The Blood in the Dragon

Chapter 24

Updated

Dove’s P.O.V

How dare that b***h tell us that we have thirty days to prove ourselves, she can’t do that. I’ve been Luna of my pack longer than she has been queen or even a fully shifted dragon for that matter. Who the f**k does she think she is? I won’t step down, I’ll kill them before I ever let that happen, I thought to myself and then smirked at the thought of killing them.

“They will pay for this, they will both pay for this. Let them come, I’ll have a nice surprise waiting for them when the thirty days are up.” James said and I smirked, knowing exactly what he was thinking and agreeing with it. There was no way I was going to be pushed into taking my Luna crown off. I’m going to end up killing the queen if that ever happens, but the queen and king together are very powerful, too powerful. Can James and I really do this, take them on and win or is it all just big talk and wishful thinking on our parts? I thought to myself and suddenly I was having second thoughts about this. Adonis threw James around the room like he was a rag doll and his queen did just the same to me. She was vicious when it came to protecting her mate and I barely got a hit in with her, so what was I going to do if she attacked me full on? James had challenged Adonis several times and each time he lost, but the last time he barely made it out alive, so how was he going to win this time when he couldn’t all the other times? I won’t put up with them taking my crown away from me, but how else can I keep it? James had been very quiet after making his statement and I could tell that he was deep in thought, probably thinking the same as me. I reached over and took his hand in mine, but then he squeezed it and looked at me, sighing. I knew then that he was definitely thinking the same as me, but I also knew that he would never suggest anything or put a stop to this. He would never accept defeat, so I would do it.

“James, I think it's time we stop fooling around and let it be just us. I know it will be hard, but damn, if you want some ass so bad then come find me and you can have me. The same goes for me as well, if I want ass I’ll come find you. We're mates and I think it's about time we started acting like it.” I said and then watched as he smirked.

“I agree to your terms and I think you’re right.” James said, but something told me that he wasn’t done with this conversation. The rest of the drive home was in silence, but when we pulled up in front of the pack house James got out of the car and actually opened the door for me. I got out of the car and we walked into the pack house, but the whole time I was stunned by his kind actions. James and I walked upstairs to our room, but when he closed the door behind us I turned around and he backhanded me.

“b***h please, you want me to be faithful then how about you stop f*****g everyone in the f*****g pack. They all talk Dove, how else do you think I know, you dumb b***h?” James said, dragging me over to the far wall and cuffing my hands and feet to it, using the metal restraints.

“Now don’t you go anywhere, I’ll be right back.” James said and before I could argue or reply he had left our bedroom and closed the door behind him, locking it. Each hour that went by I was getting more and more pissed off, until James finally came back into the room, carrying a plate of food.

“When I set you free you will sit on the edge of the bed and you will eat this food, then we will talk. I’m fed up with us arguing and fighting all the time. You want to be better then why don’t you actually try to be better instead of just talking about it because I am sick and tired of this s**t. You’re the one that tells me to challenge the dragon king every time we visit, knowing full well that he is going to beat my ass, yet you think it's funny and the whole time you are wanting him. It stops now. Either you stop sleeping with everyone or I’ll reject your ass right here and now.” James said, making me growl as he set me free. He was right about everything he said, but I was pissed off with him and I was going to let him know just how much. When he did the cuffs on my hands I dropped to the floor and James held his hand out for me, but I got back up on my own. I turned to walk to the bed, acting like I was submitting to him, but then I turned sharply and smacked him hard in the face. James staggered back a bit, but quickly stopped himself from falling and regained his balance.

“That’s for hitting me, ass hole. Now, let’s sit down and talk, oh and for your information, you started cheating on me before I ever cheated on you. Now if we are going to do this then let's do this.” I replied, sitting on the edge of the bed. I watched as James wiped the blood from his mouth and then walked over to sit on the bed with me.

“I know you’re right, I did start it before you and fair is fair, but two wrongs don’t make a right either.” James said, handing me the plate that had meat rolled up with the cheese and hot dogs on it. We ate in silence and after we had finished we began to talk like civilised people again, this time without hitting each other. We talked for hours about everything we needed to do, could do and had to do, but the thirty days just didn’t seem enough time to right all of our wrongs.

“We need to be better, to do better with the pack and territory before the king and queen come here in thirty days.” I said and James nodded in agreement.

“Yes we do, but if the king and queen come here and try to dethrone us then we will have to do our best to kill them because I am not losing my Alpha title and you are not losing your Luna title.” James replied and I nodded.

Cali’s P.O.V

Damn, I really thought that Dove was going to rip Liv apart and save me the job of doing it, but instead it was the other way around. I guess it's now up to me to get this done and in order to do that I’ll have to work myself inside now. I went to bed smiling at my new found knowledge and when I woke up the next morning I was still smiling. I had a foolproof plan and I was going to do this. Liv won’t know what hit her when it all goes down. I got out of bed, showered, dried off and then got dressed, then took my phone out of my pocket and called another witch for help. She answered straight away and told me everything I needed without me even having to ask or speak for that matter, but just as I was about to say something I heard a click and then a book appeared on my bed, shocking me, but before I could ask the witch about it she hung up. I looked at the book and it told me everything I needed to know and now knew how to make the potion thanks to the black witch and her instructions, which unlike Kallie’s potion, wouldn't kill me. I needed a strand of her hair and her blood, then the plan would be set. I’ll need to do something in order to make her bleed and then collect the blood, then there was the hair as well. I couldn’t exactly go and pull on it, no matter how much I wanted to yank it out. I left my room and walked around to see if I could find the b***h and after ten minutes of searching for her, but pretending not to be, I found her in the kitchen, chopping up cherry tomatoes

“What are you making?” I asked, trying to befriend her.

“I’m chopping up veggies for today's lunch, but I also want to cook homemade pizza as well.” Liv replied and I rolled my eyes at how helpful she was trying to be in order to con Adonis and the rest of the pack. Couldn’t anyone see what she was really like and what she was up to? I decided that now would be the perfect time to grab some of her hair and saw that she had a few strands of hair on the shoulder and back of her top.

“Oh, you have some lint on your shoulder.” I said and began pretending to clean it off. I grabbed the stray hairs and then walked off to the other side of the kitchen and placed the hair into a small freezer bag, then quickly tucked it into my pocket.

“Oh s**t!” Liv mumbled to herself and when I looked over I saw that she had cut her finger with the knife. I rushed over to her with a napkin and wrapped it around her finger to help make it stop bleeding, while the whole time I was thanking the Moon Goddess and everything else for my good luck today. This was perfect because the napkin quickly got soaked in her blood and I had to replace it with another to stop the bleeding. Liv ran to the sink to wash her hand off and hold her finger under the cold water, while I put the bloody napkin into the same bag with the hair and then pushed it back into my pocket again. I got a bandage, dried her hand and then wrapped the bandage around her finger as carefully as I could. It wasn’t a really deep cut, but it sure did bleed a lot. This was perfect, just perfect. I now had everything I needed to do the potion, so I was going to do this tomorrow night. I was going to let them have their time together because after all it would be their last time together, until tomorrow night. I carried on helping Liv make lunch and then the homemade pizza, which took a lot longer than I thought it would. I had no idea how many toppings could be put on a pizza, but I was having fun, even though I didn’t realise it at first.