The Hidden Dragon Queen

A Very Twisted Turn Of Events

What the hell was this feeling going through her? Where did warm and home come from? Ariyah thought to herself as she continued just staring at the man named Ryder. She stepped back with the knife and sheathing it back in her boot.

"Just leave me alone while I'm here ok. Just think of me as another tourist on vacation and also since I don't trust you one bit I'm going to go eat elsewhere. I've lost my appetite for large sums of food." She turned on her heel to walk right back out the door that she came into but bumped into a woman instead. She looked like a lighter version of the man, same blue eyes, but blond hair and she was also very tall and built. She didn't look all that old especially not old enough to have an adult son.

"HI child my name is Lillian, I'm the only here and please don't let my son run you off. He acts like he owns the whole town sometimes." Then she gave a nervous little laugh. "Now come back here and have a seat and I'll cook you something up myself while this boy of mine goes on home until he cools off."

She went back to her seat and sat and watched Ryder walk out the front door huffing. This was becoming so unusual. She wanted fun, but not all this awful craziness.

The lady named Lillian came and took the seat across from her. Took a menu out of the holder and passed it to her. "Now order whatever you like. It's on me for the way my son treated you. He usually acts better than that. I have an idea, but it's not my place to say."

Ariyah was getting more and more confused as this day went on. She finally opened the menu saw everything any supernatural would want and ordered her food plus drinks and snacks to take back to the inn with her. This seemed to make the lady happy and after she had demolished all the food she sat back patting her tummy. Now she just wanted to go back to her room and sleep. It felt wonderful to be out doing her own thing.

Lillian came back to collect her dirty dishes and laughed, "Oh honey if I didn't know any better I'd think you've been starved for days. I love when the shifters come here and eat to their hearts content. This place, this town is a safe haven for all creatures who have ever been shunned out by society including their own races and families. Once you feel safe you can let us know what you are. I can tell it was purposely hidden which means your probably someone very special to our world. So welcome to Safe Haven. Also humans don't come here. There are spells on the town to prevent it so that we can live open and peacefully. With that said don't disrupt our way of life either. Mind your own manners too. I saw that blade and I'm sure you know exactly how to use it. Now come back tomorrow for more." Then she just walked away.

This whole town was nothing but supernaturals. She'd get to meet so many different species. Now this was really becoming exciting. The witches knew exactly what they were doing, but then this place was a safe haven for the prosecuted so could this be a revenge virus for something the dragons did and there are dragons here in this town. She wondered if there were any more dragon women here that no one knew about. Lillian was right she definitely needed to play it safe and mind her manners.

She made her way back to the inn trying to tune into everything going on around her. She needed to be more careful now that she knew exactly where she was and who she was surrounded by.

She was almost to the door when a tall dark man with glowing blue eyes stepped out of an alleyway. Her vision was becoming sharper and she knew exactly who it was.

She said sarcastically, "What do you want now Ryder? I've had enough of your macho bull for one night."

He just stared at her a moment rolling his eyes, "I'm just curious about you is all. A new supernatural in this town. That doesn't happen everyday. Especially one that I can't tell what she is. Supes only come here when they've been banished from their own worlds and with the state of things that's not happened here lately."

What was he talking about? The state of what? "I'm sorry what state exactly do you mean?"

He scoffed at her, "Where have you been the past few decades? Living under a rock somewhere seriously?"

Wait his accent was American. He wasn't from that country at all. His family was from the same country as hers. That excited her a bit, but she was offended by his tone. "No Sir not exactly a rock, but somewhere remote."

He laughed, " So your a very sheltered pretty princess then? That's interesting and now you're here acting as if you don't have a care in the world weilding daggers at people. Maybe your here to sabotage this town. Maybe even kill someone or more than one. Now we can't have none of that now can we. I don't trust you as far as I can throw you which is pretty damn far."

She was itching to throat punch this dude. He was seriously starting to piss her off. She clamped and unclamped her hands trying to remain calm, but he kept going.

"Why are you here Princess? I've heard of supernatural hunters killing indiscriminately. Adults children they didn't care. Then the virus going around killing the dragons. My kind even though our family wasn't accepted into the clan. Now rumor has it the King is dying and his sons can't run the kingdom and keep hold of the government. The wolves are chomping at the bit to take the lead and kill off anyone that defies them. Then another rumor started circling about a long lost princess that was supposed to have been dead after being born along with her mother I'd now supposedly alive all this time and could've been the answers to this whole mess. The dragons are pissed and have done locked them all up."

Now she was royally pissed no pun intended and finally throat punched the dude hard enough he landed on his butt coughing and sputtering. She grabbed her knife and held it to his Adam's apple. He looked her straight in the eyes and smiled genuinely smiled at her. She backed off him quickly and sheathing her knife once more.

"There you are little dragon. I knew you were in there somewhere. My suspicions were right. Now please tell me what are you doing here unmated dragon female? All the men in this village will be after you. You aren't safe." Then he grabbed her and pulled her into the inn.