Hidden Flame: Bound to the Triplet Dragon Kings

Clint**

This place is incredibly creepy. It is haunted and in my opinion the whole complex needs bulldozed and the area

cleansed. I have seen so many unfortunate things befall humans and supernaturals alike. I am convinced that this place

could convert the strongest non-believer. Why in the fuck would Tim want to meet here? Is that fucker a warlock? After what all we both saw and heard the day we proposed to Avery, I want to imprison and interrogate any magic user. I trust

no one other than Avery, my brothers, and now Draven.

The further into the place we walk, the more uneasy I feel. Then I caught Lenore’s scent. That bitch is behind Avery’s

disappearance and if she hurt one hair on Avery’s head, I will rip her heart out myself! I rushed ahead with my brother

and Draven calling after me. I entered a room to find a bloody and unconscious Tim who was both bound and gagged.

He was alive, so I focused on finding my mate and my brother. As I was about to enter an eerie stairwell, they caught up

to me. We all covered our noses because all we could smell was sulfur, death, and decay.

I fell to my knees when I saw my brother dead in a pool of blood with Avery lying on top of him with two blades sticking

out of her back. “We have to help them,” Draven tried.

I looked up at him with tears streaming down my face and Conner weeping beside me. “We can’t. They’re dead. Our mate and our brother are dead.”

At that moment three ravens flew in and landed on the railing near the bodies. I stood up to swat them away, but Draven

stopped me. “They are here for three souls, not two,” he said.

“They can take me then.”

up beside me and said,

heard a deep chuckle as one of the ravens shifted into a tall man with long dark hair

As he said

was a muscular man with long dark hair and the other was a curvaceous woman with dark

these are the Ravens from Blackbriar.

“Yes, and we owe you all our freedom.” He looked at the coins Draven was clutching

palm of your hand. Have those who did this each take a coin and make a wish. Death will

toll.” He winks, “Quote the raven,

right. I am Samael and that is Mara. We won’t ever take your souls.

and give

put a hand on Avery and Cassius. Mara had

the circle. Donn muttered something that I couldn’t understand. Avery and Cassius’s body

Then a miracle happened!

**Avery**

same dark void when the Hoity Hags nearly killed me, but this time I am not

him and

she said that we would find love.” I put my

“I have found so

him pulse and heat up. I gasped when he touched his mark on

were no longer in the void. I stood up and patted

piece. I patted Cassius down and his stab wounds were gone but he was still covered in blood. My hands flew to my back as I

the blade I had dropped. As I stood up I noticed who all was

from that church!”

long dark hair fluttered in a non-existent breeze. He smiled as he bowed, he said, “I

Samael and Mara. We

over to them and told them to stand. “I am my mates’ Queen and Naga’s too. To you, I

more.” He looks at my mates,