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while I help Yuon prevent the coronation ceremony tonight. Once the
sun has set, the usurper will be removed from his station, and the
rightful king will take his place. Then the princess will be set
free.”
“Why?” Jun squeaked out as she fought against
closing her eyes.
Meiling released her claws from Jun’s
shoulder and lowered her gently to the ground. “Debts must be
paid.”
Glancing at Io, she saw that Ehra was also
unconscious. The two women walked out of the employee locker room
and bolted the door behind them.
“Yuon will take care of the guards. Let’s
go.”
Meiling and Io moved to two steam machines,
tugging the bulky metal contraptions behind them as they walked to
the room where Deci and Alli were waiting. Stopping at the door,
Meiling knocked softly and then opened the door.
“Are you ready, mistress?” she asked,
grimacing as her voice trembled slightly. She was nervous, worried
that her plan would be foiled and she’d be punished.
“You bet,” Deci said.
Meiling and Io moved the machines next to the
tables and turned them on. “The steam will help relax you,” Meiling
said. She moved the arm of the steam machine so it was directed
over Deci’s face.
Deci reached up and wrapped her hand around
Meiling’s arm. For a moment, Meiling worried she’d been discovered,
but then Deci said, “I just wanted to thank you. You’ve made me
feel very welcome.”
Meiling’s dragon roared in protest as she
stared at who was supposed to be her queen. Shoving the beast’s
angry thoughts aside, she gently extracted her wrist and laid
Deci’s hand on the table. “It’s my honor, mistress.”
She turned on the steam machine and glanced
over her shoulder at Io. Taking a deep breath of fresh air, the
females lifted vials from their pockets and emptied them into the
water reservoirs of the steam machines. Immediately, the water
turned black, and the steam directed over Deci’s and Alli’s faces
became a dark, smoky gray.
Meiling stepped back as her lungs began to
protest, but she had to wait to make sure that the females slipped
into the deep sleep that the potion would ensure. Alli and Deci
both seemed to struggle at first, and then they relaxed.
Meiling and Io hurried from the room to let
the rest of the drug-filled steam do its job. As she took in a deep
breath of fresh air in the hallway, she gasped in surprise to see
Yuon and two of his henchmen waiting.
“You did your job?”
“Yes, sire.”
He looked over her head toward the closed
door and then spoke to the males behind him. “Get the princess and get her ready for transport.”
Meiling looked at Yuon in confusion. “You
said we were only keeping her here until sunset and then releasing
her.”
Yuon’s hand moved so fast that she didn’t see
it, but she felt it as it slapped her hard across the face. He
grabbed a fistful of her hair and wrenched her head sharply to the
side until she cried out. “Don’t question me again.”
Shoving her to the ground, he moved out of
the hallway and turned toward the back of the building. The two
males put on masks and entered the room, and in a few moments, they
walked out with Deci slung over the shoulder of one of the males.
Her half-naked body hung limply, moving with the motion of the
male’s gait.
Horror swept through her as she realized that
she’d been lied to. Yuon hadn’t planned to just prevent Deci and
Tosh from completing the ceremony; he had worse intentions. What
his intentions were, she couldn’t fathom, and she didn’t have time
to as the other dragon male’s shadow passed over her right before
everything went dark.
* * *
Tosh stood in front of a long mirror in one
of the spare bedrooms, wearing his ceremonial clothing. The stiff
silk tunic was painstakingly embroidered with a floral pattern made
up of swirls and points. He looked at the photo of his parents from
their mating day and was pleased that his tunic matched his dad’s
almost perfectly.
while I help Yuon prevent the coronation ceremony tonight. Once the
sun has set, the usurper will be removed from his station, and the
rightful king will take his place. Then the princess will be set
free.”
“Why?” Jun squeaked out as she fought against
closing her eyes.
Meiling released her claws from Jun’s
shoulder and lowered her gently to the ground. “Debts must be
paid.”
Glancing at Io, she saw that Ehra was also
unconscious. The two women walked out of the employee locker room
and bolted the door behind them.
“Yuon will take care of the guards. Let’s
go.”
Meiling and Io moved to two steam machines,
tugging the bulky metal contraptions behind them as they walked to
the room where Deci and Alli were waiting. Stopping at the door,
Meiling knocked softly and then opened the door.
“Are you ready, mistress?” she asked,
grimacing as her voice trembled slightly. She was nervous, worried
that her plan would be foiled and she’d be punished.
“You bet,” Deci said.
Meiling and Io moved the machines next to the
tables and turned them on. “The steam will help relax you,” Meiling
said. She moved the arm of the steam machine so it was directed
over Deci’s face.
Deci reached up and wrapped her hand around
Meiling’s arm. For a moment, Meiling worried she’d been discovered,
but then Deci said, “I just wanted to thank you. You’ve made me
feel very welcome.”
Meiling’s dragon roared in protest as she
stared at who was supposed to be her queen. Shoving the beast’s
angry thoughts aside, she gently extracted her wrist and laid
Deci’s hand on the table. “It’s my honor, mistress.”
She turned on the steam machine and glanced
over her shoulder at Io. Taking a deep breath of fresh air, the
females lifted vials from their pockets and emptied them into the
water reservoirs of the steam machines. Immediately, the water
turned black, and the steam directed over Deci’s and Alli’s faces
became a dark, smoky gray.
Meiling stepped back as her lungs began to
protest, but she had to wait to make sure that the females slipped
into the deep sleep that the potion would ensure. Alli and Deci
both seemed to struggle at first, and then they relaxed.
Meiling and Io hurried from the room to let
the rest of the drug-filled steam do its job. As she took in a deep
breath of fresh air in the hallway, she gasped in surprise to see
Yuon and two of his henchmen waiting.
“You did your job?”
“Yes, sire.”
He looked over her head toward the closed
door and then spoke to the males behind him. “Get the princess and get her ready for transport.”
Meiling looked at Yuon in confusion. “You
said we were only keeping her here until sunset and then releasing
her.”
Yuon’s hand moved so fast that she didn’t see
it, but she felt it as it slapped her hard across the face. He
grabbed a fistful of her hair and wrenched her head sharply to the
side until she cried out. “Don’t question me again.”
Shoving her to the ground, he moved out of
the hallway and turned toward the back of the building. The two
males put on masks and entered the room, and in a few moments, they
walked out with Deci slung over the shoulder of one of the males.
Her half-naked body hung limply, moving with the motion of the
male’s gait.
Horror swept through her as she realized that
she’d been lied to. Yuon hadn’t planned to just prevent Deci and
Tosh from completing the ceremony; he had worse intentions. What
his intentions were, she couldn’t fathom, and she didn’t have time
to as the other dragon male’s shadow passed over her right before
everything went dark.
* * *
Tosh stood in front of a long mirror in one
of the spare bedrooms, wearing his ceremonial clothing. The stiff
silk tunic was painstakingly embroidered with a floral pattern made
up of swirls and points. He looked at the photo of his parents from
their mating day and was pleased that his tunic matched his dad’s
almost perfectly.
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