The Dragon Queen and her mates.
Chapter 42: Dragon blood.

Chapter 42: Dragon blood.

" Stop!" A loud voice called from the end of the cell’s corridor but even then the grim reapers didn’t stop they kept whipping Ahmar as if they were dead set on killing him but everyone knew that they won’t do it because these grim reapers never killed their prisoners if they killed them, then how would they feed on their pain and satisfy that sadistic craving of theirs?

" By the order of the Dragon Queen, I, Kevin Aetos—- the vice commander of the Royal Army order you to stop, this very moment!" A tall and burly man rushed to the cell where Ahmar was locked and showed the guards the seal signed document that he received from the Dragon Queen, only then did the Guards stop their whipping because they were only loyal to the one who sit on the throne.

One of the grim reapers who was inside Ahmar’s cell dragged his webbed feet on the dark and slimy floor that was covered with rotten, dried blood and took the document from Kevin as he carefully skimmed through the document and then hissed at his companion who hissed back like a serpent and then unlocked the chains that were tying Ahmar to the ceiling.

Ahmar who have lost a lot of blood stumbled and fell to his knees, it was humiliating that a half-vampire and the general of the royal army fell to his knees like this but what was commendable was that not once did he shout or screamed after being tortured like that.

" General!"

" Second consort!"

The two men immediately rushed inside the cell after the grim reapers left and supported Ahmar whose physical state was really weak due to the silver whip. Kevin supported Ahmar as he checked his vitals being a caladrius, he was able to do it without a hitch. "Two of his ribs have been broken and there are many needles trapped in his flesh because of the harsh whipping ..." he paused and then added, " The basilisk poison has burned down a majority of his organs but I think I can heal him."

" You think?" Xander who was on pins and needles felt an urge to fight it off with Kevin and the Dragon Queen...but mostly he wanted to challenge the Dragon Queen for her actions towards his master. How can she be so cruel to him? No matter what he said or did, he was still her mate, wasn’t he? She also knew that his master was mixed blood, what will happen to him if he gets hurt this badly? " You are a Caladrius, the healing bird who can heal anyone how can you say that you aren’t a hundred per cent sure that you can heal my master?"

" On the basis that I am not a dragon!" snapped Kevin as he stood up with Ahmar leaning against his shoulder. " I cannot heal anyone dying just from one drop of my blood can I? If you have any problems with my healing techniques then go and bring me a vial of dragon blood, and then we will talk!"

Dragon blood was miraculous, if used properly it can be the most potent poison as well as the most expensive life-saving drug. It depended on the person using the dragon blood to concoct the potion.

" Maybe I will," said Xander as he wiped his tears and gritted his teeth, at first he thought that the Dragon Queen was really not wrong in treating his master like she was treating him but now that he has seen his master being tortured to death like this, he could not help but hate the Dragon Queen a little. Why? Why did she have to treat his master like that huh? He stood up from the ground all set to head to the Dragon palace when Ahmar stopped him, " Xander don’t."

" But master!" Xander turned around as he looked at his master who was so weak that he couldn’t even stand up straight and felt his heart wrench. " Why won’t you let me avenge you? I am your aide and my loyalty lies with you... I don’t care what happens to me but I can never let anyone harm you like this."

Ahmar breathed heavily as he looked at Xander with his ruby-red eyes. " I said you will not hurt her! That’s my final command."

" But why?" shouted Xander, his heart couldn’t understand why his master wouldn’t let him hurt the dragon queen? " She is the one who caused you so much pain.. so why ..why are you stopping me——"

" Because she is my mate," was all Ahmar said as he dragged his feet and let Kevin take him out of the cell. Bree was his mate and that alone was enough for him to protect her, he cannot let her get hurt much less by his aide —— because she was his.. and his alone even if he want to avenge himself, he will do it on his own but he won’t let any other man near his mate. And ——

Ahmar remembered that shy expression of Bree when he was teasing her earlier and couldn’t help but feel that maybe this punishment wasn’t so bad at least he got to see that expression on his mate’s face. She didn’t even blush like that when she saw him naked for the first time.

" Master——"

Ahmar shot a cutting glare at Xander who pursed his lips with discontent, he didn’t see why his master was willing to let the Dragon Queen off, so what if she was his mate? It wasn’t like they had any love between them, was it? However no matter how discontent he was there was nothing he could do. With his master interrupting him, even if Xander wished to challenge the Dragon Queen and get her blood in case he was victorious or die trying —- he couldn’t do it without the permission of his master.

The trio walked out of the black tower as Kevin tried to heal Ahmar’s flesh wounds as much as he could —— as they walked out of the black tower, their gaze fell on a figure that was standing in front of the gate of the tower and for a second Ahmar felt like he was dreaming as he turned to look at Kevin and asked, " Who did you say sent you again?"

Kevin lowered his head as he looked at Ahmar and answered in a low voice, " It was the dragon queen, my lord."

The dragon Queen huh? Ahmar chuckled as he looked at the figure that was standing in front of him and walked over with a smile on his face while leaning against Kevin. " What is it, your majesty? Are you here to see my pathetic self is that it? Well, if you are... then I hope you are satisfied with what you are seeing at the moment."

Bree didn’t say anything as she looked at Ahmar who was taunting her, after all, he was right to make fun of her after what she has done to him. She stared at his ripped clothing and the blood that was trickling down his figure and felt a stab of guilt in her chest. She ... she really made a mistake didn’t she? It was because of her that Ahmar was in this condition.

She stared at the injuries with a pang of guilt and hurt in her eyes and bit her bottom lip—- in the book it wasn’t mentioned that the black tower was also used as a torture chamber, all it said was that it was an interrogation cell but who would have thought that it was a place where the criminals were tortured like this.

Ahmar noticed the guilt in her eyes and felt a twitch in his temple, he hooked his lips up and stared at the Dragon Queen before mockingly speaking, " Please don’t look at me like that your majesty."

Bree raised her head and looked at him like she genuinely didn’t understand his words and asked back, " What do you mean by that?"

" I mean, don’t look at me with those sympathetic eyes, your majesty, it makes me feel like you care about me when—-" he winced as he pointed at his injuries with his injured hand. " When you clearly don’t, it will make my heart hope for your affection only for you to crumble it into dust."

" Why didn’t you let your walls down?" asked Bree as she looked at the harsh injuries and bleeding wounds. She was genuinely concerned as to why Ahmar didn’t let his walls down and let her feel his pain in the real sense like Yakov did.

" Let my walls down? For that, you have to accept my claim on you, your majesty." Ahmar curled his lips as he titled his head and tried to stand straight on his feet as he took a step forward away from Kevin and towards Bree. " But you have never accepted my claim because I am a half-blood your majesty, after all you did not want my claiming mark to be on your skin so how can I let my walls down and even if I could why would I let a woman who disdains me so much inside my mind?"

As spoke Ahmar felt Bree’s face go blurry and he stumbled as something hooked his feet causing him to fall but just as he expected his face to hit the ground, a pair of arms caught him and a feminine voice echoed somewhere near his ear as she said, " I got you."