Page 52 of Creatures of War

Intimidated, I moved so that I stood behind the guys.

“Calm down,” Tanja snapped at her mate.

He froze briefly, still glaring at us. His gaze landed on me and softened briefly. “Find safety until this is over.”

“We can’t do that,” Philit said. “This is our chance to get out of here. Rayna isn’t safe here. The king will destroy her.”

“He won’t kill her,” Tanja said.

“Exactly. Death isn’t the only bad outcome,” Philit said in a hard enough voice to draw a growl out from the captain.

“Death would be preferred,” I said softly, finally inching out from behind the guys, knowing I was being silly hiding behind them like that. I needed to be braver.

“So you’re trying to escape?” Tanja asked. “Actually escape this time?” She crossed her arms over her chest.

“We didn’t understand the situation last time,” Zilon said. “We understand now. But we need your help. We can’t fly like this.” He turned his body so his wings showed off.

“You’re asking us to do something risky,” Captain Corniz said. “We risked ourselves too much the last time you failed to leave.”

“We won’t make that mistake again,” I said. “We’ll leave. We really will.” I tried to make my eyes as pleading as possible. It was important that they believed us. “It’s too dangerous to be here. The king will kill the guys and try to force the bond on me. You know what I mean when I say that.” I turned to Tanja before she could speak. “And despite him being your uncle, you know he will do that too.”

Her mouth closed and her shoulders slumped.

“Please,” Zilon said. “This is the perfect time for us to get out of here.”

“You guys will never see us again. Ever,” Philit said.

“Where will you go?” Tanja asked.

Philit answered confidently. “Far away from here. We’ll figure it out.”

“Fine.” The captain went over to Zilon first and did something that no one could see, then the bindings that had been pinning Zilon’s wings closed clanged to the ground, a total of six of them. He did the same to Philit and Landers before stepping away.

All three guys stretched out their wings, and everything they felt just flooded through me. Their relief, their worry, their determination. It boosted me, making it feel like I had been trying to breathe underwater all this time until now. I took in a deep breath, feeling something inside of me settle.

“Help win this fight, show the dragons and Fae that they should fear you guys, but slip away before the fight ends. As soon as it’s over, no doubt the king will try to capture you again. Promise,” Captain Corniz said.

We nodded and whispered our promises.

“Stay alive,” Captain Corniz glared hard at all of us. “And don’t get fucking caught this time.”

He swooped Tanja up into his arms, went over to the window, and jumped out. A moment later, a roar broke through as he rose in his dragon form with Tanja on his back. They took off, rejoining the fight.

Chapter Thirty-One

The guys didn’t wait long the moment they were free. A massive gust of wind swept through the hall, nearly taking me with it. Then, roars echoed off the walls. Their elation filled me, and despite the chaos we were in the middle of, I laughed, feeling their excitement, relief, and happiness thrumming through me. It fed into my own emotions.

Philit came forward, bowing low. I didn’t wait, jumping up on him. It was instantaneous, our connection. Heat flooded through me as his spine impaled me, locking me into place on his back. I moaned, coming right then and there, having too much inside me pent up. All that relief was enough of a flood gate to send me over, and for a moment, I was lost in the feel of him inside of me—not just inside my pussy but in my head too—our connection concrete and deeper than when I wasn’t touching him.

The other two dragons made a sound similar to a moan, and their pleasure hummed through our bonds. They were feeling what I was feeling. For a moment, all four of us were in complete pleasure.

Then the building shook, roars from the battle outside bringing us back to reality.

‘We need to help them,’ Philit said.

‘Won’t be easy,’ Zilon said.

‘Easy. We will just destroy whoever gets in our way,’ Landers said.