Reawakening the Dragon (Stonefire Dragons 4)

She tried to be outraged at his behavior, but as her dragonman caressed her arse and wetness rushed between her legs, she forgot why she was outraged. After all, it wasn’t as if she were naked.

With another light tap on her bum, Kai ran toward their cottage. Everyone gaped as they made their way and Jane couldn’t help but laugh. Kai was destroying his stony, badass image and didn’t seem to care.

Yes, her dragonman had come a long way from issuing orders in Newcastle.

The second Kai stepped foot inside his bedroom inside his cottage, he tossed her on the bed and covered her body with his. As he kissed her, Jane forgot about everything but the man above her.

Chapter Three

The next day, Kai beat his wings as he glanced over his golden shoulder to check on his team. All ten dragons were in a V-formation behind him, creating a rainbow of colors in blue, green, purple, red, black, and gold.

Turning his head back around, he focused on their target in the distance. He’d soon know if Jane’s contact had been successful in leaking Stonefire’s “training location” to the Dragon Knights.

His beast spoke up. They had better be there. I want to take care of these bastards once and for all.

Me, too, dragon.

Good. Then make this quick. The longer we’re away, the more our female will worry.

Kai signaled with his wing and put his team on high alert.

It was showtime.

Kai barreled to the side and the dragons behind him alternated in dropping to the left and right before beating their wings and heading straight toward the ground. The objective was for each dragon to pick up a log or boulder, simulating a rescue mission. With any luck, the knights would be waiting in the nearby forest.

Of course, what the knights didn’t know was that Aaron and his team were also in the forest in their human forms, waiting to pounce.

Since Kai always joined in his team’s drills, he dove toward a fallen log near the edge of the forest. The knights might try to attack him, but if it gave away their position, the pain would be worth it.

He swooped down, snagged the hunk of wood with his talons and flew back up. As he hovered in place about five hundred feet in the air, he watched as one by one the rest of his team seized their intended targets and returned to their respective places in formation.

When all ten beasts were back in position, Kai scrutinized the tree line. Yet nothing emerged from the forest or shot into the air.

His dragon spoke up again. If they’re clever, they’ll wait until the dragons are tired and then attack.

You have a point.

Our female must be wearing off on you because you never used to mention when I was right.

Shut it, dragon. I need to concentrate.

With a huff, his beast fell silent and Kai roared out the code for his team to do an attack drill.

Each of the ten dragons dove down and released their logs and boulders against an exposed rock face. Wood splintered and rocks broke into pieces, but there still wasn’t any sign of the knights.

Since Kai believed in Jane, he spent the next twenty minutes putting his team through one drill after another. When their reactions times slowed and their wings started missing beats, Kai knew they needed to rest.

Guiding them to a nearby lake, it hit him—the best place to attacks a team of dragons would be when they were tired and playing in the water.

For once Kai wished he could communicate beyond wing and leg signals. But since that was all he had, he fisted his back talon and then touched it to his other back talon, which meant everyone should follow his lead.

As they made their way toward the lake, Kai only hoped Aaron understood his message.

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Nikki watched as Kai took his team of dragons through a basic set of training maneuvers. Her job was to radio the Department of Dragon Affairs when Kai signaled it was time for them to capture the Dragon Knights.

Despite the cool October air, Nikki’s hand gripping the two-way radio was sweaty. If the Dragon Knights had somehow gotten word of their plan, Jane would be devastated. Kai’s female took things nearly as seriously as her male.