On the new warm morning in Sand City, Sienna lay in a turquoise silken bed and replayed her memories from the past week. Sarcos was working, and she just rested, thinking about Thunder. The painful gleam in his eyes as she told Sarcos to hurry up was stuck in her mind." Does he really like me?" she thought."Well, I will see when his week comes. How is it going to be now? Sharchan is hibernating, so his week is moving to Tyrell, but I was with him when I was taken, then Sarcos's week, Marco's and then Thunder's. I'm scared!" she thought."I still need to solve the Crystal Pincer and my promise," she bit her lips.
Sienna knew very well what kind of arrangements would come up after her days finished..."Bloody contract!" She pouted her lips, upset."It kind of sucks! Should they not respect me enough not to force me into things, if they really love me? I know every King needs an heir, but I'm just surviving here for now. Or will the other Kings stop hunting me when I am pregnant?" she thought..."How would our arrangement work with kids? I need to write it down and ask someone..." she thought.
Sienna was about to eat her lunch when Sarcos came to see her. He could not concentrate on his work, because he thought of her nonstop, so he rather came to check on her. Sienna watched his burly figure...he was so sexy with his broad shoulders and tanned skin and handsome face...Sienna was ogling her mate rather shamelessly."I'm kind of lucky to have so handsome mates," she thought."They all love me, maybe I should just do what they want..." she thought."Ye, and then someone kidnaps me and my baby, and I will be stuck!"She thought with fear in her inner voice.
"How are you, my love?"Sarcos caressed her cheek gently, awaking her from her dark thoughts.
"Aching..." she sighed. Well, it was true her belly hurted, but her heart was torn even more!
"Are you worried about something?" He asked gently...
"No..." she shook her head. She could not tell him she was worried about him, precisely. She did not want the Crystal Pincer to know she was suspicious of him and even investigating him...
"Hmm...I can see something is worrying you..."Sarcos looked deeply into her blue eyes and felt as she shivered.
"It is so hard to hide something from him."She thought and bit her lips."No, no, it is just that dragon thing, I'm still a bit out of it..." she said to him and smiled gently.
"Was he very bad to you...?"Sarcos asked her seriously.
"No, yes...it was not him that much really...it was the girl with the Prince..."Sienna nodded. She decided to spill the truth to hide the other reasons she worried about and told him about her time in Dragon Castle...
"Hm," Sarcos said..."Have no worries about it...it is past..." he said to her, not letting her know his anger at what he heard.
"But what about my weeks with Thunder?"Sienna grimaced her face uncomfortably.
"We will sort the arrangements to your liking."Sarcos nodded."Nobody will force you to do anything you are not comfortable with..." he said gently.
"What about you?" Sienna thought..." Will you force me into anything?" she asked in her mind...she was still scared.
"Thank you, my love..." she said aloud and smiled bravely...
"Rest, my love..." he kissed her forehead."I have some work to do..."
"Sarcos? How is Tyrell, and when is Marco coming back? Can they visit me here...?"Sienna asked.
"I will tell them to come."Sarcos nodded, but seeing her look, he added, "Tyrell is fixing Crystal City and Marco is negotiating with Thunder, your weeks." he smiled gently...
"Thank you, "Sienna smiled and watched as his burly figure left her room."I did not know Marco is good at negotiating..."She thought, surprised at her Sea-Eagle King chore..." She imagined Marco and Thunder sitting behind the big table in his office and arguing over the calendar...it looked rather comical...so she left the idea and continued to rest.
Meanwhile, in the snowy Dragon Lands, the strong Sea-Eagle King finally reached the Dragon Castle...
Marco was feeling restless, the gruesomely violent ideas started entering his mind because Sarcos's fast flying spell was almost spent while he flew to visit Sienna's newest mate with his own payback. Sarcos told him that Sienna has to be home safe first, and then he can go play with the rude dragon as much as he wants, till he does not endanger his heart or kill him, and Marco was planning to do exactly that!
Thunder was lounging in his empty castle, feeling upset. He was waiting for his messenger for ages, and Darren was still not there!!! So when he heard the rustle of the big wings, he opened his window just to clash with icy blue eyes.
"Ahh, King Marco. Did you forget something?"Thunder asked almost sleazily. He was dripping with a bad mood, and killing the first of Sienna's mates would make it somehow better.
"Yes, payment due for your rudeness," Marco said coldly."You endangered my Queen, and I demand the King's duel."
"Just a duel? How boring, nothing else? What about fight to the death!" Thunder changed into a huge Black Dragon and flew out of the window to see how brave Marco really is!
"Kraken Killer," Thunder called out to Marco."It is just you and me here, no Sarcos to keep you company..." he chortled mockingly."I guess he is enjoying the Queen instead of me and sent you to make his bidding...he chuckled bitterly. The jealousy was boiling in his blood!
"My bidding."Marco noted."You wanted to hurt my Queen," he added.
"King Sarcos was here, she was in no danger, "Thunder said sweetly as if spreading honey strings... provoking the Sea-Eagle King.
"You forced her to become your mate," Marco said coldly.
"The same as you, she agreed voluntarily."Thunder purred. He wanted to make the Sea-Eagle more upset...this was fun...
"You are too cruel for a soft Queen like her. I know Sarcos helped you because she did not want to have you all killed."Marco started to rage inside.
"Well, at least I'm hot!" screeched Thunder, who started to lose patience talking.
"Let me cool you off then!"Marco attacked him with a cold rage. Thunder chuckled and manoeuvred his dragon. He will show this eagle who is the boss." Maybe I will warm you up instead," he chuckled, but Marco collided into him head-on.
The impact was great, and Thunder shook his big dragon body."Am I going weak? I need to ask Darren to train with me again."He flinched. Marco was beating Thunder up like a bad dog. With cold rage and mercilessly.
Thunder tried to use his fire, but Marco seemed to fly right through it, with not even charred feathers! Thunder lit in the sky with thunderbolts, but Marco dodged them seamlessly while attacking him. Marco opened Thunder's scales with his claws and ripped into him, dragging his flesh out as if he were gutting a fish. Thunder started to fall, but Marco kept him in the air.
The dragon guards stared in shock! Was that eagle beating their King? "It is Sea-Eagle King. Mate of the gold-haired Queen, the one who killed the Kraken with King Sarcos," they whispered, but did not help. It was a matter of the Kings, so they could not interfere! When Marco finished, Thunder lay shocked in a pool of his own blood in the atrium of his castle.
"I want to remind you, treat my Queen nice or I'll come to kill you!!!!" Marco looked at him coldly.
"Of course, I will treat our Queen nicely, I love her too."Thunder whispered hardly while spitting blood.
"The time will tell," Marco clenched his fist. He felt sorry that Thunder is down already, he would wish to beat him more!"I'm taking your week this month, you are too injured to mate. Get better."He flew off screeching coldly.
" What is wrong with that eagle! It must be King Sarcos's training." Thunder noted and changed to his human form with difficulty. He understood that Sarcos taught Marco how to kill a dragon. "Sarcos is really invincible then," he felt cold sweat on his back. He understood now that Sienna had decided to save him! Thunder dragged his sorry body to his bathroom and washed his wounds.'I'm too weak."I need to train with Darren," he thought and fell to his bed unconscious.
Darren arrived the next morning. The Red Dragon looked at his shredded King lying helplessly in his bed.
"Who was it?" Darren asked because it did not look like King Sarcos's work. It was too messy!
"The Sea-Eagle King, Marco. Sarcos must have trained him, do you know anything of it?"Thunder asked Darren hardly.
"I fought with Sarcos, he is much stronger than you. He is a Crystal Scorpion King."Darren nodded.
"I need to level up, too!"Thunder growled in pain.
"I will be at your service, but it will take you weeks to heal."Darren nodded a bit revengefully."If you want to level up, you need to ask Sarcos to train with you or somebody like him."
"Who?"Thunder asked curiously.
"Maybe that eagle who shredded you. I'm not sure who might be stronger than Sarcos. The power of the Crystal Scorpion is untameable. He is practically invincible."Darren shook his head.
"You help him to unleash a monster."Thunder raged weakly.
"Sarcos is not the one who is a monster here!"Darren bit his lips. He looked at his King with open hatred. If Sarcos did not tell him he needs Thunder's heart alive, he would just kill him in his bed. But the promise of recovering his love was way too good to be sacrificed for mere revenge.
"You deserved worse than this. I hoped Sarcos would kill you."Darren hissed.
"Darren, I'm sorry."Thunder bowed his head.
"Me too, I did not want to see you alive!"Darren clenched his fist and flew out of the window with a painful shriek.