The Selection: Bride Of The Dark Dragon

MIRA

A heavy silence fills the hall. Oh, gods! Tell me he hasn’t just insulted a room filled with dragons!

I gulp, looking around… But what I see are not the faces of the people who were just offended… Everybody here just looks sad… I think Rien hit the right nerve in each of them… And looking at the king, he doesn’t seem angry as well.

However Agnes…

“Forgive my nephew, lords, and ladies,” she says spitefully, “He is still too young. He sees the world through the prism of his own experience. And in that sense, he doesn’t have much! It’s less than a lifetime that he flies the skies. I, of course, hope that he would not be disappointed in whatever he believes. However, if the same destiny strikes him as my father and me, I want Derrien to know that our doors would always be open and we would always welcome him back!”

I didn’t think that it was possible, but the silence got heavier. You can cut the tension in the dining hall with a knife!

“Thank you, aunt,” Rien smirks, “Mira and I would gladly be visiting you when we have time.”

I bite my l*p not to say anything to that. Out of all our little team, he is the only one who is allowed to talk like that to the dragon princess.

A nervous laugh escapes her.

“Your fiancé is a badass,” Rick whispers to me and I secretly hit him with my elbow.

“Behave!” I mouth to him.

The feast continues and gradually the conversation at the table goes elsewhere. The dragon asks me and my friends more about our Kingdom and the Gerdian Empire. A few girls, however, ask me how it feels to be with my soulmate and here I don’t have to lie. I tell them honestly that it cannot be compared to anything else. From the corner of my eye, I notice how Rien nods approvingly to my every word.

A few male dragons pay special attention to Isidore. And I can’t say that Dereck is too happy with that.

However, the hardest part comes when we gather our friends in our new chambers to tell them that dragons refused to help us. Rick swears and Dereck says nothing, lost somewhere in his thoughts.

“So, it was all for nothing?” Isidore sighs, clearly disappointed, “What will happen now?”

“We will find a way,” Rien cuts in, “Nothing is over yet.”

And we all believe him. Because what else do we have left?

It’s been a few days since the feast. Today Rien received a message from Brandon, which informed us that the battle between gerdians and akyrians will take place in less than one full moon. The news made us all worried as now it seems more real than ever. And here we are, in Agnegard and absolutely useless. Soon both our countries will start to tear each other apart. And there is absolutely nothing that we can do about it.

We joke less, eat less, sleep less… everyone is on the edge.

“You need to eat something”, Rien moves my plate closer to me. Lately, I cannot even look at food. Nausea gets to me quickly.

“Thank you, my love, but I feel so agitated in the mornings that I can barely consume anything!” I sigh, looking at him with my puppy eyes, “Don’t think too much about it!”

“Are you kidding me? You are all I think about!” he snorts.

“Oh, is that so?” I chuckle, “Then I want to show you something! Come!”

I stand and pull him by his hand, leading him to our bedroom. There, I ask the maids to leave and as soon as they are gone I lock the doors.

“Is my beautiful fiancée in a naughty mood today?” Rien’s eyes get somehow darker and sparks of dark magic start dancing in them.

“I have a surprise for you!” I smile, “Trust me, you are going to like it!”

“What is it?”

“Look!” I flip my fingers and a dark flame appears at the tips. He looks at it, mesmerized!

“How long did you…”, he doesn’t even manage to finish a simple sentence.

“Actually before all this… Back at our castle in Gerdian Empire. I tried to summon my fire, but dark magic responded instead. It wasn’t strong back then. But I practiced and practices… And in the last few days I am making some good progress! I have dark magic too now, Rien! And it’s getting stronger every day!”

He comes to me abruptly and pulls me into his arms, slamming his lips into mine and devouring me.

“Do you know what this really means, little mage?” he asks through our k****s as he pulls my clothes off me, not sparing the fabric of my unfortunate dress, “I need to take you right here and now! If you have dark magic now…it means that we can have children! I can impregnate you right this very moment!”

He lifts me up in his hands and brings me to the bed, placing me on it as if I am made of glass and going to break if he is not cautious…

His own clothes disappear in dark flames as he crawls on top of me, showering my body with k****s.

“Rien!” I try to call him in between the m***s that escape my lips, “Rien!”

“I love you so much, Mira!” he mutters, not even listening to me anymore.

“Rien! That wasn’t the surprise!” I almost shout in his arms, making him stop immediately.

“What do you mean?” he looks into my eyes, slowly coming to his senses.

“We can’t make a baby tonight, Rien,” I say to him, trying to catch my breath, “Because we have already made one!”

For a few moments, he just looks at me with his mouth open. He looks so adorable that I want to laugh. But I bite my l*p instead, watching how dark magic explodes in his eyes.

“Mira!” he exhales heavily and then covers my lips with his once again, “Mira, are you sure?”

“Pretty sure,” I smile, “I am with your child, Rien…”

A smile spreads over his face and I feel how my heart starts beating faster for him, “You made me the happiest man alive, Miradora Freyn!”

He puts his ear to my stomach and stays like that for a while.

“So, this is how it sounds!” he says and I look at him questioningly.

“What do you mean?” I raise my brow.

“I read that dragons can sense their babies in their soulmates early on. They can hear them as well. I didn’t have any previous experience with this, but now I know how it is. So, when we will have our second child I wouldn’t miss it and…”

“Wait a minute!” I chuckle, “We are still on baby number one, dragon! Hold your horses!”

“With you,” Rien breathes heavily, “I want a big family!”

“And a big family you will get!” I wrap my hands around his neck as he enters me. The passion seizes both our bodies… He is gentle, so gentle with me. Every k**s, every touch wakes up flames from within me. Somehow now everything feels more intense. And I give in to this feeling with my body and soul, letting Rien take me again and again. Climaxing over and over in his hot hands.

After we have fulfilled all our desires, I lay on his chest as he brushes his fingers over my naked shoulder in circular motions.

“What are you thinking about?” I ask him.

“I am thinking, Mira, that nothing is over for us yet!” he chuckles, “I will need to speak to grandfather about our heir…”

“Do you think it’s necessary?” I lift my head up to look at him better, “What if the baby is a dragon as well and they have some silly rule that all babies have to stay at Agnegard!”

“To be honest, Mira, now I think that it might be for the best if you do stay in Agnegard. Think about it, back in the Empire only a terrible war is waiting for us… I want you and the baby to stay safe!”

“You are very naïve, my almost-husband,” I snort, “If you think that you can leave me behind and then go back alone and play war without me!”

“It’s not a game, Mira!” he reproaches me.

“I am aware, thank you!” I roll my eyes, “That’s why I am going with you! End of story!”

“You are impossible!” he sighs.

“That’s why you love me!” I giggle somewhere into his chest.

“True!” he admits eagerly and places a k**s on the tip of my head, “I love you for that and for so much more, Mira! You know that, right?”

“I do, Rien, I do… I love you too! More than anything. Without you, I would seize to exist. So, please, don’t you ever leave me! For war or for some other reason.”

“Silly girl,” he rolls me to my back and brushes his palm over my cheek, then cups my chin and makes me look into his eyes full of dark magic, “You and I are paired for life! And probably even longer…”

DERRIEN

I had to wait for a while for Mira to fall asleep. She needs rest now and I need to talk to my grandfather and Agnes. This changes everything! Mira doesn’t even realize it yet but she has just turned the tables for me. If I had something to fight for before, now I feel like the weight of the whole world is on my shoulders! I cannot fail them – Mira and my child… I’ll make this right and I will win this war. For the two of them!

The heavy doors open and I enter my grandfather’s chambers, going straight to the balcony – the place where he always stays. Luckily, Agnes is there already.

“Derrien, my boy!” the old man smiles softly when he sees me, “I am so happy to see you! What brings you here today?”

“Grandfather. Aunt,” I bow politely to both of them, “We need to speak.”