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“Dragons don’t always dwell in the past,” I said softly, mostly to Blaze. “We can live in the moment as well, like the mortals.”
“But if we don’t learn from history, we won’t have a future,” Blaze said. “And our present will be cut short. If we lose you—”
I left Rai’s embrace and went to him. I gripped his chin between my thumb and forefinger and planted a hard kiss on his mouth. “You won’t lose me.”
He grabbed me and kissed me back, fire burning our lips.
Fortunately, we were both dragons.
“Now, can we return to the ship?” Blaze asked, still not wanting me to be exposed to the uncertain night.
I turned to regard my mates, glad they were all here with me. “Fine. And we need to talk.”
“Yes, we do,” Rai said.
We shifted and took off into the deep night sky.
CHAPTER 8
Henry shot toward me, howling in joy as soon as I entered the ship. Sybil landed on my arm, tilting her head to gaze up at me, chirping, and throwing tons of questions at me.
As we walked down the hallway toward the bridge, Henry rubbed against my leg, refusing to give the spot to Blaze. The fire dragon gave the two-headed hellhound a glare and fell behind me with Iokul.
“If it were a man, I’d impale him,” Blaze grated.
Rai chuckled, his strong arm snaking around my waist. “I think Henry is cute.”
I didn’t point out that he’d been pissed, too, when Henry had brushed him from my side the other day.
As the men all gathered, we shared what we’d seen, heard, and discovered. Iokul debriefed everyone about our encounter with Lysandra, and I told them about Elvey’s warning.
Blaze narrowed his eyes in displeasure. “The dude returned so soon?”
“He couldn’t stay on Pandemonium forever,” I said.
“Why the hell not?” Blaze said. “That savage planet suits him well.”
Iokul had been cool with Elvey, but Blaze didn’t accept anyone easily. I used to think Iokul was the most stubborn, distant, and suspicious among all my mates, but it turned out Blaze was the one.
The fire dragon burned brightly and passionately, but he was slower to accept change. He didn’t like change, which was quite contradictory to his fire nature.
“Elvey came back to help Daisy and us,” Iokul said.
“Out of the kindness of his pure heart?” Blaze huffed.
“So, in the end, he and his friends will have a home to return to,” I said, and thought of Rosalinda. I cleared my throat to launch into a speech, and Henry barked once to warn everyone to be quiet. He knew me well. “As you all know, KingDaghdalost control of the Danaenyth dynasty. Lysandra has the support of all the humans.”
My mates and our guards, who had returned from the other cities, all nodded grimly. Sybil flew to land on Iokul’s shoulder, preening her feathers as she listened on.
“Let’s take war to her door and see how the humans handle it.” Quintrell punched his scarred fist into the air. He’d become as loyal to me as to his lightning prince.
“We’ve gone over that angle,” I said, using Elvey’s script as my own. “If we want to win this war, we need to win smart. It’s better to stab the consort in the back when she least expects it.”
The black witch had pulled the rug right from under me, and I’d like to return the favor.
“We assassinate her?” Jarrod asked.
The warriors looked eager, and all volunteered.
