Shifter's Baby(23)

Lord Nelson had walked away from them, the guards had already mounted their horses and were waiting patiently for the carriage’s team to lead them away. Rayzier bent down beside Arabella and clutched her shaking shoulder as she wept.

“Come with me Arabella, and I will give you your revenge.”

It took a few seconds but her tears finally slowed, just as the final walls of her house fell into the glowing sparking embers that were left. She stood wearily and wiped her tears on her sleeve. Not only was Henrick gone, now the place where all their memories had been were gone as well.

She had nothing left.

The child inside her wiggled as if reading her mind. Gently she laid her hand on it, as if to reassure it that nothing more was going to happen before she gave birth. Rayzier waited patiently beside her, the firelight mirroring in his eyes.

“I will go with you.”

Rayzier’s hardened face finally softened.

“You will see Arabella, this will be everything that you have ever wanted. I will destroy this Lord Nelson, and you will be happy with me then.”

Arabella shook her head. “I cannot return here ever again. If you exact my revenge there will be another Lord, another problem. There is nothing here for me but ghosts. Let us leave. I fear though, you came here wounded, is it safe for us to return?”

He looked worried for a moment, the slight smile disappearing with Arabella’s observation.

“It will be. I was wounded and dropped here because my uncle wants the throne. I was the only thing between that. I didn’t care for the claim, now though, I have an heir. I will take my place as King and you and our child will live happily in our kingdom. My uncle will be destroyed and we will not fear his retaliation and scheming.”

Arabella seemed to accept this. Her world had been changed, and she had no reason not to trust Rayzier. For the first time in a while, she felt as if everything was going to turn out ok. It seemed the last of her mournful tears for a life that was long gone had ended and now she could look to the future with happiness.

She turned towards Rayzier and stood on tip toe, her great swollen belly between them, and kissed him. She kissed him like she’d done Henrick so many times before, with passion and love and trust. She hoped that her lips conveyed what she felt.

After the sweet moment passed, he stepped away from her and took his opened armed position. She watched him changed and lightly stepped forward. Rayzier lowered his head and swept low to the ground so that she could climb upon his back, and in the dark they swept off from the flattened land and towards the mountains in the distance.



The End



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Dragonking’s Battle





Dragon Shifter Romance



By: Lisa Cartwright





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Chapter One


Arabella had left everything behind, her home containing all the memories of her previous life, the Lord that threatened everything, all of her worldly possessions. The quivering bulge that protruded from her abdomen was a reminder that none of it mattered.

Rayzier’s heavy wings commanded the air around him, lifting them both higher as she rode on his long scaly back towards what looked to be the highest mountaintop within sight. The cold air lashed at her face causing freezing tears to whip across her face as she tried to make out where it was they were going.

A few feet below them, clouds were clumped together, Rayzier’s long claws grazing the white fluff as they passed above them in the night. Arabella did her best to grip the spines along his back, adjusting her position whenever she felt it was safe to do so.

“How long until we arrive?” she shouted, hoping that Rayzier could hear her through the air that was rushing at her face.

He lifted his huge reptilian head, opened his strong jaws, long teeth parting and roared into the darkness. Arabella didn’t know what that meant but assumed it was a good sign. Moments later, Rayzier changed directions and began to circle into a descent. Before long it became clear to Arabella where they were going.

The highest mountaintop looked as if its peak had been flattened. Instead of a snowy white point there was a city made of the mountains own stone. Large cavernous buildings, winding roads, but she could see no trace of a living creature amongst the place.

As they got closer, Arabella’s cold stiff body began to warm. As Rayzier got all four feet on level ground and his wings stooped and curled at his sides, Arabella lurched forward with the motion and nearly fell off.