Hidden Flame: Bound to the Triplet Dragon Kings

**Avery**

We decided to let Draven settle in before he began his chauffeur duties. He is still quite reserved, but he is opening up a

little bit. He is the most comfortable when we talk about myths and legends or magic, so we have spent many hours on

those topics. He told me everything he knew about dragons and how he needed power not just to escape Blackbriar and

find his mate but to get revenge for his parent’s deaths. I can empathize with him because I also would like to kill those

who killed my parents and tried to kill me when I was three just as I want to make the Hoity Hags suffer. I know that if

they try to harm me or anyone I love, I won’t hesitate to kill them.

I just feel that there are pieces to the puzzle that we don’t have yet and The Hoity Hags might hold at least one of those

missing pieces. I slept in my room because I didn’t want to play favorites with my mates. However, I am going to have to work out some kind of schedule until I am comfortable being intimate with all three of them at the same time. I am also

trying to process this platonic bond that I feel towards Draven. There’s a familiarity and it isn’t because he reminds me of

how it felt to be friends with Tim. That reminds me, I should venture into the human world so that I can text him.

After I struggled to free myself from the warm confines of my bed, I showered and dressed. As I was walking towards the

so did Regina. “What is going on?” I asked her. Through our link, she told me

and we should follow it. So I lightly pushed open the door. Lying on

and half-naked was Cassius. He looked

into bed with him. As I snuggled close, his

at him and

pulled me on top of him. He tucked my hair behind my ears and then

my face as he spoke, “Avery, I will never be mad when my mate chooses to be

“You mean that?”

down so that I could rest my forehead on his. “Avery, I love you. You are my mate and my Queen,” he gives me a soft kiss. “Nothing will ever change

as many lifetimes as it took to find

touched me and sparked my desire for him. Regina purred, indicating that

bit my lip. “Can

can, little mate, of course, we

to stay

as he kicked the sheets off of the bed to reveal that

back down with

to hold him and put him inside of me. He felt deeper than before. I am in charge and

do. I held his hands down as he pretended to break free. I

I pushed down. I couldn’t believe how amazing this feels. One of his fingers flicked over

lifted and heaved. He did something. I copied him. I did something. He did it back. It was

like. He bit and sucked my