Hidden Flame: Bound to the Triplet Dragon Kings

**Avery**

I offered Cassius a quick smile before I turned back to a stunned Draven. “Come!” I commanded. Robotically he walked to

us as we were standing beside Cassius’s car. I wonder why I have this effect on him. Regina spoke in my mind, “I think

one of our tribe members is in him. But I will say that using my big girl voice feels really good.” I giggle inside because it

does feel good to not cower. In fact, it feels damn good.

In addition to my newfound confidence, I feel something else, this dark fire that begins to spark and burn. As the heat

rises so does my anger. My mates surround Draven, preventing his escape. Could he use magic? Yes, but that requires

chanting and his coven based on the ritual I had witnessed. “You took something you had no right to,” I growled.

“What are you talking about? Who are you people?” Draven asks.

Cassius takes a step closer to Draven. His glare intensifies, “You know exactly who we are.” His head turned to me before

he looked back to Draven, “Now meet our queen.”

To pull him close to me, I reached for Draven but in doing so I caught a whiff of some familiar scents. At first, I thought

that it was just perfume so I took another whiff. My nose crinkled as I spat, “The Hoity Hags! He reeks of them.”

To my surprise, Conner grabbed Draven by his throat and lifted him in the air. “Tell us what you had those bitches do and

My, oh my! It appears that my Mr. Darcy has quite a temper and I love it.

my tiptoes and kiss his cheek. Then I put my hand on his

while I decide

and allowed Draven to crash to the ground. Before he could stand,

He cringed under my grasp,

nails turned into her gold and

her iridescent and blue

as he saw my hand and looked into my

human hand to yank his head back by pulling on his

a purplish-blue flame into Draven’s now gaping mouth. The dragon that was inside

it bowed. When that dragon looked into my eyes, I felt a connection. I

When?

golden scales under his black ones stood. I couldn’t hear what

such an odd sensation as if part of me recognized itself, but I

Perhaps the connection exists from another life. He looked up at

knew that he was asking to return to his plane of

him that, so I nod and

it? I don’t have time to ponder that because Draven’s shocked scream brought me back to my reality.

anything, did he have them do? I brought up the finger on my free hand and turned it into

run the talon on Draven’s cheek causing a thin

cheek. He puts his palms on his thighs and bows his head before he

dragon that I could control, so I walked the boundary a lot. Over the past

drawn to the boundary of your territory. While there trying to recharge after yet another failed attempt to