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“Yeah. She also likes blank books, fun pens, and music.” He mused. “She liked kissing a lot.”
Nalu smiled. “She was a teen. You were a teen. Makes sense.”
“Yeah, this wasn’t that. She’s just a woman who likes kissing. She’s deeply romantic. She would stare into my eyes and smile. I thought I was leaving her safe, that she would be waiting for me when the mentorship was over, but then she was gone.”
“And you couldn’t find her.” Nalu nodded.
“No. She had been rescued by another dragon, and he helped her burn out her mark.”
Nalu blinked. “He didn’t try and take her as a mate?”
“No. His daughter helps betas get through their changes. Venetia was another one who was part of their group.”
Mano asked, “How do you know that?”
“I asked her. Venetia told me about it when I texted with her last night. Well, sort of. She answered me until Reynaldo told me to fuck off.” He grunted.
Mano cocked his head. “But we are still going to try and seduce her, right?”
Nalu chuckled. “I hope I make progress before the dragon does. I think he is plotting something.”
Keahi checked. “Oh, fuck. He’s gone quiet. I swear, if he goes after her again...”
Nalu checked, and his eyes flickered. “Damn it.”
Mano watched them for a moment, and the last thing Keahi heard was, “Oh, fuck.”
* * * *
Eliana heard the pounding of feet behind her, and she turned to see Mano racing toward her. He shouted, “Run!”
She used a water jet and headed into a tree. She sat up there and watched the two dragons from a safe distance. This was the smaller form that had blasted her that time, but now, there was one fire and one water.
There was a bit of silence, and then they started climbing the tree she was on. Both of them. They looked like giant salamanders with sharper faces. She heard a sound that she recognized, and it turned into a voice.“Precious beauty. We have found you again.”
“Oh, no. Not again. I am not in the mood to be dumped. I have shit to do.”
Nalu’s beast moved toward her.“We will care for you, pretty one.”
“I care for myself. I take care of myself. I control myself. Hooking myself to an alpha is not necessary, and I am not going to go for it now.”
“You do not have a choice. You are dragon mate. We are for you.”
“I don’t care. I am nearly thirty years old. My sister just got married, and I am acting as a nanny for a friend and finally in a place where I can surf or play in the ocean every day. I am not just going to throw that away. Don’t you guys have a concert or something to do on the other side of the island?”
The dragons both halted.
“Aha! You didn’t think I knew about that, did you? Yeah. Right. You go off and rehearse, and I will get some sleep because I have three babies to help take care of in the morning. You need to be doing what you came for and then fuck right off.”
They looked at each other.
“What, you guys claim me and then leave me here while my mates disappear for another ten years? No thanks. You can keep your dicks or play with each other. Now, get down, so I can get some water and go to bed.” She hadn’t topped up her stores while playing in the ocean, and blasting herself up the tree had taken her levels low. She could only use the water she could summon or keep in her body, and she was too far from the beach to summon the water she needed.
She swayed and waited for the dragons to decide whether to leave her alone are not. The dragons slowly backed down, and she exhaled in relief. She felt heat in her back as she went to descend but paused and held onto the trunk while gathering her senses into focus while she descended. She slipped in two places, cursed, and slowly continued her descent. When she was standing with abraded hands, she turned away from the tree, and the dragons were both standing there. “Aw, fuck.”
Each of the dragons took a hand and exhaled fire over her raw palms. She stared at them and flexed her hands. “Uh, thanks.”
She was braced for it, but when she was tugged forward, her back burned as Keahi blasted it, and to her shock, Nalu hit her with fire after Keahi stopped. She howled as her skin protested the mark he was making. She gritted her teeth and shrieked, “Assholes!”
