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

I know it is scary, but they

I am worrying for nothing, but what if I am not their mate? What if their

me to trust her and let her speak through me tonight. She

we already are. I put my arm through Anton’s outstretched one

Ceremony was being held.

gates.

boys love you even if they have

sure you are safe and will enjoy

was still eating away at me. Will I ever truly feel safe? Regina surges forward

feel

help me? “Because we are one Avery. I love you. Now let’s have the

will ever remember,” she says through our link. She’s right. After

happy birthday.

tuxes with matching blue neckties. Blue and purple flowers hung from the ceiling of the ballroom.

because I was so caught

only I can hear, “Avery, it is customary to bow but I will make an exception just this

one condition.”

“What’s that?”

your mates,