Brothers - Dexter's Pack - George (Book Five)(18)
His beast wasn’t exactly eager to take on a mythical being, but it was all in for protecting the mates…
“With that attitude maybe you should stay behind…” Connor berated him, and the alpha growled a long, hard warning at the man. “Or not.”
“Not…” Landon growled back.
“Fine, females stay, men…” Connor got no further.
“Females stay…?” Zana snorted her contempt for that as she headed out of the front door right behind George…
“If she can go…” Vicky started forward, trying to elbow Connor out of the way.
“She has a sword…” Connor didn’t have time to sooth his mate’s ego.
“I have magic and a kick in the balls for you if you…” Vicky bit down on her need to zap her mate.
The man was the biggest male chauvinist pig that she’d ever met – but, only where she was concerned – he bended the rules for others…
“Well, my mate isn’t here – I’m going…” Chelsea said, following on after Landon and Justice and some of Dexter’s pack…
“Oh, the damn hell, no…” Vicky practically elbowed Connor out of the way – adding a little magic to her thrust to shift him – and started towards the door with the sound of her mate groaning in annoyance behind her.
“I just love to talk to my damn self…” Connor bit out…
“We noticed…” Dexter offered from somewhere in front of Vicky.
Connor’s argument with his troublesome mate had put him at the back of the queue to deal with the dragon.
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
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George didn’t wait for the others. The moment that he was outside of the castle he started running on fast feet, following his nose to lead him towards the downed dragon.
His arms pumped the air as he ran … a heartbeat later and his beast burst from inside of him.
His wolf roared with anger. The beast churned up the earth as it went. His claws dug deep and spat out chucks of turf into the air.
George’s only desire was to get to the dragon shifter and kill him as fast as possible so that nobody else could get hurt, especially not his mate.
If he could do that then he might just have a chance at a life with his one true love.
If he died trying … well, then he hoped the others would protect his mate as he’d protected theirs since he’d been on the mountain.
He spotted the shifter in his human form – it would have been hard to miss the man. He was damn big, but George’s beast was determined…
One or the other would die, and he damn well wanted to be the one that was left standing.
He wanted his mate.
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Roloko saw the size of the beast that was coming at him and his heart thumped his ribcage. It wasn’t just the size of the wolf, but the red eyes that gave away what it was that he was about to tangle with.
A true alpha – formidable…
Roloko forced the shift within him. He knew that his dragon wasn’t ready, but he had little choice.
His beast didn’t protest. The shift didn’t come easy, but by the time that the wolf was almost upon him, the dragon rose from within him and burst into being with a roar that told of the pain it had caused him…
Roloko’s wings felt as if they were encased in cement. He lifted them and felt the effort drag them back down again…
The wolf launched itself at one wing.
He felt the piercing tear into his flesh from the beast’s razor sharp claws and his dragon let out a deafening screech…
He managed to jerk his wing and dislodge the wolf, but he knew that the beast would quickly be back for more…
He needed to take to flight, and he needed to do it before the alpha picked himself up from the ground, or the rest of the group managed to reach him…
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Zana ran on fast feet towards the dragon. Her mate was down, but far from out – she knew that the wolf just needed a few seconds to shake off what ailed him.
She instilled her magic into the blade and launched herself towards the beast. It turned its head, and she caught sight of her own reflection within its huge eye…
For such a huge beast, it moved faster than she’d expected – spinning in place and flicking its tail at her…
She felt the strong arms come around her body – felt her sword bury within the flesh of the beast before it was wrenched away as she was tossed through the air – away from the dragon – away from the fight…
Zana hit the ground hard, but she rolled straight through it and up onto her feet on the other side of that collision. Her eyes took a second to locate the man who had saved her backside as he flew backwards through the air from the hard lash of the dragon’s tail as it whipped him…
Connor knew before he’d even hit the ground that he’d damaged more than one rib by taking the hit for the witch. Better him than a human female – at least he wouldn’t have to waste any time feeding her his blood and fighting off the wrath of her mate…
Landon had shifted into his bear, and the other alphas had decided to follow suit and shift into their beasts.
One true alpha, six alpha wolves, one vampire, and five witches faced down the dragon.