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Beckett sent a wave of his calming magic through the bond. Kaida pushed her magic, and it counteracted it. "Stop trying to save me from feeling any emotion other than happiness. I’m allowed to be infuriated that the bastard came into my own home territory without me knowing it! Tell me what the fuck happened to Blaze and how Gemar was on my island without any of us aware of it!"
Kaida noticed their heads bowed in submission as her power surged through the room. It felt harsh for her to do this, but quite frankly, she was tired of feeling fragile because she felt something other than happiness around her mates before they tried to calm her down with their magic.
"We still aren't fully sure how he got around without someone telling us, but it is because the barrier is down. The old one was at least tied to us four, so we would know when someone was bringing a mate to the island. With it gone, we don't have that luxury," Beckett explained to her.
"He has Blaze," Enzo finished.
Kaida screamed as the rage poured out of her. The idea of her mate inside Gemar's hands made her skin crawl. Nothing was good about this; she immediately knew they had to get him back. Kaida jumped off the bed and started to pace.
"How could this happen? Was it Gemar who attacked me, or was it Blaze? How do you know it was Gemar?"
The rapid-fire questioning had the guys scrambling to understand which one to answer first.
Enzo was the first one to recover. "We are not sure if it was Blaze or my father-"
Beckett cleared his throat. "Wrong. I do. I felt something in our bonds. I could see his flame was off. I could really only smell Blaze in that building, too."
Kaida's heart clenched at hearing it was Blaze. She knew he harbored resentment at being given a mate, but she didn't think the mate bond would have allowed him actually to harm her.
"That doesn't mean a damn thing. We know he has a witch doing his bidding. What if the witch could have overridden the mate bond somehow?" Arlo snapped.
Esen nodded in agreement while Beckett and Enzo shared a look. Kaida could feel their uncertainty of Arlo’s explanation. Arlo and Esen wanted to believe Blaze was innocent. They were with her, not wanting to think of Blaze as being able to cause any harm to her. Beckett and Enzo were quite the opposite.
"Mate bonds are not that easily overridden. That is power from The Great Dragon. A Witch cannot overpower a god," Beckett frowned.
At least he isn't happy about this.
Why would he be? That is someone who he considers a brother.
"Then how would Blaze be able to hurt Kaida in any capacity? Even while fighting, the bond would not allow it to have hurt her in any way now that it is forming."
Then, Enzo had a thought. "Because it wasn't Blaze at all. It would have to have been my father who hurt her and did something to increase Blaze's flames to burn through the warded metal."
"That still doesn't make Blaze the victim here. He could have been under the influence of the Dark Dimension. He could have hurt her easily while under that influence," Beckett rationalized.
"However, Gemar is truly someone who would love to have me out of the way. If he were here and had the opportunity to kill me, why wouldn't he have jumped on that?" Kaida asked.
"There is a bigger picture here that we aren't seeing. There is something that Gemar wants, but he hasn't shown what it is."
The guys looked at each other as if they all shared the same thoughts. Kaida followed their possible train of thought and shuddered.
"He can't have me for himself. I would rather die."
"It would make sense. You have the possibility of producing more Plasma Dragons. If he could mate with you and even ensure we are dead so he is the only one left available to mate with, then the possibilities would only be a Storm or a Plasma."
She dropped to the floor and tucked her legs to her chest. "That is fucking gross to even consider as an option. I would never mate with him. I wouldn't ever choose him over my mates! If he would kill you guys, I would just kill myself. I won't do it, and I will never do it. It is not an option, so I will never consider it. I will kill him or myself first!" Kaida rambled while rocking back and forth.
Her men surrounded her and immediately had her in their arms. It was as if she was getting a giant hug from each of them. Inside the bonds, she could feel their love for her to do anything they could to keep her calm. The only problem was she could not calm down, not with the idea of Gemar trying to force her to be his mate.
"It is only speculation. We don't actually know if this is what he wants. For all we know, he wants us Elementals dead, so only Enzo remains. That would also be a solution. If he wanted to have the option of producing more plasma dragons under his rule, that would also guarantee the possibility of his desire coming to fruition while still allowing you to maintain a Fated Mate. Your power is something that everyone would want. Gemar will be stupid not to want it when he can control others. The only reason why it does not work on you is because of our mate bonds. Only Enzo will be bonded to you if he kills us Elementals. If that were the case, you would be more susceptible to his ability."
"That actually makes a lot of sense. His power did not work on us while we were there. If it were because of her being bonded to the rest of you, that would mean getting rid of the others would make her more easily controlled."
They all remained on the floor. They let go of her, but they still sat around her so they could give her comfort if she lost control of herself again. She took several deep breaths before a thought crossed her mind.
"So why would he take Blaze?" Kaida asked them.
"The only thing I can think of is to control you. If he has Blaze, then you will do whatever he wants. He could tell you to reject our bonds and only stick with Enzo. That way, his plan of creating more Plasmas would work if that is what he is planning. Less chances of having Elemental dragons if you were only mated to a storm dragon."
