He landed, tucking his wings in tight to his body, his tail swinging around settling in front of his forelegs. He had talons on his tail too. Three to be exact, three deadly spikes. His roar shook the ground and we cringed. The pulsing waves of magic made it hard to stand. I’d never felt magic but something inborn, deep inside of me, knew it for what it was. I looked sideways at Chersa. Her head tipped downward, tears streaming from her eyes.
This was so wrong but gods, this beast was incredible. Pee your knickers, dead faint, amazing. I couldn’t look away. No human woman could physically mate with this thing so I knew the legend was a lie. I could only hope the sacrifice of the claimed was quick and she didn’t live with her terror for long. But I stared, the magic swirling around me, heating my body.
He went up higher on his legs, his wings spread creating a gulf of wind that blew our gowns around us. My blonde hair slapped my face, obscuring my vision. I didn’t move though I stopped trembling. The hands holding mine shook harder. My friends. This beast might take one of my friends. Anger flashed through my brain. He would scare her to death—no need to burn her alive or bite off her head. The one he chose would fall dead at his feet.
His hulking shadow fell over us.
“Please,” Julia whispered.
She wasn’t asking him to take her. I knew she pled for the horror to end.
“Come forward Acasia,” the husky whisper startled me. “Come.” It was an order.
My fingers released those of my friends, my legs moved without me giving them leave. I was drawn to the dragon—reeled in by an invisible cord I was unable to break.
“No,” Chersa’s voice rang out.
“Silence.” The beast commanded.
The virgin sacrificial brides went to their knees as one unit but not me. I continued walking, a moth attracted to light, a honeybee searching for nectar. He was it. This dragon. This beast. This monster. He was mine.
I was but a small insect beneath his enormous body. But his magic compelled me. I didn’t stop, walked closer until a great pressure surrounded me. A single claw moved the hair on my face aside and I gazed into his ruby eyes. Blood red crystals… all-knowing. His other forward appendage came out and enveloped me.
“Sleep female.”
My world went dark.
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Table of Contents
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-One
Chapter Twenty-Two
Chapter Twenty-Three
Chapter Twenty-Four
Chapter Twenty-Five
Chapter Twenty-Six
Chapter Twenty-Seven
Chapter Twenty-Eight
Chapter Thirty
Chapter Thirty-One
Chapter Thirty-Two
Chapter Thirty-Three
Chapter Thirty-Four
Chapter Thirty-Five
Chapter Thirty-Six
Chapter Thirty-Seven
Chapter Thirty-Eight