King of The Elves (Dragon Riders Chronicles)

Basically Married

The guards dragged Addison and Fane into a separate part of upstair half of the tree. There was a see through wall that showed where Jurriaan and Nyx were being held, but she knew they couldn't see her.

"What's your name dear?" Addison looked up from where she was sitting to see the queen standing over her. Addison stayed silent.

"It doesn't matter. I'll find out soon enough." A pair of guards entered the other room. One grabbed Jurriaan and pinned him to the ground and the other grabbed Nyx and pressed a knife to her neck.

"Tell me what I need to know, or your friend dies." Addison started to laugh, annoying the queen.

"What's so funny?" She demanded.

"Nothing. Go ahead, ask your questions." The queen scowled at her for a moment, then pulled out the knife Addison had used to kill one of the guards.

"Where did you get this?"

"Zephyrus. I borrowed it." She said with a smirk.

"And how do you know my brother?"

"No offence you majesty, but there aren't many girls that don't know your brother in one way or another." The queen gave Addison a look of pure hatred.

"Bring Zephyrus in here!" She shouted, and moments later Zephyrus appeared at her side. He had swapped his suit jacket for is regular leather one.

"Have you been hurt?" He said as he knelt down in front of Addison. He put his hands on her cheeks and moved her head around, checking for marks.

"I'm fine." Addison said with a small smile before push Zephyrus's hands away.

"Myra, could you come in here?" He called. A snake like dragon, the colour of autumn leaves, flew through the door, landing on his shoulder. Fane stepped back and hid behind Addison's arm.

"You little scardy cat." Addison teased him as she scooped him up in her arms.

"This one won't eat you." She said cheekily, causing Fane to nip at her fingers in response.

"How did she get your knife Zephyrus?" The queen demanded.

"She took it from my belt."

"Why did she attack the guards?" Zephyrus looked at his sister curiously.

"I'm not a telepath, sister. I don't know what she was thinking." The queen glared at Zephyrus.

"I want that girl dead!" The queen screamed. Zephyrus's eyes widened and he looked through the wall just in time to see the guard slid his knife across Nyx's throat.

"Your going to have to better than that." Nyx said. The guard looked at the knife, which was still clean.

"Do you need me to do it?" She asked, then she snatched the knife from the guards hand and rammed it into her throat. The blade shattered on impact. Nyx stood slowly, still laughing. She ripped the lace sleeves from her dress, showing off her pale skin that was covered in coloured ink. Red, green, blue, black, all creating intricate symbols. Lastly she took of her mask, revealing at tattoo of a dragon that covered half her face and down onto her neck.

"I know you're there your majesty, but I must say, I expected better from someone with your... talents." The dragon tattoo started to move, eventually peeling off her face and taking shape.

"Talon says you have my friend, you majesty. I suggest you let them go before I let Talon loose on your guards." She said, gesturing to the guards that were now cowering in the corner. Zephyrus leaned close to Addison.

"Can you take down the wall?" He whispered in her ear. She nodded slightly, then tapped the wall three times. It disintegrated into nothing. Jurriaan rushed to where Addison was sitting.

"Are you alright, my lady?" He asked, extending a hand to help her up. She took it and stood before turning to face the queen.

"Your majesty, I do apologize for any inconvenience I may have caused, but I've gotten what I came for and-" Addison stopped talking when Nyx tapped her on the shoulder.

"What is it?"

"Look." She said, pointing at the ground. Addison looked to see Fane and Myra standing closely together, their faces rubbing against each other. Addison suddenly became aware of how close Zephyrus was to her.

"I'm sorry Addison." He whispered beside her.

"What's going on?" The queen demanded. Addison was to stunned to speak.

"None of your business." Nyx snapped. More guards rushed into the room and grabbed them. Jurriaan and Nyx tried to fight back, but were useless without Addison's help. When the guard grabbed Addison's arm, Zephyrus reacted almost instinctively, grabbing the guards arm and crushing it until he let go.

"Brother! Do you want to be locked up also?"

"Gladly." He said bluntly, shocking the queen.

"Fine. Take them to the castle and lock them in the dungeons. Be sure to muzzle the dragons." The guard bound their hands with iron shackles and led them down the stair. Addison heard the guests whispering, mostly about Zephyrus being arrested. The guards shoved the group into a cart, which was locked, and began the journey to the castle. Addison quickly pulled out the knife she had strapped to her leg.

"What do you intend to do with that? These shackles are iron." Jurriaan asked. Addison said nothing as she picked Fane up off the floor of the cart and cut through the leather muzzle. Talon and Myra both crawled over and had their muzzles cut off.

"What now?" Nyx asked. Addison held her shackles in front of Myra, who spat acid onto the chain. Once Myra had freed everyone's hands, Nyx smiled.

"Now we can attack them when we get to the castle." Addison shook her head and tapped Talons head, then the wooden floor of the wood. Talon blew fire onto the wood, making a hole big enough to fit a person through. One by one, the group dropped onto the path below.

"Well that was fun. Where do we go now?" Zephyrus asked. Addison said nothing, just turned and walked into the forest. Zephyrus followed quickly behind, but before Nyx could, she was stopped by Jurriaan.

"What's going on with them? And why isn't Addison talking to anyone?"

"Their dragons bonded. And she's not not talking to anyone. She's talking to Fane."

"What do you mean bonded?"

"They're basically married, okay? That means Addison and Zephyrus are now life partners. That's just how it works. We should go. We don't want to lose them."