Deception: Paranormal Romance - Dragon Shifters and Immortals (Dragon Protectors #3)

This is Rage and Pandora's story

Unedited work in progress

Blood filled his vision and Rage rode it as he sprung to his feet and flung himself head first at his torturer. It felt like he was flying. Fire and scales and wings of gold that reflected back the jagged sunlight. The green of the sea boiled around him.

Wings tore through the air, over waves so high they surged toward him soaking him. He knew he wasn't fast enough, he was going to be caught. The wave poured over him, weighing him down. Rage screeched as he plummeted towards the ocean.

The image faded as he hit the glass barrier and was flung back.

Red hot pain smashed through his side. He hit the floor, the back of his head crashing against the hard ground.

The slimy darkness surged through the shattered barrier.

Black closed in on the edge of his vision.

Just for a few seconds he'd been back in the space that called to him, where everything was bathed in light. A space he was sure didn't exist except in his imagination. It made the contrast far worse. It made it easier for him to leave everything behind.

He wasn't afraid to die. Giving in to the pain, he let it crash over him, obliterating him.

The sharp scent of jasmine crashed against his senses; white and green it cut through the swirling darkness, stinging him to consciousness.

Fight

The voice was so calm he did as he was told. He dropped into himself, into the whirlpool of flames that had been a part of him for so long he'd learned to ignore it. Channeling the energy he threw up a wall of flames, just in time.

The psychic darkness rammed into it.

The wall of flames burned, then closed in to form a surging barrier that moved and vibrated but stayed in place. It held back the ball of emotions that writhed inside. That fiery thing inside him was still alive.

If he let go, it would sweep through him and consume him...

He realized there was a reason he'd been holding back. If he let out what was inside of him, it would hurt everything around him.