Hidden Flame: Bound to the Triplet Dragon Kings

**AVeryr*

After talking with them all about my vision and the strange feeling, | felt better, but | still think something was

looming.

As | reflected back on my life so far, | have had strange feelings similar to this before, like when that green

dragon

appeared. Now that | can remove the fear that | initially felt, | noticed its presence as if it emitted energy...

perhaps it

possessed magic. Have all of these things happened tobecause | am The Mother or for sother reason?

But if

there is another reason, | wonder what?

I sigh, patience will likely reveal everything, but | have been so anxious lately. The guys suspect it is the mating

bond, but

what if it is something else? | wish my life cwith an instruction manual or there was soracle that | could

consult.

But life is not meant to be easy and we will never learn everything. | am just lying in my bed awaiting sleep when

there is

a tapping at my window. | am very high up so | have no clue what it could be. | hurried over only to find nothing

but

three pebbles. Curious, how did they get there?

| opened my window and grabbed the pebbles. When I did, | was thrust into a vision. | saw Tim unconscious and

bound

on the floor. Blood was starting to pool around him. In a darkened stairwell was my body and Cassius’ sprawled

on the

stairs coated in blood. | didn’t see anyone else, but | heard cackling. | recognized it too! Fucking Lenore! So this

is what

the Hags must be plotting. But how did they know about Tim? Were they at the mall? They must have been

because

there is no other way. Draven wouldn't have told them either, would he have?

| took the pebbles and went straight into Draven’s room without even knocking. He gasped in surprise. Before |

could

utter a word, my mates stood behind me. | held up the stones, “Care to explain these?”

Draven sat up in his bed and stared atin confusion. “I see pebbles. Avery, | don’t understand.” | walked over

to him

and put them in his hand. His eyes glazed over before they sprang open and he dropped the pebbles. “Tim is in

danger.

Avery and Cassius, you can’t go near the Hags.”

Based on his reaction, | knew that he had nothing to do with putting Tim in jeopardy. “I heard a tapping on my

window

and | found these pebbles. | saw what you just did when | held them in my hand. The Hags must have been at

the mall

and seenwith Tim. They are going to hurt him to get toand Cassius. Who could have sent this warning?”

He shrugs, “I don’t know, but we need to be prepared. You and your mates can’t be easily killed but Tim can.”

“I should just go kill them now!”

My mates pullto them and sandwichin their calming embrace. Conner says, “Avery, | don’t want to have

to tie

you down, at least for that reason. We need to know who is aiding them before they die.”

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“I will not let my friend die because of sjealous bitches!”

Draven pulls on a shirt and walks over to us. “GiveTim’s number and | will meet him as you. | can give him

an amulet.

It will buy us tand we should be able to heal him before death comes for him.” He looks at my mates, “It will

take all

of us.”

They looked into my eyes. Cassius strokes my cheek, “Avery, there is nothing we won't do for you and Regina.

We love

you both. Tim was a friend to you long before we ever were. If we must lend our magic to prevent his death, we

gladly

will.”

**Cassius**

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There is far more at play here than just my ex and her friends enlisting the help of a dark mage. Why are they so

hellbent

on destroying Avery and taking control of Naga? Jealousy can’t be the only reason driving them now. It could

have been

at first, but to kill an innocent is beyond them aiding in poisoning our tribe. Having The Mother bless our tribe

should be

celebrated as it means that we will avoid extinction and that my family will continue to rule.

| know why | am the Hags’ target because | was set to be king. However, | don’t think my parents would have

wanted it

that way even though they put in the heir clause. | think they did that to encourage my other brothers to want to

search

for their mates. My parents knew that | wanted mine as | had talked to my mother about it. Cto think of it,

she

looked at Avery during that conversation. Did she suspect? | really wish that | could ask her. Maybe one day |

might get

the chance. | will hold onto hope until that day comes.

After we told Draven goodnight, my brothers and | tucked Avery in. | crawled in bed beside her as my brothers

put

blankets on her small sofa and chair. We aren’t going to let her sleep alone after this. Yes, this tthe message

was a warning to aid us, but what if the next one is the opposite?

Worry keptfrom sleeping. | spent the night watching over my family. This must have been how my father felt

when

war was imminent. Perhaps, a war is coming, but it won't be one of teeth and talons. This one will take on

mystical

proportions and | fear that we are not ready. Draven is going to have to give us a crash course before anything

else

happens. What if we are asking too much of him? What if he betrays us?

| feel Avery's soft touch before | feel her lips. Her kiss is tender and sweet. As she rests her forehead on mine,

she says,

“Draven won't betray us. He's one of us. | don’t know how, but | feel it. Trust me.”

It is my turn to pull her into a kiss. My hands cup her beautiful face as my lips claim my marvelous mate. We pull

away

breathless. “I trust you with all that | am

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