Kiana's heart pounded in her chest.
She could feel someone's eyes watching her.
Something powerful and dark was lurking nearby. It instantly sent shivers down her spine.
She looked behind and eyed up the tree. No one and nothing was there. Although, something was still off. She strangely went to touch the tree trunk, with a shaking trembling hand. Why was she doing this?! She had no idea, but she could strangely sense something, was there. Something dangerous.
Something.
Unexplainable.
She could feel an extraordinary level of energy surrounding her.
After touching the trunk of the tree, she briefly relaxed.
She scanned the woods she came out to. Ryo had permitted her to stroll out in the woods for a brief while when he saw her come down the stairs. Infact Kiana needed out of the house. She was in need of exercising her Apsara powers. If she didn't do so, she'd end up with a bad headache and a fever.
If only aunt Bella was here. She was the only person in the house whom she'd entertained her powers too.
But tonight.
Something felt weird in the air. She could feel something or someone watching her.
A powerful presence stepped closely towards her, from the back.
Kiana's heartbeat raced, as she kept scanning her surroundings, getting worried by the second.
Especially when she felt someone hot breath lingering down by the crook of her neck.
{A} Oh my Moon!
{H} She smells like a field of lavender and a sweet exotic flower.
Kiana sharply whipped her head around and saw no one. The log in her hand almost shook, with her very unsteady hand. Fear was coiling around her body by the second.
"Calm down! There's no one here." She whispered to herself making Henry and his inner beast smile down mischievously at her.
{A} Oh, sweetheart but there is.
{H} And he's watching you.
Henry flicked her hair playfully, making Kiana freaked out as she felt a strange hot wind dance near her neck once more.
WTF?!
This time she heard the strange wind lowly growl right behind her. Kiana gasped out of fright whilst quickly turning around, and took a swing with her log.
//TWACK//
The log hit something, hard and solid in mid air. Kiana froze in her spot as she realised that she wasn't alone.
{H} Oops
Kiana's eyes went wide in shock as she decided to hit the invisible force once more, from the other side.
//TWACK//
{H} Ares! Stop taking control of me and move!
{A} I seem to have trouble doing that Henry.
This time a piece of her log snapped into two, and Ares grabbed hold of Kiana's waist and pulled her into his hold closely for a deeper scent.
{A} Hmmm.
{H} She smells so good.
He let out a low pleasing feral growl near her ear, making every hair at the back of her spine stand up.
Something or rather someone had her.
"KYYAAAAHHHH!!!"
Kiana let out a loud blood curling scream and the invincible figure stepped away from her. Kiana swing her log back and forth hitting nothing but air this time. Henry who had taken firm control of his curious beastly side, held in his laugh, finding her frightful nature quite amusing.
Unfortunately his amusing time with her came to a bitter end when he sensed movement in the nearby forest running quickly. The secret dragons found her and came rushing towards her.
"Miss Malhotra?"
"Kiana?"
{A} No!!! I want to play with her some more!
{H} Calm down Ares!
Henry strictly grounded his inner beast who reluctantly obeyed him for now. Henry then hid behind a tree and watched as Ryo and his Beta dragon adoptive brother Jason drew near her.
They watched as Kiana let go of her log and rushed into Jason's arms, crying into him.
It was taking everything in him to keep Ares calm, as he watched her in Jason's hold. Henry on the other hand observed the fact that she relaxed the minute she saw his beta.
"Kiana, what's wrong sweetheart?"
Jason hugged her back as she softly sobbed burying her frightened head into his hard warm chest.
"Miss Malhotra did you perhaps see a wild stag? There are many in the woods." Ryo asked trying to figure out what could have caused her to scream like that.
Kiana shook her head.
"N-no, it wasn't a st-stag o-or a dd-dear."
"Then what was it? A fox an owl?" Jason asked as he discreetly lowered his head taking in her wonderful scent, pleasing to his sense.
Ryo looked at him suspiciously for second before carrying on scanning his surroundings.
"Sweetheart, tell me what happened?" Jason asked as Kiana fell silent shaking her head.
"N-no. Yo-you're just going to laugh." She worried knowing he wouldn't believe her.
Ryo and Jason gave each other another look before darting their attention back down to Kiana.
"Kiana, we're not going to laugh, we need to know what happened so we can alert security. Did you perhaps see someone trespassing on the property?" Jason asked pulling her away from his hold shortly.
Kiana shook her head.
[R] Thank Moon for that.
[J] I don't understand, this place is a no go zone for the guards, and if it wasn't an animal or a trespasser, than what's got her so shaken up like this?
"Tell me what happened Kiana?" Jason said looking down at her in all seriousness. She knew she could hide the truth from him much longer.
She nervously gulped and nodded her head, with a deep heavy sigh she stepped away from him. Ryo and Jason looked down at her patiently before she spoke again holding her log in her shaky hands.
"Aa...Are these woods haunted?"
{A} They sure are now ;)
Henry held in his smirk. He hadn't had this much fun in over two hundred years.
"What, are you talking about?"
"Well....I'm...I'm pretty sss-sure I met a gggg...Ghost." Kiana broke down in tears and Jason took no time pulling her in his hold once more.
Jason pursed his lips and couldn't help but find her frightened self rather cute. He was still puzzled by the fact that she met a ghost that did so. Even so as she cried he felt more and more protective about her.
"Sweetheart, calm down, there are no ghosts here." He rest assured trying to cslm her down.
"I'm not lying Jason. I swear I'm not lying!"
Jason consoled her in his hold once more. He shortly pulled her away then wiped her rogue tear away from her cheek then rested his hands almost below her waistline.
Jason wished to do more than just wipe her tears away like that, but for now he held back on his intimate intentions for her. He shared a brief look with a very concerned Ryo, who was scanning and discreetly sniffing the woods trying to sense who might have scared her.
Meanwhile Ares observed the way his General held and looked down at her. He let out a sudden dark low growl in Henry's head who equally felt the same way.
{A} Don't tell me he's into her!
{H} Sensing his pheromones, I'd say he is.
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[J] Get anything Ryo?
[R] Not yet, whoever it was. They're doing a good job at hiding, right now.
Ryo said quickly through his private mind link with Jason.
"Miss Malhotra, these woods are completely safe, they are not hunted." Ryo re-assured making him chuckle with Jason.
Kiana pulled away, frowning at them.
They didn't believe her. Ofcourse they wouldn't, but she had felt some kind of supernatural energy a moment ago that brpught instant shivers down her spine.
"No! I know it's sounds crazy. But I felt it. I felt someone breathing down my neck and the log I was holding, it snapped into to two when I struck at the invisible force. Please!!! I'm not lying!"
Ryo and Jason looked at one another seriously.
((A/N 🐲 Please note that when I use [ ] That means they are communicating via mind link))
[R] The power of invisibility only lies with Alpha dragons.
[J] It can't be Roman, he's busy with a maid at the castle.
[R] It's not Petra either, she's with Bella in Italy.
Kiana quickly darted her eyes to the ground where she previously dropped her log but to her surprise it wasn't there.
{A} Looking for this?
Henry smirked making sure to have snatched her log pieces he hid behind the tree, to which she was getting, very very close to.
"Kiana." Jason's hand came on her shoulder making her turn around to him.
{A} I hate this c0ck blocker.
Although Henry found him annoying, he was glad that she didn't get too close to his hiding spot. Ares was very sensitive and rather excited around her and he needed to keep him at bay before his beastly side decided to play with her.
"I'm telling the truth, please you have to believe me!" Kiana held Jason's hand whilst she trembled out of fright, surrounding her.
She had never felt such a strong powerful invisible entity before. Someone, or something had obviously spooked his girl, and Jason knew it was time to get her out of there.
"Sweetheart, you're shaking like a leaf."
Jason took no time scooping her up in his hold making her release a cute yelp out of surprise.
"Jjjj-Jason! I'm ok, put me down!" Kiana blushed, with her heart skipping stones, as her crush carried her away bridal style.
"Not when you're this shaken up. You know what I think?"
"What?"
She asked as she held on to his shoulders, whilst averting her eyes back onto the woods again. Many emotions, including fright and whole load of nervousness with him engulfed her all at once. She didn't protest and let him carry her, since she felt immensely safe in his arms.
"You watch too many horror movies, besides it's late at night and your mind is probably playing tricks on you little bird."
Kiana sighed looking back at the tree, whilst Jason carried her back towards the Queen's mansion. Ryo caught on to the tree she was staring at and decided to linger around before he headed back inside.
As he approached the tree he then easily sensed the invisible dragon who stood next to him.
"Master Henry?"
Henry became un-invincible and let out an amused laugh.
"You're the one that scared her."
Ryo asked shocked and confused at the same time. For Henry hadn't gone ghost mode in a long, long time.
"I couldn't resist. Actually it's thanks to her that my inner beast has woken up inside of me."
Henry flashed his eyes silver. Ryo was stunned and speechless when he found out that his inner beast who was in a deep coma inside of him, had finally woken up.
Ryo was overjoyed to see and hear that.
"Master Ares is awake?! That's amazing! That means you can take part in the Arena and finally crush all those rumours down."
"Oh, I don't know about taking part in the Arena just yet. Ares needs to garner his strength back first before he can phase out of me." Henry explained.
The two dragons then conversed deeply about what had happened, then they soon retired to their mansions.
Henry took his shower and and went to bed.
Sasha who'd been patiently waiting for him, then pounced on him and hungrily kissed him like a fish out of water.
{A} Woah!!! Who the fuck is this?
{H} Ares you know Sasha.
Ares juggled through his memories and internally rolled his eyes. Ares thoughts were now filled of his very mysterious cute girl. He couldn't wait to get to know her, soon enough.
Henry indulged in his sexual activities' to keep his inner beast at bay, he'd been rather turned on by the girl's scent. As they made love to Sasha, images of Kiana filtered through their mind strongly.
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The next morning.
Kiana came down the stairs, wearing her new school uniform, that she absolutely hated.
She didn't have to wear a uniform in her previous school.
Her school attire, consisted of a red wine coloured blazer, followed by her white dress shirt with a red tie. Her skirt had a tartan style to it. She then had, put on her black stockings that defined her well toned, shapely legs and black leather shoes.
Her bag was flung over her one shoulder and she was busy texting her friend back in her old town, when she heard someone one speaking in the hallway.
"Sì, lo so, mi occuperò di lui più tardi." [Yes, I know, I'll deal with him later.]
She held eyes with the most handsome, attractive man 5 times hotter than her crush, Jason. He was on the phone to someone, whilst talking in Italian.
His eyes were captivating, with the hue of the moon, and they looked crazy silver with a hint of blue in them. This man's hair was short and midnight dark, and he had high cheekbones, an angular jaw face, with plump full lips and olive-kissed skin.
There was something about him that made her heart flutter and her face catch sudden heat. She'd never seen someone that held other worldly beauty about them. The hot stranger than caught her staring at him and she quickly averted her gaze away from him in an almost timid way, with her cheeks catching the slightest hue of pink. As she passed him by, the hot stranger than caught her free hand in his hold, making her gasp out of surprise.
His energy was way high. More powerful than Roman and Jason combined. His aura was undeniably intimidating, not to mention dangerous. Kiana gave him a short polite smile as he spoke on his phone, looking away from her, and decided to retract her hand away from his hold.
But just as she did so, his grip on her hand only got tighter.
Surprised on his sudden hold on her, Kiana shot him a disapproving look, to which Henry ignored.
"Hey, let go."
She said with a short scowl, trying to retracted her hand back.
"Ah, vedo che hai incontrato il mio animale domestico, Henry." (I see you've met my pet, Henry)
"Animale domestico? Ora, ora Roman, sai che sarà il mio giocattolo." (Pet? Now, now Roman you know she's going to be my toy.)
Then Henry cut the call.
He then pulled her close, making Kiana gasp out as surprise. Her heart boomed in her chest at his sudden close proximity on her.
His stare on her was intimidating, and full of deep curiosity for her that, it secretly scared her. He soon narrowed his eyes on her suspiciously, after analyising her up close.
Her scent was growing on him by the second, he although he wished to truly pull her close and nuzzle his head at the crook of her head, he held back on his sudden possessive intimate intentions for her.
"You come here to sell your cookies, or are you another fan girl whose intruding my mother's property?"
He asked looking down at what she was wearing. She looked cute in her school attire.
Kiana scoffed. The way he looked down at her, made her feel like she was some kind of dirt in his eyes. Who the hell was he to accuse her of being a girl scout and a fan girl?
"Excuse me?! Do I look like a girl scout to you? Listen here you tall neanderthal I'm not aunt Bella's fan nor am I intruding her property. I live here."
She fired haughtily, whilst trying to retract her wrist back from his, freakishly strong hold.
Henry, smirked, at her sassy nature.
"I see, so you're that girl than. Mommy and Daddy abandoned you, so, my Mother pitied you and took you in, like a charity case."
Kiana was shocked at his utter rudeness.
I was an idiot to think he was swoon worthy hot a minute a go. Upclose, this guy is an arrogant prick.
"Let me guess, are you aunt Bella's other son. Humpry?"
She countered a sarcastic smile, trying to piss him off.
Henry scoffed, enjoying her retaliation towards him.
"Humpry? That's funny. It's actually, Henry Verrono, to you cupcake."
Kiana's jaw grinded with anger, and she gripped his hand in his hard with her other hand, and drove her nails into his skin, for him to let go. Henry was stunned with the way he gripped his hand. She had guts to do that, her nails that dug into his skin, only caused gentle tickles to him.
She had no idea, that Dragon skin was thick like armour, and it would take more than her little nails to pry his hand off of her.
"Don't talk down to me like that. You don't look that old, and I'd appreciate it if I you'd let go."
Henry grinned then squeezed her hand in his so painfully sharply, that Kiana let out a short painful groan, making her cease her scratching attempts on him. He took in her wonderful scent and smirked as he slowly loosened up his grip.
"Oh, I'm sorry am I squeezing too hard, kitten?" He teased finding a suitable nickname for her.
"You jerk let go!"
She retaliated low key freaking out, internally. What is up with his intimidating aura?!
Don't cry! Pricks like him, feed of tears.
{A} Stop scaring her!
Henry, noticed her eyes watering and decided to quickly end his interrogation on her, when his inner beast Ares growled angrily inside of him. This girl had no idea that his inner beast, was hugely fond of her.
Henry, then spun her around grabbing her bag pack.
"Hey!"
He quickly rummaged through her items and dropped her bag to the floor.
"Good, you're not a reporter."
Henry was rude and intimidating, even worse than his brother Roman. She grabbed her bag of the floor and went to avoid him, but Henry playfully blocked her path, as she maintained her distance with him.
"So, going off to school, cookie girl?"
Henry mocked with a tease, making Kiana wish to strangle him out like Homer Simpson, does to Bart.
"Move out of my way caveman."
"Caveman, wow shots fired, I'm sorry I was a little harsh on you sweet cheeks, I was simply trying to figure out if you were an imposter or not."
"Henry, there you are." A new voice came by walking down the rich marble tiled floor.
Kiana's head snapped to a sudden pretty girl, heading there way.
The top model with rich blonde hair, pecked Henry on his lips and hook her arm under his. His inner beast groaned out annoyed when she that to him.
"Henry, here you are c'mon we'll be late for our morning meeting." His girlfriend tried to pull him away, but Henry wouldn't budge from his spot so easily.
He was still fascinated by Kiana's presence and wild exotic scent. Not to mention, he loved her level of sass, and the way he squeezed his hand back. Her aura pleased him in more ways than one, and Ares wagged his dragon tail inside his soul, with excitement.
"Sasha, wait I'd like you to meet Mother's adoptive daughter Miss K―."
Kiana quickly interrupted Henry, to clarify some sort of misunderstanding quickly.
"Oh, no Humpry, I'm not aunt Bella's adoptive daughter. No, she's just my guardian for the year and solely my benefactor, until I inherit my mother's inheritance. " She corrected.
"It's Henry, and forgive me, I thought she'd mentioned she'd adopted you?" He spoke on a serious tone, unable to keep his eyes away from her beautiful midnight ones.
Despite her shooting him angry annoyed death glares at him, Henry gave her a puzzled look next as he clearly remembered his mother mentioning the fact that she saw her as an adoptive daughter during the meeting.
"No, Ms Bella Verrono is strictly my guardian."
No one could replace her birth mother, even Aunt Bella knew that, and she never intended too.
"Awww, that's so kind of Ms Verrono. She always likes to adopt the stray ones off the streets."
Sasha said making Henry laugh in a sudden mocking way.
Rich pricks. They had zero manners, when they saw someone poor in their life.
"Excuse me?" Kiana gave her an odd look, when she said that in a crude cynical way. They were both mocking her and looking down at her, like she was nothing but dirt in their eyes.
What a bunch of arrogant, asswipes.
"Sasha." Henry gave his girlfriend a strict look, making her roll her eyes.
"Henry c'mon we need to go, we don't want to keep our clients waiting." This time Henry sighed, knowing he had to go.
Sasha then pulled her rude obnoxious boyfriend away from Kiana, who strangely smelt odd to her. She hated the fact that she smelt so good, even better than her. But most of all, she hated the fact that Henry had picked up her items of the floor and looked at her in the most curious way.
No, don't look at her!
Henry was hers. Although they were not true dragon mates, he was her bank card that she lived from, and she was not going let him be stolen away by another girl.
Kiana than snatched her bag from him, and ran away from their sight. Henry chuckled amused, and couldn't wait to play with her again.
Soon, Ryo and Jason met her whilst Roman went on his way, joining his brother and his girlfriend for the business meeting.
"Kiana, how did you sleep last night?" Jason asked, giving her a friendly hug, to which she shyly returned. God, Jason smelled so good to her.
"Like a log." She admitted.
"So what were you doing, so late out in the woods?" Jason asked as she made herself towards the balcony of the dining room floor. She usually had her breakfast out here.
"Miss Kiana couldn't sleep last night and took a late night stroll through the woods."
"Ryo, please just call me Kiana. Miss Kiana is so formal I hate it."
"As you wish Kiana."
The day went by with Jason then dropping her off to her prestigious private school. He'd then join his dragons masters at the company to discuss business proposals and the town security.
Once Sasha went to powder her nose.
The dragons discussed another subject on their minds.
"Brother I heard from Ryo, that your inner beast is finally awake?"
"That's true."
Jason and Roman were really happy to hear this. For Ares was one of the powerful dragon beasts known in the entire dragon realm kingdom.
"How, did he awake?"
"Last night I went hunting, and whilst I was feasting on my prey, I caught the most unusual scent in the air."
Roman narrowed his eyes suspiciously.
"Don't tell me Kiana woke Ares up with her scent?"
Henry smirked in a calm yet confident way.
"She did."
Jason and Roman glanced at one another suspiciously.
"Wait, don't tell me. You're her ghost?"
Jason asked, finally piecing her mysterious encounter.
"Yes, Jason. I am."
He grinned amused, making Jason roll his eyes.
"Henry, you can't play with my princess like that. You frightened her."
"I didn't mean to, but Ares was getting anxious around her, and I couldn't knock him out with a Moon Pill."
"Don't tell me, you plan to play with her?"
Jason asked suspiciously, and in almost jealous way.
It internally ticked Jason off, since he wished to have her all to himself.
"I'll play with her all I like."
Henry spoke like he was already planning to make her his.
"Henry, you've got Sasha to that for you. Leave my bird alone." Jason said making Roman and Henry look at him curiously.
"Well, if Henry's going to play, so will I."
"Roman?"
Jason fired his adoptive brother a crazy look, like claws off, she saw her first.
"What? Why should Henry always get to play with the girls that I like?" Roman than got up and left the meeting room, leaving Henry and Jason secretly ticked off.
{A} Screw them both! Kiana is mine.
{H} Calm down Ares, we need to figure out what she really is.
{A} I don't care if she's the f^cking unicorn! I want to taste her rainbow!
Henry then died his dragon beast's crazy thoughts down.
Meanwhile Roman went back to the territory, he got a text on his phone.
He opened it to see a picture of another horny made that sent him a picture of herself splayed out on his bed, with her maid uniform outfit un done.
Roman smirked and made himself towards the castle.
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🐲 Dear dragon readers. I am using google translate for when they speak in Italian. So if I have got the sentences wrong, I sincerely apologise. I would love it if someone would help me correct any error I've made.
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