Mated to Dragons novel

---- 70. LUCAS I snarled as I pushed Angel gently behind me. It should have been expected. We were waiting for her to make her move. I was ashamed to say that I let my guard down when Mother tried nothing. She had a smile on her face that didn't reach her eyes. "What do you want?" Mason growled, not even bothering with formalities. Mother moved to the front of them, the smile slipping right from her face when her eyes locked on Angel.

I watched in satisfaction as the color drained from her face when she realized that Angel wore all three of our marks. She hadn't counted on all her sons marking Angel , that was easy to tell. All she had been focusing was on taking Angel out along with me. Mother never wanted me to take over as King because I wasn't easily manipulated by her. "you..." she breathed, eyes slowly darkening with anger. "You bonded her!" "and legally married her," I told her.

"We were about to celebrate when you so rudely interrupted us." "You married a stranger without formally ---- introducing her to us or your people?" one of the councilmen asked. I stood straighter and took a step forward but a small hand on my back stopped me. Nate moved closer to my side and glared at them. "Our people know about our mate, they have been introduced to her on numerous occasions ," he said softly.

"The well-being of our kingdom is important to us." "Bullshit," someone called from the doorway. I tensed as the fifth member of the council entered the room. The man was a mess and he carried folders clutched to his chest. He stumbled , making a few folders drop to the floor in his haste to reach us. Bending he instantly grabbed it and hurried over to us, making sure to leave a wide berth between Mother and the other council members.

"your Highness ." He bowed low, making more files drop to the floor. "I apologize for just barging in, but I couldn't sit back and allow them to hurt your mate." "Hurt her?" Mason growled. "Explain." He hesitated , eyes darting to the council. They were all glaring at him. I could smell the man's fear, but he didn't step down. ---- "They have been plotting with former Queen Dorothy to get rid of you and your mate so they can take over the kingdom again.

They aren't happy with how you have been taking care of things...or ruling the kingdom." It wasn't a surprise. We were all expecting it from our mother, but not from the council members. They were supposed to be on my side, helping me by taking over some responsibilities when I was too busy to take care of things. I trusted them. 1 thought they were loyal to me. "T've noticed things," he said softly. "So, I started looking at things more closely and dug deeper.

I am certain that they have something to do with the portals." Mother growled and took a step forward, but Nate stopped her with a glare. "you have no proof," Mother snarled at him. The man held a file out towards me. I hesitated a moment before I took it. It was filled with messages between various members of the council and of course, none other than my mother. The first few messages were short, but they got longer, with more details. We had been looking in the wrong place for answers