Chapter 51

MILA

All of a sudden, I hear a loud roar from high in the sky. The wind started to become bad, but when I looked up and see a huge, scaly blue and silver dragon landing into view, Drack. As soon as he lands, he shifts back into Archer. He looks at me. He has been crying but there is a hint of a smile.

“My little dove, you're ok?” He says running up to me, engulfing me in a big hug.

I sigh but a few tears slip down my face, I know Drack is in my head, talking to Sapphire.

“Your Moon Goddess came to me in a meadow of my dream when I fell asleep” he says but looks away from me. “We have to leave straight away before the war.”

I nod without saying anything as I knew that my words would fail me.

“I'm coming with you; I’m your guardian and protector. Also Anna is staying behind so she can explain everything to your mate, the pack and your brother once we leave” he says, he holds out his hand out to me.

“Drack will comfort Sapphire for now, especially as she wants your mate” he says he leads me back through the forest where I run from. I stop to look at the cabin I once called home for one last time. I take in every bit of it. Archer is also standing close by; I think he knows why I’m doing this as these were the happiest and worst moments of my life.

“We should leave, little dove” he says and guides me away.

We slowly walk back in silence.

But I suddenly ask “Who is Lucas? Archer who is he?”

Archer doesn’t say anything but I can feel his emotions, sadness is there.

“Lucas is our brother, he is the younger one” he says a tear escaping from the corner of his eye.

“What happened to him?” I asked. I don’t want to push him but I need to know as we are going to be off on our own soon.

He sighs “He was captured by someone, Mila” he says while he looks down at me “They torture him. We all could feel each other’s pain but once it got too much. We thought he was dead but there has been some word that the people who took him might have caged him.”

“How would you know that?” I asked.

“You see, our blood can make portions or make someone more powerful. Some supernaturals have knowledge of this but they don’t know about the danger it could lead to" he says "If a dragon shifter is forced to be a dragon for a long time, the dragon will become feral and more like the the beast they were known in stories, the human will be pushed out of existance. I think that Lucas maybe losing his human side and his dragon has taken over. Fargo is lethal and can be out of control if Lucas lets him out. Our dragons are siblings like us, Drack is the oldest one who takes charge but also knows we are one of the same with Anna’s dragon Libelle, but Fargo is like a spoilt child and what’s to do his own thing.” He says “The last thing I said to my brother was I wish he was never born.”

The tears are flowing a little more now, I didn’t say anything. I thought I let him carry on when he was ready.

“I didn’t mean it, we were trying to find cover to hide, he thought he could out run them and get them off our back. But they caught him” he says.

“Archer, it’s not your fault” I said “He thought he was helping you and I can understand why you would say that if it’s how you felt.”

He nods “That’s what Anna says to me all the time.”

I look to where we were walking too, we are coming close to the cliffs. I head up before him and stop right at the edge. The pack house looks so small from here. Archer stands beside me.

“You ok little dove about seeing your mate again and then leaving your mate?” He asks.

I’m trying to work this one out. I want to see him which is going to be the case. I want to get to know him before I leave as I want him to know the real me. But also at the same time I don’t want to as I know it will hurt because we will not see him again for a while and I don’t know if I will ever come back. I still don’t know what the curse is for us or what the key to all this is?

“I don’t know what to think” I say which is true “I want to get to know him but I don’t want to as it will hurt both Sapphire and I. What do you think I should do?” I ask him, I want his advice now.

“I think you should get to know him. The war is coming but you can still learn about him at least find out what you want to know first. Keep your distance though as the mate bond can take a hold of you and him really quickly” he says.

“What do you think Sapphire?” I ask her through our mind link.

I can hear a huge sigh escape from her “I want to get to know him too but I know it will be hard. We should stay away I think. It already hurts knowing we are not going to be anywhere near them” I nod in agreement.

“So we are going to act like we are pissed off still about everything?” I said.

She nods “That’s what we have to do, but not just with our mate, with everyone. Drack agrees with us too and he has just told Archer."

I look at Archer who is nodding with agreement “I think that would be the best, you will need a bag packed. Can you do that? Anna will bring it to my room so no one will notice. I will meet you after lights are out”

I was about to ask him when “War will be here in one day, I can feel it in the air” he says.

“The plan I will hold is to make sure no one will follow you or us. No one will know anything Mila” he says. He looks at the path but before he can say anything “Can we go back down a bit later? I need time Archer, I need to be mentally prepared for this” I said with a sigh. He nods and we stand in silence. We stand still on the edge of the cliff, next to each other. Not saying anything, just looking out at the pack house. This is going to be really hard. I have so much to get over, George’s betrayal, the curse, leaving our mate and finding Archer’s brother.

Moon Goddess, please help me through this, I close my eyes saying it to myself but all of a sudden, a small gust of wind swirls around us. I know she can hear me and is with us as we are preparing for war but also for the next stage of the journey I have to take.