I was led to a guest room, "You will stay here until the fight."
"I don't want to fight she is welcome to marry Davon." I tried to explain to the soldier. He just shook his head.
"It doesn't matter when the Lord wants to see a fight you are going to fight." He shrugged.
"Do I have to fight in a dress? Does it have to be to the death?" He only shook his head to my rising panic. He handed me my phone before leaving.
Maybe if I run way then I don't have to fight. upon learning my door is locked I checked the window. Don't they sometimes want air. I punch the window to find it had no glass just bars I could not fit through.
I turned on my phone I had turned it off at the beginning of the cops and robbers game so it would give me way. After seeing Jolene get shot and dragged into the truck. I am glad she is okay. Why is Beth so angry is it at me?
I found many messages listened to them to get my mind off the fight. Then I called my mom. It went to voice mail after the beep I said: Hi mom I'm okay I have got myself into a mess I'm hoping to resolve. I'll be in touch know I'm save right now. I love you. bye.
Well maybe some sleep will help. If I can come up with a way to get out of this dress. I was pulling the dresses corset off my name rang into the room. I looked around my heart in my throat. "What?" I said to the empty room. I was dressing in a night gown I found.
"Am at the window. I feel responsible for this. I was only protecting you from Rose's fire you flirting with Tex was driving her mad." I approached the window slowly. There perched on a near by balcony was two dragons almost identical ones head sat on the window seal looking at me.
"Then get me out fly me home and Beth will win Davon by default."
"Am I not attractive to you Madison?" asked the second dragon.
"Do you find it appealing to be faught over?"
"A little."
"I don't know you will to be attached to you to die for you. I have a feeling Beth is only fighting for the fame and to prove am a nobody that will never amount to anything. She would rather be free of this and go home. Why?" I took a deep breath.
"Why what?" Irwin asked.
"Why do you need to order a spouse why not meet and greet at work, bars, church functions, fundraisers, School events etc. fall in love."
"I had a really bad break up and just wanted to be done with courtship and be married. Irwin he faught with Rose about it just last night."
"My mother has told me after the wedding vows is when the real works begins. You are going to learn things about that person dating will never show you. For you it would be living with a dragon skin that you would be keeping before marriage. You can't learn my sleep habits on a date or my eating habits or any habits that I normally do at home. Your courting is only beginning after marriage day. How else will you keep the relationship going after the wedding. "
"My mom says that sometimes marriage is something you work at not live with. I understand this just seemed the easiest way to no longer being alone."
"We are only 18 we had plans for the future Beth has a fiance besides a scholarship to Harvard. Waking up in a place unknown to us with no one talking bring forced to get married to strangers. How would you take this?"
"I can see your point, but is that everyone's story. You eight from Colorado were kidnapped, but this was a call for single children marriageable age from families that are dragon relative that left this town to live in other countries."
"Why if that was true were everyone on that floor today brought here in dog canals not off a plane with a suitcase?"
"It sounds like there is lots of lying going on here." Irwin sighed.
"Is that you Irwin?" oh no my room is next to Rose's. "What are you doing on my balcony?"
"Hello Rose. I was apologizing to Madison and waiting for you. Davon is here to flirt with her." After that I heard a lot of noise followed by a bright light. Then my door flow open.
She grabbed my wrist in an iron grip and pulled me into the room. Two man and two small dragon were in the room with wide eyes. I was sat on a chair with a dagger at my throat. the smallest dragon climbed into my lap asking to be rubbed.
"What is your relationship to this girl?"
"I just met her I find her pretty and spunky." They both said.
"What is your relationship with Tex?" She was talking to me now.
"I met him on the ride here he was in the cage above me I woke him when I hit my head on the top of my cage." She looked for the tender spot filling me flinch when she found it.
"I don't understand why were you in cages." She said "Why are you lying?"
"What benefit do I get from lying about this?"
I asked trying not to show my fear by focusing on petting the dragon in my lap.
"She has a point what would she get from this story? I'm going to go talk to Beth see if she tells the same story. Maybe you should ask Tex. Maybe it's best I ask Tex." Said Davon mosing to the door.
I was pulled out of the chair the dragon startled attached to my hand with its claws. That hurt. I craddled it with my other hand trying not to scare it more so it would let go. I sighed in relief when it let go.
I was marched with a dagger in my back one man in front and one behind us to a door. Davon knocked.
"Who is it?"
"Davon I want to ask you something. How did you get here?"
"How should I know one minute I was playing night games the next I wake up in a cage being pass to person to person in the dark to prison cell. There is Maddie cool as a cucumber with a group around her clinging like she could get us out of this. She can't! but you can. You sat at the head table you can get me home to Dwight my boyfriend and my Harvard school. You will do that for me right."
"Do you want to fight with Maddie? As if with weapons until one is dead or knocked out."
A loud gasp was heard, "Will that get me home. Well you take me home if I won."
"That is not really the goal is it." This caused her to began to cry.
"I don't want to be your bride or anyones bride I'm to young I want to become a lawyer." She blubber through the sobs.
We left to go to another room. In this room Rose left my back braking down the door. In the room was Sarah in seductive clothes on top of Tex. He was under the blanket shirtless. Sarah was thrown off him into Davon's arms, "Put her in the dungeon until the fight."
She spun to Tex "The truth or I'll kill your friend." She pointed at me. "how did you come to this bride ball and did she come on to you?"
Tex looked at me with a brow raised, "I was walking out of a bar off campus when I passed out. I woke by that girl hitting my cage. I thought it was someone kicking my bed I can't say she is my friend why should I care you kill her. As for the other woman yes she came to me. Who am I to stop feeling pleasure."
"Do you want to be married to her or me?" Rose was on top of him glaring at him.
"Rose is it. I am not ready to be married but I don't seem to have a choice do I. so what does it matter if it is you or her as soon as I am not locked up I plan on leaving here and returning home I have a job I am not going to be considered AWAL from the marines. Maddie is no more then a fellow prisoner. You should stick with Irwin he is definitely more faithful. Sarah sure knows how to talk about you and her hatred for you." This is a surprise.
She kissed him one that looked like it would burn the sheets. I was pulled out of the room. Davon had left with Sarah the second he had her in his arms. So this must be Irwin.
"Why not fright for her? Can't you two make it work?" He remained silent why. "Don't you love her?"
"Madison you are very curious. We are having troubles doing this arranged marriage when we see each other as friendly enemies." He put me into my room taking the little dragon from my arms. "Get some rest."
He closed the door locking me in. "Yeah right." I checked my phone before climbing in bed. I just staired at the ceiling playing the events out in my head. It was so quiet I hoped to drift off.
I could hear sounds of panting so I opened my eyes to see Tex and Rose having sex then they turn into dragons biting and snarling.
I wake up sitting straight up. I looked all around me. I felt a bead of water go down my cheek. "It was a dream." flopping back down I tried to sleep again.
I was now crawling towards the tree. I was trying to get away. When I was snatched off the ground. Up and up I went the ground getting smaller when I was let go.
Screaming I was awake again. I frantically looked around where am I as my heart slowed my dream faded into the memories of the events that got me to this room. It played out like a nightmare. I flipped onto my pillow again.
I was sure I would not fall asleep again. I thinking about the fight. When I was standing in a large yard circled about by benches of people cheering. I looked at my cloths to find I was in the long dress. I looked around to see a dragon standing in front of me. The echos of the cheers fight! fight! fight! Where is my weapon? Why can't I at least wear clothes that I don't trip on?
The dragon came forward I backed up. "Can't we talk this out?" I tripped over my dress falling to the ground as fire left the dragons mouth. I screamed at the fire that ran around my skin. when a bang entered my dream until I was awake. The door opened as I sat up heart still raising skin still on fire. "It is time to get up the Fight will take place at noon. You well dine first then fight." She had a tray of food and a simple red dress in her arms.
I dropped back to my pillow blowing out a long breath of air. I was very happy it was day no more nightmares.
"Come up you go." she said again. I rolled off my bed.