Awkward Moments.

"You're quite lovely, I must say when my son defended his treasure I didn't expect it to be so alluring and beautiful." The dragon king complimented Paige who wanted to gag himself to death, this was not how he wanted to spend his afternoon, his supposed father inlaw shamelessly flirting with him in public.

It was too awkward and too weird, with the added staring he was making with his slitted serpent eyes it made Paige highly uncomfortable. "Uh, thank you, your grace." He replied with a slight chuckle hoping the dragon would get a hint that this was an awkward moment he didn't wish to be in. "Awakwaaaard." Carter sang as he passed by levitating several boxes behind him, of course Carter would pick up on it, the wendigo was highly perceptive of everything around him.

Paige pleaded with his eyes to be saved but when he looked at the dragon king staring at Carter like he hung the moon, he realized the man was just a lustful dragon, hence his own awkward moment. "I'm sure you want to talk to Lucian, he's around here somewhere." Paige offered as he looked for an escape route, he didn't want to be anywhere near the dragon king, he always had something up his sleeve.

"No, I was actually hoping to talk to you in private dear." The king sweetly mumbled and Paige sighed, he couldn't deny the king he was still a royal monarch and his mate's father, shortcomings and all. "You're too tense Paige, makes you seem defensive." Tate whispered in his ear before floating away due to Carter levitating him as well, this mare the siren facepalm, Paige led the king outside past the garden of heroes to the beach. "This seems private enough, what did you want to discuss?" Paige asserted as he stood a distance from the ocean which called to him.

"I wanted to inform you that as matriarch of the sirens, there will be need for an alliance between the dragons and the sirens, a show to this alliance would be a child most likely, or a wedding which is kind of low but okay as well, it will show the other royals that both our people are united." The dragon king explained and Paige sighed, when were the royals going to understand, he had no passion to be matriarch, it was a job he never really wanted, yet as much as he denied it, people still wanted him to be their ruler.

"Your grace you don't understand, Lucian and I have no interest in becoming the rulers of both species, you exiled your son and placed a replacement for him the moment he left, I was thrown out of my home by the nobles because my abilities were unstable, but when they hear of how powerful or how strong I am and can be as a leader they want me back, like nothing happened and I don't what that, neither of us do, so understand your grace, Lucian and I aren't going to go along with whatever plan you've concocted." Paige argued and the dragon seemed angry.

He lunged for Paige at the speed of sound, the siren was on his back under the dragon king who had his claws digging into his neck. "Listen here matriarch, if you don't do what I say, say goodbye to your bitch of a sister and that adopted baby brother, I will ruin you, accept my offer and make sure your little mate accepts as well or I will have to convince him by killing you, won't that be good." The dragon kill threatened as his forked tongue slithered on Paige's face.

The siren waved his hand and threw the king off him, when the dragon tumbled away he breathed fire toward Paige the moment he was upright, Paige moved his hands in a circular motion and a water barrier surrounded Paige when the fire met water steam rose into the air, the dragon king slipped into the steam as he made it intensify, he slithered around Paige and attacked from behind him, the siren turned right then as he felt the oncoming beast and screamed point blank.

It tossed the king away into the ocean with a huge explosion, Paige's eyes glazed purple, and waved his hands in an art form clearing the steam and fog away, he stood in attack stance as he felt the dragon king half shifted, just as he suspected the king burst out of the water with a loud roar, his wings beating strongly. "I underestimated you Paige sweetheart." He drawled but that didn't disarm Paige it only made him wait patiently for his opponent to strike, dragons were intelligent, more so than any creature, they were up there with witches, so going in guns blazing would be fatal for him, so he waited and calculated.

Multiple tornadoes rose around Paige, they blocked his vision, he knew the dragon was responsible when he felt the heat of fire coming toward him, Paige knew he was fighting a royal, holding back wasn't an option, holding his hands up to the sky, he brought them down with an unseen force which hit the dragon head on. "Sirens Prison." Paige mumbled as water rose from the salty ocean and moved to trap the dragon in a spherical prison, what the dragon hadn't realized was Paige had brought him to a place where a siren was powerful and the elements he had been granted by mating with Lucian were elevated.

When the water prison was starting to unravel as the king fought back, Paige got ready for the next attack, it never came, the water prison vanished just as Carter walked down to where Paige was. "I'm sensing the pervert of a king attacked you." He remarked as Paige heaved a sigh. "Yeah, I wonder what his son would think though." The siren replied looking at the dragon who was struggling in Carter's hold. "The more you struggle, the more the pain intensity." Carter called out looking at the dragon king.

"How are you—." Paige couldn't finish as Lucian swooped down and landed a blow on his father's jaw. "I told you not to touch him!" He screamed following his father into the water. "I'm a wendigo who has the ability to control bones and any bodily matter, but when my mate gave me my birthday present, it changed my bone structure to the strongest metal in the mystic realm." Carter explained as Lucian pummeled his father again until the dragon flew away. "Are you alright?" He asked his mate who was already healed.

"I'm fine, I handled him just fine." He replied much to Lucian's relief. "Let's get back to the Hall, the ball is tomorrow and we can finally say goodbye to our parental troubles." Carter asserted and the two mates laughed along with him, it had been a long week in Halwright, secrets and plots had been revealed, all of them were glad that it was finally over.

"By any chance have you met Hayes's nephew?" Carter questioned Lucian who immediately began to chuckle. "The kid is a riot, powerful but also hilarious, he'll fit right in with this weird family, I'm sure you'll love him." Lucian replied happily and Carter couldn't wait to meet someone who had made such an impression on the dragon.

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"You know, if they had actually worked together they would've at least landed a blow on him, alas they're too proud to work together." Kyra commented as he watched Ben daydream of spring whilst dodging attacks from Alfin and Taylor. "Not proud, you mean too stupid." Hayes whispered to the witch and the two burst out laughing.

"Are you even trying?" Ben questioned as he dodged the fist being hurled at him, he appeared behind Alfin's back and hit him with his palm, it sent the incubus crashing down onto the grass, Taylor had a different approach, he sent streams of fire to thwart Ben's vision and appeared behind him to kick his back, the witch vanish and Taylor was hit with his own flames, Ben appeared below Taylor and dodged Alfin's sharpened wings with ease.

He flew backward and rolled between the two incubi that when their legs missed Ben, they hit each other. "Down you go." Ben mumbled as he punched Taylor and dropped kicked him, which sent him hurtling down to crash on a spot away from the one Alfin had. "I'm gonna beat you." Alfin hissed making Ben chuckle, the way the incubus was sweating it showed he was at his limit and Ben felt as fresh as spring. "How can you when you're tired?" Ben taunted as the raven winged incubus lunged for him, when he was close Ben bent out of the way in a position Alfin never thought possible, his leg impacted with Taylor's palm.

They had planned to hit Ben at once but the witch had moved away in a position he never thought possible, on impact the two incubi heard their bones shatter, they both screamed in pain as Ben appeared in front of them. "4th Trigram: Syre Tempest." Ben hit the two boys with his palms, each part he hit became numb and he had done it so fast that only Hayes, Kyra, and Tate who were on the ground saw it. Alfin couldn't scream nor could Taylor, they fell to the ground like meteors crashing.

Ben flew down to the two boys gently and the look of disappointment was etched on his face. "Before Tate heals your sad little bodies, I must say this, Taylor you let me dictate the fight thus giving me the front view to any attack you would've made, I didn't need to be a seer to see through you, plus you kept relying on your demonic side to do half the work you could do without it, that's bad, rely on your own strength, your mana and magic should always be your second option, Alfin, you rely on your wings too much, it makes them an easy target, Hayes can go toe to toe with Kyra without even fluttering a feather, you have everything right except your anger, you let it consume you and therefore makes you lose." Ben expressed as the hybrid shifter supreme walked over to them shirtless, with sweat glistening over his eight pack.

"Damn, that is a man right there." Alfin mumbled as he looked at Tate. "You said it." Taylor added as he too drooled over Tate who flexed even more when he realized the two incubus on the ground were checking him out. "Have you had an orgasm yet?" Taylor whispered to Alfin who nodded dumbfounded. "Hello Papi." Alfin and Taylor both muttered as Tate stood in front of them. "Will you stop fucking the guy in front of us." Hayes growled and Taylor along with Alfin both blushed looking at the grass like it was a complicated math problem.

"Leave them alone babe, I drool over you when you're shirtless, even now I'm tempted when you're wearing those shorts." Ben commented and Hayes smirked. "Eww get a room papa, that's not something you do in front of your child!" Taylor whined as Tate healed him. "Don't be jealous Taylor, he's my mate, I can do whatever and whenever I want, with him." The demon retorted as Kyra burst out laughing seeing the pale shock on Alfin's face.

"I've got to go, the ballroom must be set up by now, I need to go help." Kyra explained as he vanished. "Your dad here needs rest, good training today boys your free for the day, or rather go help Kyra at the Hall." Hayes exclaimed as he vanished with his witch as well. "I'm still grounded, Sir Tate what do you do for fun?" Taylor questioned and the were chuckled. "Nice try sweetheart, get to the hall." Tate replied in his smooth baritone sent shivers down both the incubi spines. "Okay, I guess we can do that." Alfin replied as the two of them watched Tate walk away, he was later joined by Alarion and Theo as they ran off toward the neo beast training grounds.

"I'm sorry about the other night." Taylor stated and Alfin nodded. "I'm sorry too, I shouldn't have been rude, and I'm kind of glad I met you, you're so much better than Connor." The incubus replied with a seductive smirk plastered on his face. "I'm glad you think so, do you want to go now or we'll do it first?" Taylor asked the male next to him, he got his answer when he felt his back pressed o the grass with Alfin on top of him.

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