Page 18 of Jay's Silence

I was outnumbered—the sounds of fighting from above raged. Only one thing could turn this battle. Whatever these creatures were, they didn’t stand a chance against a massive dragon.

CHAPTER SEVEN

JAIYANA

Between Rehan’s distraction, Og’s invisibility spell, and Tyson’s raw strength, we scaled the side of the castle unnoticed. In the daylight, a line of dragon claws digging into the stone would clearly mark our path.

The world can fuck’n know I stole Lux from his piece of shit family.

What happened to ‘It’s not my problem?’

It’s still not. I’m just fixing something I caused.

Trying to save your mate, then?

Nope, definitely not that.

Sure.

I was so busy talking to myself that I missed how we got into the dark hall we now stood in. However, Og grinned at me from his spot, outlined by a smooth hole in the wall. A slight breeze rustled his dark, curly locks. It was safe to assume he’d used both his warlock magic and elemental magic at the same time to almost silently create our entry.

It was impressive.

I grinned back at him.

You could train him for real once this is over instead of giving him the occasional tip.

Nope. I’m freeing dragons.

FREEEDOOOM.

“Is that the thing that stole your elemental magic?” Og asked, interrupting my inner Mel Gibson Braveheart yell.

At the far end of the hall, an all too familiar star, with quartz at its points, sat chiseled into the wall. According to the blueprints, we were looking at a ‘T’ junction, and according to Og’s scrying, Lux was hopefully to the left.

“I’ve never seen anything like it,” Og continued, not waiting for my answer. “The earth dragons would never make something like that. I mean, with the right spell work, anything’s possible. You’re teaching me that.” He found my hand and laced our fingers together. “But we would need access to every elemental power to get the frequencies right. Right?

Tyson growled. “It doesn’t fecking matter who made it. Let’s get on with this.”

Og narrowed his eyes at Tyson, who squared himself up to the warlock as if readying for a fight.

I slid between them, facing Tyson. “You just jerked yourself off to Og’s dick down my throat.”

Tyson released a series of syllables which sounded like denial before he blushed. His posturing dropped.

I poked his chest. “We need to work together. We need to move. The Air King loves his security cameras.” I pointed at one in the corner, though it couldn’t see us with Og’s invisibility up. “And Og, who made the quartz stars, is a mystery we can ponder the implications of later.”

Og nodded.

I focused on the hall. “Once we find Lux, Og, use those super-fast legs and get him out of here.”

Og frowned. “I don’t like that part. Lux is not more important than you, Jay. In fact, there’s a possibility this is a trapfor you.Did you even consider that?”

Honestly, I had not. But, I wasn’t saying that out loud.

“Tyson has my back, right?” I raised an eyebrow at the fire prince.

Tyson gripped my waist and pulled me close. “Your back is the only one I have, Wiggles.”

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