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My eyes fly to Ali’s. “I need to get the three of you out of here immediately. I believe we’re about to see what happens when a wyvern and a dragon battle.”
“What?” Charity gasps. “No, I’m not leaving.”
“Yeah, I think we should,” Ali says calmly. “We need to get you back to Veryn.”
Silence flattens himself against the wall of the cave, blocking Ali with his body as Bane, in full dragon form, makes quite the dramatic entry. His front legs land on the lip at the edge of the cave, but he’s so massive, he has to duck his long neck to scurry inside. The roar he releases shakes the floor.
I siphon to Ali and Silence, despite the fact it drains me significantly to do so without full shadows. It’s pretty dark, outside of that inconvenient fucking fire the wyvern built, but it casts enough light that even the short trip depletes me.
“What the hell is that?” Charity hisses, her eyes bugging.
“Bane,” Ali adds helpfully.
“No way,” Charity says, crossing her arms over her chest. She still manages to jab a finger in his direction. “You asshole! You know how I feel about dragons. You lied to me!”
I’ve never seen a reptilian creature look so confused.
Bane’s massive bluish-gray head tilts like he’s utterly lost to how the conversation veered in that direction. The wyvern stands, shaking out his massive body. He uses his tail wrapped around Charity’s middle to pull her out of the way before snarling at Bane.
“Stop. What are you doing?” Charity snaps, fighting against his hold. “He’s bigger than you.” Her fighting proves futile, and she turns to Bane. “Don’t you hurt him, Bane. I swear on the sweet baby Jesus that I will castrate you if you try.”
“She’s half fae,” Silence whispers. “She prescribes to Christianity?”
“Not the time,” Ali mutters. “Also, she grew up in the human realm. She’s allowed to believe whatever she wants, just like we do.”
“Thank you,” Charity says, struggling against the wyvern’s tail.
I laugh. The human realm is delightfully entertaining. Hell was never this ridiculous.
Silence tosses up his hands. “My apologies. I meant no disrespect.”
“It’s all good. Could you maybe get this overgrown iguana to release me, so that I can save his life? He’s like half the size of that ridiculous salamander.” Charity sighs. “I swear this day is never going to end.”
I snort, shaking my head. Earth truly is my favorite realm.
“You should do something,” Ali says to Silence.
“I’m not risking being burned to a crisp with dragonfire. There’s no way he’ll hurt her.” Silence gestures to Bane. He gets close to Ali’s ear and whispers something I can’t hear. He’s likely reminding her Bane thinks she’s his mate. He’d never put her in harm’s way. At least, any decent mate wouldn’t, but she’s also displeased about him being a dragon.
I vaguely wonder if it has anything to do with the father of her son.
Veryn woke me up one morning, threatening to burn me alive with his pathetic child-size version of dragonfire. He wanted to know where Ali was and my solemn vow that she wasn’t hurt.
He’s a precocious little monster.
I very well couldn’t kill the boy for discovering Kash’s shell in the laundry room prior to waking me. I enjoy sleeping in Ali’s bed, and I don’t hurt children, so I made friends instead.
Should I have stayed at Kash’s?
Probably, but I wanted to be surrounded by her scent and all her things.
Which reminds me, I should likely move her panties to the dryer.
I was trying to be a gentleman, so I ensured I washed them after, but I’d never jerked off in the human realm and...
Oh yes, we’re currently in the middle of a crisis.
Back to the matter at hand.
