Hate by K.A Knight
The dragon almost made me crash my car on the way home, and when we get back to my house, he plops himself on the sofa and goes back to watching the shitty sheep’s show. Nos and I share a look and he sighs, then he stands in front of the TV, blocking the dragon’s view.
“We need a plan and to start finding Dawn, anything could be happening to her right now.”
His words hit us all and the dragon finally gets serious. “I will change and rip the souls from everyone in the city until we find her.”
“Your plan is rubbish, no wonder dragons are almost extinct,” I scoff, and spin in my chair, turning off the TV. “Now, here is what we are actually going to do. We go to Victor, get all the information on The Others we can, then we put an alert out to all other supes. Nos, contact your people again, see if they have anything else for us. We suspect the council, yes? Well, I have a way in, I am their good little servant, after all, so I’ll check that out.”
“What will I do?” the dragon asks, watching us.
I share a look with Nos as if to say, can I lock this prick up in my basement? I can already feel the darkness swirling unchecked in my brain from being away from Dawn. At least while she was here I could take it out on her and she helped keep it in check, but now it flows through me and I never know what it’s going to do next.
Nos sighs and sits down. “We need to get serious. We all know the council is behind this. I will do as you suggested as well as stay outside of the chambers of the council in case anything goes wrong with you. You find her and get her out, Griffin…”
“I hear a but coming,” I prompt, clenching my fingers into my palm to push back memories of the last time I lost someone to the council.
“But we need someone who can take the council down. Yes, we could kill them and then we would all be executed, including Dawn. If they are truly behind this, they aren’t doing it with sanction from the sleeping council. I suggest we involve them, let the councils fight between themselves and that is when we extract Dawn.”
“You know she’s going to want revenge. If you haven’t noticed, she’s a little bloodthirsty, our mate.” I grin, remembering her covered in blood and grinning at me. What a woman, and to think I tried to fight it, fight her.
“That comes after.” Nos nods.
“Then that is what I do,” the dragon adds, and we both look at him. “I know some witches I can trust, they will find the location of the sleeping council.”
“Which has been hidden for thousands of years,” I point out, but he ignores me.
“And instruct them on what is happening and make them come here to deal with their own council’s disobedience,” he finishes. “It will not be easy, but you’re right, if it is the council it is the only way to stop them.”
“It has been coming for a long time,” I mutter, and they both look at me. “Oh come on, we all know the council is corrupt and full of assholes. All they want is power, they don’t care how they get it. We wanna fuck the system, then let’s do it. I will be your biggest supporter.”
“Griffin!” he shouts, eyes flared in panic as they grab him. He fights them, but it’s no use, there are too many. From the smoke comes a man in a suit. “Run! Take her!” he screams helplessly, his eyes on me as I hesitate, and the man in the suit smirks.
“Grab that one, bring him to me, oh, and the female.”
“No!” I yell, grasping Gabriel’s fallen sword and rushing the man.
Pushing away the memories, I cut my palms with my nails, focusing on the flash of pain and my own blood to fight the madness, clinging to that little bit of sanity I have. “Are we doing this?” I look around at them both. “For her?”
The dragon lifts his head stubbornly. “Whatever it takes. They are nothing but old men sitting in chairs in their castle.”
Nos inclines his head. “If they have taken my little monster, they die. I will send word to those I have spoken to that we have a suspect for the disappearances and let them know to be ready. The council falling will cause uproar and a scramble for power. We need that sleeping council to stop an all-out war between the races.”
“War is always on the horizon.” The dragon sighs. “You are right, we can’t fight all the races though. We put the sleeping council in place before extracting our mate. Fallen, can you protect her in there?”
I grin then. “Have you ever met her? She doesn’t need my protection, they will need it from her.”
