Defiant Dragon by Kassanna

Author:Kassanna [Kassanna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Jax cradled River against him when she dropped down. He brushed the hair from her forehead and caressed the scales on her collarbone. First chance, when they got back to Alaska, he would clarify everything with her, today she was going to get the condensed version.

“Drago is my half brother.” He might as well get that bit of news out the way.

She stared ahead and didn’t say a word.

“At the first opportunity, I plan to challenge him to a Malice Duel.”

River snapped her head up and peered at him. “Why?”

“Mallow was my sire. When Drago challenged him to the battle, he didn’t have a chance against his son who at the time was a younger harder fighter. As leader through, Mallow couldn’t turn down the request. My older sibling is a power hungry, desperate dragon who could have waited until our father died instead of expediting his demise.” He waited for River to comment. She stayed quiet and he continued, “I intend to give him a dose of his own medicine. Until then I’ve joined up with Manx’s daughter, Synda and her mate Kirill of the Kavinkovy clan…”

She interrupted him, “I didn’t know the Dragonrex had a daughter, no one ever mentions it when they speak about him. He disappeared before I was expelled.”

Jax drew his brows together.

“Hatched.” She chuckled. “So this Synda?”

“Very few people know of her existence. It’s kept quiet because of her heritage. Synda is a hybrid, half dragon, half human.”

“Oh, wow.”

“Yeah that blew my mind, too, when I found out. Anyway, from what I’ve put together based on what I’ve been told, Manx the Supreme sanctioned Kirill to cede him. Unfortunately, he died before he could tell Kirill where the Y Ddraig Goch treasure was hidden, but he left a shitload of clues if you can decipher them. Personally, I think the black dragon is the beast that can recreate the Council of Ancients, but he needs the Dragon’s horde for backing. If he goes after Drago without the jewels, he would simply be taking over the Tarasque clan.”

She shook her head. “I don’t understand. If he is waiting to go after Drago, why are you planning the same thing? What do you have to do with the gems?”

“It’s an old myth my mother told me. Manx was over five thousand years old. According to Airla, my mother, when dragons ruled the world, their worth was determined by their wealth. It was obtained by any means necessary. The dragon with the largest horde was deemed Dragonrex and if beaten in a challenge, he would lose his title and wealth to the new champion. Manx was never defeated, so for thousands of years he acquired more treasure with every confrontation. As ruler, he brought warring creatures together in peace and created the council. Everyone worked together until he disappeared. I think Mallow tried to keep everything the way Manx set it up, but my brother was a greedy shit and my father’s reign only lasted a few hundred years.

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