The Dragon's Oath: A Dark Fantasy Romance Adventure

by Eden Redd

  ***

  Nypha, Cindrar and Lirla stepped from the entrance and into the castle courtyard. The three dragons were not even given a second glance from the guards as the sun bathed them in brilliant light.

  Cindrar turned to her daughter, expression blank and eyes half closed, “The visit was certainly exciting. I do hope it is not routinely like this, it will be horrendous for the children.”

  Nypha’s head tilted forward, eyes a little wide, “You are not angry with me?”

  A small smirk appeared at the corner of Cindrar’s lips, “A mother only wants what’s best for her children. When will you tell him?”

  “Today,” Nypha said as if she was a child being scolded by their parent.

  Cindrar stepped closer and hugged her daughter, “I’m sure they will be beautiful. From what I see of Dorian, he will be an exceptional father. Shortly after they are born, I will come to stay and help raise them.”

  “Mother I….”

  Cindrar cut her off, “Daughter, I have allowed you to live your life as so. If I cannot stay, I will take them and raise them myself.”

  Nypha looked up at her mother’s small smile, “I’m sure we would love for you to stay and help raise the children.”

  “I know you will,” Cindrar said and kissed her daughter on the lips.

  The older dragon pulled away and Lirla slipped in, hugging her sister.

  “Auntie Lirla will be here too. Send word and we will be there for all of you.”

  Nypha hugged her sister fiercely, “Thank you my sister.”

  After a long moment, Lirla pulled from her sister. The two dragons stepped back and flexed their wings. With a final smile, mother and sister bounced into the air, wings spreading out. Nypha, as well as the castle guards, stared at the two women in half dragon form. Wings pumped as they rose higher and higher. Bodies shifted and changed in the bright blue sky. Moments later, two dragons circled high above. A roar filled the sky before they turned and flew off, Cindrar spitting out a gout of flame.

  Nypha watched them as they grew smaller in the distance. Fear stabbed at her heart as she felt the first signs of life brewing in her belly. She wondered how Dorian would take it. Turning, she marched toward the castle doors, stomach turning but knowing what she had to do.

  ***

  Dorian saw Titus to the door. Once it closed, the young lord turned and quickly stepped to his room. Inside his bed chamber, Dorian went to his lavish vanity mirror and table. Small intricate boxes lined the edge under the mirror and Dorian began opening them and searching. Eyes wide, he knew time was of the essence and he didn’t wish to lose his nerve.

  Fingers curled around an item and he lifted it up. Eyes drank in the craftsmanship as faded memories surfaced of his father telling him it belonged to his mother. With one smooth move, he placed the item in his pocket. Turning around, the lord’s eyes nearly bulged out of their sockets when Xoli emerged from the shadows in his room.

  “My lord,” Xoli said as she stepped closer and bowed her head.

  “You gave me a fright. Is all well?”

  The high elf bit her lip as she stared down at his boots, “I have news that I must tell.”

  Dorian stepped closer and cupped her chin, their eyes meeting, “You know you can speak to me about anything.”

  The high elf gazed into his green eyes, “I am with child….your child.”

  Dorian’s brows went up for a moment before settling down. A silence filled the room as the lord and sorceress stood.

  Xoli broke the silence, “The tea I drink has been known to not work at times. I do not expect anything and will raise the child. I only ask for some time to find another court sorceress to replace me and allow myself to make arrangements to return home.”

  Dorian’s face softened, “How can you say this to me? Why would you leave when I too wish to raise our child.”

  Xoli stared with her almond shaped eyes, “I do not wish to come between you and the woman you truly love.”

  Dorian sighed, “Xoli, we have shared a piece of our lives together. True, I love Nypha but I love you as well. I will tell her but I cannot allow you to leave with our child. I wish you to stay so that they are raised here.”

  Xoli’s eyes watered, “I too wish to raise them here, along with their father.”

  Dorian smiled brightly, “Then stop dwelling on such madness of leaving. I will make arrangements for you to take a room here.”

  The young lord hugged the elf close, “You have always been special to me. Stay and we will show Navarr what it truly means to love.”

  Tears streaked down Xoli’s high cheeks. The lord and elf held each other until Xoli broke away. Smiling with tears of joy, she stepped to the shadows and faded into the darkness. The room was quiet. Dorian smiled as he turned to the door of his bed chambers and began walking.

  Stepping out of his bed chambers, the door at the end of the hallway opened and Nypha stepped out. The woman in half dragon form closed the door behind her and walked toward the handsome lord. Dorian watched her as she stepped to him, head bowed.

  Dorian pressed his hand to her cheek and lifted her eyes to him. The lord kissed the beautiful dragon and time seemed to stand still. When their lips parted, the two stared at one another, lost to blissful touch.

  “This is the spot where my father died and a beautiful dragon saved my life. I think it is a fitting place for what I wish to ask.”

  Nypha’s eyes took on a dark edge, “Dorian, there is something I have to tell you.”

  “You can tell me afterwards. I can no longer wait.”

  Nypha’s eyes widened as Dorian bent down to one knee. His hand slipped into his pocket and pulled out a ring with a rune carved into it. There was no gem but the ring glowed with magical light.

  “Nypha Shadowfyre, will you be my wife and Lady to the Kingdom of Uboria?”

  The dragon woman stared, heart squeezing in distilled joy. “I wish to answer but there is something I must tell you first.”

  “Then speak it my love,” Dorian said with adoring eyes.

  Nypha looked down, a small smile forming, “You have filled my womb with life.”

  Dorian’s eyes remained bright as he stood up and hugged the dragon close. Warmth filled the space between them as hearts beat with manic glee. Dorian pulled away, eyes looking at the dragon woman and placing a hand on her stomach.

  “You are sure?”

  Nypha nodded, “I can feel the glimmer of life in my belly. I’m not sure but it may be twins or triplets.”

  “How can you tell?”

  Nypha smiled, “Our kind knows many things, including when life takes root in our bodies.”

  Dorian’s smile faded slightly, “I too have something to tell you. Xoli is pregnant with my child. I have decided she will stay here and the child will be raised here.”

  Nypha’s eyes gleamed as she smiled, “That is wonderful!”

  Dorian raised an eyebrow, “You are not cross?”

  Nypha let out a laugh as she hugged Dorian close, “How could I be? It will be wonderful to raise your children together. My people often raise the same children from one male dragon. Xoli loves you and it is only right we raise our family together.”

  The two parted and stared at one another in the throes of bliss.

  Dorian raised the ring between them, “Will you still be my lady?”

  Nypha took the ring and slipped it onto a scaled finger, “I will my handsome lord.”

  Man and dragon kissed passionately. Arms took hold of each other and love pulsed between them. Tongues slipped past parted lips. The two fell into each other’s gravity, their hearts blazing as bright as the stars in the night time sky.

  ***

  Dorian sat on his throne, chin resting in his hand and elbow on the arm rest. Nypha sat to his right, scaled hands on her belly and a happy trance like expression in her eyes. Hand’s slid over her belly as the dragon woman whispered lovingly to her unborn babies.

  To Dorian’s left,
Xoli sat smiling, a bundle in her arms. The elf opened one side of her robe and the baby hungrily latched onto a nipple, drinking her mother’s milk. Dorian glanced over and smiled. Lifting his hand, he ran fingers through the child’s small amount of hair. Fingers moved to her slightly pointed ears.

  Dorian let out a sigh, “Why do we have to do this again? Can’t they leave gifts and simply go home?”

  Nypha turned her trance like eyes to her lord, “Lady Astor insisted but I believe she wishes to see the baby.”

  Dorian huffed, “She wants to see one baby and she will be back to see the other three when they are born. I swear she is insisting because she is still cross I didn’t marry any of her daughters.”

  Nypha let out a small giggle, “It will be fine. At least she didn’t go to war over it.”

  “I would have welcomed that,” Dorian grumbled.

  “Hush,” Nypha said as she continued to rub her belly.

  Dorian put his hand on her belly, eyes filling with wonder, “How long?”

  “Any day now,” Nypha whispered.

  “You are going to have brothers and sisters,” Xoli said as her daughter suckled.

  Dorian looked to the high elf and his daughter. Serenity touched his soul as he sat between two women he loved deeply. The kingdom took it well once the lord and lady announced their engagement. The wedding was beautiful and Dorian couldn’t remember being any happier. Nypha spent her time adjusting to her new title and royalty. Many helped with the process, even if she found it a little silly.

  Xoli and Dorian remained close. The threat to the kingdom was still real considering Vongoul could return. The sorceress informed the lord and lady on the difficulty of killing an undead lich such as Vongoul. The kingdom security had stayed vigilant but the Demon’s Pass had grown quiet. Dorian hoped it would stay that way. Fighting for love is powerful but with his growing family, fighting for them and the kingdom became his religion.

  “I hope Lady Astor arrives soon so we can go back to lying about in the tower,” Dorian said as he sat back.

  Nypha looked on with a dim light in her eyes, a faint memory coming to mind, “I forgot to mention, my mother and sister are on their way. They will be staying with us to help raise the children.”

  Dorian and Xoli bent their heads over and looked at the dragon with the large, expecting belly. Xoli smiled wide, but images assaulted Dorian of the three dragons together, telling him what to do as gray filled his lustrous black hair.

  The absurd image filled the lord with mirth as he sat back again and let out the biggest laugh of his life. Xoli smiled as she held their daughter close. Nypha stared out like a sleepy lizard that had eaten too much. Dorian’s laugh turned into a chuckle, his shoulders shaking and breathing a little faster.

  The lord took Nypha and Xoli’s hand into his, a stupid smile on his face.

  “One happy family,” The lord of Uboria said, his heart glowing brightly as the gods and goddesses of Navarr stared down with joy in their light.

  ~Fin~

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