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He shivered and goosebumps erupted all over his skin.
“That wasn’t nice.” He called out, as I was grabbing a towel.
“Now you know how I feel. Tease.” I told him, playfully. I didn’t want to force him to do anything he wasn’t comfortable with, but I swear that man will be the death of me.
Not finding Ashlyn or James in our room, I figured she was in his room or downstairs. I was heading to the closet when my phone rang on the nightstand where I must have left it. I rushed over to answer it. Looking at the screen, my father’s name came up.
“Dad?” I answered the phone.
“Derek, what the hell is going on? Why am I hearing rumors of a white dragon? And the council building is now a castle.” He rushed out.
“Dad, I was going to explain everything when we got there. We should be there within the hour” I told him.
“How about you fill me in now? The council has called a meeting to address these rumors.” He sighed.
“For fvck sacks. Can’t they just fucken trust me? I’m supposed to be stepping up to be their king.” I huffed.
“Son, I know this is hard, but you can’t give up. This is your family.” My father said.
“Dad, this is just becoming ridiculous. This is my queen, their queen, and every time something happens, they blame her.” I ranted.
“Have you talked to her about this?” He asked me and I sighed.
“When would I have had the time? I was going to talk to her after we arrived there, but now we have to see the council.” I told him.
“Well, tell me what happened?”
“We went to the council building. Ashlyn fell into a room hidden underneath the current old building. She was getting books about the bond and such. Anyway, when we got there, she went into this secret hallway that Mason or I couldn’t go down. She found not only some hybrids whose families fought in the Great War, but she found Freva, a white dragon.”
“Wow, I did not expect that. When it comes to Ashlyn, I should probably just start expecting the unexpected.” He said, and I chuckled.
“Yeah, it’s a lot. So, with Ashlyn having dragon blood from my bond with her, Freya could bond with Ashlyn.
She even shifted into her. Freya is beautiful, like a white opal. When we got back home, there were rebels surrounding our home. They told Ashlyn the vampire king sent them.”
“Is everyone okay? How is James?” My father asked me, worried.
“Everyone is fine. Not the rebels. Freya took care of them.”
“Okay, now that I’m kind of caught up, get here asap. The council is anxious about meeting her and your son.”
My father said before ending the call. Mason came out of the bathroom with a towel dangerously low on his hips. I’ve always found Mason extremely se*xy, even before Ashlyn. I just also thought he was an a*ss before. It’s weird. If we both weren’t so stubborn back then, we probably would have been friends.
“Everything okay?” He asked me, walking to the closet.
“Yeah, but we have to meet the council as soon as we get there. And we should probably get going.” I told him, walking into the closet after him to get dressed.
“That bad?” He asked me and I sighed.
“It’s just like your council, but I guess they caught wind of Freya. My father just called to ask me about the rumors.” I told him.
“We will get through all of this and maybe even one day we can actually laugh about it.” He told me.
“Maybe, if Magnus doesn’t burn his entire kingdom to the ground first.”
“Thor feels the same way. He doesn’t like our mate being questioned and disrespected. But I don’t think we should run into the vampire kingdom, either.”
“I know that, but try explaining that to Ashlyn. She wants this to be over and I can’t blame her. Al of this is exhausting. And then we have to figure out how to run our kingdoms and still be with her.” I told him. I was now feeling a new level of anxiety as I thought about everything that we had to do.
“We will figure it out. And Ashlyn can always portal us to wherever we need. And you never know, maybe after all of this is done, there won’t be a need for borders dividing our kingdoms.” Mason said.
“I think that will come in generations. I don’t see people changing their views that quickly.”
“Maybe, but we have our kingdoms. King Jordan and Nathan both stand with Ashlyn. That just leaves the vampires. We should focus on winning over the kingdoms that we have and then move on to the vampires.” He said, and I had to agree. Winning over the other kingdoms and having them on our side would be better than running off to the vampire kingdom without the support that we might need.
“We should run it by Ashlyn after the meeting and we are all settled,” I told him, and he nodded.
“And James has everything?” He asked me.
“Yeah, I have my wing in the castle. I’ve already had a room done up for him, beside ours. I figured we’d be traveling back and forth between kingdoms. This way it’s less packing.” I told him.
“We are going to have houses everywhere” Mason chuckled.
“Too bad none of them are homes away from work.” I told him.
“A vacation should definitely be on the list of things we need to do. I’m already feeling burnt out.” He said with a sigh.
“You and me both.”
Ashlyn
Taking Derek’s hand, he thought of the dragon castle so I could open a portal. Derek walked through first, with Mason on his heels. I walked through, holding James to my chest. We were now standing in what looked like an apartment.
“This is our wing. Come, I’ll give you both the tour.” Derek said. Carrying both the bags, he walked through the living room and down the hallway.
“This is our room.” He said, opening up a door into a grand bedroom. There’s built-in couches that surround a fireplace. Bookshelves filled with books lined the walls.
There was a massive bed in the middle of the room under a skylight. The sunlight was coming through, lighting up the entire room. This place seemed magical as I walked around the room.
“Bathroom and closet are to the left and James’ room is to the right,” Derek said. Mason opened the door to James’ room, and I was stunned. It looked identical to his room in the Wolf Kingdom.
“Derek, it’s beautiful.” I told him.
“We have everything here. I’d appreciate it if you didn’t wander around the castle just yet.” He told me and I nodded.
“l understand. And Ill stay here with James. But I would really like a tour of the kingdom,” I told him.
“I know you do, babygirl.” He said, wrapping his arms around me.
“l just need the three of you safe.”
“I know, and “‘ll keep Mason and James safe. Freya won’t let anything happen to us” I told him, snuggling into his chest.
“Hello, where are my daughter and grandson?” I heard Victor calling out.
“Thanks dad,” Derek called back, making me giggle.
“I think he loves you both more than me,” Derek said, making me laugh.
“Awe, don’t say that. He’s just excited,” I told him.
“And who could blame him?” Mason chimed in.
“Love you too, a*ssh0le,” Derek told him. I love their friendly banter.
“Come, we should probably go out there and see him before he comes in here,” Derek said, leading us out. I hadn’t even made it into the living room before Victor wrapped me and James in a hug.
“There you are. Gorgeous as ever, Ashlyn. And our Mr. handsome.” Victor exclaimed. Pulling away to look down at James.
“Thank you, my king.” I greeted him.
“You may call me Victor or dad, but never king. You’re family.” Victor told me firmly.
“Mason, always good to see you.” He greeted him.
