The Dragon's Second Chance: The Past

Chapter 15: THE REASON Part 2

The heir of the dragon clan Phoenix seemed to draw Princess Nuri’s attention. He held himself with such authority that everyone around him seemed to fade away. Even Octava seemed drawn to him. “Could this be our mate?” she asked Octava but did not receive a response as she started to move in his direction.

Then, her gaze was met by his. He had the most fascinating eyes she had ever seen, they seemed to change colour as he moved. This piqued Princess Nuri’s interest, but Octava got more alert.

“Don’t approach him yet. I feel there is something wrong here. His eyes shouldn’t change colour like that. Something malicious is going on. He is no dragon... Dragon’s eyes do not change colour like that...” Octava warned Princess Nuri. But the Princess was too entranced to make sense of Octava’s warning and went towards this mystery heir.

He seemed a few years older than her and had a pale complexion. She had never before seen a pale dragon. “Nuri listen to me... He is not our mate, I did not feel the mate bond tingle even your eyes met. Please, listen to me...” Octava went on to plead but to no avail.

Princess Nuri seemed to be too lost to hear Octava’s warnings. 

As the heir of the Phoenix clan saw the Princess approach, he too proceeded to step forward. When their hand met in greeting, Princess Nuri felt a tingling sensation from his contact, a sign that they were mates.

“We have found our mate, Octava,” she thought. But Octava knew different, so she pushed herself through the mind of the Princess taking over her consciousness, took control and shifted.

She wanted to reveal the true identity of the imposter who was trying to play the role of their mate. She aimed to strike him with razor-sharp claws, but he seemed to know her intent and immediately there was a barrier up.

“A barrier?? He has the magical abilities of fairies??” Octava was questioning. She turned around wanting to warn the Princess’s parents and the others but saw no one move... Everyone was frozen...

The only person who moved was King Fin, “You will accept my heir as your mate... I will have it no other way.”

That is when Octava understood, “Nuri, remember in our lessons, we learnt about the ruthless King of the Phoenix clan... This is him and his heir. The male is not just a dragon, but a dragon-fairy hybrid, that is how he is doing magic. He drew you in with that magic. The tingles you felt were not of the mate bond, they were him manipulating the air around you. I would never fail to recognize my mate, and I assure you it is not him.” Octava could feel Nuri trying to fight her for control and she continued to reason, “Why would the Phoenix King say something like that? He only wants to dominate... Please listen to me...”

But Princess Nuri could not be reasoned with. She pushed her dragon to the back of her mind, regained control and transformed back to her humane form.

She looked around but everything was normal, everyone was interacting with one another and no one was frozen. She thought to herself, “Why would Octava act like that? Why would she say this is not our mate when I feel the tingles of our bond?”

She then realised that she was in someone’s arms, tingling all over, and looked up to meet the eyes of the Phoenix clan heir.

Not letting go of her, he whispered into her ear “I have finally found you, my love... I will never leave your side or let you go...” Hearing him say this tingles ran up Princess Nuri's spine, as she melted into his arms.

Standing beside them King Fin gave a sly smile and raised his voice to announce, “The Princess of dragon clan Draconis has found her mate, and her mate is my heir Prince Roark of dragon clan Phoenix!” all the while thinking, “Very soon I will be the strongest. Very soon I will rule all the dragon clans!”