Hidden Flame: Bound to the Triplet Dragon Kings

**Avery**

It is now Friday, the day of the Trio’s Grand Ceremony. All classes have been canceled in honor of tonight’s event. It isn’t

every day that a tribe’s future king has his ceremony. Before the official part of the ceremony, there is a small party. Then

once the hour strikes of the triplets’ birth they are announced in their birth order and from that moment on can scent

their mates.

The Trio ordered the maids to bring me a stack of dresses to try on. It was so exhausting that I took a nap. I don’t

understand how some women do it but it does give new meaning to the phrase ‘shop until you drop.’ And drop I did, I

laughed. I tried to talk my way out of attending too, but I was told that everyone in the tribe must be there. Some of the

traditions that dragons have are very annoying and this is one of them. This ceremony should be optional like prom is,

which I plan to skip again this year.

The Trio had the kitchen staff bring food to my room. I am starting to feel like a bird in a gilded cage. It is nearing

nightfall and I am growing restless, so I put on a shimmering blue gown with matching heels that had silver jeweled

straps. I hate to think how much this outfit cost. It was likely a month’s worth of my pay. Tomorrow, I will insist that The

Trio return all of this and recoup some of their money. I pin up my hair and allow strands to dangle around my face which

I curl. I put on light makeup that they bought me and added the lip gloss that Trisha gave me.

I went to the building outside of the palace where the party and ceremony will be held. I busy myself, helping the staff

with their final preparations. They tried to prevent me from helping, insisting that I was a guest tonight, but I couldn’t

stand by and do nothing. Once everything was ready, I found my seat. It was at the table with The Trio. I don’t feel like I

my nametag so that it

filing in, and The Trio glares at me the moment that they

tonight, I just need to spend time with my

time one of the Trio would look at me. She thought that they were

I told her that it was all because I chose to sit beside her. Then I felt the need to use the

back, I was yanked by my hair, and my head was slammed

was dragged by my hair into the woods. I opened my eyes the moment the cool dirt hit my face. I saw

a circle

worthless orphan

are so pathetic that your parents chose to die instead of raising you,” Lenore says

still have not learned

leave me

banish you

tried to get up but I was pushed back down. “I think she needs a permanent reminder,” Lenore says as she pulls an oddlooking blade from

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worthless tramp the power a queen holds,” Jessica says. I

plan this? Was everything this past week

of them! I slip off my shoes and rip my dress. I have no clue what I

all of you! Rot in hell!” I scream as I throw my shoes at the Hags and toss the scrap of

face. Then I put my head down and ran as fast as I could to my room. I ripped off the rest of my

onto my bed. I cried like I hadn’t done

and pain as I had never experienced before further broke my body

What is

**Cassius**

from her restroom trip, I got incredibly anxious and so did

also missing. If Avery would have remained

better vigilance. My brothers and I

and the backdoor ajar. We rush out and hear

However, we stopped dead in our tracks as soon as we saw the knife in

that can easily kill a human and poison a dragon