Chapter 51

~Kamari~ 

I end up in the underdwelling. For some reason, it feels like a comfort. I chuckle when I see all the things everywhere. I start to clean up, and I find one of Ryuu's scales. I smile and put it in my pocket. I decided I was going to collect my Whelps scales like baby teeth. 

Satisfied with my cleaning, I head towards the lagoon when the door opens, and I see Koa, a bloody mess, which means Aneth was the bloodiest. I didn't understand it if Koa didn't want to talk to me. Why did he fight Aneth to lead? "I was just leaving." I start to walk up the stairs when he grabs my arm.

"Stay."

I chuckle bitterly. "Really? Because you act as If my presence annoys you." I turn and fold my arms over my chest. "Care to explain without trying to be sneaky?"

Koa rubs his neck, sighs, glances at me, wears a smirk, and says, "Old habits die hard."

I purse my lips to hide my smile, then sock him in the shoulder. "I hate you." My smile cracks, and I turn around. "UGH." I groan. I didn't have to turn around to know Koa was smiling at me.

"What would sorry do if I said it?" Koa asks. I look over my shoulder at him. He tilts his head, "Because I can't promise It won't happen again."

"Why? You guys can't fight it?" It was Frustrating.

Koa locks eyes with me. "You Ask me to fight my nature. Compliance isn't in my blood unless someone dethrones me."

I step forward. "I am your mate. Not your enemy. And lately, you've been acting like I am." Koa's gaze intensifies, and he steps into my personal space. I look up at him and try not to fold under his gaze. I watch his eyes drift to my lips.

"Kiss me, and I'll slap you." I tried to make my voice stern, but underneath, I wanted to cave so severely that my blood rushed with excitement.

Koa's eyes dance with mischief, his eyelids heavy. "Keep talking. I like it when you're Feisty."

I feel his hand slide around my lower back, and my breath catches in my throat as his lips brush against mine. "Come on, coax me into mauling you, Kamari…" The gravel in his voice nearly destroys me.

I feel the shade in my response to him. "I don't have to try. Even now, you grow weak with an urge to have me." I smirk at him. "Tell me I'm wrong."

I could feel the sparks firing off between us, something I've been aching to feel again. Koa's breath grows heavy, but he doesn't attempt to kiss me. Instead, he growls in frustration and turns away from me. 

"Go to Aneth," Koa says with restraint in his voice. "Wait, Aneth-" Aneth won?! 

"Kadea's hell, Koa. You couldn't just tell me?!"

Koa wears a smug grin over his shoulder. "What would be the fun in that, my little harlot."

I leer at him with a smile. "You're evil."

"You like it."

I groan, but it turns into a frustrated laugh. "Ugh!" I march upstairs to find Aneth. I see him in our room, still bloody, reading a damn book and drinking wine. I double-blink, "I have got to stop thinking you three are even somewhat normal…" I say under my breath. "Aneth, after a brawl, can we clean the room? I don't want Ignis to see this."

"She will brawl as well when she's older." Aneth looks at her over the rim of his book, and he gives me a warm smile. "Better to start early."

 I narrowed my eyes at him. "So you're not going to do it?

"I see no need to," Aneth says, flipping through his book nonchalantly. A fire ignited within me; even though I lived with them in the forest, I was not one for messiness. I take off my shoe and throw it at him, and he catches it without looking, which irks me more. "You're helping me," I demand. Aneth sighs heavily, places the book down, and drinks down. "And I choose not to?"

"I will dig my claws into your flesh," the words come out of nowhere, or maybe not. The Shade part of me has been acting up lately. I look to Aneth whose brows furrow at words, he closes the distance between us, and backs me into a wall. My nerves come out as I giggle as I feel his body near mine. "Do you think the words you just said to me are funny?" Aneth's gruff voice makes all kinds of evil thoughts rage in my head; he cages me in his arms. "A little…" I say as I look up at him.

Aneth's eyes widened, "Is that so?" He says in a husky voice.

I bite my lip and nod at him, my heart hammering in my chest.

"Hm," Aneth hums in his throat; he steps back and takes my hand, his eyes roaming my body. "This dress suits you," he spins me as if getting a better view, then in mid-twirl, he pushes me up against the wall. My hands slap against it, and a slight gasp escapes my lips when I feel the heat of his timbered voice in my ear. It ripples through my spine as he says, "But nothing compares to you naked." 

I feel my eyes shift, and the Shade part of myself comes to the surface to maul this man. Aneth smiles wickedly. "Oh, I've been eager to paint you red again…" Aneth growls. I stroll towards him, I want the pain, and I like the pleasure. All of it. It felt soul-deep, and part of me thought it was a Shade thing. I ached to know more about it. But I was too wrapped up in getting into it with Aneth to care. I dodge his first strike and kick him hard in the chest which makes him stumble, I march forward, my nails sharpen, ready to strike out at him. Aneth notices, and he smirks. I contour all his strikes, but I misread one, and he grabs me by the throat. I ready myself for a strike, but instead, I feel his heated kiss sear my lips, my breath catches in my throat, and the way he kissed me made my head go blank, and my body suddenly feels like lead. When he parts from me, my eyes remain closed for a moment more. He grabs my face between his hands. The Shade in me starts to purr, and Aneth chuckles warmly, "Who says a Shade can't Be Tamed?" He says against my lips.

I find myself at a loss for words, but tame was the last thing I wanted to be. I could feel chaos in my veins, but for some reason, Aneth's kiss did have a calming effect, and I had no idea how he did it. But that didn't stop me from pushing him onto the bed and acting on another primal instinct. He eagerly devoured my lips and I slid him inside of me, Aneth grips my hips, digging his nails in me, and I can't help the feral moan it illicts from my lips. Aneth grabs me by the throat, pulling me down to him, his thrusts having no mercy on me. 

"Look at me, Kamari; I want to feel and watch your soul leave your body when I give you release." 

I feel my eyes roll in to the back my head, as he edges me closer, I whimper and moan like an idiot. I lock eyes with him, and Goddess help me. His smirk sent me over the edge. I come undone by him and my body shakes, I feel him release inside of me and I give him a lazy kiss. But I snatch the sheet to cover me at the sound of the door opening. Aneth flings out his hand, and the door slams closed and locks. 

I double-blink. I look back to Aneth, who looks at his hand as puzzled as me. " Well, that's odd…"

"Did you just control magic?" I ask Aneth, not understanding how he just slammed the door shut. Aneth smirked, "Seems your spirit is more potent than I thought." 

I clear my throat, not knowing if I should be amused or worried. "Has this happened before?"

"Never," Aneth says, locking eyes with me. His hand caresses my cheek as he says, "You are truly miraculous, Kamari. Nothing has barred into my skin as much as you have." I lay my forehead on his, his words touching my heart. I thought I wouldn't know Aneth like this for a while, to be held by him. I feared he'd have to stay away from me. Now, I was elated to be so close to him. 

"Are you hurting?" Aneth asks. I furrow my brows briefly, then realize he's talking about my lower half. "No. I'm fine." I smirked. "Did my screams of passion not convince you?"

The door is kicked in, and Nye comes storming in with Ignis crying. I get off Aneth and wrap the sheet around me, "Ignis," I say as Nye gives her to me, and I sit down to feed her. But I notice Nye leering at Aneth, Nye walks towards him looking Aneth up and down.

"Why do I smell the taint of magic on you?" Nye's voice is rough. Aneth calmly pours himself and Nye a drink. "Seems I have acquired a new ability. Summoning magic at will." 

Aneth hands him the drink. Nye's eyebrows furrow as he takes it. "A dragon who can manipulate magic?" Nye scoffs and rolls his eyes. "How amusing!" He says flatly, "If you turn into a witch, I get bids on your head."

Aneth smiles and raises a glass to Nye. I look between them, baffled by their words. Sometimes, I don't know if they love or hate each other.