Ragal: A Sci-Fi Alien Dragon Romance (Aliens of Dragselis Book 3) by Zara Zenia

Author:Zara Zenia [Zenia, Zara]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Published: 2017-08-07T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 11

Ragal

Anger replaced the blood coursing through my veins. Were it not for Tasha’s benefit, I would have shifted and torched that worm of a man alive. Albert’s audacious attempts to berate and belittle Tasha, who had been nothing but professionally generous to him despite his increasingly impertinent behavior, awakened the dragon in me, and every instinct I had warred against my rational brain to destroy him.

Even after his insubordinate behavior and his impudent attitude, his blatant machinations and attempts to use her, she still treated him with professional courtesy. I had been who Tasha needed me to be in that moment, but leaving her in the tent, my own emotions roared to the fore.

I wasn’t sure where Albert had run off to and I wanted desperately to hunt him down, but I knew I needed to warn my brothers and cool my own ire, or I risked giving away the uncomfortable secret I was harboring from Tasha.

I walked through the camp, encountering Pavar by the thermogenerator.

“Pavar,” I said in a hushed tone.

He looked up, roused from deep thought. “Is something wrong?”

“Not yet,” I said cryptically, not sure who might be listening.

Alert, Pavar nodded and jumped to his feet. We quickly moved to gather our brothers. Rather than meeting in one of our tents, we walked out into the otherworldly glow of the underbrush at the edge of the swamp.

We all scanned the area, careful not to be seen or heard and huddled close.

Voice lowered, I spoke first. “I’m sorry to drag you out of bed, but it’s urgent. You all need to be aware that Tasha has drawn a line with Albert, and he must either drastically improve his behavior or he is fired. Given the resentment he harbors against her already and the fact that she did a pretty thorough job dressing him down, I fear he may retaliate.”

“Where is he now?” Karun asked.

“I don’t know. He stormed off after Tasha delivered the ultimatum.”

Pavar said, “Good for her. He needed to be whipped into line. I don’t know how she tolerated it this long.”

I replied, “Tasha is extremely talented, qualified, and deserving of her job, but she was never assured of it. Up until the moment she was named to replace her father, she and everyone else believed Albert would succeed him as CEO. I think some part of her felt sympathy for his disappointment. That translated into a leniency toward him that allowed his recalcitrant behavior to grow out of control.”

Zaruv nodded. “I imagine if, by some unimaginable circumstance, Mulkaro had been passed over and I had been named to succeed father, I would likely feel similarly to Tasha.”

“If only that was the case…” Pavar sighed and quietly we all agreed.

Mulkaro was our oldest brother and the rightful heir, but he lacked the leadership qualities and charisma that Zaruv had in abundance. More than that, he did not possess the capacity for compassion that defined a true king. Had Zaruv ascended, I had no doubt we would never have been exiled in the first place.

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