His Stolen Mate

Chapter 11: Legends

~Unknown P.O. V~

            The Dragon King summoned me and others for this particular reason, no one knew he had children until now. Hearing that they were half werewolf made me want to vomit at first, until I saw her. Anika. She was absolutely beautiful; her green eyes were like the purest of emeralds shined to perfection. Her skin was more than fair and held no flaws. Her platinum blonde hair was long and cascaded like a waterfall upon her back. When she undressed, some of the princes here whistled and cat called. I wanted to tear their throats out for viewing her flawless body in front of me.

Fang: Someone’s jealous. She is stunning. I do have to agree, though. Whitney?

    Yeah?

Fang: I want her. I know you want her too.

     That I do. I need to make her mine. She is a princess after all, and I am a prince. I have that claim. While talking to Fang, I heard The Dragon King give a loud growl to the princes that whistled. She tried to hide her body from us before, I think I preferred her to so only I could lavish in her beauty. To touch her skin, kiss her peachy lips. Those were mine and only mine. I’ll kill anyone who tries to stop me. She began her shift, which took several minutes, when she was done, I was awe struck and unable to think straight. She was glowing violet, her scales looked so luminescent like the clearest purple shining on a black rock. Her wings were made of Amethyst and when she opened her eyes, they too were glowing the clearest turquoise upon the ocean sands. She had no pupils or slits in them, she was majestic and the need to claim her as mine kept growing in me. She was considered to be a European dragon, her horns curved to her back, her spikes waved ever so slightly. I was lost in her beauty and didn’t care what my dad and hers were talking about. I needed to woo her somehow, to get her attention.

Fang: Screw wooing her! When she is back to her human form, take her! Mark her!

            Fang! That will get me killed by our king! Calm your s**t!

Fang: I need her, Whitney! I must have her! One way or another!

            I get it, man! And I will get her. Just not here. We need to play it safe.

Fang: I don’t care what you do, or how. Just make sure she is ours. His voice held a growl towards the end.

~Nathaniel’s P.O. V~

“I thought the Amethyst Dragon was only a myth. Legend, nothing but a story to tell young she-drakes to inspire them.” King Eustace went around my daughter.

“Aye. Clearly, Princess Anika has become that very myth.” A queen whose name I never bothered to learn chimed in her opinion. “You will have a lot of responsibilities, young lady. As well as research.”

Well, what does this story entail, dad? What is The Amethyst Dragon?

“I will pull out the book when we are finished with yours and Quinn’s wolf shifts. In short, though, The Amethyst Dragon has many powers, not just one like me or the others. If I am being honest, kiddo? I have no idea what those powers are. They were never explained.” I still couldn’t believe that my own daughter was a dragon of myth. I knew very little on this matter and I highly doubted The Moon Goddess knew either. Anika laid down on the ground and waited for Quinn to shift back. Seeing my son being a white and crimson dragon made me prouder than the most noble Viking taking down a ruthless lord. A Light Dragon, his wings were feathered instead of bat like, his horns stood straight and his spikes pointed towards the sky, his tail however was sleek and had feathers at the tip. While Anika’s tail had a spear like tip to it with the harder than diamond gems making up the spear tip. Quinn reverted back to his human form which earned him some faints and oh’s from the visiting Princesses. “Go ahead, son.” He nodded and began his wolf shift. Much like his dragon, his wolf was pure white with blue eyes. Standing just as tall as his dragon form.

Anika, your turn, sis. She nodded her dragon head and shifted back to her human form as well before shifting into her wolf form. Before any one of those princes began to coo at my little girl, I let Draco give a loud growl as a warning. Her wolf was not as magnificent as her dragon, but still beautiful, she looks like her mother’s wolf. A black wolf with a white underbelly and dark brown eyes. Her mother’s wolf had blue eyes like Quinn’s, I was happy to know that they took after her in that aspect. I missed Lily; she really was the perfect mate for me. Her light brown hair, hazel eyes, fair skin. I wish I could make it so hybrids were more common just so I could hold her again. Be accepted by her and mark her for myself.

Dad? Is everything alright? Anika’s voice broke me out of my thoughts.

“I was just thinking of your mother and how your wolf resembles hers the most.”

Really? She began wagging that tail in joy.

Don’t call him dad, sis. He wasn’t there for us. Jacob was. The man who raised us was.

Quinn… I heard what happened. The full thing. He had no choice.

Yes, he did! Quinn roared He had ample chances to come into our lives!

Quinn! Anika roared back, hers was much fiercer as her fangs were showing. We would have been killed by the werewolves if they knew before now! The dragons would have tried mom and dad and likely put them and us to death! This earned some of the other kings to back off and hang their heads in disgrace. If you want a fight, big brother, I am more than willing to give you one!

Why are you defending him?!

Because he didn’t have a f*****g, goddamned choice! He was protecting us!

“Children. Put away your fangs. Quinton, your sister is absolutely right.” Another Queen came into the conversation. Veronica of the southern US side. “If we had known, you would have lost your title as Prince and your mother killed. However, now that you both are of age, one of you may claim the throne and we must adhere to our laws. We,” She gestures to the crowd behind her, “must obey the demands of the next high King or Queen.” Anika retracted her fangs and looked apologetic at me. Quinn huffed and backed down, shifting back to human he grabbed his clothes and stormed off back to the castle.

Sorry, dad… I lost my temper in front of guests. She looks to them and bows her head; I apologize for that. As future queen or future alpha female, that was an unseemly display and ask for your forgiveness.

“There is no need child. I can tell that you need to let off steam. My son,” King Eustace points to Prince Whitney. “Can teach you how to fly and perhaps destroy a part of the forest to let some of that anger out.” Prince Whitney comes forth, ‘Ah, the prince I chose for Anika, good, good.’ Whitney had short black hair, tanned skin, brown eyes and stood about six foot and four inches. He was a warrior as well as a prince and I knew he would be able to protect Anika.

I see him kneel before her, “May I, Princess?”

~Anika’s P.O. V~

            I hadn’t planned on yelling at Quinn the way I did, he just angered me so much and refused to see the other side of this. When King Eustace had his son come forth, Viper begins trilling in happiness in the back of my mind. I could feel his power, he was indeed strong and handsome for a dragon.

Pearl: It’s alright, Anika. I can retreat for now. After this, I want my turn with Adam, though.

            Ugh… Fine. I suppose I can give him a second chance. I felt myself shifting back as Pearl retreated. I nodded my head once to this Prince as I covered my breasts with my arms. The guests began going back to the castle to leave Prince Whitney alone with me. Dad went with them dragging Matthew and Adam along with him. I gave Matthew an apologetic smile which he returned with a sad one, he understood that I needed to learn to fly and he wasn’t the best one to teach me. I looked back at Whitney who was beginning to undress. I turned around to give him privacy.

“There is no need to hide yourself, Princess.” His voice was low as his arms snaked around my torso. “I shall never hide from you.” He said to me lustfully.

“Right. Well, shall we begin?” I wanted nothing more than to punch his lights out for touching me inappropriately and without my consent. I also knew he was stronger than me, that much was clear. Dad let me throw him earlier, or was at least caught off guard, otherwise, he would have been able to stop me. This guy? His guard was up, and he expected an attack, I felt his muscles as they were tensed up along with the fact that he came from behind me, leaving me defenseless. I pulled out from his embrace and stared right into his eyes.

“By your lead, then?” I felt Viper hissing at me for doing that instead of keeping his hold on me.

            Calm down, Viper. If you know me as well as you think you do, you know that I hate being touched without my permission and you also know how many guys I have thrown because they were being perverts.

Viper: Then hurry up and shift. The longer you wait the less patient I get before I take over for good.

I gave a small smile to Whitney, as fake as it was, and shifted back into Viper. I decided I would be in control of her body for now since she decided to try and cop an attitude with me. I saw him shift into his dragon. His dragon was gorgeous to say the least; glowing yellow eyes, white scales with blue accents, his tail long and thinned out at towards the end, his wings made of water, what caught my attention was, he had only 2 legs while his wings acted as the other 2. In truth, he almost reminded me of those lightning drakes on Dark Souls. Viper trilled again in meeting this dragon.

So, now what? I asked.

Spread your wings, Princess Anika. This voice was different. Not at all like Whitney’s.

And you are?

I am Fang. Prince Whitney thought it best that a true dragon soul would be suited to teach.

I see, nice to meet you Fang. Spread my wings you said?

Yes. Let them get used to the air currents. I did as he said and opened my wings to their full capacity. He was right, they needed to get used to the freezing air.

Why is it suddenly so cold when we’re next to a volcano?

The winds do not determine their climate. Nor their location. The chill you feel is from the clouds above the clouds. They are indeed below freezing temperatures.

O-Okay… My voice shivered out. N-N-Now wh-what? God is it cold, I wanted to close them to heat them up.

Begin moving them up and down. I nodded and started to move them, the more I did, the less cold they felt. I guess it was like running in the middle of winter. You start out freezing but then you end up drenched in sweat the more you ran. How do they feel now?

Better.

Good. Stand on your hind legs and begin flapping them like a bird would flap their wings. I did as he asked and closed my eyes, I thought of a hummingbird, the way they moved their wings with such speed and ferocity was always incredible to me. Keep going, Princess. I kept at it as I continued to picture that tiny bird. Now, open your eyes. I opened them, I gasped at what I saw. You, my future Queen of Dragons, are flying. I was so far above the ground, that had I stopped flapping, I would probably die. Shall we begin gliding?

Yes, please? Fang flew behind me and lifted my tail with his back talons until I was horizontal with the sky. I kept flapping my wings as fast as I could, that earned me a chuckle from Fang.

Ease up on the strokes, you will wear yourself out if you continue.

Okay. I slowed down my flaps until I was beating them every 15 seconds. I looked at the horizon ahead of me and was in total awe. The moon cast it’s brilliance on the forest below, and for a while, I forgot all about my anger, my frustration, hell even this day. I got so lost in the flight that I decided to do some twirls and loops. This is incredible, Fang. I have never felt so free. Woo hoo! I began a dive, oh, the thrill of the Earth suddenly coming towards me was like a fire lit in my soul. Before I hit the ground, I reopened my wing and flew back up, twirling before flashing the Amethyst in them in front of the moon.

That was brilliant, Princess. I dare say, you are a natural flyer.

Thank you. Viper wishes to meet you, by the way. Promise you won’t do anything that is s****l? I asked Fang while also addressing Whitney.

You have my word. And Prince Whitney will keep his distance, I assure you.

With Fang’s and Whitney’s reassurance, I retreated my own consciousness to the back of the mind. Letting Viper take over.