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I stepped out from between my mates. “He’s a god. He can’t be killed.”
A pink disk half buried in the churned ground of our battlefield caught my eye. I retrieved it and opened a little pink makeup compact with a cracked mirror on the inside.
I slipped to Rehan and gave my only responsible dragon a quick kiss so he wouldn’t feel left out before focusing on Gorm. “Shift into your dragons and blast him. I think Gorm’s Casket isgetting an upgrade.” I snapped the compact shut. “Not even a god can stand against us.”
My mates puffed out their chests and surrounded the still-recovering god while I started chanting.
CHAPTER FORTY-NINE
JAIYANA
Rehan pulled us out of the Ley Line like it was child’s play, and I practically beamed at him.
“It’s just a Ley Line,” Tyson bitched, eyeing my aura. “You’ve lit up like a candle.”
“Don’t be jealous, Ty,” Lux patted him on the shoulder and ducked before Tyson decked him.
“I’m not,” Tyson mumbled.
Og chuckled.
I turned away from my dragons, my lovers, and my best friends to survey the dark night gripping Malta. We stood at the gateway to Mnajdra, an ancient megalithic temple. Caoimhe screamed. The sounds of her labor echoed against the open aired passages of carved stone.
The last eight months had been a whirlwind. My mates had turned their focus from me to fixing their people, which included relocating those who wanted to move to communities all over the world where they didn’t have to hide. They still had to be careful of humans, but in the long run, dragon shifters needed the freedom to be dragons.
Of course, some dragons refused to change. Reptile Refuge, as I’d named their island, which I was in the process of purchasing, would remain a private island. I helped where I could. Mostly by introducing Oliviarose, now the dragon shifter’s voice in the supernatural community, to the Alliance, who was way over their heads but had the staff and the resources to help on a global scale.
Despite new self-awareness, a piece of me still doubted my dragons would come back. Not that mate-marks worked that way. But worry was a hard thing to kick, and now that I admitted I wanted them, I really wanted them, and I couldn’t hide or run from my truths anymore.
But I didn’t need to. Each of my mates pulled me into their worlds as they focused on their homes and families. Once their duties slowed, they came together into my world. It wasn’t just the sex making me happy. We had a lot of work ahead of us, which would require teamwork! Something we were getting better at every day.
Tenzin materialized out of a carved stone opening. “Are we taking you away from a demon pod?”
I stepped toward Tenzin. “Even if you were, I would have come.”
When I bound Gorm, it left thousands of half-formed demons in the Ley Lines, which the newly healed magic of the world promptly ejected. They fell to Earth, creating fun surprises for the masses. They were a product of Gorm, me, and even a splash of Brad. Technically, none of them were developed enough for life on their own, but each one was a potential problem.
The human media called it a meteor storm of epic proportions. Doomsday theorists believed it was the beginning of the end. My favorite people were the Ancient Astronaut Theorists, who threw all of their energy into the alien story. Imight have added a few comments in forums to help that one spread.
Truth or conspiracy theory, it was a nightmare.
Caoimhe screamed again.
“Someone give her a belt to bite or something,” I said. “Natural birth hurts. A lot. Marduk could have heard her in Under London, and if she’s already this far along, he knows.”
“I still wish you could kill him.” Tenzin’s scales rippled across his body. “He’s evil. He’s trying to take my daughters.”
Shrugging wasn’t the right motion, but the young fire dragon had asked this so many times I didn’t have another motion to give him.
“He’s almost as powerful as Gorm,” I explained. “But with his finger in every pie. Even with all my magic, I couldn’t kill him. Any attempt would result in a fight, which would not lean in my favor. If I pulled a win out of my ass, we’d still have to deal with his literal armies and allies all over the world.”
Tenzin bit his lips together. I could see the anger eating him alive. I put my hand on his shoulder and squeezed. I understood too well. I still owed the asshole my firstborn, not that I would have one to give him. Worse, I never asked Brad what he gave Marduk in exchange for his help. Now, I wouldn’t know until Marduk wanted me to know. Brad had bound me to my old nemesis, who I let walk this earth for far, far too long.
“Someday, he’ll get what he deserves,” I promised. “But today isn’t that day. Take me to your mate.”
Tenzin took a harsh breath but guided us further into Mnajdra. A short, unlit path took us to a large stone circle. Dead center Oliviarose knelt between Caoimhe’s legs on a bed of blankets lit only by a small ball of floating magic. Tenzin ran forward and placed his hand on his mate’s sweaty forehead before whispering in her ear.
My friend looked up at me with wild eyes. “You’re taking them.”
