Hidden Flame: Bound to the Triplet Dragon Kings

Hidden Flame: Bound to the Triplet Dragon Kings

Chapter 25: All Jokes Aside

Avery

When I walked into Miss Alman’s class, Conner was waiting on me with a smile. Once I took my seat, he leaned over and whispered, “I guessed that you liked lilies.”

I giggled, but I put my hand over my mouth to stifle it because I didnt want to draw attention to myself or to Conner. “You did fine. They are one of my favorites. Thank you.”

As his hand briefly touched mine, I looked at him. “Even if you never tell me what all happened Friday night, I know who all is to blame. If my brothers choose to do nothing, I will. 1, like Mr. Darcy, Rave been too prideful to see what has been in front of me for years. You are a special girl even if you want to kill me in our play.”

My cheeks reddened in embarrassment and I chewed on my lip. Ite lighs, “I read your whole outline. I severely underestimated your creativity.”

“Wait until you see Clint in my apron baking us cookies.”

We laughed as we pretended to rehearse. Conner leaned down. “So you are using our classes to get revenge. Fucking brilliant, but so very sneaky.”

I shrugged. “We all need to graduate and fate made us partners. I would be an idiot if I didn’t use that to my advantage.”

nodded and we joked around as we worked on our script. The bell signaling the end of class came too soon. I waved goodbye to -Conner before making my way to Mrs. Moore’s class. Today we are supposed to plan a mock date. I am looking forward to

looking forward to what I saw outside of the classroom.

How can he let her do that after she tried to kill

As I passed them, I said, “Clint, be sure to remind her that she owes you a spirit shirt.” I

takes his seat at our station. “Avery, why did you say that?

know why I said it. I guess I was pushed too far and instead of breaking, I am springing back to get my revenge. “I just want to be left alone. Since they won’t, I

Clint

and I helped cause this and now we need to fix it. I can not believe that I am thinking this, but in the two years my parents have been gone we have let pussy cloud our minds and hinder our judgment. We have become your stereotypical playboy princes. Since one of us is the future king and will be representing our tribe at annual meetings among other tribes, we need to start acting like

us finds our mate. Then he will

head, “But not nearly enough. It won’t be an eye for an eye because

us when our parents died. Lenore and the other

because that obviously was not what I should have said to her. Luckily, I was saved by Mrs. Moore as she asked us to show her what our date would look like. I hadn’t written a thing, but Avery did. Mrs. Moore smiled at the simple start of the date which was a walk

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no mention of an elaborate dinner or shopping, just quality time and

date is supposed to be like? Mine were always dinner and possibly a movie or shopping before we would find a place to fuck or

would have a Carter bluntly says in my mind. Yes, he has a point but I don’t want mate. Carter huffs, “If you were human then choice. You are a dragon and we dragons are guided by fate. One day we will find