Chapter 48: Chapter Forty-Seven

I growled, “Please tell me you dumbasses have him in irons at least.”

Marina looked to the other wolf that spoke, and everything in their body language told me what I needed to know. “We don’t need them. We can control him.”

I laughed humorlessly, “Okay. Sure. Tell your goddess I said hello when he kills you.” The wolves around me growled.

Soon I smelled him, then I saw him being led toward us by two wolves, unchained. “Amaya, where is he?” Jace’s voice rang in my head.

“Wolves got him first. I don’t need more bodies to protect here. Make sure they didn’t find the hunter at the back, then get back to the SEALs,” I linked back.

“But-”

“No buts Jace. Just do as you’re told for once, please.”

“Are you listening?” Marina asked.

“Nope. What did you say?”

She growled but Joseph laughed, “Oh dear niece I cannot wait to see that light go out in your eyes, but first,” he moved to strike the wolves closest to him with his lightning. I quickly bent it up into the sky and away from its intended targets. He tried to hit me, but I redirected it again.

He growled and his eyes flashed between human and dragon eyes. He bent water around all of us, slitting a couple of wolves’ throats before I could stop him. He threw everything at us he could, and I bent all of it away or redirected it. He snuck a strike of lightning behind me. I screamed as it entered me and bent it back out into the sky. “When are you going to learn, Joseph? Lightning doesn’t affect me like other dragons,” I asked out of breath.

I ripped the iron spears Marina’s wolves are holding from their hands and bent them around Joseph’s neck and hands. I then bent the ground up and around his feet and hands pinning him to his spot. “What are you? The truth this time Princess,” Marina demanded.

“Jace, can you bring out some oil in a syringe please?” I linked him. “Alpha, you don’t get to ask questions. Two of your wolves are dead because of your arrogance and general stupidity.”

Joseph laughed, “What are you afraid of, niece? Afraid she’ll find out you’re the real danger here, Queen?” Jace walked up with the syringe, “Ah and what about you son? Doing everything your precious little Queen tells you to do?”

Jace and I both growled, “You’re Joseph’s son?”

“Yes he’s my son,” Joseph managed to get out before Jace injected him with the oil.

“If you won’t let us take Joseph, then we’ll take his son in his place.”

I let out a menacing growl, and when I spoke Niamh and I spoke as one, “You will leave this village, take your dead and do not return.”

“What are you?” Marina asked again, shaking where she stood.

“I am Niamh, Queen and Goddess of the Dragons. LEAVE. Now.”

Most of the wolves scurried away, but Marina and her beta stayed put. “We’re not leaving empty handed,” the beta growled, grabbing Jace.

Jace didn’t have time to fight him as I grabbed a hold of the water in his body and forced him away from Jace. “Get out of this village while you still have your lives,” I said with all of the dominance I had in my voice.

This time Marina did show her neck in submission with a growl, while her beta, still under my control, stared on with wide, frightened eyes. “Please forgive me, goddess,” the beta said, causing Marina to growl again.

I released him and he and the rest of the wolves that were left ran back to their village, with their dead, leaving Marina alone in the village with us, “Try this again or anything like it and I will kill you.”

She shivered and had an internal struggle with her wolf, “Understood, your Majesty. It won’t happen again.”

She breezed past me before shifting and disappearing into the jungle, “Thanks for your help, little cousin.”

“I should thank you, especially for letting me inject this monster with oil. Are you okay? We heard the scream.”

“Yeah. He got me again with his lightning before I got him under control. It hurt like hell,” Jace growled, “I’m fine, Jace.”

“Yes but one day it’s going to happen and you might not be. You need to be more careful.”

I sighed, “It’s not like I was looking to get hit. He’s been using his powers longer than me, so one would think he would know a few tricks I don’t.”

“Whatever. Let’s get him back into his cell. The hunter was still in his cell, the wolves didn’t even go that far back.” We walked back out of the cells to find Fox waiting for us, “See you in the morning, cus.”

“Yeah, see you in the morning.” Jace jogged off in the direction of the building everyone else was staying in, “What’s up Fox?”

“Here,” He took off his shirt and handed it to me. I was very distracted by his body and Niamh sent me images of the things we could do to him, “Amaya. Are you listening?”

His hand waved in front of my face, finally getting my attention, “Hmm? Oh? No. Niamh and I were discussing something. What were you saying?”

He gave me a look but didn’t call me on my bluff, “I was asking if now you would sleep with me.”

“No, I’m going to shift again.” He looked disappointed, so I followed it up with, “I might take you up on that though when we get to Alanza’s clan. I don’t think they would be overjoyed to have a massive dragon sleeping in the middle of everything.”

He smiled slightly, “Okay. Can I still sleep next to you?”

I smiled at him, “Yeah. Stay here for a minute so I don’t hit you when I shift.”

I took his shirt off and handed it back to him. He grabbed my hand and pulled me to him, “May I kiss you,” he whispered breathlessly against my lips.

“No,” Niamh growled loudly in my head, causing me to wince, but I pulled back from him completely. “I need to shift so we can get a little more sleep.’

“Right,” he said, clearing his throat as he released me.

I walked to the center of the square and shifted. I curled up and Fox got comfortable leaning against me, making Niamh purr, and we soon fell asleep.