Hidden Flame: Bound to the Triplet Dragon Kings

Hidden Flame: Bound to the Triplet Dragon Kings
Chapter 21: Healing Touch
Clint
is went to go and get her adoptive parents. We are going
As fara tried to use magic to heal Avery, I paced near the doorway to let them stay the weekend with her. If we are why she
nearly diet is the least we can do. Conner and I watched helplessly as Enya tried to prevent Avery from going into shock to keep
her organs from failing When Enya rushed out of the room and returned with several bags of blood, 1 fell to my knees. What if
we were too life?
I know that Avery is in the hands of the most experienced healer in ur kingdom, but I still worry. Enya spent almost a decade in
the human world learning how to treat humans, but what if that’s no event and Avery slips into a coma?
I turn my head when I feel Cassius’s hand on my shoulder, “Brother, we found her and got her here. Enya is the best and Avery
will pull through ”
I wish that I had his confidence, but I don 1. When I look at Avery lying so still, I picture my parents in their coffins. When I looked
up. June slapped me. “Your parents swore that she would be safe. They would be as disappointed as I am,” she said as she put
her Tight hand to her side. 1 suppose that I deserved that. I merely nodded to her. I have no words that could explain how I feel
right now. My brothers and I should have kept being assholes to her because it kept her safe.
“Tell me that you know who is responsible.” A
Anton says.
“We might, but we can’t be certain and we don’t know how the drugs that they gave her will affect her memory. Those
responsible will pay. You have my word as your future king.” Cassius said. He is right because when we healed her open
wounds, we tasted the drugs. They gave her more than enough to wipe any human’s short–term memory. I just hope that it didn’t
do any other damage.
When Avery first came to Naga, my brothers and I lashed out and kept doing it for a few years until after our parents died.
Honestly, | started to feel bad about it after we had Conner drop her off in the woods and I think Conner did too. We should have
stood up to Cassius but we didn’t because he is the oldest granted not by much but in our culture and tribe it matters.

I sigh as I watch everyone leave Avery’s room as her adoptive parents sit vigil at either side of her bed. June and Anton are good
people and such a strong couple but they were never blessed with offspring until they brought Avery here. I nodded goodbye to
them and went to my room. I am dreading Monday. How am I going to look at Lenore and pretend that I don’t know what she had
a
hand in doing?
Avery
When I was in death’s grasp, I felt so cold and alone. But then I felt warmth and the sensation of flying. At first, I thought that this
must be how angels feel but then I realized that no god would make me an angel. In the darkness, I heard muffled voices and felt
hands move my hair off of my face. I felt cherished as I drifted off to sleep.
In my dream, it took place when I was three. It was nightfall and I was asleep in my mother’s arms as my father led the way
through the woods. There was rustling in the canopy of the dense trees. Suddenly, loud thumps came from all around. My father
tried to shield us as several dragons surrounded us. Then everything grew hazy and I couldn’t see what was happening, I heard
growls, roars, and thumps. I smelled burnt flesh and the acrid smell of blood. Then the scene became clearer. I saw my young
self covered in blood clinging to what was left of my parents. Did dragons kill my parent? Why didn’t they kill me too?
I don’t know how long the dream was or how long that I slept, but when I awoke sunlight was streaming through my bedroom
windows. My head was pounding and my throat was dry. I blinked several times trying to adjust to the brightness. On either side
of my bed were June and Anton. They were each holding one of my hands as they slept. How did I get here? Why are they here,
not that I am not happy to see them, but why?
“Momma, Poppa,” I croak. Their heads snap up at the raspy sound of my voice.
“Thank goodness that you are awake. We need to go get Enya. You must be thirsty too, so we will bring you something.” June
said us She kissed my forehead and Anton lightly squeezed my hand before they left.
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Chapter 21: Healing Touch
Not long afterward, I saw Clit peering through the crack of my doo “You can come in,” I say shakily.

He comes in but stands near the door. Deciding to not waste this opportunity, I ask, “I know what happened to me. Why am i all
healed so quickly and how did I get back here?”
A wash of emotions crosses his face and it appears that he’s having fficulty picking one. “You don’t need to relive it and tell us,
Avery. You need to rest. As for how you got here, it should not matter, only that you did should.”
He’s back to being his usual chusive self. He is either ignoring my question on purpose or he is just being cruel because he must
know. Just as he must know that his girl Lenore left me for dead, Os of The Trio had to have found me or at the very least talked
to the person who did. When I feel better, I will start my own investigations, but I know that I can’t seek the justice I want against
The Hoity Hags. I will just have to wait for Lady Karma to take her tall. 1 have been waiting a good portion of my life, so what is a
few more days?
Chapter Comments
Diane L Bramlett
so far this is a very interesting and good book
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