The Lost City Of Atlantis [DISCONTINUED]

Chapter 13

Oh, my....

What did he just ask me? To get... Kidnapped by him?

Who asks that?

"Rykal?" Syphrus was the first to speak up before I could say anything. If I could say anything. "What do you mean by that?"

Still positioned on his knee he looked up at both of us, "My father is holding a celebration for his new born child, a son. I wish to go and see my mother and my brother and the only way I can is if I have a kidnapped woman by my side," His eyes were like a sad puppy when he glared at me. "You may not know me that well but I need to ask you to come with me and pretend to be a taken mistress."

"This is highly absurd," Syphrus shook his head. "You will not take her."

"It will be pretend, I will bring her back," Rykal got back onto his feet quickly. "Or return her to my cave for a day or two after the celebration, for safety reasons. Either way she will be returned. That's why it's 'Pretend'."

The Prince still didn't sound convinced, "Then find another woman that would be glad to help."

"I do not another woman, I am growing to like Lyla here. Plus do you know how hard it is to find maiden's in this city? The woman I need to come with me needs to be a young maiden. I am a picky dragon."

"If it could help you see your mother again I would gladly accept," I turned to look at Syphrus. "I would want someone to help me see my mother as well."

"You do not know what kind of party it is," He replied. "Dragons are very rough and easily angered, they do not think highly of human's so they will be rude and disrespectful."

"Not while I am there to watch her," Rykal said. "I really do need her, friend. I do not know when the celebration is but when I find out I will need to borrow her, I will even treat her nicely and give her something nice to wear." He turned to give me that sly grin, "I will owe you everything if you help me see my own mother again. Besides, my father said that I am not allowed to return without a mistress, he didn't say how I should treat her if I got one."

"But this is just pretend," Syphrus's voice sounded a bit sterner than before. "What if your father notices you don't have her after the next couple of days?"

"I could say something tragic happened and she didn't survive, or the Atlas family traded me for her return. I have been thinking of this plan for a while now and I spent a while trying to find a maiden to go along with this. Like I said there is not many maidens in this city, so when I met Lyla I knew she was the one I would want to come with me. She is everything a dragon want's in a maiden, being as young and as beautiful as she is. She'll convince the other's easily that she is really taken."

"I do not like this idea, Rykal, and I don't agree with it," Syphrus's voice somehow became sterner, shaking his head repeatedly. "She will not do this, it is crazy. Your race will be rough and unruly, I have attended a small party with them and saw how despicable they treat humans."

I blinked at his words, "You been to a... party with dragons?"

"When he was nineteen three years ago, he came with me to see a party that was of my friends," Explained the Dragon. "My friend Viktor is a Dragon who fell in love with his mistress and doesn't hurt her, they have three Dragonlings together. He was throwing a celebration for his son's birthday and I brought my friend thinking nothing bad will happen. My father showed up to the party uninvited to see the child, and seeing that Viktor was in love made him angry and burned his mistress in front of Syphrus, so I understand his concern."