Dragons Among Us

The Dream

(Hunter P.O.V.)

I was lying in bed trying not to wake up Elizabeth. I was thinking about the consequences of killing Micah. I knew something would happen, the dragon council wasn't going to just let her kill her father. She looked to finally be at peace but I knew something was going on in her mind.

I finally fell asleep with thoughts on my mind. I never had dreams but tonight I did.

(Dream)

There was darkness everywhere. I didn't know where to look. I heard a scrape of metal on concrete and it hurt my ears. I looked in the direction of the noise and saw a younger Micah holding a flashlight and a whip. The noise was the whip hitting the floor.

I whimpered out and realized that I was in Elizabeth's memory. I pleaded with her voice for him to stop. I didn't deserve this and he knew but didn't care. I tried to move but was chained to the ceiling and floor. I watched as he moved behind me till I couldn't see him anymore.

I heard the whip being drawn back and heard it whistle through the air. I felt metal bite into my back and cried out in pain. He whipped me so many times I lost count. I felt blood running down my back and legs and pool on the floor. I heard him as he walked closer and whispered in my ear. "This is your punishment for being the person you are. You deserve to be rejected by your mate when you find him. You are worthless and not deserving of love. This is for your own good. Take it with pride. You will endure this every day until you learn to not talk to anyone in the thunder."

I cried myself to sleep for the first time that night and would continue to do so forever. The next day he brought spectators to see the whipping. They laughed and he allowed them to be part of my punishments. Allowing them to whip me or hit me. I begged for them to stop and leave me alone.

One day I just finally stopped begging and just took it. That was the day I stopped talking to anyone. I had to sleep chained up. The only time I was allowed to be off the chain was when I was eating or using the bathroom. I wasn't really supposed to be eating but I had one friend in the thunder. Her name was Kiara. With her I started to plan my escape.

It took nearly two years to perfect the plan. Then one day it was time to execute it. Micah came down to start my punishment. Little different he know that Kiara had been down here a few minutes ago to give me a pill that would slow my heart beat down enough to make it sound like I was dead. It wouldn't kicked in until he started whipping me though.

He whipped me until I went slack in the chains and he thought he killed me. He yelled for Kiara to come down to dispose of my body and she obliged. She took me to the outskirts of the thunder and woke me up. I gave her a hug and we cried. I tried to get her to come with me but she knew the risks. She went back and told Micah the story we had cooked up.

I ran finally free from the pain and torture. I ran and ran until I couldn't run anymore. That was when I smelled something. It was fear, I knew that someone was scared and I followed the scent. A man was holding a woman captive and I knew what he was doing to her and I got so angry. I felt my blood boil and felt my bones cracking as I grabbed the woman out of the house after kicking the door down. I felt her back away from me and growled loudly as he started to follow. I shut the door the room he was in and headed out.

I fell to the ground, shifting for the first time in a long time. I blew fire at the house and burned him alive. I turned to the woman and bowed to her so she could get on my back. I asked her in her mind where she lived and took her home. Then flew far away until I crashed and got picked up by Hunter. I saw Kiara again and she had her mate now. I was happy for her. I thanked her silently in my head as we passed and decided to talk to her later to see if she remembered our plan for when I was strong enough.

(End of dream)

I woke and knew that all that she did was planned and she knew exactly what she was doing. I was shocked that she could be so calculating. I let her sleep and walked to the kitchen where I sat until the rest of the thunder woke up.