Chapter 6

Zmiyrenan’s POV

The two stupids quickly ran from where I was standing and I shifted to my biped form still holding Persephone in my arms. She groaned and shifted again and I could smell her arousal and it made me mad. I would have been insane with desire if I did not have any more self control.

She was in heat and I knew that those bastards had forced her into heat with that aphrodisiac they had pumped her with. Her mind and body were not completely in her control and soon I was surrounded by several men in arms. Sure, the gear that I had last seen them wearing was very different from they were wearing now but it was the same situation.

“Who are you, intruder? What is your business here? How did you enter in this realm?” asked one of them in a cautious voice as I understood that they might know that I was a dragon and I opened my mouth to speak but suddenly all of them were moved away from where they were standing as I could see a known face coming towards me. Rather I could guess who he was from the aura that he held within himself.

“старый друг!”

I could not help but smile, he was still considering that I would not know how to speak this new language that everyone was conversing in.

“Hello to you old friend. The girl in my arms is named Persephone and she needs your help,” I said as I gestured towards her who was still trying to writhe and moan softly.

“Ummm but you could have healed her yourself,” Marcellus said as I could see that he had aged. He was still strong like before but he had aged slightly like it was expected of the Fae to age but I shook my head and said,” If I am allowed to move from here then I will tell what has happened.”

“Oh definitely..boys please show our guest some courtesy,” Marcellus commanded as I moved forward.

“But Sir, he is a dragon.”

“Ah yes, that he is, and he is the same dragon who has been responsible for creating this academy with his magic and sacrifices. If he had not been here this place would not have existed. Come, old friend.” I could see the shock on their faces but I did not respond to any of them. To be honest, they were nothing else but annoying gnats whom I could crush underneath me at any given moment but I did not wish to do so because I had a feeling my fiery little mate would not like it.

As we walked he showed me the way where there stood a new building which seemed old but not ancient.

“This is a new addition. The hospital wing became less capable of treating what we needed and now we have a full fledged hospital and a medical centre and a research facility that can do whatever is necessary and we are trying to enhance our research facility. But where did you find her?” he asked as he nodded towards Persephone and then whispered,” We have wolves and shifters here, old friend. The scent she…”

“She was drugged,” I did not let him finish the sentence.

Marcellus’s steps faltered for a moment but he immediately started walking a bit faster. “ To put her in heat? Is there a drug like that?”

“It was a strange mixture and I could smell the paralytic agent in it as well, the reason she cannot move. I haven’t been able to purge the drug from her system because I don’t know what will happen to her.”

“Who is this, after all? The one who has gotten you in such a tizzy?” asked the exiled elf prince.

“Mate,” I said one word as we reached the doorway finally. His neck snapped towards me in such shock that he gasped.

“A female of your species? That is astounding, Zmiyrenan! Can you imagine the…”

“She is not a dragon. She is something else…but I don’t know what. But she is my mate and she has powers that even she doesn’t know about. So I suggest you put on a dampening charm on her before you plan on doing something.” I warned him because I could feel the power thrumming on her skin, and just because she was paralysed she was not burning everything down with her fire but that did not mean she would not.

Marcellus nodded as he opened the door and I entered with her.

“Please put the patient on the table,” said the woman with a haircut like a boy and stared at me with strange yellow eyes. It was a bit off putting.

“Dr. Smith will take good care of her, your mate, Zmiyrenan. Come, we need to talk. There are so many things that have happened and I wish to tell you all of it.”

I nodded but asked the doctor,” She is a supernatural creature but of what kind I have no idea. It would be prudent if you put her in stasis for your and her protection both. Also a dampening charm would be a good idea.”

“I will do that, thank you,” she said with a small bow and I nodded as I left the room with Marcellus at my heels. He took me to another adjacent room which looked like a normal chamber but he switched a button and one wall completely disappeared and I could see the room where the doctor was working on Persephone.

“How did you find her?” he asked as I stared at the room.

“She called me and woke me from my slumber. She was unconscious at the time. I don’t think she did it consciously.”

“That is a big thing, Zmiy,” Marcellus said referring to the old name with which he used to refer me earlier. “ Mates calling each other even in sub conscious hasn’t been heard in over two centuries. And here you are saying she has no idea of the power she has?”

“Yes. When I reached her I found her stabbing a wolf on the neck and then cutting off another one’s face from top to the jaw without any hesitation. She has been trained to kill and she does it so beautifully, it almost looks like a work of art…like a strange macabre dance..”

“You sound enamored of her,” said Marcellus with a snort and I could not help but laugh with him and suddenly there was a shriek from the other room. It seemed that Persephone had started burning herself as soon as the doctor had pushed something in her veins.

“So if she is not a dragon how is the fire not burning her?” asked Marcellus as I stared at the strange blue flames that covered her and said,” She is something else. Someone else. Something that we have never seen before.”

But what? That question made me both scared and uneasy for probably the first time in my very long life.