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Fire replaced Tyson’s hair, and his cheeks flamed. He rammed the smaller air dragon, sending them both sprawling into the nearest cot. The metal frame bent and snapped with a sharp ping. Before anyone got another punch in, Og and Rehan pulled them apart.
Tyson’s nostrils flared, and he shook off Rehan, smoothing the fire on his head back into human hair. I turned to Lux, only to find him grinning from ear to ear as blood ran down his nose.
“You, okay?” I asked.
Lux wiped his face. “More than okay.”
I opened my mouth and shut it. Lux didn’t have siblings. As far as I could tell, he spent most of his life trapped by his father and the rest literally hiding in women’s skirts. This was likely his first genuine interaction with a male his age.
Except for your threesome.
Fuck me.
Yes, please.
A knock sounded at the door, and I jumped. I was so focused on my thoughts I forgot the world existed. Two guards waited to take us to the EM. It was show time.
I wasn’tsure who was making the decisions in our little group anymore, but it certainly wasn’t me. Instead of walking into the EM dressed to impress with the more intuitive and smarter dragons of my four… I found myself dressed in a sparkly halter top and black shorts with Rehan and Tyson flanking me like bodyguards. I resembled a fat Kardashian, desperately trying to pre-drink at a club before my make-up went on.
Oddly specific, Jay.
Thanks, I thought of it myself.
A single door to a slightly smaller and less impressive room opened. Oliviarose, the leader of the earth dragons’ smiled at me. Behind her, Rehan’s grandfather and Tyson’s father stood around a glowing map of the island.
No Air King.
That’s a good start.
I reached behind me, finding one of Tyson’s hands, and squeezed it. I didn’t know if Tyson’s father saw the motion, but he straightened, looking down at all of us with no acknowledgment of his son.
“Thank you for joining us.” Oliviarose guided me to a spot between her and Rehan’s grandfather, leaving Tyson and Rehan to stand at my back.
I rested my hands on the table, feeling the map reflect in my gaze.
“We’ll cut to the chase,” Oliviarose continued. “Between Og’s evidence and your actions yesterday, we’ve decided to believe you are who you say you are.”
It took every bit of self-control I possessed not to roll my eyes.
“The three of us represent all dragons in this, air included. Something’s gravely wrong with the Ley Lines. Something with some connection to you.” Oliviarose spun her hands, and the map turned and zoomed in, showing me Lux’s tower. “Thedemons, as you called them, mostly attacked Lux’s tower. The rest came from the area you found Lux in. The commonality is you.”
By that logic, it was Lux, too… but I got her point. I’d made a similar one last night.
“Not all of us like this plan, but it is the only one every element agreed on.” She zoomed the map back out. “We want you to figure out who brought you here so we can find the traitor selling information about our island to an outsider. Then, we’ll get you off the island so you can take your mess with you.”
I nodded. “Cold, but understandable.”
She frowned. “We will give you free continued use of our sons.”
I barked out a laugh. “I was renting them?”
Rehan’s grandfather banged a staff against the hard floor, making it ring. “You were supposed to mate one of them.”
Og’s words filled me with guilt once more. I shoved my hands into my pockets like a chastised teen. I couldn’t say the right thing here. A huge part of me wanted that too. But I’d spent the last thousand years experiencing a different existence. I settled for helping others find their ‘happily ever afters’ because life never ended for me. Happy endings didn’t exist. It was just eternal existence, keeping up with my bills and waking up every morning to more of the same.
Tears stung my eyes, but I blinked them away. I chose immortality. My life wasn’t bad; it was the opposite, really. I was even on an adventure right now. I could damn well take responsibility for my choices instead of indulging in whatever pain I shouldn’t be feeling.
Healthy thoughts there, Jay. When you pull a muscle, ignoring it and continuing your workout is the BEST way to deal with it.
