Mated to Dragons novel

---- 31. NATE "Has there been any progress?" I questioned as I stopped next to Lucas. He glanced at me. "Time is running out fast. I don't want to risk any of the guards," he said softly. "We don't know what's waiting for us on the other side." "JT understand the risk." My eyes darted around us. " But we need to do something. We can't just let this be. There was to be a way to get the kid back, Lucas." "How about someone volunteering?" Mason suggested.

"They'll be going in on their own free will." "Tt doesn't mean that it won't rest on my conscious if something happens to them." Lucas sighed as he ran a hand through his hair. "I-" "You can't," I interrupted him before he could finish his sentence. "You're the King Lucas. The people here need a leader." He scoffed. "We all know that they never wanted me as King." "And we all know that nobody else would make a better King than you," I told him. Acommotion at the door drew our attention.

The guards were struggling to hold off a man who wanted ---- to enter the shop. Lucas waved his men away. Fixing his clothes, the man stood there for a few seconds before he stormed inside. He paused long enough to remember his manners. "Your majesty," he muttered as he bowed. "What do you need?" Lucas asked him. The man hesitated. "My son...he was the one who entered the portal. I have told them a million times to stay away from it.

I don't know why he did it." "Children are children," Mason muttered. I glared at him. "My wife, she's worried . She wants answers , sire." Lucas swallowed, his eyes darting away. "What's your name?" I asked him. "Charl." "Charl, we are unfamiliar with the portals despite our best efforts to get information about it. We need to be careful which is why we haven't done anything yet." I paused , studying him. "The last thing we want is to place anyone else in danger." "T understand that.

He's, my son." His eyes darted over us. "I will go in myself." Lucas's lips parted but I placed my hand on his arm to ---- stop his words. "Tf, you're sure." "Tam." Mason placed a hand on the man's shoulder and turned, leading him to one of the guards. He ordered one of them to get the man protective gear and a few other things. "What are you doing?" Lucas hissed. I turned towards him. "What you can't.

We need to do something, Lucas, before it's too late." He pursed his lips but gave me a stiff nod. My brother wasn't in his right mind to handle this shit. He had too many things he needed to think about. Too many worries. I knew he was probably thinking about Angel as well. We all were. "T need two guards willing to enter the portal with Charl," I said loudly. Nobody stepped forward. "Tl go," Mason muttered. Lucas snarled at him. "No." Mason's eyes narrowed.

---- I stepped between them before things got heated. Mason was an adrenaline junkie. He wasn't scared of doing these kinds of things or worried about getting himself killed. "Think about Angel," I said softly. His lips parted like he wanted to say something , but with a shake of his head, he stormed out of the shop. I glanced at Lucas before I followed him. "T don't need your lecture," he growled. "1'm not going to lecture you." Gripping his shoulders, I waited until his eyes locked with mine.

"I understand how you feel," I told him. "But we need to think about Angel. How is our mate going to feel when we do this and never return to her?" His eyes dropped to my chest. "Thats his kid," Mason said softly. "Family is important, and I don't want them to suffer if there's a possibility that we can help them." "Not at the risk of putting yourself in danger." He shook my touch off and walked away.

I stared after him for a few seconds before I hurried back to the shop, but Lucas was no longer there. Frowning, I headed towards the center of town where