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Chapter eleven- desire

“ I had more meat than I could ever eat. More meat than I can ever desire. The recovery for me and my sister did not take long. Still there was some form of longing around her I never had before. It irritated me. So much I would fly every day in search of the relief from it. And then she came.”

Ruua landed beside the lake. It had been so long sense another was there that he was surprised one came. As usual he waited just in the fires light as the female bathed and to his surprise she had a spear with her and threw it at him. All he did was turn his head slightly so it would not hit his eye and it bounced away. She seemed to leap from the water after that and land on solid ground beside her gear and took her sword. “ I am Ruua. You followed the path of the queens bath, is this because you wished to speak with me?”

The female looked at him alert ready to defend herself. “ You! Are you the one they call the Tyrant of the North!”

Ruua nods. “ I go by that and many other names.”

Ruua paused to look upon her more closely. She was unlike the other small predators. Like him she had dragon scales and wings and a tale. He could even sense a small pair of horns under her hair. “ You are a half? I have heard of them but never met one before.”

Ruua suddenly also noticed his irritation had became desire. “ Who are you?”

The woman became surprised hearing this. “ Loren, Loren Grafton.”

Ruua looked at her and lowered himself slightly. “ Breed with me!”

Loren backed away surprised hearing him say that. “ What? I am a mercenary but not that kind of mercenary!”

Ruua looked at her confused. He has heard the term mercenary before. They fight for money. Those objects his instincts keep telling him were important. “ If it is money you desire you may have it. If it is my loyalty you desire you may have it. If it is my life you desire you may have it.”

Loren paused she had heard of this before. She was not sure if his lust is getting the better of him but he was opening himself wide for her. Her mission was to slay the tyrant and instead he fell in love with her at first sight. She looked away sad noticing her heart was racing as well. “ You pass. If you accepted without hesitation you seek my wealth. If you accepted with hesitation you seek power. If you denied without hesitation you seek another. If you denied with hesitation you seek something you believe I can not give you. That is the true way of mates. They combine their meat to make a large nest together.”

Ruua raises up. “ Come to me when you are ready. All I told you I would give is yours, but you have to earn them.” he then flew away.

Chapter twelve- consideration

“ So that is what happened Ruua! I heard a strange woman has come to town recently.” Ruua nods.

It is not often he would go to the home of the talker without notice. In fact this may be the first time. He laughs again after the statement and slapped his knee. He then became serious. “ Are you sure you can even be with her?”

Ruua nods again. “ Dragons have magic to breed with any they desire. We are known as the best breeders because of this.”

Ruua thinks of his sister a moment. “ However that magic is limited. Some like my brothers and sister will breed many times using it a little at a time. This will be my first so I do not know how much of mine I will use.”

The man seemed to sober up some. Not considering this was actually a big deal for Ruua. “ You are actually considering this that much are you?”

Ruua nods yet again. “ The tyrants trial, it is a trial your ancestor created long ago to test his adulthood. The queens path, a way for me to speak to a queen with the least trouble. Few know the truth about how I come to speak to others, and when she appeared she tried to kill me.”

The man paused shocked hearing that. “ It is normal for dragons courting to be aggressive?”

Ruua nods again. “ Sometimes the strong give a display of strength to let the other know they will have strong spawn. This was different. There was no look of desire in her eyes when she made her move.”

The man considered it a bit. “ You know Ruua you have quite a few who wish to see you dead.”

Ruua sighs. “ I have more meat than I desire little one. I do not mind sharing my meat but none but me shall claim my meat.” The man laughs a little. Finding humor in the fact Ruua was just a simple dragon in thought.

“ I have given much more thought to Loren than any before. This was not unlike the situation with my sister and brothers. For the first time in my life I noticed a pattern. Whoever tries to take my meat. They always use the blood of my kin against me and I always destroy them in an instant.”

Chapter thirteen- duel

“ When Loren came for me again I waited for her in a field when the one I talked to told her here I was. It was a grassland with nothing to eat around it. It is a place I reserved for fighting. The day had finally came that I had to use it.”

Ruua watched as Loren landed with a spear in one hand and a shield on the other. She was dressed to fight. And Ruua was ready for one. “ I wish you to know why I have to kill you tyrant. The village where I was raised has many half-breeds like me. It is not easy for us to find work for money and the land is not rich like it is here. With the money from killing you we can survive a little longer.”

Ruua sighed disappointed. She is not a proper dragon. In his sigh she attacked and in an instant it was over. He had pinned her to the ground but did not kill her. “ Just get it over with.”

Ruua looked toward the trees where another was standing and the man came over. In that instant he knew she was stronger than any man he knew and Ruua took her down with just as much overwhelming power. “ You will go to this village of halfs. You will bring them here where the land is rich with meat and I will share my meat with them.”

As soon as he stopped speaking Loren started laughing. “ Are you showing pity me or just mocking me. Either way just end this tyrant dragon.”

Ruua turned his attention toward her. “ From the very start of my life. When I have had more meat than I need I have given it to those that do. From the first day of my life when I have seen those weaker than me trying to survive I have sacrificed myself for those that I can. I do not know why I am wished dead but if you wish me dead then so be it.”

Ruua let her go and as soon as she was free from his grasp she rushed for his chest instantly with her spear. She stops just short of piercing his flesh into his heart. With his speed it would not have been hard to move like he did at the lake to deflect the assault. “ I have given my life to you Loren Grafton. Do you understand now? If I were to die your village would die. I am not called a tyrant for nothing.”

Loren drops her spear and falls to her knees. “ After my people are seen well. After that I will breed with you. The one most worthy among all dragons.”

Ruua backed away a little to see her again. For the first time in his life his instincts told him nothing about this situation. “ Then let us not delay.”

Chapter fourteen- leave me alone

After that the village of half-breeds were moved to the lands of the Tyrant of the North. Where they grew as a people in the sheltered and nourishing environment. Spreading openly and welcoming to the four kingdoms of the four emperor dragons of the continent. With the south being the one with the most dominant military and political power. The leader in many conflicts of the world involving hostile forces to the world even to this day. While few outsiders understand the meaning of their slogan of, this is my meat, I will share it but none shall ever take it. It is well known inside the alliance to being used to resolve internal conflicts with little hassle.

The dragon herald, the chosen speaker of the tyrant of the north is rarely ever seen outside important events of the four kingdom alliance. With the noticeable exception of finding themselves their own spouse. It is said the herald has the wisdom of the ages of the tyrant dragon behind him. When seen the herald is often targeted for that wisdom outside of the valley of the dragon.

Loren remains with Ruua till this day. Given a share of the immortality of the dragon Ruua had she has often been seen also with the herald but also on every major battlefield she could be on that the four kingdoms have ever had fought on. She had often come in her mates stead for one simple reason. It is not amusing to let her mate have all the fun and be done in an instant. She has sometimes joked in random bars and taverns that this was true in both battlefields and in their chambers. This is a deception on her part to keep any wondering hussy from her mate.

“ And so that is my story little one. I can not wait till the day you tell your story to your little one. Me and your mother are very happy to see you my son. We never thought the day.”

Ruua turned his head to face outside the chamber. “ Who the hell is it now? Don't they know I an nestling my mate and newborn? They should just leave me alone at this time.”

The half dragon child raised his arms toward his father as he begins to leave. “ This should not take more than a moment my little one.”