The Alpha's Unclaimed Mate novel Chapter 29

Chapter 29: Look What You Made Me Do (Part 2)

Serena’s arms went around Dex automatically. His scent hit her all at once, grounding and familiar, and relief flooded her senses so hard it almost hurt.

Dex lifted her and moved her against the wall. His hands were everywhere at once, checking her forehead, her bruises, her ribs.

His lips moved, forming words lost beneath the ringing in her ears.

She could feel his emotions and he was tight with worry.

"I’m okay, Dex," she whispered. "Don’t worry."

His head turned as he spoke to someone nearby, but Serena still couldn’t process the sounds.

The worry surged again. He didn’t want to leave her.

She didn’t want him to stress over her. He needed to lead and defend Drakenfell. She pushed calm to him through their matebond so he could think clearly.

She squeezed his hand and his head snapped back to her. She repeated the words he had given her hours ago, when she had been the one worried for him.

"I’ve got this."

Through the chaos around them, his lips twitched.

He pulled her into a fierce kiss and pressed his lips to her forehead next, lingering for half a second longer than necessary.

Then he straightened, gave her one last look, and left.

Hyran’s voice cut into her mind again.

Hyran: Push to every dragon-rider you’ve encountered in Drakenfell.

Her mind went to every rider’s face she had seen.

Every scent she identified, and pushed to them all. Not just the dragon riders. A handful of warriors and mages too. She could feel them through the mark on her arm.

Then something strange happened. Something shifted.

She started to feel her gold magic. An energy she hadn’t been able to find on her own reliably.

Finally, she understood it.

She surrounded Dex’s energy with hers as protection. At least that’s how she imagined it in her mind. Then she added Hyran, Gav, Tiberon, and Hale.

Hyran: Yes. Good instincts.

It was harder to control compared to the fire and took more concentration. She focused on the dragon riders next.

Slowly at first. One rider, then another.

But after a few minutes, she gained momentum. She kept going until every person she could channel fire into was also surrounded by her gold magic.

The fire she was channeling was not just Velkaris’s anymore. She felt every dragon in Drakenfell pushing their energy toward her.

And it wasn’t pleasant by any means.

But she took it.

She looked around the throne room.

Ash coated the floor. What remained of bodies lay disintegrated where they had fallen.

Normally, she would have screamed. The sight was disturbing on a level she did not want to unpack.

Instead, she felt nothing.

Her emotions were detached, floating somewhere out of reach.

That was when she saw Queen Bellatrix standing nearby, watching her.

More people rushed into the throne room. Bellatrix screamed and hurled something blindly, then grabbed a sword.

She held it awkwardly, uncertain and stiff.

You’re welcome, Serena thought dryly.

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