The Cursed Dragon by Bodie Summers

Author:Bodie Summers [Summers, Bodie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2024-09-02T00:00:00+00:00

twenty-nine

Rodi

My stomach grumbles, and I walk down the corridor, heading to the kitchen, greeted by nods from those I pass. I soon reach the end of the hall and see Ethan leaning against the grey stone wall with a smile tugging on his lips.

“Good morning.” I chuckle nervously.

“Hello, little rider,” he says, his voice a low tease.

My cheeks flush as he pushes himself off the wall, closing the distance between us. With his fingers, he gently brushes my cheek as I freeze under his touch.

I shouldn’t let this happen, and yet here I stand, unable to get away.

“Can I show you something?” he whispers.

Placing my hands on his chest, trying to push him away. My words falter. “I–I…”

He stares down at me, a crooked smile on his lips as his other hand grazes over my hip, and this warmth spreads inside me.

How’s he doing this? I shouldn’t respond to another dragon shifter. I’ve already found mine.

I close my eyes, shaking my head as my strength comes back, and I push him off me.

“You shouldn’t touch me like that,” I grit as my eyes wander around the hall, afraid someone has seen us.

He shrugs his shoulders, the playfulness in his gaze not leaving. “You’re not marked yet.”

My jaw tenses and my arms cross. “I will be tomorrow, once we go back.”

“Maybe, but before you go with him, I need you to listen.” His gaze grips mine as goosebumps trail over my skin.

“What?”

“This place.” His gaze travels as his jaw ticks. “It isn’t real. It’s created by Cedric, to keep you from your true mates. From Ares… and me.”

My brows draw together as I huff. “Right, because that doesn’t sound made up.”

He takes my hands, peeling them from my body as he steps closer. The heat from his body caresses my skin, and confusion rises again.

“This is real. We are real. He isn’t.”

I shake my head and push him away, torn by his words.

“How dare you touch what is mine.” Cedric’s voice cuts through the cold air as he steps closer.

“She’s not yours, Cedric. She’s my mate. You may have trapped her here, but we will get her out,” Ethan grits.

Cedric moves quickly, his body blurring in the air as he curls behind Ethan, grabbing his head in a single blink. And then, he twists with such force that I hear the bones break. A deafening scream leaves me as the sight burns into my soul. Ethan’s head is turned in a way that shouldn’t be possible as his body slowly slumps to the ground.

Frozen in panic, cold fingers wrap around my throat. Fury edges on Cedric’s face as he spits, “You’re mine!”

He drags me with him. My words die in the back of my throat as all I hear are Ethan’s words. This place, it isn’t real…

My scalp prickles as every step Cedric takes hurts me more. The rocky ground cuts into my skin, scratching me and leaving marks.

The room spins as he tosses me forward. My body aches as I scamper up and meet his icy stare.

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