Furee Born: The Dragon Mage Series Book IV by Kelly Lucille Page B

would not normally
be called in for dragon affairs.  And even Graedon would not go after Shehar. 
Ryall will serve him his guts,” Ladon said mildly enough, but you could feel
the tension spiking in the room.
    “Which is why the attack
on Lord Topa,” Eben Kinkaid said grimly.  “They would not dare touch a dragon
healer with connection to two if not all of the houses.  Even the dragons who
still believe his lies would turn on him.  He needed Shehar out of the way so the
knights at Isolation would have no choice but to come for the Lady Riva.”
    “And it worked,” Morgan
said grimly, suddenly needing to sit down again.  She turned her eyes to
Braedon, her own stricken.  “Riva has gone to Isolation.”
    Braedon cursed his fire
flaming around him for a moment before he called it back in.  Everyone around
him but his mate stepped back.  Dragons were impervious to normal flame, even
most magic, but besides Furee, Asha, and probably Eben Kinkaid, no one here
could withstand the heat of Braedon’s flame when he was in a rage.  Even Lux
gave the fire mage a wide berth when he was in a fury.
    “We are leaving,” the
fire mage said, his words bitten out between clenched jaws.  “Now.”
    General Solan turned to
his mate and pushed silky red hair back behind the soft shell of her ear.  “I
will accompany them.  You will stay with your sisters and out of trouble?”  He
ran his thumb down a soft cheek while her green eyes flashed at him.
    “I will stay, but I will
be with my sisters.  I would not make promises I can’t keep where trouble is
concerned.”
    Solan snorted his
agreement, his quicksilver eyes taking in all that was his mate.  “Then I will
hurry back just in case.”
    Melly smiled, but it did
not reach her eyes.  She turned his rough hand into her lips and kissed him. 
Then her voice dropped to a whisper.  “Riva is not the only one in danger. 
Furee . . .”
    “I will see to my knight,”
he swore and watched her nod despite the tension and worry he could still see
in her eyes.  “You see to my mate.”  Then he kissed her and joined the others
that were already shifting for the flight to Isolation.  The two mage enforcers,
Archer and Cree, were already climbing aboard Lux like they road dragons
daily.  Maybe they did.  With the dragon knights in partnership with the mages
of Seatown, and the dragons finding their mates among the mages, mages riding
with dragons could become a normal sight.  Solan shook his head looking over
the two deadly mages, glad at least that they were leaving with him and not
staying near his mate.
    Asha shifted into her ice
dragon, a kind not seen in Dracon for thousands of years.  Solan did not have
time to marvel at her diamond bright ice dragon form, or the ease in which her
fire mage road her.  He kissed Melisande hard one last time and shifted in
motion as soon as he was clear of the doors.  He did not have to tell Eben
Kinkaid to watch after his mate.  They all knew what was at stake and Melly had
been part of his house before she mated with General Solan, which meant he
would always see to her safety when her mate could not.  Just as Solan would do
for Morgan or Clare should the need arise – just as he would see to the Lady
Riva.
    He waited until the rest
had left then turned to see his mate move to stand with her sisters.  He
received nods from both Kinkaid and Ladon, assuring him that they would be
protected.  It was the best he could do without staying with her himself.  Then
he was gone.
     
    Melisande breathed out
the tension and wished she could relieve her mind as easily as the deep breath
relieved her body.
    “He will be fine,” Morgan
said squeezing her hand, while Clare moved to her other side and took her other
one.  Melly was no longer surprised at the calluses she felt on Clare’s palm or
the strength of her grip.  In the two years since Clare’s attack, the girl had
undergone incessant training in steel and forest