The Dragon Prince’s Forbidden Affair
CHAPTER 2: Journey to a New World

CHAPTER 2: Journey to a New World

My instinct was to climb onto the larger one despite it being difficult to. I did it because I had a dreamlike this before. Did I think I was dreaming now? No, it was too real but the memory of a dream like thiswas comforting. My adoptive parents stared in horror as we took off. I wanted to leap off and try flyingmyself, but I couldn’t convince myself this was a dream. In the dream I would leap off and shift into adragon. Dragon shifters were a well believed myth for so long especially in my town. So much so thatwe learned about them in school. Some people still believed in them, and now I was on the back ofone. I was on the back of the dragon claiming to be my father for fucks sake. “Am I going to be able togo back?!” I yelled with a smile across my face. I did care about my siblings who I left behind. Theywere the only good thing I had in my past life. It felt like a past life already.

Cade shifted back into his human form midair and landed on Konn’s back next to me. It caused me toslightly jump. “Why would you want to?” he asked as he laid back. “I know you’re probably confusedwith a lot of questions but you’re one of us.” Confused with a lot of questions, that didn't begin toexplain how I felt. “You don’t belong there.” If I didn’t belong there, then why did Konn leave me there?

Laughter escaped from my lips. “I can’t shift into a dragon so how could I be one of you?”

Cade rolled his eyes before he answered, “You will, Father had to seal your shifting abilities when hebrought you to the outside world. He’ll explain everything when we get there. You’re going to need toknow everything before you meet the royal family.” So, they lived under a king and queen. I found thatinteresting.

For the rest of the flight, I hurt my head over how much I thought. At one point we just kept flyingupward as if they lived in the highest mountains. I felt a pop in my ears as we passed through a barrierthat separated the two worlds. We flew for a little while longer and there were dragons of every sizeeverywhere. Some flew in groups while others soared through the sky alone. We flew towards the giantcastle. This was where my dream would end, and I would be back in a world that didn’t want me once Iwoke up.

I didn’t wake up and now that scared me. I didn’t know anything yet, and I was about to replace outeverything. I felt a final gust of wind as we landed. Cade helped me down and Konn shifted back intohis human form. “So?” I started, “let me hear it, why’d you leave me and when are you going to unsealmy shifting ability.” I was straightforward with everyone except men who I liked. I can never seem toreplace the right attitude with them.

“That’s not how this is going to work Aqua,” Konn looked at the castle. “I’m going to tell you this once,I’m only telling you what’s necessary, and everything else will come later. We work for the royal family.”He gestured to himself and Cade. “Which means you work for the royal family. I went to get youbecause it was the king and queen’s order. You might have inherited abilities that run in our family, sothey need you here. They only manifest in one person every few generations,” he explained. “You’llmeet the king, queen, princess and prince in half an hour. It’s important that you make a goodimpression on the prince because he’ll be king soon and you’ll likely serve him most your life, If not all.”This didn’t sound as good anymore, but it doesn’t matter if I had nothing to lose. “Cade’s going to showyou where you’ll be staying.”

I turned to Cade as Konn left through the castle entrance. “Sorry about him,” he apologized for hisfather. “You’ll get the hang of things quickly.” He led me down one of the paths. “To answer one of yourquestions, he’ll probably unseal your shifting abilities when he’s ordered to. I don’t think I can reallyanswer your other question though...” He cleared his throat, “You’ll love the royal family, especially theprincess and prince. They’re both my really good friends actually, we all grew up together.”

I followed Cade into the side of the castle. I wanted to ask about our mother, but I was afraid it was asensitive subject. I wondered if my adoptive parents hated me now or if they were looking for me. Iwondered if they’d tell my younger siblings that I was taken away by dragons. Would they want to comerescue me? “What exactly do we do here?”

Cade looked down at his phone. “Shit.” He looked back at me as we walked into a room. “Sorry, mygirlfriend started up an old argument with me over text and it’s a mess.” He put his phone away. I

wondered if dating here was anything like back at home. “We serve in any way we are asked. My- Imean our father,” he corrected himself, “is the advisor to the king and queen. Sorry I’m used to callinghim my father. Anyways I grew up being taught to do the same for the prince.”

I looked around the large plain room. “That doesn’t sound too bad, but I guess I need to meet themfirst.” Then I’ll know if I’m better off here or not.

“We should go then, try to remember what room number yours is.” He gestured the number 202 abovemy room door when we left. We walked across the castle into a place Cade called, “The Great Hall.”

I looked at the royal family who were already there with Konn. My eyes first saw the king and queenthen their young daughter. Lastly my eyes fixated on the prince. He looked more like a king than aprince. I felt a wave of romantic desire, infatuation, and lust wash over me while electricity coursedthrough my entire body. The only thing I could think was;

Mate