’t smiling anymore, but there was something else glittering in his eyes too. “A dragon blowing fire without a rider on them should be impossible. I knew it. I knew it all along.” His voice softened as he stepped toward me. “And you… you did this.”

He pointed a long, shaking finger at me.

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