Chosen By The Dragon Kings novel Chapter 36

Silas took me to the front of the castle before stopping near the front doors. “Where are Dragus and Matitus?”

“At the power station” Silas answers before wrapping a cloak around me and handing me some socks. I go to put some shoes on when Silas shakes his head.

“You don’t need shoes, you won’t be touching the ground,” he says, making me look at him in confusion. I stood up, wondering what he meant when he grabbed me. I wrap my legs around his waist, my arms going to his shoulders, which are bare and very warm under palms like a mini heater. The heat from his chest is the hottest part of him and I can feel it warming me through the cloak. Silas hands move to my ass as he walks outside. The freezing icy breeze blowing my hair in my face, and I let go of his shoulder with one hand brushing it from my lips.

Silas walks onto the gravel area near the stairs. He presses his forehead against mine and one hand wraps around my waist, holding me tighter against him. “Hold on, I am about to jump” he whispers before looking up and I grip his shoulders, feeling him move slightly before springing off the ground effortlessly. “You can open your eyes, Lora,” he says, brushing his nose across my cheek. I do and see that we are on the roof. Silas walks to the edge before sitting down and turning me around on his lap, so my feet dangle off the edge. I look over the edge and feel his grip around my waist get tighter as I lean forward.

Silas pulls a watch from his pocket checking the time before nestling his face into the crook of my neck, he kisses it making me shiver and he chuckles. “What are we doing up here?” I ask, confused, as to why he was making me freeze out here.

“So impatient, do you have any idea how hard it was turning the power on when half the transformers were blown up?” I shake my head, not even knowing what the hell he is talking about.

“I can’t even remember the city ever having power, the only time I ever saw electricity was here and a few places that had solar panels or used generators,” I tell him. Grandma and I had power at our last place but that was because of the generator we found on a rubbish heap and still only the kitchen had power and we used it for a lamp as well sometimes. Fuel was too expensive, so mostly we used the fireplace for light at night and only turned it on during the day for a few hours to get the old fridge cold enough to last night.

Silas says nothing but nods against my shoulder. Silas looks at his watch again and points toward the city. First the streetlights turn on flickering for a few seconds, then suburb by suburb I watch as lights start turning on. Neon signs I had never seen before lighting up in the distance and I hear and can just make out people coming out of the houses and standing in the streets looking at the houses and buildings lit up like Christmas trees. Voices getting louder and echoing into the night with excitement that they have power. I know the feeling and can’t help but feel excited for them. I know exactly how hard living by candlelight is, exactly how hard it is to force yourself into the freezing water of a shower in the middle of winter, and most of all I know the feeling of being constantly sick from the cold. Maybe now the winters won’t kill so many people.

“Look how happy they are,” I whisper, speaking to myself. I can’t remember the last time I felt happy, in this city there wasn’t much to be happy about but seeing and hearing everyone in the streets excitedly cheering and running around amazed, brought a smile to my lips. If only grandma was here to see it, to see the power back on. I wonder if Lilith and her mother and Abigail and her family would be happy to have the power restored.

“I enjoy seeing you smile,” Silas says, kissing my cheek making me look at him.

“Thank you,” I whisper, pecking his lips before looking away back toward the cheerful people in the streets. Hearing the crunch of snow, I feel Silas turn looking behind him and I look over his shoulder too. Matitus and Dragus walking over to us. Matitus and Dragus sit next to us, and I notice Matitus is naked.

“Did you fly here?” I ask. He nods before sitting on the roof beside Silas Dragus sitting next to me. Matitus hisses at his naked skin sitting on the snow. “Well, that’s one way to get blue balls” I chuckle and so does Dragus beside me.

“hopefully, they don’t freeze to the roof we will need to get spatula to scrape them off.”

“You think you’re funny?” Matitus asks, raising an eyebrow.

“A little,” I chuckle.

“For your information, my balls are still toasty warm, you can come and feel them if you want” Matitus retorts making me blush at the thought of touching him there. Silas chuckles before shaking his head at us. We stayed outside watching people for a bit until I started shivering and my lips turned blue, Silas told me I had to go back inside. Standing up, I wrap my legs around his waist and watch as he steps off the side, the ground rushing toward us and I squeeze my eyes shut, my fingers gripping his shoulders tightly and my body tenses before impact. I barely feel the impact of him hitting the ground as Dragus opens the castle doors, letting us inside. The temperature changes dramatically from ice cold to warm. I shrug the cloak off, hanging it up.

“What do you want to do now?” Silas asks, making me think. I wanted to have a shower, I was freezing, and all my muscles were locked and aching from the cold. Matitus answers for me.

“She wants to shower, she is cold” he says, wiggling his eyebrows in my direction. “I’m sure she meant alone” Dragus tells him and Matitus glares at him. Walking past them, I wait. Matitus standing there in all his naked glory, and I see one of the maids come out with some shorts for him and she passed them to him. I watch as he bends slightly to put them on. Feeling a little devious, I slap his ass hard, making him jump. I can see my handprint etched into his skin and my hand stung from the impact. Silas nearly choked on his laugh and I can only imagine it was from the look on his face. Before he could turn around, I took off running for the stairs.