Ancient Mystic's War of the Realms Saga by Lady Adellandra Dratianos (year 7 reading list .TXT) 📖

She felt guilty and hugged him tightly, kissing his forehead. "I'm so sorry Kronin dearest." She said, petting him. "Do you forgive me?"
Kronin looked at her with his slate-gray eyes. "Aye, Mutyr, I forgive you."

II

Draconis took two days to do what he had to do and return to Mal'estar. When he returned, it was storming mad and red in the face.
"What happened?" Adellandra asked, catching him. "You didn't destroy Damian, did you?"
"I didn't get the chance." Draconis remarked in a growl. "The coward fled to the Abyss."
"Kreskin!" Adellandra screamed in Wolf-Speak, seething mad. "A-Kadeska Kreskin!"
"I did manage to rescue my brattona and her vassal, in case you care." Draconis growled lowly with a grin, taking her in his arms and giving her a soothing kiss to calm her.
"That's always good." Adellandra said without thinking, for her mind was on something else.
"You will be glad to know I am proud to call Karrath my brother." Draconis announced, trying to avert her attention away from her so-called 'cousin' Damian.
It worked, for she was shocked. "Karrath?"
"The Protector asked to have a Draconian name, and that is what I gave him." Draconis supplied, licking up and down her neck. "'Karrath' means 'strength'. I thought it appropriate."
"How did the two of you speak without biting each others' heads off?" Adellandra asked him, still incredulous.
Draconis kissed her ear. "He and I had a long, serious talk." He kissed her neck. "He would stay Dracora's vassal," he kissed her cheek, "as well as her mate." He kissed her lips. "Understand?"
"Derrick, I mean Karrath and Dracora? A mated pair?" Adellandra asked. "That's rich. Hope he likes the taste of blood."
Draconis laughed. "He will, cara mia, he will." He kissed her passionately, taking her to bed with him.
"Have you Fed darling?" She asked him as they snuggled close. He shook his head. "Drink then."
He shook his head again. "I am still too full of the Chaos energies to risk your exposure."
"Yet we were making love?" Adellandra asked with a grin.
"You are safe from the Chaos within mine own arms," Draconis supplied.
Adellandra laughed and kissed him; this time, taking over their lovemaking session.
When they were finished and dressed, they headed to their five children. It reminded Adellandra of the Ancient Mystic children she bore with the Protector and the Unicorn.
"Love, now that the Realm of Dreams and the Dragon Nations are united once again, thanks to our mating, don't you think it would be a good idea to bring all our peoples together in peace?" Adellandra asked.
He wrapped an arm around her waist and hugged her. "Aye, that would be a brilliant idea. There is only one thing wrong with it."
The Lady stared, waiting for his response.
"Our peoples don't get along."
"We'll make them get along for one solid purpose." She told him. "Give them some huge project and put them in pairs, a Companion to a Draconian. That way, in order to meet our deadline, which we'll set, they will have to get along and stop bickering."
Draconis laughed under his breath, the rumbling in his throat was seductive. "I have an idea of my own to go along with yours, Adellandra."
She looked at him again, waiting.
"Mal'estar's reconstruction on the borders of the Realm of Dreams and the Dragon Nations."
Adellandra kissed him. "It's perfect! They'll have to get along then, not to mention take you seriously as their Lord Guardian, and our people getting used to me being Lady Guardian as well as Lady Empress. It's beautiful!"
Draconis took her in his arms and led her back to the worlds outside their chamber door.
As soon as their son Tristian was finished with the reconstruction plans of the Earth and Fire Towers behind the Mystic Palace, the couple set him, and a few new guards, to another task. The rebuilding of Mal'estar on the Borders.
Lady Adellandra was so impressed by her adopted-son's actions and the respect he was given by the Companions, she named him General of the Companion Armies, alongside their Companion-Crusader friend Sire Wolfton Stargazer and his comrade and brother Sire Tobias White-Snow.
It took five months but it worked. Mal'estar, in all Her shining glory, was rebuilt on the borders of the Realm of Dreams and the Dragon Nations. Construction was finished on the Dragon New Year, Kronin's birthday, which they celebrated with honor. Mal'estar was bigger, brighter, and better than ever, and it was all thanks to the combined efforts of the Dream Realm Companions and the Draconians of the Nation. It was a bright, new beginning for both Realms.
 

Epilogue #2:
Lady Adellandra’s All-Realm Chronicles Diary

There was much excitement within the Realms of All the Worlds. There were just a few things missing from it all. Once promising I would take someone with me, I had to leave my mate's side for a special surprise that would prove very interesting and very heartwarming.
I took someone with me I hadn't seen in quite awhile. Lady Katherine Hawk-Stargazer, Sire Wolfton's feline love. We had a lot of catching up to do and I needed her friendship. We hadn't spoken and I haven't visited or patrolled since the end of the War of the Realms. I ached for her companionship, and I do believe it was the first time in ages I felt close to her.
"So, where are we going, Lady Guardian?" She asked me formally.
I stopped her. "Kat, you of all Companions can call me Adellandra. I no longer go by the name the Ancient Mystics gave me, for that is not who I am."
Katherine purred. "Adellandra. Aye."
I could still sense her uneasiness around me. Was it because of the new form I took, the Dragonwolf, or was it because we'd grown so far apart in the past year? Was it because of the new-old power in my veins or because we were so different now? At any rate, I didn't want to lose her.
"Oh, Katherine!" I cried, hugging her tightly. "You have always been my closest friend and Companion, and I promised you that you always would be."
"Of course." Katherine supplied with a playful purr. "Now, where is it we are going, Adellandra?"
I wrapped my arm around her shoulder. "To see your father Lord Braken and test a few theories I have in my mind."
Katherine nodded and smiled. She hadn't seen her father since the end of the War, either. "Lead on."
I giggled. "Did you want to fly in the skies with me, Kat? It'd be quicker and I'd love to share the experience with you."
"One thing you are forgetting." Katherine grinned. "I have no wings."
"Well, I do, and I even have the form of a dragon, so you can ride upon my back." I told her, and held her hands. "Come on, Kat, it'll be fun!"
Katherine giggled, nodding. "Oh all right. I will ride."
I hugged her again excitedly and stepped back to shift to my dragon form. "Hop on my neck, Kat, and brace yourself for a wild ride!"
We soared the skies, whooping and laughing like old friends. She was able to feel how fun it was to ride on the back of a dragon and I was happy she was with me. It was good to relax and be ourselves once again. No threats of Damian, Lord Bane, Orthos, or even Dominionites crossed our minds.
"What are we going to Father for?" Katherine asked me. "A mission from your new mate?"
I shook my head. "I'm doing this on my own as a surprise to him."
I descended to the ground outside the Realm of the Epsilon's castle gates. I shifted back to my Lady Guardian-mortal self so I wouldn't startle Lord Braken Hawk too much with that of the dragon or the wolf.
Katherine shook her head in laughter. "I still cannot get used to the fact you can take on so many forms, my friend."
"You can, so why not I?" I asked her, grinning. It was good to have my best friend and cousin back.
"I am different. I was born a Companion feline."
"I was born a dragonwolf, my matéré being a wolf and my pérat being a dragon." I deliberately used the Ancient Wolf-Speak, knowing she wouldn't understand Draconian just yet. At least she had learned Wolf-Speak from her daughter Celine and Celine's bondmate Chikité Moondancer, a Dweller-Companion. "Do I need to tell you how I came to the Ancient Mystics?"
"Nay, not yet." Katherine supplied. "Some other time perhaps. For now, off to Queen Mother and Lord King Father."
"Right." I said.
We entered the main hall and found Lord King Braken in conference with a few of his guardsmen.
"Lord Braken Hawk, I wish a word with you." I announced. He looked up. There was red in the Balinese-feline's eyes.
"Lady Guardian, Katherine, what a pleasant surprise." Braken smiled, then turned to his guardsmen, sending them away. He walked up to his daughter and kissed her cheek, then held my hand and kissed it as well. "What do I owe this dubious pleasure, ladies?"
"I am here on a mission and I would like both you and Milady Queen Mystica to witness something." I told him. "In the Drawing room, perhaps?"
"Oh, yes, right away." Braken supplied, then led us to the Drawing room.
Both Katherine and I noticed the full wolf padding by his side. It was the first time I'd actually been to the Realm of the Epsilon so I hadn't seen the wolf before.
"That's peculiar." I told Lord Braken.
"What's peculiar, Lady?"
"You are a Balinese feline who has a Wolfkin as his pet." I supplied.
Braken smiled and shook his head. "Airemus is no pet, my dear Lady Guardian." He supplied. "He is a loyal Companion Branno."
Branno was the informal Draconian name for brother-bodyguard. It was what Dranus was to Draconis. That only confirmed my suspicions.
"I knew it!" I barked. "I knew your energies and that of my Lord's seemed familiar!"
"I am sorry, Lady, but what are you talking about?" Braken began, sitting. Airemus the wolf sat loyally beside him, watching. "I am a bit confused as of late."
"Did that certain confusion begin after the War of the Realms ended?" I asked him. I had something on my mind and was excited. I had to know.
Braken nodded. "In fact, that is also when I acquired Airemus here. He has helped with some of the confusion with mind-speech." He reached down to pet Airemus' head.
"Airemus." I whispered, then my face lit up. "His surname wouldn't happen to be Dranna would it?"
"Actually, aye." Braken was surprised. He turned to Airemus, who was just as surprised as he. "You didn't tell her, did you?"
Airemus shook his wolf head.
I was happy. I found both Draconis' and my dratyrs in the same place! Huzzah!
"Would you mind explaining, Lady?" Braken, Airemus and Katherine all stared, watching. "You are getting more and more suspicious as the moments pass."
I bowed to him. "I am sorry, my Lord Brakkon Dratianos."
Braken froze at the name. He stood and faced me, whispering in my ear. "How did you know my true-name, child?"
"Look into my eyes, Lord, you will see." I whispered back. He did so and was shocked.
"Gods, Draconis..." His voice trailed. He hugged me. "Adellandra, is it really you?"
I grinned, nodding. "Aye, my Lord Brakkon, my Dratyrna, it is I."
"And I do believe you already know Airemus then?"
I nodded. "I should know my own dratyr."
"Is this what you wanted to show me?" Brakkon asked.
I shook my head. "I suggested the Drawing room because of its size." I told