Legion: Alpha Dragon Shifter Romance (Dragon Rules Series Book 1) by Tia Didmon (books to read for self improvement .txt) 📕

like a tsunami. White waves that hurled the men backward. Devlin erected a shield around his body, but the impact ejected Ross from the room, as the walls cracked around them.

The roar echoed around them before Devlin dashed toward the entrance, his shield encasing him.

Mara lay on the floor, unable to stand. It was like she had just run a thousand miles and lacked the stamina to move. She glanced up when Conner entered the room. He went to Natalie.

He sat down, pulling her into his lap. “Lass, let me take care of this scratch for you. His hand glowed as the gash at Natalie’s throat closed, leaving the skin unmarred. “That’s better. Sleep now, my sister.”

Mara blinked as Ross rose from the floor. He stumbled before a force threw him into a side wall. Legion entered the shop from the front door. Fire erupted over his body, but damaged nothing he touched. His eyes blazed with golden fire as smoke billowed behind him.

He picked her up, cradling her in his arms as he exited the shop. “This ends now.”

She sensed his anger was as much with himself as her. “Are you upset he got away?”

“Devlin is a nuisance I intend to deal with. I told you to wait. Instead, you sent a magic fireball in every direction, alerting any dragon within a hundred miles that you are here and your power is mature. Yet, you didn’t think to ask me, your mate, who was within your very walls, to help you shield that blast.”

She fought to stay awake. “You’re not my babysitter.”

“I am your mate, and it is about time you understand what that means.”

She felt the power swell once they were outside. The world around them blurred, as if she were inside a snow globe, surveying her surroundings. While her magic had seemed powerful back in the shop, it was like a cricket sparring with a lion, next to Legion. Anger. Fire. Power. All arced out as she took a heated breath. Scales slid along her skin. The world beneath her dropped away. While she could feel Legion’s body next to her, it was no longer that of the man. She was flying, laying on her dragon’s back. Her eyelids drooped. Oh Shit.

Mara woke, clutching the soft earth between her fingers before opening her eyes to the strong smell of pine trees. “Where are we?”

The tremor in the ground made her look behind her. The Golden dragon moved gracefully. But his weight shook the earth with each step. His eyes flickered his annoyance. He was intimidating as hell. Yet she knew he would never hurt her. She stood up, dusting the dirt from her clothes. “Take me back to the shop.”

No. His voice vibrated with the undertone of his dragon.

Mara’s eyes narrowed. “That wasn’t a request. Take me back now.”

His eyes flared with fire. No.

The power rose so quickly, she had no time to aim. It blasted from her fingers in a massive fire ball, hitting Legion in the face.

The dragon yawned. I’m a dragon, Mara. I find soap bubbles more irritating than your pathetic attempt at a fire ball.

She picked up a stick and threw it at the massive dragon. It had as much effect on the golden hide as the ball of fire. It glanced off Legion’s neck, falling to the ground. “You’re insufferable!”

The dragon’s head lowered. Is that why you have forsaken me?

Mara clenched both her fists. The need to lash out was paramount, but she was a single match of power up against a volcano. “I did nothing to you. I am not Adara.”

You are her soul reborn.

She crossed her arms, taking a deep breath. “I don’t believe in reincarnation, but if I did, I wouldn’t use past lives against anyone.” She threw her hands in the air. “I can’t believe we are having this conversation. Did you ever consider that you pissed Adara off? Your He-Man attitude can be annoying.”

Yes, but she removed our chance as a child, before I even met her. She destroyed her mate without knowing who he was, or the consequences of her actions.

Mara held up her hand. “Listen we...” Her eyes rolled in her head as her world shifted around her. She felt her body hit the ground. There was no pain, as if her soul had left its human body behind. She held up her hand, looking through transparent skin as blue fire caressed her body. This was her power. Her gift. The room solidified in front of her. A wooden cot with animal skins covered the simple bed. The child, with eyes like her own, played with a handmade doll. The child was beautiful. Innocent. Adara.

The dark shape formed beside her. Mara sucked in a breath, but nothing filled her lungs. Her body’s reflex, useless in her metaphysical form. The events played out as if it were a movie. She could watch, but not interfere with events that had happened so many years ago.

The man in a dark cloak chanted low. Soft Gaelic words that pierced through the air until the child repeated them. She was unaware she was being influenced by another, as the tiny white spark rose from her chest, and drifted above her before dissipating. Adara continued to play with the simple doll as the dark figure disappeared.

She screamed as her consciousness snapped back to the present.

Legion held her against his naked body. She rocked in his arms as he caressed her back. “What happened, Mara? This vision was unlike any I have seen before. Your form destabilized. Whatever you did was perilous. I could have lost you in metaphysical form. How did you know how to do that?”

Mara took a stunted breath. “I don’t think I did that. I was in the past, watching Adara as a child.”

Legion searched her face. “A seer does not see the past. If you saw Adara, then she created a spell so you would see an event that happened to her. I have never