Prince Taurian: Dragon Ruins Compilation (Return of the Dragons Book 2) by Rinelle Grey

Author:Rinelle Grey [Grey, Rinelle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-03-16T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 36

As Taurian jumped off the cliff, letting the air currents carry him down towards the cave entrance, Karla's weight on his back was almost an irritation. She didn't understand. How could she, she was human, not a dragon.

She hadn’t been there when Ultrima had flown into his lair with the other lightning dragons behind him, demanding his sister, Sarian, marry him. She hadn’t seen him proclaim himself prince of a new clan, and thus worthy to marry a princess. She hadn’t seen how many Rian clan dragons he had killed when they had refused.

She couldn't possibly understand how satisfying it would have felt to have a victory, any victory, over the Trima clan.

It could be the last victory Rian clan would ever have. He knew, even before he landed gently on the ledge outside his former home, what he would find. No sounds came from within the cave system. No laughing of baby dragons as they chased dragonflies, no mother dragons scolding, no elders arguing or playing bones.

Taurian waited for the pain to land, surely it would soon, folding its wings like a victorious dragon and spitting fire all over him. But all he felt was empty. Hollow.

He'd never expected to be the last of his clan. He'd never expected to have to deal with all this alone. He didn’t know how to.

Karla slid off his back, silent now, staring around the cave. “This is where you used to live? Your home?”

Taurian transformed into his human form, but his voice was too choked up to speak. He nodded.

There was no evidence at all of the dragons that had once lived here. The furs they had slept on were gone, as were the wooden bowls, carved by dragon claws. Even the sand had no claw prints. It was as if they had never been.

Karla turned around slowly, searching each corner of the cave. “What happened to them?”

Taurian could hear the doubt in her voice. Doubt that his family had even existed.

How had he ever thought she could understand? She was only human.

“Trima clan killed them.” Anger rose up in him, threatening to choke him, but it was better than the emptiness. At least he could feel it. “Just like I would have killed that Trima dragon if you hadn't stopped me. It wouldn't have even begun to make up for all they've done, but it would have been a start.”

Karla turned to him, putting her hand on his arm. Sympathy shone from her eyes. “I can’t even begin to imagine how hard that must be,” she said, her voice soft. “But would killing Edtrima really have helped any? Could it bring your family back? Could it even help you find out what happened to them?”

“I’ll never know, will I? You stopped me before I had a chance to find out.” He stared into her eyes. He didn’t want her sympathy. He wanted his family back.

“What good do you think killing him would have done? What would it have achieved beyond satisfying your thirst for Trima blood? He wasn’t even here on Ultrima’s orders.

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