fire and ice by anaya phoenix (uplifting books for women TXT) 📖

be Anna” a girly voice said, I looked down and saw an exact replica of Tim but in girl version. “ I’m lily, toms sister” she held out her hand, I smiled and grabbed her hand “ yes I’m Anna nice to meet you” she gave me a curt nod “ likewise, so I hear your going to be staying here” I nodded “ good you won’t be wearing that will you” I looked down at my yellow shirt and yoga pants. “ what’s wrong with it”
“ they’re not pretty for a princess”
“ I’m not a-“
: if you are my brothers mate, then you are a princess. Come along I will see that you are properly dressed”
“mmmmm how old are you exactly”
“ 10, but I am still a proper lady regardless of the silly number I am marked with” she waved her hand dismissively. She dragged me to the second door on the left, when she opened the door I almost threw up pink and white covered everything including her furniture. She tugged me to her pink and white flower embroided closet and walked in, clothes and costumes hung from the poles in her closet, “ I think we can find you something that matches you” she walked to the third aisle and pulled out black jeans and a baby blue shirt with a teddy bear on it. “ this would be nice on you” she threw it to me and shoved me into her lime green and blue bathroom, I got dressed and came out. “ what do you think” I spun around giving her the full view “ your hair looks wrong come” I walked to her and she went to work. Combing pulling and spraying, when she was finished I couldn’t recognize my self I had a side bang and two long pony tails. I truly looked like a child, “ thank you lily, it looks beautiful” she waved at me then pulled me along again. “ now where are we going?”
“it’s a surprise” I rolled my eyes and tried to keep up with her quickening pace. We were back in the living room but tom and john were sitting down looking at me, I felt childish with my ponytails and teddy bear shirt.” Well?” tom walked to me and kissed my forehead “ perfect”, I smiled “ well look at Anna banana getting out of her shell” john said from across the room. “ I helped her daddy, I even did her hair” lily said making herself known, “ and you did very good baby girl”. I smiled, my father used to call me that before he called me icey I felt my eyes water, no, I wasn’t gonna cry. Tom felt my discomfort and put his arm around my shoulder, I moved closer to him and sighed “ ok love birds I have to get anna’s room ready” I felt to stiffen next to me, I rubbed his back. “ don’t worry she’ll be right next to you” he winked at tom and I blushed, it’s not like I didn’t want to sleep next tom’s room it was just embarrassing for his father to say it “ so first things first-“ he was interrupted by his maid busting in and the smell of burning cloth.
“ Mr. landvin there are fire breathers and ice blowers trying to get her” she said too fast “ that’s impossible the breedance and the landvin would never unite” we heard a roar then something crashing/ he turned to me “ I want you to take lily and hide, someplace safe” he hugged lily and kissed her on her cheek “ I want you to go with Anna and do everything she says” he turned back to me “ please keep my daughter safe” I nodded “ Thomas come along” he walked out and tom started but I grabbed him and kissed him as if it would be our last, it probably would be. I didn’t realize I was crying until he wiped away a tear “ please be safe” I whispered to him, he nodded then ran after his father. I snapped back to reality, grabbed lily’s hand and ran to the only safe place I could think of, the kitchen, I ran as fast as lily could and arrived to the kitchen. I looked around for a good place to hide and found an empty cupboard, lily got in first and crossed her legs, I got in after her. After I closed the cupboard door I realized she was silently crying, so I pulled her into my lap and rocked her, then something snapped and I couldn’t move. It was a shape pain in my chest, then my whole body was on fire, I screamed in agony and though lily tried to cover my mouth it didn’t work. My body was burning, my flesh melting to the bone but yet I looked perfectly fine, the burning stopped but my hand glowed as I watched my mark disappear. “ Thomas” I gasped, I kicked open the cupboard ignoring lily’s cries for me and I ran to the study and almost fainted by what I saw.
There on the floor lied Thomas, his eyes white and glazed over with death, all of the dragons looked at me and I recognized everyone of them. My father looked at me with joy, my mother with sorrow, my friends with confusion, Kyle’s father with disgust and Kyle the one standing over my dead mates body with grief. “ what have you done” I asked quietly, when no one answered I got agitated “ WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?!” they did nothing but stare, I walked to Thomas and looked at his burnt clothes, they had tried to burn him, I looked at kyle with pure hatred, he killed my mate the other half of my soul and for that he would pay. I changed and stared at a now fearful kyle, even though he had a foot to my height naturally ice dragons were far stronger than fire dragons. Fire dragons can’t stand cold it shatters their scales, whereas ice breathers can withstand any cold and almost any heat. “ Anna, I though you were dead” I stared at him. “ so you killed my mate?’
“ it wasn’t like that-“
“ I DON’T CARE WHAT IT WAS LIKE YOU KILLED MY MATE”
“ YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO BE WITH MY SON NOT HIM” Kyle’s father interrupted. “ that’s what this is about, Kyle and I were never DESTINED to be mates we were ASSIGNED” I said glaring at him.” MY SON LOVED YOU THAT IS ANOTHER PART OF MATING YOU HAVE TO LOVE EACH OTHER WITH YOUR WHOLE HEARTS IT’S NOT OLY FATE” I watched as Kyle’s father contemplated on hitting me with a fireball. He cleared his throat “ never the less you will mate with my son-“
“ that’s where you are wrong Maxwell” john said calmly “ you have killed my son and many of my staff” he looked at me and I knew what he was thinking, I smiled a toothy smile “ revenge” we both said. I looked at my father and he looked truly and completely scared “ you should be” I told him then charged, I blew I blew ice balls at Kyle and Kyle’s father and they both got hit and fell. I kicked my mother to the other side of the room, she got up and charged for me and once she reached me I swung her out the window by her arms. I knew she would fly back up here but for now she was down, I looked at my father who now had his arms open for a hug. I walked to him playing along, then when I got to his arms I tip toed to his ear and said “I don’t do hugs daddy” then I pushed him back. He looked surprised at me I cocked one eyebrow “ really? Your surprised that I didn’t forgive you” I looked t him incredulously “ you lied to me then persuaded a fire breather to kill MY MATE”
“ I know it looks bad”
“NO YOU DON’T KNOW, MY MATE IS DEAD, THE OTHER HALF OF MY SOUL BUT YOU DON’T SEEM TO CRE” I yelled at him tired of his excuses. “ that is enough you have thrown your tantrum and it has cause 2 important people’s deaths-“
“NO YOU BROUGHT THIS ON THEM” I pointed to Kyle’s father “ HE DID NOTHING BUT LOVE ME AND TAKE MY CRAP. BCAUSE OF YOU AND YOUR SELFISHNESS I WILL FOREVER BE LONELY” I said pointing to tom’s still body now in his father’s arms. “ BECAUSE OF YOU AND YOUR SELFISHNESS I WILL NEVER BE COMPLETE” I felt the tears threatening to spill but I didn’t care “ YOU WILL NEVER BE MY FATHER EVER AGAIN, YOU WILL BE THE EVIL MAN THAT BROKE HIS OWN DAUGHTERS HEART” I changed and sobbed, I walked away ignoring the fact that I was naked in front of all my friends. “ hmmm” I heard from Kyle then he shot up looking at me with those green eyes, I looked at him and petted his leg. He did and always would love me, I walked away but his tail grabbed me by my middle twirling me to face him “ Anna, I’m sorry”
“ I know your sorry, and I’m sorry for killing your father” Kyle looked down and his face sobered up “ I guess we’re even huh?” he said shrugging. He changed back and held my hand “ I love you and I’m sorry I hurt you” I shook my head ‘ I love you too truly a=but you didn’t kill my mate he did” I said pointing to my father with my other hand. He chuckled and something happened, my hand burned, I looked down as my hand glowed purple. I heard my father gasp and my mother, who must have flown back in during my little rant, clasp her hands together. I looked at Kyle to see him smiling adoringly at me and I smiled back, I knew what happened, he loved me as much or maybe more than tom had. We loved each other and maybe fate didn’t have a say in anything. I reached up and kissed him and experienced the same heat I felt in the field with more love than heat. I pulled back because I felt heat swallow me whole, but it didn’t singe me, it embraced me. I heard someone calling my name then I felt fire erupt from my throat right before the darkness fell.
When I awoke it was dark and I could tell there were two people one on either side of me, one was freezing like ultra cold, and the other was warm and comforting. I sat up and saw Maria, one of the pack’s daughters, on my left hand and Kyle on my right. I tapped Maria but her skin felt like ice, that’s not normal, she was up slowly and looked at me. She rubbed her eyes then smiled and hugged me, she was FREEZING, “ oh Anna your ok you scared us” she said still squeezing the life from me. “ please Maria let me go your freezing” she pulled back and looked stunned “ I am? Well your pretty warm” she said touching my arms. I got up and searched for a light, when I turned it on I realized we were in my room, I head Maria gasp and Kyle pop up. They both stared at me “ what?” Maria put her hand on her mouth and walked out of the room, I looked back to Kyle who just stared, I touched my face “ what’s wrong” he got up and walked me to the stand up mirror. The