Treasure Of Dragons, Royal Dragons Book 1 Chapter 155

Ria

I am back at the lodge with all of my children. I am watching them run around with each other and play or talk. I am finally taking a huge breath, the one I haven’t really been able to since I was sitting across the table from my dad and aunt, there in the village in Canada. When we discovered this whole damn thing.

The battle itself was weird for me. Not only because I’ve never fought one on that scale, well, not me but my dragon, but also because there was so much built up and preparation. So much anxiety and thoughts about it all. In the end, it was over so fast that it was hard for my brain to process it. After months, and countless hours of research to take care of shit, that battle seemed rather anti-climactic. Not that I wasn’t aware of so many deaths, but that I had thought it would be harder and it wasn’t.

Drago assures me that it is very good that it wasn’t. That sends the message to those in charge who are still out there that they can not win like this, and they should never attempt anything such as this again. He says now, whatever things they attempt, will be small-scale, and they’ll try to make it one-on-one, with us in human form, not against our dragons. That makes sense.

David agrees that until we can absolutely say that each and every one of those bastards is dead, and it’s not their soldiers and lackeys we are taking out, then there’s still work for us to do. That is another reason why they are so gung-ho for this training facility. So none of our children, their mates, our friends, or anyone can be put into a position where they don’t know how to defend themselves. 

We are going to be looking at maps and checking with the Alaskan government and finding out how to purchase a very large section of land. That way we can start working on getting things actually built. I think it’s going to take some time to build the type of building we want to build. This is going to have to be huge, and I’m not sure if we are all thinking of how big this thing will actually end up being, but as we hash out details we’ll see. 

Over the last several months several things have happened. We were actually able to buy the lodge and all of the surrounding acreage, so that helped give us a home base for right now. There are still negotiations going on but we are working on acquiring 400 acres where we can build our facility at least, and then work on building other things around. Not a village oh fuck no, never a village. However, we do have a lot of children. Those children will potentially find mates, then there is the potential for grandchildren, so we will need to make sure we have the ability to build houses and schools and shit like that. It’s kind of daunting, but I try to take it in bite-sized chunks.

I was able to talk to Mari and she is going to give me another grandbaby. So, I am very excited. She’s happy about it and of course, her mates are over the moon, and now that they can relax, they are even happier. They have begun also making huge changes in the setup of their whole compound. They followed Drago’s idea, and their village is now open to any shifter who wishes to come. I know the guys have checked in with the village in Romania, but I can’t honestly say I actually care, so to avoid hypocrisy, I don’t ask. 

David is making a trip up to see Pyre, and in the process going to check in with Elizabeth, Kaseke, and Kova. The village is still being watchful, the Landrys won’t be rebuilding there. They are working on relocating the villagers who lived through the attack to another unknown location. So, not sure how much contact we’ll have with them going forward. 

The Escarras are working on being more inclusive with their village as well, but they haven’t talked to us about coming to visit anymore, and that’s okay with me. Perhaps when we have the training facility up and running they will come up here for a look-see, but I’m not overly worried about it. I still have way too many hostile feelings for them, so I have to be careful.

Collette and Drako’s birthday is coming up in another month, and I am looking forward to it with mixed emotions. I always celebrate with my children. No matter the circumstances of how they were brought into this world, I will always celebrate them. This one is also when she turns 18 and Alexios is very much looking forward to that, and so is she honestly. She has talked to me about wanting to go back to Greece and be with his family, and get to know all of the others that live around them. I will miss her, but I want to encourage my kids to always follow their hearts, so if that is where hers is leading, then so be it. She hasn’t talked to her dads, so not sure if I will have to kick their asses about it but we will see.  

Several of my children have talked to us about wanting to try and continue to clean up the whole mess that had been created over so many years with the false government agencies, and recruiters spreading lies. They really want to make sure that everything gets dismantled down to the last person. So, we are all talking about that as well. 

I will be happier once I know there’s no longer a threat out there, but it’s hard to think of my children being in harm's way to actually take care of that. I know I have to let them live their lives and not smother them but I guess it’s a natural state of motherhood to worry. So, now I will make sure I equip them as much as possible to live those lives and stay safe while doing so. 

So, now, it’s on to the next step.