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“Ours isn’t perfect either,” Kymri said, her voice low.
The queen’s head snapped toward her; eyes narrowed.
The woman next to Kymri stood, putting herself in the queen’s line of vision. “Your Majesty,” she said softly, drawing her attention. “In her current state, my daughter is acutely aware she will have to make a hard decision when the child comes.”
“I’m aware of the choices too, Kolina, we all have to make them for the continued safety of our people.”
The woman named Kolina inclined her head and resumed her seat beside Kymri.
Odson’s expression held compassion as he looked at Jori’s woman and then to Jori. “You can’t stay here, Jori. And she has to decide what to do with the child.”
Jori’s fists clenched.
The queen spoke, her voice strong and absolute, “Males are not welcome to live on this island for a reason. There has been far too much strife, and attempts to dominate and subjugate in the past.”
Odson’s nod confirmed it, “They will come for you as soon as they know where you are, Jori.”
Jori blinked.
Kymri’s hand tightened on his.
A fissure fizzled in his brain as the realization of everything they were saying began to work its way into his consciousness. They weren’t just dragon shifters. His mother had been, and she had been impregnated by one. That made him one too.
Jesus fuck, I’m a goddamned dragon?
He felt as though a layer of frost was creeping up his spine as he recalled the battle between the large dragon and the two smaller ones outside his prison walls.
He looked around at the faces of the woman gathered in the room.
Kymri.
The queen.
The Queen’s Guard.
No wonder they were armed.
And that dragon now knew where they were.
“Odson, how did you find me?” Ice was sliding through his chest.
“Your video broadcast gave your coordinates.”
Jori’s eyes flicked to the queen. Her expression unreadable.
It wasn’t just regular people this island was being protected from.
No fucking wonder Kymri had pulled a knife on him and was willing to cut him for some batteries.
Their lives really were at risk, should others find out who and where they were.
He jumped to his feet.
He fucked up.
He paced away from the table toward the wall needing to gather his thoughts.
He thought his mother was teaching him so that he could share the legends with the rest of the world. She was teaching him so that he could understand something of himself, without telling him all of it. Still protecting her people.
