The moment she began to sing, it came flooding in like a dam, breaking her heart wide open.
She was still Jules—but she was more than Jules. She was Fireborne. She was a dragon rider, and this was her dragon.
Kai soared above the trees, giving a triumphant roar, and she couldn’t help but laugh with joy, clinging to him as she looked down below at the cemetery. In the moonlight, she could see the wolves fighting with the army of revenants the necromancer had raised. Skeletons seemed to dance over the graves and between headstones.
Her dragon circled back, and she stroked his neck, singing the song again as they flew. Kai dove down toward the clearing, and she could see the necromancer standing before the fire, arms upstretched, his lips moving. Still casting spells, even now.
One moment he was there, and the next, he was being consumed in green dragon fire.
Kai flapped his wings and flew higher until she was breathless, laughing with delight as he made circles around and around above the graveyard. Everywhere she looked, the dead were falling again. Skeletons collapsed into heaps of bones. The wolves below howled at the moon and the dragon circling overhead.
Jules lowered her face to rub her cheek against the scales of his long neck, squeezing him hard between her thighs and digging into his sides with her riding boots.
“What is Mated cannot be broken, what is Holy cannot be profaned,
Mistress and Master, Loved and Beloved, what is One shall never be parted.”
Kai roared and blew green flame. Below them, she heard cheers.
She sang the last line again, savoring it:
“Dragon and Rider shall be One Flame...”
“I love you!” she shouted to the sky as Kai flapped his wings.
And then a sudden pain bloomed in her side.
Jules cried out, trying to hold onto him.
She felt Kai tense, saw him look back, but it was too late.
She was falling.
KAI
He wasn’t fast enough to catch her.
By the time he reached the ground, she was surrounded by shifters, no longer wolves.
“Don’t touch her!” Kai ran toward the crowd, no longer a dragon. “No one move her!”
“Ye do’na wanna see,” Graham told him, trying to keep him back, but Kai pushed past him too.
She was on her side, curled like a bairn, an arrow sticking out of her side.
“Who did this?” Kai roared.
“I killed ’em for ye.” Graham pointed at a body that no longer had a head. There was a crossbow lying beside it. “Musta been one of the lich’s men.”
He bent over her, his heart breaking, and lifted her carefully in his arms. Blood seeped out where the arrow had entered her side. The circle of magic the lich had cast was broken, but the fire still burned. Kai wept as he put her down on the altar, glancing up to see the shifters standing in a circle around him.
“She saved you.” Cass put a small, gentle hand on his shoulder. “She brought you back, Kai. She brought all the dragon shifters back.”
“What?” He looked back at her, confused.
“Aye.” The wulver nodded, looking down at Jules’ broken body. His face was grim. “Tis true. Ye broke t’spell. Ye released all of t’dragon shifters.”
“We’re getting texts from all over,” Zach said, holding up his cell phone. “Every dragon shifter still alive is able to shift again.”
“Oh, Jules.” He lowered his head to her breast, his tears falling on her as he lifted the red jewel over her heart. “Oh, my love, my mate... I wish you could have lived to know it...”
“Know what?”
The whole crowd gave a collective gasp as Jules lifted her head to look at him.
“My side is killing me. And my head.” She groaned, lifting a hand to rub it. “I was dreaming you were a dragon and we were flying...”
“It wasn’t a dream.” Kai crushed her to him, ignoring her yelp of pain.
“They said the Fireborne were immortal once.” Graham’s voice was full of awe.
“They are again,” Kai whispered into his mate’s ear. “You know what that means?”
“I’m stuck with you for all eternity?” She smirked, despite the obvious pain she was in—but she was immortal now and would heal in no time.
Kai snorted a laugh, holding her even tighter, if that was possible.
“Exactly.”
The End
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MOVIES
Adventures with the Baumgartners
Babysitting the Baumgartners
NOVELS
BAUMGARTNER SERIES NOVELS
A Baumgartner Reunion
Adventures with the Baumgartners
Babysitting the Baumgartners
Baumgartner Generations: Henry
Baumgartner Generations: Janie
Baumgartners Empty Nest
Crazy About the Baumgartners
Letters to the Baumgartners
The Baumgartners Plus One
DIVINE VAMPIRES SERIES
The Blood of Angels
The Kiss of Angels
HIGHLAND WOLF PACT TRILOGY
Highland Wolf Pact
Highland Wolf Pact: Compromising Positions
Highland Wolf Pact: Blood Reign
PARANORMAL/FANTASY NOVELS
Bear Necessities
Blind Date
Hooked (Blood Courtesans)
The Real Mother Goose
The Song of Orpheus
The Surrender of Persephone
TABOO/FORBIDDEN NOVELS
Heidi and the Kaiser
Hussy
Forbidden Fruit
Naughty Bits (Revised)
Step Beast
Yank
THREESOME/MENAGE NOVELS
Bluebeard’s Wife
Taken
The Sybian Club
Under Mr. Nolan’s Bed
Unfolding
UNDER MR. NOLAN’S BED TRILOGY
Temptation
Confession
Grace
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Power Play: The Complete Collection
Tempting His Best Friend—Forbidden Love A-Z—BABY SERIES—Volume 1
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Tempting His Best Friend—Forbidden Love A-Z—THE GIRLS—Volume 2
Tempting His Best Friend—Forbidden Love A-Z—THE GIRLS—Volume 3
Tempting His Best Friend—Forbidden Love A-Z—THE GIRLS—Volume 4
Tempting His Best Friend—Forbidden Love A-Z—THE GIRLS—Volume 5
Tempting His Best Friend—Forbidden Love A-Z—THE GUYS—Volume 1
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Tempting His Best Friend—Forbidden Love A-Z—THE GUYS—Volume 4
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ANTHOLOGIES
Back to the Garden (Revised)
Baumgartner Hot Shorts
Confessions
EcoErotica
Quickies
Tickled Pink
STORIES
BAUMGARTNER SERIES STORIES
A Baumgartner Anniversary
A Baumgartner Christmas
A Baumgartner Valentine
Baumgartners Dirty Show
Meet the Baumgartners
EROTICA
A Different Angle
A Twisted Bard’s Tale
Connections
Hannah’s Choice
I’ll Be Your Superman
On Cherry Hill
Sacred Spots
Second Chance
Shorn
Starving Artist
The Flintstone Experiment
ROMANCE
Christmas Stalking
Unbreakable Bonds
GIRLS ONLY
Girls Only: College Days
Girls Only: First Time
Girls Only: Girl Scout Trip
Girls Only: Moms’ Night Out
Girls Only: New Year’s Resolution
Girls Only: Pajama Party
Girls Only: Pool Party
Girls Only: Stay
Girls Only: Sybian Sorority
Girls Only: The Hairdresser
MODERN WICKED FAIRY TALES
A Modern Wicked Fairy Tale: Alice
A Modern Wicked Fairy Tale: Beauty
A Modern Wicked Fairy Tale: Bluebeard
A Modern Wicked Fairy Tale: Briar Rose
A Modern Wicked Fairy Tale: Frog Prince
A Modern Wicked Fairy Tale: Goldilocks
A Modern Wicked Fairy Tale: Gretel
A Modern Wicked Fairy Tale: Peter and the Wolf
A Modern Wicked Fairy Tale: Pinocchio
A Modern Wicked Fairy Tale: Rapunzel
A Modern Wicked Fairy Tale: Red
A Modern Wicked Fairy Tale: The Frog Prince
A Modern Wicked Fairy Tale: Wendy
POWER PLAY
Power Play: Bailey and the Professor
Power Play: Donnie and the Maid
Power Play: Emily and the Priest
Power Play: Ivy and the Cop
Power Play: Jodie and the Billionaire
Power Play: Katie and the Dom
Power Play: Kelsey and the Executive
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Evan
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Gavin
Hayden
Ian
Jason
Kevin
Logan
Mason
Nathan
Owen
Preston
Quinn
Ryan
Sean
Tristan
Upton
Vaughn
Warren
Xavian
Yaron
Zayn
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Becca
Christa
Clara
Darla
Eva
Fiona
Georgia
Hanna
India
Jenna
Kayla
Leila
Maya
Nina
Olivia
Paula
Qesa
Raina
Sara
Tina
Ursula
Viola
Willa
Xema
Yasmina
Zinnia
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Baby Kisses
Baby Love
Baby’s Big Night
This Time, Baby
Welcome Home, Baby
AUDIO
Audio Series – The Baumgartners
A Baumgartner Reunion
Adventures with the Baumgartners
Babysitting the Baumgartners
Baumgartner Generations: Henry
Baumgartner Generations: Janie
Baumgartner Shorts
Crazy About the Baumgartners
The Baumgartners Plus One
Baumgartners Empty Nest
Letters to the Baumgartners
Audio - Paranormal
Bear Necessities
Blind Date
The Song of Orpheus
The Surrender of Persephone
Audio Series – Divine Vampires
The Blood of Angels
The Kiss of Angels
Audio Series – Highland Wolf Pact
Highland Wolf Pact
Compromising Positions
Blood Reign
Audio – New Adult Romance
Forbidden Fruit
Hussy
Yank
Audio – Menage
Bluebeard’s Wife
Taken
The Sybian Club
Unfolding
Audio – BDSM
Heidi and the Kaiser
The Real Mother Goose
The Surrender of Persephone
Unfolding
Audio – Taboo
Back to the Garden (Revised)
Naughty Bits (Revised)
Step Beast
Under Mr. Nolan’s Bed (Revised)
Audio Series – Girls Only
Girls Only: College Days
Girls Only: First Time
Girls Only: Girl Scout Trip
Girls Only: Moms’ Night Out
Girls Only: New Year’s Resolution
Girls Only: Pajama Party
Girls Only: Pool Party
Girls Only: Stay
Girls Only: Sybian Sorority
Girls Only: The Hairdresser
Audio – Stories
A Different Angle
Garden of Eden
Hunting Season (with Blake Crouch)
Lost Souls
Second Chance
The Flintstone Experiment
Audio Series – Little Brats
Little Brats: Anna
Little Brats: Becca
Little Brats: Christa
Little Brats: Clara
Little Brats: Darla
Little Brats: Eva
Little Brats: Fiona
Little Brats: Georgia
Little Brats: Hanna
Little Brats: India
Little Brats: Jenna
Little Brats: Kayla
Little Brats: Leila
Little Brats: Maya
Little Brats: Nina
Little Brats: Olivia
Little Brats: Paula
Little Brats: Qesa
Little Brats: Raina
Little Brats: Sara
Little Brats: Tina
Little Brats: Ursula
Little Brats:
Viola
Little Brats: Willa
Little Brats: Xema
Little Brats: Yasmina
Little Brats: Zinnia
Audio Series – Modern Wicked Fairy Tales
Modern Wicked Fairy Tales: Alice
Modern Wicked Fairy Tales: Beauty
Modern Wicked Fairy Tales: Bluebeard
Modern Wicked Fairy Tales: Briar Rose
Modern Wicked Fairy Tales: Gretel
Modern Wicked Fairy Tales: Goldilocks
Modern Wicked Fairy Tales: Pinocchio
Modern Wicked Fairy Tales: Rapunzel
Modern Wicked Fairy Tales: Red
Modern Wicked Fairy Tales: Wendy
Audio Series – Power Play
Power Play: Bailey and the Professor
Power Play: Donnie and the Maid
Power Play: Emily and the Priest
Power Play: Ivy and the Cop
Power Play: Jodie and the Billionaire
Power Play: Katie and the Dom
Power Play: Kelsey and the Executive
Audio Series – Stepbrothers
Stepbrother First Times: Baby Kisses
Stepbrother First Times: Baby Love
Stepbrother First Times: Baby’s Big Night
Stepbrother First Times: This Time, Baby
Stepbrother First Times: Welcome Home, Baby
Stepbrother Studs: Aaron
Stepbrother Studs: Brian
Stepbrother Studs: Cameron
Stepbrother Studs: Daren
Stepbrother Studs: Dustin
Stepbrother Studs: Evan
Stepbrother Studs: Finn
Stepbrother Studs: Gavin
Stepbrother Studs: Hayden
Stepbrother Studs: Ian
Stepbrother Studs: Jason
Stepbrother Studs: Kevin
Stepbrother Studs: Logan
Stepbrother Studs: Mason
Stepbrother Studs: Nathan
Stepbrother Studs: Owen
Stepbrother Studs: Preston
Stepbrother Studs: Quinn
Stepbrother Studs: Ryan
Stepbrother Studs: Sean
Stepbrother Studs: Tristan
Stepbrother Studs: Upton
Stepbrother Studs: Vaughn
Stepbrother Studs: Warren
Stepbrother Studs: Xavian
Stepbrother Studs: Yaron
Stepbrother Studs: Zayn
Audio Series – Under Mr. Nolan’s Bed
Temptation
Confession
Grace
Audio Collections
Baumgartners Boxed Set 1
Baumgartners Boxed Set 2
Confessions
EcoErotica
Girls Only: Complete Collection
Highland Wolf Pact
Little Brats Volume 1
Little Brats Volume 2
Little Brats Volume 3
Little Brats Volume 4
Little Brats: Volume 5
Modern Wicked Fairy Tales: Complete Collection
Nolan Trilogy