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Dragon Mated (Supernatural Prison #3)(8)
Author: Jaymin Eve

The ache crushed in on me again and I had to reach out a hand to steady myself. I knew I would struggle being away from the Compasses, but this felt so tangible, as if the partial mate bond between Braxton and I was actually causing me pain. Or was I feeling Braxton’s pain? Shit. I really hoped it wasn’t that. Nothing would make me lose my mind faster.

“Hello, Jessa. You look lovely.”

I froze, my hands clawing into the back of the chair. I took a few deep breaths, and by the time I turned to face him I’d reeled my emotions in and schooled my face to show nothing but indifference. Be nice. False sense of security. I had to repeat it more than once, my fist already clenched in preparation of punching that smug face.

“Thanks,” I said, my voice bland, monotone. I wasn’t going to go as far as acting enthusiastic – he knew I wanted to kill him. Better for him to think I had simply resigned myself to this fate.

He waited for me to take a seat at the table. There were at least twenty settings. I chose one furthest from the door. I wanted to be able to see who was coming at us. Larky sat across from me, and involuntarily my body leaned back. The width of the table top was at least two meters, but we were still way too close.

My eyes lowered to the setting in front of me. There had to be a hundred pieces of white and gold-trimmed dining ware, not to mention an array of silver objects which looked like old-fashioned cutlery. Nothing which would work as a weapon though – not that I needed one. Couldn’t stab him to death unfortunately. I needed to break those magical bonds first, and I had no idea how to do that.

“I really love you in purple. Your eyes almost look lavender.”

Really? He had to be shitting me.

Be nice, I repeated to myself again, but before I could stop myself my hand smashed out and crashed into the stack of white and gold plates – stupid perfect pieces of his life. They clattered to the floor. Some broke, but the soft carpet protected the rest. Of course, once I started I couldn’t stop. I launched myself out of my chair and kicked out, upending the entire table. It was heavy – felt like it weighed a ton – but I was a shifter so I barely broke a sweat. The wooden top crashed to the floor, chairs and plates flying around the room. Larky had shifted himself back a little, but still sat in his chair, staring at me with that stupid friggin’ grin on his face.

I screamed long and loud before launching myself at him. We collided and his arms went around me, but I was having none of that. My elbow whipped out and cracked him in the jaw, splitting it wide open. I avoided the spatter of blood, hating when any of his essence touched me.

The grin finally fell from his lips, and deep emotion lit up those stormy gray eyes. He lifted up a hand as if to slap me.

Bring it, bitch.

His hand jabbed out. I managed to deflect it, before returning the favor with a punch in the gut. Either he wasn’t that hot at hand to hand fighting – I supposed in his day it was probably more about swordplay – or he was again just humoring my little rebellion. Stupid Ass. I was so ready to bail.

I drew on my wolf speed, and took off for the door. I had pieced together the basic layout, and this floor was definitely my best bet of getting out of the castle. It was ground level. I just had to find a window to smash or a door to break down.

I reached for my dragon. Come on. I needed her now. She was strong enough to crash through the damn brick if required.

King asshole’s voice followed me as I ran: “Jessa, you cannot escape from me.”

Still tooting that tired old trumpet. I focused on escaping and blocking out his energy.

My dragon and I continued to smash against the wall which separated us. Why the hell was this so hard? Shifting into dragon should be natural for me.

I crossed through the large room with all the beautiful books and paintings. The windows were high and barred; there was no escape from here. I took another hallway, one which I had not been down before.

“Follow me,” said a soft familiar voice. I caught a glimpse of shiny brown hair and knew it was Rose.

Following her scent, I zoomed along even faster. Straight, left turn, right turn, and then left again. It was a maze of halls and I had to hope like hell Rose wasn’t directing me on some wild-goose chase. I slowed as she came into sight, her petite frame before a large arched entrance, that low, unnatural yellow light of Faerie pouring through.

“I see you did well with the laying low and false sense of security thing,” she said. A grin lit up her unique features, making her look extra young and pretty.

I shrugged. “What can I say. Guess it’s not in my nature to lay low.”

She nodded, not looking at all surprised. “You have a chance to escape now. I crisscrossed the path many times to confuse our scent, but you don’t have much time.”

“Are you going to be okay?” I knew she was forbidden from helping me, and I hated to think Larky would follow through on that torture thing.

She swallowed. “I’ll most likely be punished for helping you, but I don’t care. I feel you are the one chance for … for all of us trapped in a world of living but who do not truly live.” She handed me a small brown sack which I had not even noticed her carrying. “Go now, find your family and break the bonds of the marked. It can be done. The answers lie on the island of the shining ones.”

“The castle is in the sky. How am I supposed to escape?”

She gave me a bit of a shove then. “When you reach the end, take a leap of faith.”

What the hell did that mean? She wanted me to just jump off? She gave me another push, and with a shake of my head I clutched the soft material of the bag – it was surprisingly heavy – and took off. I was loath to leave Rose behind, but she was tied too closely to the king. He’d be able to find her in a moment. I was hoping he didn’t have the same direct tracking beacon to the rest of the marked.

   
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