Dragon Rivals of New York (Dragons of New York Book 3) by Thea Masen

Author:Thea Masen [Masen, Thea]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dodgy Press LLC
Published: 2025-03-27T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 19

Jethro

Our girl cries herself to sleep. I want to hold her, but it would be impossible to do without touching Kyro, and it’s clear he doesn’t want that. Despite what we shared during our scene, he doesn’t want me.

I remember Nadia now. Or at least I think I do.

Kyro wasn’t wrong in his accusation that I’ve killed a lot of dragons. I’ve lived more than a century, and during the first half of my life, things weren’t always peaceful between the hordes.

But seven years ago, before Adrianna took over as queen of the Silver Horde, there was an attack. It was an unstable time for the Gold Horde. Midas had just found Jeslyn, but Cyrus didn’t think the claim was legitimate. He challenged Midas to the throne, and the Silver Horde took advantage of that. They attacked our temple. We outnumber them two to one, but they took us by surprise. There weren’t many at the temple when they attacked.

When I showed up, a female dragon had Midas cornered. She got in a good swipe at him, too. So I didn’t think. I just lunged. She wasn’t dead when they retreated, but the wound was severe. She shifted back to a human, pretty and young, bleeding badly. I didn’t recognize her. She was never at peace negotiations, so she must not have been part of the royal family’s inner circle. I didn’t know her name, but I remember Kyro swooped in and carried her off before the battle was over.

“I’m sorry,” I whisper into the silence.

Kyro doesn’t respond, but he’s not asleep. His gaze meets mine. The anger has bled out, but the grief is still there. It’s a grief I recognize. You don’t live for centuries without experiencing loss.

“I didn’t know you were mated.” Not that it would have made a difference.

“I wasn’t,” he whispers.

My eyebrows draw down. “But you said—”

“She wasn’t twenty-three yet. But I knew she would be my mate.”

“I can’t believe they sent someone who wasn’t twenty-three into battle.” My voice raises with incredulousness. I knew Adrianna’s parents weren’t good rulers, but that’s a new level of coldness.

“Shh!” His gaze drops to Sora.

I pinch my lips, watching her steady breaths.

“We’re a small horde,” he says quietly. “Our Ra had few options.”

“They could have sought peace.”

He looks up at the ceiling. Sora stirs, but only to burrow her head into my chest. I wrap my arm around her, risking touching Kyro. He doesn’t protest, only moves back a few inches, making room for me.

“She shouldn’t have been there,” I whisper.

He sighs. “It was the will of our Ra.”

“Adrianna is a better ruler already than they ever were.”

He glances at me and concedes one curt nod.

“Tell me about her.” I risk touching his shoulder. He doesn’t flinch away, but it takes him a while to answer.

“She could have lived off popcorn, but only partly because she loved it. Mostly, she just didn’t want to have to make a decision about food, and she hated cooking, so she ate it all the time, always with peanuts.

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