CHAPTER 63
For the first time since he was born, Darshan slept through the night.
So waking up the next morning, I feel wide awake for the first time in ages.
After hopping out of the shower and getting dressed, I find him gone from his cradle.
My heart skips a beat as I race downstairs, finding no sign of him or my mates.
I run into Pluto, who is leaving the castle carrying a huge box of colored lights. I stop him.
“Do you know where everyone went?”
“Greenhouses my Queen,” he answers, and I nod, following him.
Opening the castle door and walking out, I find the entire court lined with around ten huge tables running down toward the gates and one sitting across the front.
The tables are all decorated in white linen and rose vases in the middle.
People are setting up a stage next to the water fountain that is covered in a huge sheet.
Huh? I furrow my brows as I walk over to it.
The covered shape looks different, bigger.
I go tug the sheet when a hand grabs my extended one, making me jump.
I turn to see Silas who takes my hand to his face and kisses it softly.
“Not yet, it’s a surprise.”
“The water fountain?”
He nods, tugging me away from it. “You like it?” he says pointing to the tables and decorations. Fairy lights dot the huge gazebos, shielding everything from the sun.
“Yes, it looks lovely,” I tell him just as I notice Matitus walk around the side of the castle, Darshan in his arms as he talks softly to him. My face lighting up at seeing my son. Silas lets me go, and I go over. Matitus doesn’t hand him to me instead pulling away.
“Go see the greenhouses first then you can have him,” he says, kissing my head and walking back into the castle.
Turning around, I am suddenly chucked over Silas’s shoulder, leaving me dangling upside down.
A moment later his teeth sink into my ass through my leggings.
I slap his ass in return, making him laugh.
“Put me down, caveman,” I tell him. He doesn’t put me down. Instead, he starts jogging, making me bounce up and down, my stomach churning at the motion.
“You’re going to make me sick,” I say, which makes him stop and put me back on my feet.
Turning around, I see the greenhouses and gasp at what they have done.
Not to the greenhouses, to the spare field beside it.
It is lined up with all different rides and games, almost like a circle.
People seem to be buzzing as they set everything up, and I am shocked to see just how many people are coming and approaching Silas and Dragus as he walks over to us, like they are ordinary people, not the feared Dragon Kings.
People are laughing and messing around. Children are looking around, amazed at everything.
My heart swells with happiness at seeing our people so excited finding joy in today.
I watch as Silas and Dragus help set things up while I walk amongst everyone.
My entire body buzzes with my magic under the sun and energy of the people.
I suddenly get an intense urge to fly, to see everything from above.
I haven’t even checked my wings since they broke.
I feel good, feel whole for once and completely at ease.
Most of all, I feel strong. Aldrin, who is amongst the crowd, sees me and walks over, a huge grin on his face.
“Amazing isn’t it?”
“It is,” I tell him as he falls in step with me.
“What’s up?” he asks as I look up.
“Nothing, I wanted to see it from up above but I’m not sure if I can fly again.”
“Have you tried?” he asks, and I shake my head.
“I think you would be surprised, your aura is buzzing, even I can sense your magic,” he says, and I nod.
I can’t bring myself to do it. I don’t want to embarrass myself.
So, I wait for him to wander off. Walking toward the farthest corner away from everyone, I strip my sweater and shirt off, leaving me only in my bra and pants.
“Are you planning on doing a nude run?” Silas says and I hadn’t realized he was coming up behind me. I turn around to face him.
“No actually I was going to see if I could fly,” I tell him, and he puts his head down.
“I’m sorry Elora, I truly didn’t mean to hurt you like that, I only meant to grab you,” he says, stepping forward. I move closer putting my head on his chest, as he wraps his arms around me.
“Aldrin thinks they might have healed.”
“Really?”
“Yes, he said he can sense my magic, I feel stronger,” I tell him just as Dragus walks over, stripping his clothes off.
“Ah what are you doing?” I ask looking around Silas.
“What? Everyone’s getting naked, thought I would join the party,” he says.
“Go on then, I bet you won’t run all the way back to the castle naked,” Silas dares him.
“What do I get if I do?” he asks, wriggling his eyebrows. Silas chuckles and shakes his head.
“Me,” I tell him.
“Tonight?” Dragus asks.
“I’ll think about it,” I tell him when suddenly Silas turns to face me.
“Is this challenge only for Dragus?” Silas asks.
“Fine you can both do it but the first one to the castle and back wins, oh and you got to catch me first,” I tell them.
They both start stripping and running. Silas and Dragus’s white asses are running through the field, knocking each other over while trying to cover their junk from view.
I shake my head, deciding to set out and do what I originally came here to do.
I turn to check my wings, trying not to laugh when suddenly Dragus disappears as Silas shoves him.
I wait to see where he went when I see his head pop up amongst the grass.
I see him drenched as he takes off again, realising Silas shoved him in the small dam. Shaking my head, I feel for my magic.
I let it wash over me, and as I feel it, I rise.
A tingling sensation wraps around me, warming my skin and I notice my markings glowing as they wrap around my body, feeling my spine tingle as a warm shiver runs up my spine.
I feel my magic and know instinctively that my wings are healed.
Gasping, I feel them slip through my skin between my shoulder blades, my spine shifting slightly as I feel them erupt out of me strong, as I flex them like a muscle.
I stretch them out, feeling no pain, feeling nothing only how strong they are.
I let them fall and tuck behind me out of view.
Tears of happiness slip down my cheek knowing I can still fly.
I look to the left to see a dishevelled Dragus racing back to me, Silas right on his heel, looking intense.
I laugh as I watch them racing back looking like complete idiots.
When they are only around 50 feet away, I run towards them as they both try to reach me first. Unfolding my wings I jump.
Both of them go face first into the dirt while I laugh above their naked forms. Slapping them both on the ass. I take off.
“Gotta catch me first,” I scream down to them.
Both of them roll over, looking up at me.
“Your wings!”
“All healed,” I tell them.
“I can’t fly,” Dragus says.
“No but I can,” says Silas, standing and shifting as I take off. Looking over my shoulder, I see Dragus run up his tail while Silas tries to buck him off. He soon gives up and takes flight, his wings lifting his golden figure through the air while I climb higher.
I fly above the greenhouses, Silas following though not getting too close.
“Hey, I don’t want the entire castle seeing you half naked,” Silas voice says, ringing through my head.
I laugh as I zip between both greenhouses where his body couldn’t fit.
He zips straight up and cutting across his path.
Dragus jumps, trying to grab my feet. I move just in time, deciding to fly onto the castle’s roof and land.
I hear Silas shift and Dragus squeal when he falls off him. I turn, facing them, sitting on the roof’s edge when I feel both their hands touch me at the same time. I look up at them.
“Got ya,” They both say at the same time then bicker over who won.
“You both win,” I tell them watching everyone below us.
“This is awesome,” I tell them as I people watch.
“And it’s only the beginning of a great afternoon,” Silas says, sitting next to me and pulling me on his lap. He kisses my shoulder softly, wrapping his arms securely around my waist. Dragus’s hand is on my thigh as he pecks my cheek.
“So, you’re going to tell me what you did to the ugly water fountain?”
“Hey, gargoyles were very periodic when that was installed,” Silas says, defending the hideous thing.
“Doesn’t mean it is any less ugly,” I tell him with a chuckle when I can just make out the cries of Darshan inside the castle. Standing up on the edge between Silas legs, he looks up.
“Where are you going?” he asks.
“To get our son,” I tell him, falling backwards off the edge with a laugh. I spin spectacularly in the air and let my wings out at the last minute, pulling up. I stick my tongue out at their horrified faces above me and they both jump down.
“What if your wings suddenly decided not to work?” Silas asks.
“Well, I would have gone splat then, wouldn’t I?” I tell him, and he shakes his head following Dragus and I back inside the castle.