Page 21 of Our Haunted Omegas (Moonscale Heirs Duet #1)

Chapter Fourteen

Indigo

We fell asleep on the deck that night and I dreamt that I was flying above London while it burnt to a crisp.

I woke up gasping for air next to a still conked out Ambry.

My heart pounded against my ribs and the ashy smells from my dream clung to my nose.

I sniffed, taking in Ambry’s calm scent and the mingling aromas of nature.

There was no fire. Ambry’s memories had spooked me.

London had really burnt down and blew up.

History was realer through his eyes. I pushed myself upright and paced the length of the deck a few times, needing to move to ground in my body again.

Maybe Cobalt was onto something with the thoughts of running away to the Starscale world at the first signs of danger.

Before meeting Ambry, I’d have fought tooth and nail for the flight because it was the right thing to do.

Only now keeping him and our future kids safe had to be my top priority.

“Do I need to remind you that we are safe currently?” my dragon chimed into my thoughts.

“You’re not above catching nightmares and anxiety from your mate just because it didn’t happen before.

Now, ground that energy before it causes him distress.

We are not losing ourselves to this. The world is different than the one where Mundanes Before Magic could pull off such schemes.

The magic users of the planet are much more aligned now and even those without magic don’t want to be blown up.

Most living things don’t like that. Well, maybe phoenixes but they’re a strange lot.

I will not stand to be locked inside of you if you insist on losing your mind. So, breathe, ground, and cut the crap.”

I reached out over our triplet link and touched on Cobalt and Teal. Cobalt was out in the woods enjoying time alone with his mate and Teal was asleep somewhere back in London. He must’ve been on a farm because the scent of horses and sheep surrounded him.

After locating my phone, I checked my texts and sent a photo of my bitten shoulder to my sire.

It was easier to show than explain. Of course, he knew we’d both claimed our mates because Ambry and Odie were now on the family link.

Dad texted back that he couldn’t wait to meet them but not to change our plans for their sakes.

Everyone told stories of his anxiety when we were tiny and now it all made me wonder if we were primed for it and not just picking it up from our mates.

“It’s from him. You are a dragon. You could walk into the fire and probably be okay. You’d be scale-covered and probably have to shift into me, but you’d probably be okay. I’d simply hide him inside my mouth,” my dragon said.

He froze inside his inner sanctum and shifted my eyes to his. He cocked his giant, scaley head to the side and forced mine to follow suit. I gave in to him. He had instincts I still didn’t understand but he was never wrong. He sniffed and gazed out into the dark.

“I thought something was there. You must calm down. Do not force me to uproot the trees to have a clear view all around the cabin. It would be a shame to commit such a massacre out here. Your grandcarrier wouldn’t appreciate it either.

Neither would Co. From the sounds of it, he and Odie are making good use of the cover they provide. ”

I stretched out beside Ambry again. The scaley asshole was right. One little nightmare wasn’t enough to get worked up over. My brain was still in the process of sorting out everything the magic showed me and how it changed our lives. There was bound to be a glitch here and there.

Eventually I dozed off again. It was impossible not to. We all had a long week and Ambry smelled so peaceful all wrapped up in the blankets under the stars. This time I dreamt of dark figures roaming the woods, stalking my brother and Odie. What would anxiety cosplay as next?