Mated to Dragons novel

---- 71. NATE "You shouldn't have locked her up." I pursed my lips and tried to fight the rising anger. 1 was trying my best to understand why she felt Lucas shouldn't have locked Mother up, but I was failing . "She tried to kill you, love," Mason growled from his spot at Lucas's desk. "What he said." My eyes narrowed when she opened her mouth again. "Are you still going to defend her after what she did to you?" Angel glanced away for a second, a sigh falling from her lips.

"I'm just...she's your mother." Leaning forward, I took hold of her hand and raised it to my lips to press a kiss on her palm. "We might be related by blood but that's how far it goes. She has never been a mother to us honeybee , so she doesn't deserve that title. Understand?" It took a few minutes for her to answer. "Okay." Smiling, I tugged on her arm. Angel reached out to grab the files on the couch between us and then allowed me to pull her against my side.

"What a way to spend your wedding night, huh?" I ---- muttered. "There will be plenty of that," she said softly. "This is a lot more important. We need to fix things before more people get hurt." "Spoken like a true queen," Mason called out. Angel rolled her eyes and settled more comfortably against my side. She placed the files down on her lap and picked up the top one. My eyes lingered on her for afew more seconds before I turned my focus back to the file in my hand.

Berk had given us all the information he managed to find. There were also a few recordings that Lucas was listening to while we worked through the files. At the moment we were only looking for information on the portals. Berk made it seem like Mother and the council had something to do with all the portals appearing. I couldn't understand how it was possible because like Angel pointed out, the realm was created by magic, so it meant that the portals also had to do with magic.

Mother and the council members were shifters, but as far as I knew, they didn't have the kind of power to intervene with the way things were done. Some dragons possessed magic, but they weren't as powerful as the witches and warlocks. My eyes dropped to Angel's arm where the bracelet ---- rested. Ihad noticed it the moment she entered the throne room, but I thought that Mason had been the one to give it to her. He had denied it and suggested that maybe it was a gift from our people.

Lucas received gifts from the people all the time, but I wasn't sure how I felt about Angel receiving gifts from the people with the cloud of danger hanging over her head. Mother was locked up, and she was the main reason for Angel's danger. We might have a few haters once Angel's coronation takes place. "Maurice gave it to me." "What?" I blinked and realized that I had been mindlessly playing with the bracelet. "Maurice gave it to me," she repeated.

"He said it's a wedding gift." "When did he give it to you?" She hesitated. "This morning before Mason came to get me." I frowned. Nobody had informed me that Maurice had come to visit. I hadn't seen him arrive. Unless he used his magic to get into the castle.