Chapter 10

2/2 Hidden Flame: Bound to the Triplet Dragon Kings Chapter Ten: Dreams Avery After Conner left my room, I put on my pajamas. Am I glad that hecked an outline? Yes, because now I can finish it this week. I bet he picked it because of the name. I laugh inside. Pride before the fall, Conner. Pride before the fall.

I take out my chemistry book and look over the syllabus again. There are so many in–class experiments that we have to do. Not only does that mean that Cassius will have to help me complete them, be it means that I will have to touch him. Asher hates me especially if Cassius and I touch. Maybe it is because I slapped them once. I am still astonished I did that. I paid the price for being so bold, but what if there were no such consequences? I sigh because that is a silly notion. I believe that every action sometimes has an equal and opposite reaction but it always has a reaction. I take notes over the first three chapters before 1 put them aside.

Next, I open Mrs. Moore’s syllabus. It covers a dragon’s entire lifespan starting at the teenage years and culminating with estate planning. I sigh because I know Clint won’t be happy plus this might be my hardest assignment yet. I know, I will just tell him to imagine my face as another girl’s and I will put the face of one of the characters from my books on him. Being in a school filled with dragons and very few humans, we study dragon history and culture the most. So I have learned that once they mark their mate in both human and dragon form that bond is for life. They can’t choose or reject their mate either. Supposedly the mating bond consists of such strong magic rendering those under its spell helpless to resist. I don’t see how anything could be so powerful that it could control a dragon. But at least that is something that I will never have to worry about experiencing. I just have to worry if a boy will ever find me attractive. This won’t be an easy course for me to pass. I hope that Clint will be a partner and not make me do everything because if he does, we both might fail and failure isn’t an option.

I feel myself grow hungry as my stomach begins to growl. I should have fixed something for me when I made dinner for The Trio.

I afide on my fuzzy bunny slippers and hop down to the kitchen. I use the servants‘ stairs because that will ensure me of not running into the guys. Also, there are many places within the palace that servants like me aren’t allowed to go. I fear dragons and their wrath even more. Once there, I make myself a salad and a small sandwich. I take a soda from the fridge and put it onto my tray. As I enter the long hallway leading to the sanctuary of my room, I hear raised voices coming from Cassius’s room. I also hear my name. 1 sigh because nothing good can come from that. I go into my room and lock the door. My door won’t keep them or their dragons out, but it will at least slow them down.

Cassius All during practice I was distracted. I kept mulling over what happened under the bleachers. Once home I took my dinner up to my room. I am in no mood to be social until I can figure out why I saw very looking up at me while Jessica was giving me a blowjob. eat my food so fast that I don’t even taste it. I had just put my headphones on so that I could listen to some music when both of my brothers came barreling into my room like someone set their asses de fire. “Get out!”

“Believe me I will but something happened,” Clint growls.

“Did Lenore deny your pathetic ass?”

Clint rolls his eyes, “No, I saw something when I was fucking Lenore “What does this have to do with me?”

*I think that you might have seen something too, which is why you fucked up our practice,” Clint explains.

I shrug because I couldn’t care less what Lenore showed him. I prefer Jessica. She’s physically more my type.

Clint pushes Conner in front of him. “It’s Avery,” Conner says as he ghs.

Wpit! Avery! Did they see her when their girls were fucking them too I shake my head to clear that insane thought from my “What about fucking Avery?”

Conner falls mind into the seat beside my bed and Clint sits in the othersee Conner run his hand through his hair and then over his 1/2 Chapter Ten: Dreams face before his heat falls. Spiesking to the flont Conner says, “I went into Avery’s room to tell her which play to write. She came out of her bathroom in a towel. Before she turned, I saw a scar of a set long claw niarks on her back, I think that they were dragon claw marks.”

“Impossible. She’s human and a weak and pathetic one at that. No digon would dare to touch her. But is that why I saw her instead of Jessica? Was she touched by a dragon?

“Are you sure?”

He nods but says, “She said that it was just a scar from when she was attacked at the orphanage.”

“It could be that. So forget what you saw and be happy that her pale skin didn’t blind you.” Clint stormed out when I said that and Conner reluctantly followed him. Now I really do wonder what Clintaw. Did he see the same mark that Conner did or something else like how I saw Avery? Could the dragon who touched her be linked to my future mate?

1 I texted Clint asking what he saw. All I got told was to fuckoff. I will leave for school early so that I don’t have to see her because I have some research to do, especially if it means that I can find my mate quicker. I know that when a dragon’s Grand Ceremony is approaching, he becomes more aware of his surroundings. That increased awareness is what allows his dragon to scent its mate so quickly. This has to be why I saw Avery because there is no way a human, especially one like her, could be my mate.

Avery After I enjoyed my very late dinner, I crawled into bed with my book I fell asleep while reading. I must have because I bolted awake like J’usually do, but this time I remember a bit. I laughed because this portion of the dream had to be because of my book. It was same dream though.