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“Let’s go back to when you called me handsome,” Vemar murmured.
Lol
I stuck out my finger. “Do not fucking magic me, faerie.”
Lol
Calia sighed. “Just our luck, we found an educated dragon who obviously knows his folklore.” “I do not like this continued misinterpretation that I am uneducated—”
🤣🤣
For Finley’s sake, of course we hoped he would live. But for Dessia’s sake…” “Never finish that sentence,” I murmured.
Facts
“Yes, yes, we know,” Vemar interrupted, though I didn’t really know. I needed to read up on this stuff.
Yep. Lol
Now it all made sense. She’d be used, or she’d be killed. Her story was never meant to have a happy ending. “Fuck,” I said on a release of breath. “Now you see,” Calia said. “Finally.” “Let’s not get hurtful.” I ran my fingers through my hair.
Lol
“What a crazy fucking life we are living,” I murmured as I watched the shore approach. It felt like we were sailing to our doom.
Some just skipped past the reveal? Or did they not even do it?
Oh, and the whole bit about every phoenix having a mortal enemy is apparently true, and she just so happens to be the cute, very shy, and incredibly dangerous girl we met in a demon dungeon.
So they did do it…
“No. Well, yes, but he has volunteered to be her protector. He wants to help hide her so that she can finally live in peace.”
And no one would expect that he would be protecting his mortal enemy.
except for the enormous bargaining chip that was my brother. Nyfain had worked it hard, negotiating for future fighting aid should we need it, discounted trading deals, a united front against Dolion, and a plethora of other favors.
How did they bargain getting aid because of Hannon? How does it help the other kingdom?
When we said our farewells, the gardeners had presented us with an assortment of seeds and starter plants for our royal gardens.
But they aren’t going home right now…
Hannon’s whole ordeal was still so fresh,
Exactly. Give him a beat.
I’m annoyed that I’m jealous of him, my dragon grumbled. This time I tried not to snicker. I really did.
🤣🤣🤣
“I’m supposed to be the family protector. First there’s you, and now there’s him. I don’t like this big-brother role-reversal bullshit.”
🤣🤣🤣 But he IS the big brother! 🤣🤣🤣
The tension between Nyfain and Xeno tightened and twisted, seeming to fill up the air. “The amount of dirty deeds your father—”
That’s the old king, not him.
I’ll only tell you this once.”
Actually, that’s twice…
“Now, now.” Porfino walked quickly to Hannon’s side, making it clear he’d been eavesdropping. “Let’s not engage in slander.
This dude must work for the Demon King…
I should’ve let Nyfain kill Hannon that one time he low-key challenged him. “Why are you chuckling?” Nyfain whispered. “A few reasons. Never mind.”
🤣🤣🤣🤣
“That’s quite enough,” Porfino said. “Let’s steer the conversation elsewhere.” “Yes, let’s,” Nyfain said, studying Porfino. “There is plenty of time for the royals to discuss the deeds of King Dolion.
I thought he was about to tell him to steer his ass over to someone else’s couch! 🤣🤣🤣
You’ve inserted your presence into your benefactors’ business long enough.” “And what do you mean by that?” Porfino pulled himself up indignantly. “I am in no one’s pocket.”
Riiiiiight…. And you just told on yourself…
We’re still a little in shock, I think.”
It’s been months…
“But you could’ve broken the curse as soon as you knew about your true mate status, right?” Caron narrowed his eyes. “Or do I have that wrong?”
And how did he know that would break the curse if he doesn’t know anything about it?
He stopped next to me and bent down to take me by the upper arm.
Dude. No touching! WTH.
The magical world has been running peacefully without dragons for sixteen years. We—”
So that’s his angle..
Or is all this just so that you can win a few allies, attempting to make me nervous enough to give you your kingdom’s gold back?”
Is he telling on himself?
turning a corner and finding some staff lingering, chatting with one another. They went to bow, but fear widened their eyes when they looked at me, and they hunched instead. “Fear,” Hannon replied. “Caron and Yuna, I mean. Not those staff right there. Though…they are also afraid.”
🤣🤣🤣
“I love domestic arguing as much as the next person,” Hadriel said, “but we don’t have time for it, Finley. Just agree with him now and do as you please later, like normal.”
Exactly
“Watch that asshole,” Nyfain told me with a smirk and a wink, and I couldn’t help but laugh as our power pumped higher.
🤣🤣🤣
Nyfain started to shift, and the wolves fell back as the dragon grew and grew.
On the steps?
She saw us, and relief crossed her expression before she glanced behind us like she was searching for something. She’s looking for that damn phoenix, I’ll betcha, my dragon grumbled. He doesn’t even know how to work all the things. What things? He doesn’t even know what things! He doesn’t know what he’s capable of!
🤣🤣🤣
“Remember what I said,” Nyfain told me before giving me a quick kiss. “I’m trusting you.” “I’m not sure anyone is really going to be after my asshole, but I’ll take it under advisement.”
🤣🤣🤣
“Is that when you shit yourself and hoped no one would notice?” Hadriel asked. “You’re projecting your situation onto me, Hadriel,” Hannon
🤣🤣🤣🤣
“I don’t think anyone has ever shit themselves accidentally as often or as flamboyantly as you have.”
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Hannon, you’ll need to distract them and figure out how to shit fire through that stone”—Hadriel spat out laughter—“or whatever you have to do.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Govam took a long moment, staring at Nyfain. “Sorry, did you want him alive?” Nyfain whispered.
That’s what I was thinking…
I shoved Nyfain to take his place. I did not know what Govam’s deal was, but if he kept acting like that, he was going to get us caught. Not to mention it was ridiculous. Her little form was super cute.
Lol
Govam waited for her to back off and shift before bending to pick up the few keys on their scarred golden key ring. “That image will haunt me forever,” he murmured, and I nearly had to slap my hand over my mouth to keep from laughing.
🤣🤣🤣
“How did you find all of this, man?” Vemar asked
Was wondering the same thing .
Hannon will have to cut through the building with his fart fire or whatever to get him out.”
Hannon should fuck them up for that joke!
“You are getting ready to protect your family and your kingdom,” Dessia said. “That’s noble, but it’s not enough. You need to think bigger.”
She’s deliberately trying to rile him up. She’s “activating” him or something, whatever it is that a basilisk can do to control a phoenix.
It felt like she was constantly challenging me, even with her glances, and the only way I could thwart the effect was to answer the challenge.
Maybe they are supposed to be mates…
“Why do you think, after all this time, our father still insists we hide our relation to him?” Dessia asked in a flat tone.
The king is the father?
“Two of us born to the same woman. He couldn’t stop after the first unwanted child? He had to go for two?”
Be like that sometimes… And this now is likely an explanation for why his Queen has memory issues… She probably found out. But where are their kids together?
He liked her?” She huffed. “Not enough to let her keep her children. Not enough to keep her in the castle after he grew tired of her.”
But at least he didn’t have them killed…
But he farts fucking fire, for goddess’s sake.
Lord… I guess he really does then.
I’d been the first to throw someone out the window to make room. Now that was our aim.
And of course she was…
He twirled like some sort of dancer and then swooped toward the windows. His great beak opened, and I felt my eyes widening.
Does he not realize his people are in there? They are the ones throwing demons out of the windows after all…
Together we are the whole. Enemies. Allies. Apparently it changes constantly.
Exactly
We flew by a section of castle without windows utterly closed off from the outside. Beyond that, we saw him, standing in the middle of his room with only three other demons. He faced the windows with his hands behind his back, grinning.
How is he in a room without windows but he’s looking at him through the window?
Just then, Dessia shifted. Her form grew and grew, bigger than my phoenix. Bigger than Nyfain’s dragon. A great serpent’s head with four spikes reared up on a long, snakelike neck connected to a lean body with four feet ending in claws and a serpentine tail.
And no one has seen this creature before?
