Hidden Flame: Bound to the Triplet Dragon Kings

Time has flown by and we have fallen into a routine. Cooking breakfast with them no longer makes me anxious and I feel more at ease around them in general but a new feeling has emerged. I find myself feeling waves of heat flush my skin as

my muscles tense, my heart rate increases, and my panties dampen. I also have noticed feelings of euphoria, silly nervous

twitches when they touch me, vulnerable because I wonder if this is a dream, and I find myself thinking of them more.

Trisha told me that I am feeling the mate bond including its desire for sex and love. But I can’t be falling in love, can I?

I am sitting in my old room at my adoptive parents’ home. It feels alien now even though all of my things are exactly how

I had left them. Except for one thing, my closet is empty except for a single dress and a pair of heels. The Trio left my

outfit for my Grand Ceremony here.

The dress is very fitted and shows a lot of skin. It is intricately made from the jeweled bodice down to the oceanic wave

hem. Hues of blue cascade down the dress ending in a dark purple-blue. I love it but I can not imagine how much it must

have cost. The Trio has done so much already to try and right the wrongs of our pasts.

My door opened and my adoptive parents entered. We have only told them that I have a dragon not what Regina looks

like or that I bear the mark of The Mother. “Don’t be nervous, dear,” Momma June says. Poppa Anton nods, “Just let your

but they sense things we can’t.

nothing, but what if I am

let her speak through me tonight. She knows not to surface fully

I

where my Grand Ceremony was being held. Guards greeted us as they opened the

gates.

if they have not admitted it yet. They have every guard here

sure you are safe and will enjoy

at me. Will I ever truly feel safe? Regina surges

I do, I feel warmth, comfort, and confidence flow through me ebbing

help me? “Because we are

says through our link. She’s right. After

happy birthday.

tuxes with matching

didn’t because I was

I can hear, “Avery, it is customary to bow but I

one condition.”

“What’s that?”

mates, you owe