Chapter S6
PRIMUS ALEXANDER’S POV
I didn’t bother knocking, I shoved Levi’s door open, my chest tight, pulse still hammering.
He shot up from his bed, eyes flashing red, voice edged. “What the hell are you doing? Barging into my room at this hour-”
“It’s Aquamarine.” My voice cut through his anger, rougher than I meant. “Something’s gone wrong.
And it’s trouble.”
The look on his face shifted instantly, his irritation drowned by shock. He studied me, noticing how tight my jaw was, how hard I was gripping the edge of his desk like it would steady me.
“What happened?” he asked carefully. “What did you do this time?”
I forced myself to breathe, but my throat still burned. “Yesterday. During breakfast–she had an accident with Fiona. Got burned. I dressed it myself and… I brushed it off.”
Levi frowned, brows pulling together. “The Luna and Fiona? You brushed it off?”
I thought it was just a wound,” I snapped, then caught myself, dragging a hand through my hair. “I should’ve caught it yesterday. I should’ve—damn it, Levi, I ignored the signs. And now when I check it, it’s worse.
Levi stepped closer, his voice low. “How bad?”
I met his eyes, the words tasting like ash. “It’s changing. The skin–it’s not healing like ours. It looked like scales.” I clenched my teeth. “As if she’s turning into me.”
Levi went still, his expression breaking into disbelief. “Scales? You’re saying she’s-”
“I don’t know what I’m saying,” I cut him off, sharper than I intended. My chest tightened as I swallowed down the heat in my voice.
“Alexander-
“I said I don’t know,” I snapped.
“Has she seen it? What did she say?”
“How would I let her see it?” I barked. “If she saw what I saw, she’d never sleep again. She’d claw at her own skin to tear it out.”
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Levi didn’t answer immediately. He just watched me blame me for something. “What if she’s a born dragon?”
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the way he always did when he’s about to
I stopped pacing and eyed him down. “Come on, Levi. You know that race ended hundreds of years ago.”
“I’m just saying… I mean, you said she could feel her spirit animal, but she has never been able to shift to a wolf,” he said. “So what if she’s a pureblood?”
“That’s impossible Levi. That would mean her family are also dragon’s and trust me, I know the smell when I see one.” I shook my head, “I think it’s me.”
Levi raised a brow, “You?”
“What else explains it? She wasn’t like this before me. What if I’m the one turning her?” I asked.
“I don’t think that’s how dragons work Alex.” He replied.
“But it could be. I’ve used my blood on her more times than I can count. I did that ritual on our weaponry-”
“You did what?” He cut me off, eyes wider than before. “That ritual was stopped for a reason Alex, the fuck would you do that when you know you’d let her go later on?”
“I don’t know! It felt right, okay? She felt right…. and I just–Fuck!” I clenched my teeth soo hard I almost felt my veins pop.
If he thinks that’s bad, how would I tell him I fucked her in my demon form? And it might be another trigger.
“Did you say something?” he asked, glaring at me suspiciously,
I shook my head, “No.”
Levi finally exhaled, slow and careful, “Then we need to figure out what it is before the Elders and the members sniff it out. Because if they even get a hint-‘
“They’ll tear her apart,” I finished, the words acid on my tongue.
They think dragons are cursed. Fire–breathing demons with wings. Not beasts–monsters. Hunted and slaughtered over a thousand years ago. Not by enemies. Not by mortals.
But by the Gods themselves.
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“If they tear her apart, Alex, they won’t stop there. They’ll come for you too. Both of you burn together
now.”
I dragged my hand through my hair again, digging my nails into my scalp. “I’ve thought of hiding it. But if she thinks I kept this from her-”
“She might really leave you even before breaking your curse,” Levi said flatly.
The truth landed like a blow. I didn’t even argue. I didn’t want her to leave me. I enjoyed her company.
I liked her around. Her scent, her clumsiness and cluelessness. Her resolve and strength.
I can’t even think straight without finding an excuse to be with her anymore.
Levi’s voice softened, almost hesitant. “Then maybe you should tell her before she finds out herself. She’s not stupid and you can’t hide it forever.”
I turned on him, heat flashing through me. “And what? Watch her look at me like I’m a monster? Watch her see me in herself and wish she’d never touched me or even met me?” My throat burned. “Fuck no. I’d rather she never know because I can’t go through that shit anymore Levi.”
Levi’s jaw tightened, but his eyes stayed steady on me. “Then what’s your plan? Pretend it’s nothing until she wakes up with wings? Or tries to talk and fire comes out of her mouth? Until the Elders smeil dragon fire rolling off her skin?”
My stomach twisted into knots as his words echoed in my head. “I’ll fix it,” I said. Too fast. Too certain.
Levi arched a brow. “Fix it? How the hell do you fix dragon blood, Alexander? It’s not like you can bleed it out of her or cure her. You’re not a wizard Alex.”
“I’ll find a way,” I growled, fists curling at my sides.
For a long moment, he just looked at me – not with anger this time, but something heavier. Pity, maybe. Fear,
“Then you’d better hurry,” Levi said at last, his voice low. “Because if the Gods cursed and wiped all pure dragons once, what do you think they’ll do to anyone carrying their blood now?”
The room fell quiet, too quiet. My chest rose and fell, the weight of his words pressing down like a
mountain.
And in the silence, one truth dug its claws deeper into me.
If Aquamarine really was turning into me… then I wasn’t just her Primus anymore.
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I was her curse. And that is the most fucked up thing I’ve ever experienced in my life.
Levi stood up and dragged open his dresser. “Get out.”
I blinked at him.
“I need to change and meet him right now. You go dig through your dusty books for answers.”
My brows twitched. “Is it-”
“It’s exactly what you think, Alex.” His tone cut through me.
“I don’t want that-”
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“You don’t have a choice.” Levi shoved a drawer closed. “He already helped us once, and he might do it again. After all, he’s almost like you.”
I groaned and clenched my jaw, teeth grinding. I hated it. I hated even more that Levi was right. That nincompoop couldn’t keep his damn mouth shut. And now he’d know Aquamarine was slipping further away from me.
Levi’s voice followed me as I reached the door. “Don’t forget–we’re expecting deliveries today. Tributes from the southern and eastern packs. They’re for her and they’ll be here in 3 days.”
I
gave him the smallest nod without looking back. My mind wasn’t on the Elders or their politics. It was on her skin, the wound.that wasn’t a wound anymore.
My fists clenched as I stormed out of his room. My mind was pounding with too many questions, too many fears. I needed answers.
Old ones. Hidden ones. If the books couldn’t tell me, then nothing would.
But before I reached the stairs to the library, a sharp turn betrayed me. My shoulder slammed into someone, and momentum dragged us both down. I caught myself with a curse, but not before pinning the smaller frame beneath me, breathless from the impact.
A groan slipped past their lips. High. Soft. Not a boy.
My palms pressed against the stone to lift myself, but her scent hit me before her face came into focus -sharp, familiar. My stomach dropped.
My jaw locked as my gaze dragged down to the wide eyes staring back at me.
Hell no.
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