you haven’t had a dragon long. well, two dragons in your very rare case. a dragon who isn’t fully grown and a dragon whose mate is the dragon of someone you aren’t too fond of.

xaden riorson. that’s who you see when you get outside and that’s who you don’t really get along with.

you have a pact. he doesn’t tell people you poison your opponents and you don’t tell him about the marked one’s secret meetings. this doesn’t help the hostility of your relationship.

despite that hostility, your dragons are perfect mates. which is clear by the unruly feelings they’re giving you right now while they . .

“why are you out here?” you ask, stopping by the wall.

he doesn’t bother to give you an answer, instead asking, “can you block him out?”

“who?”

“tairn.” he turns his head toward you. clearly he’s feeling something from your dragons’ activities, too.