Dragon Rebel (Immortal Dragons Book 4) by Ophelia Bell

Author:Ophelia Bell [Bell, Ophelia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Animus Press
Published: 2017-07-31T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Three

Gavra

Gavra gave up pacing his cage and forced himself to try to relax. After more futile attempts to burn through the bars of his cage with his fire, he accepted that there was no straightforward way out of his situation, so he decided he may as well try to enjoy himself however he could. He was as hedonistic as the next dragon, so it wasn’t too far a stretch once he headed back to the luxurious bathroom of his prison, though calling it a “room” was being generous. Despite the lack of privacy, the nymphaea at least treated their captives well.

When he shed his clothes and slid into the deep, heated tub, he felt the eyes of his Thiasoi guards through the latticework walls that surrounded him. Without turning to look, he said, “Fantasizing about all the babies I’ll fill you with, girls?”

The pointed silence made him turn his head. He lifted his brows at the lovely pair of nymphs leaning against the low stone wall outside his cage. Neither one was smiling.

“Not looking forward to being bedded by a dragon?” he asked.

One of the girls—the darker-skinned one he’d heard Assana call Clio earlier—said, “They won’t be ours when it’s done, so no.”

Gavra frowned. “Well, whose will they be? I don’t intend to keep them myself, unless you want me hanging around playing daddy. Not that I wouldn’t be thrilled to claim them all. I make perfect babies.”

“The blood meld with Nyx means they’ll be hers. We don’t get to choose our own mates until we’ve done our duty to the Haven and our mistress.”

“And you are all willing participants in this scheme?” he asked, closing his eyes and leaning his head back against the side of the tub.

When neither female answered him, he opened his eyes again.

“We are,” Clio said when he raised an eyebrow at her.

He glanced at the other nymph—Ephyra—who turned haunted eyes to her Thiasoi sister before facing him again and nodding. Gavra didn’t need his brother’s clarifying white breath to know they weren’t being entirely truthful.

“Well, I have no doubt Nyx has her reasons. She was always pragmatic, for a nymph. I haven’t seen her in ages, though. Is she as beautiful as I remember? When we were young, I often wished my kind weren’t restricted to mating with humans. We all had our rules to follow, though. Even we immortals aren’t above the law.”

“The laws have changed,” Clio said. “All the ursa males living in the Haven now are testament to that. We’re evolving.”

He smirked at her. “Evolving and breaking old laws aren’t the same thing. I’m pretty sure blood melding is still forbidden.” The very thought dredged up old memories he’d just as soon leave buried in the past. Blood was far too sacred a substance to misuse this way.

Clio pressed her lips together and averted her eyes. Ephyra’s brow creased, her already anguished expression making her look like she was on the verge of erupting into tears. She bit her lip and lurched away, breaking into a run when she reached the path.

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