The re-entry took place one month late and all the main traces of the attack had been erased.

Some businesses were closed for mourning or sick leave. It was my last year before high school and I still didn't know what I was going to do.

But one thing was sure, I wanted to stay close to my friends...

Life went on peacefully and, caught up in school work, and studying for my hunting exam, and club meetings, I didn't really have time to deal with dragon stuff.

But the days went by and my Sylvia was going crazy about Dany.

The Poisse self felt abandoned by the dragons and some days I had completely forgotten that I was a dragon.

In a way, it protected me and made me happy.

Then it was a study evening at home and my family went to see cousins in the neighboring state.

I was home alone for a week. We partied at home and drank all our soul.

Rudy and Jasmine took a room, Philippe was with Misha, and I was with Dany.

I took a shower and he too and we both found ourselves naked in my bed.

The light extinguished, I had all the power of darkness in my back and we caressed each other.

I loved that feeling and we discovered each other's intimate areas.

After a few preliminaries, the final act arrived and we made love.

My thirst was insatiable and Dany was broken under my demands.

Then I thought back to our life together and the fact that our life expectancy was very different. I could only die a violent death but he could only die of old age. And if I transformed him, he could become a bloodthirsty horror... Which I didn't want.

I would hold him between my legs and between my arms. I wanted to make him explore my world but I was afraid of the invisible dangers, to make him risk his life.

Jasmine and Philippe did as we did and the next day, we all had big heads, except me...

The next day, we put everything back in order but we had become inseparable.

Misha did not know our secret either. But during this time, at the Institute of Oceanography, at the marina, Philippe's father had a problem with his computer and went to his son's computer to send a message, probably an e-mail.

And as a shortcut on the desk, there was a nature reserve folder.

"After all, with the zodiac he's enjoying, I can take a look at his file, to see if he's making any progress and will be able to start studying as a zoologist," he thought.

He saw the latest pictures."What is that giant black thing???? Is it a snake? But what a size! No, the photo must have been taken with false plans. "

Then he passed, again. again... and again... Then the altar with the sweets and the monster eating a "Giant Waffle???".

Dany is kneeling in front of the monster????He became very pale and printed the image where you could see the size of the winged snake."

It must be more than 20 meters long!" Why didn't you tell me? ????He put everything back in place and connected live with the cameras and reactivated them remotely.

He took the printed sheet and went to Philippe's mother, Suzanne, an archaeologist specializing in Hindu history.They both ate, knowing that their son was staying with his friends without suspecting their activities.

"Suzanne, do you know anything about the legendary monsters in the shape of a winged snake?"

Dragons?"No, not really, very elongated like snakes."

"Why are you asking me this?"

He threw the printed picture of the monster on the table."What! What is this abomination???? Wait, that sounds familiar... But they would have disappeared 1300 years ago... Yes, the name comes back to me... Snakes! Dragons descending from Jörmungand. If it's one of them on the picture, it's terrible! They were the henchmen of Dracula, no, of his ancestor Othar!

She quickly walked to her library and consulted her books on the history of vampires. And she came across engravings showing Othar riding one of those pseudo dragons that looked more like a snake.

She took out the old engraving and they compared the photo.The details were identical.

Suzanne: "Oh, my God... all those horrible teeth! But it's a montage?"

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David: "I'm afraid not... The pictures come from the reserve where they're going to play and study..."

Suzanne "But it's terrible, if the monster finds them, they would be torn to pieces... They mustn't go there anymore, they mustn't come in contact with each other..."

David, the dark mine threw away the other photos where we could see Dany on his knees begging the beast devouring a waffle. Then, a picture of the monster in the lake and the children swimming with it and the last picture taken of the dragon's back with Dany, Rudy and Jasmine in front of their son, flying over the jungle.

Suzanne: "They are playing with the monster???? "

David: "Yes... and they seem to be having a lot of fun with.... Would they have tamed it?"

Suzanne: "Those monsters were smart and vicious like their masters. They were gifted in speech and tormented their victims to extract their blood. They are devious and if it's one of them it's terrible.

If it is a descendant, it may be less serious but they are in immediate danger."

David: "But it's not possible everything that happens to us!"

During this time, she looked on the internet at the archives of the university where she studied and came across several names: "Sanguinem, Carnivor and Poisse, the fourth, forgotten in history."

Suzanne "If Dracula was a legend or a myth, Othar existed! It is said that he would have survived until today according to Arab archives".

David took his bike and arrived at our club, where we were studying. Even with my stupid dragon intelligence, I couldn't reach Marcus' leg, let alone Oriharukon's, but I managed to follow, especially thanks to Dany's guidance and advice, who was "pulling" me up.

I owed him so much!

We were concentrated, our notebooks open and full of sheets with questions from other years and summaries for the "tips".

David entered a room where we usually laughed and joked about everything but this time, we could hear the flies flying.

David: "Ah, sorry to bother you.... I've brought some drinks and some chips."

Seeing that we were studious, abnormally..., he decided not to bother us or disturb us before the mid-year exams.

Our excursions were over while we were preparing for our exams and I was very worried. I wanted to get out of it as quickly as possible and learn as much as possible to be independent.

Hunting and fishing are no longer enough in this technical world. Then the fateful day. Also, there was no shadow where I could slip in to cheat in the maze ... It was a real student's fight, on equal terms with humans...

My appetite was cut off and I was stressed on the day of the trials. We all were but also David was watching us but noticed that we were abnormally calm.

He saw in us already formed couples. I responded as best I could and even cast divination spells on the quizzes. At least what was true and false would be right, but in the end I used my brain and reason, which saved me.

On the day the results were announced, my stomach was upset and I was drooling with acid that made holes in the cobblestones.

But I saw my name on the wall and I knew we had all done it, and with good points.

We partied at the club and stayed together to celebrate. The evening continued at Dany and Rudy's place and we finished our party in bed.

I end up exhausting Dany under my demands. But the following day, we woke up around midday and we took revenge on pitas and Turkish specialities.

Me, obviously, the big portion!

Back to the club, in the afternoon, David waited for us. "Congratulations on your results! I finally see seriousness in you and he handed the keys of the zodiac to Philip:

"It's yours! Make good use of it. I have a new one for my work and I could keep it, so have fun."

We jumped for joy.

"BUT... "

He put photos on the table. "I'd like someone to explain these photos to me. Don't tell me it's a photomontage, they were also downloaded on my computer... I'm not angry but I'm a dad too and I have to look after your safety. "

I was terrified, frozen on the spot, on the verge of tears...Dany and the others turned their heads towards me, unconsciously and then faced David.

David: "I respect your choices and secrets but I need to know the truth for your safety. I won't tell anyone if that's what's keeping you from talking. Unless you are threatened or blackmailed...".

Philippe : "No...no... She's nice......She's our friend...Please...Daddy.... don't hurt her!"

Philippe relaxed a little...

"You, of course, are aware..."

Misha didn't know and looked at Philippe, a little suspicious. I had tears.

Then David asked me: "Ehh. it is not necessary to cry... Did I say something wrong???"

I nodded my head that I had not.

"The creature, it's scary but you seem to be having fun with it. But we don't know anything about her, her habits, and her reactions... You realize that one bite and it's over? "

We were silent."Why and how you tamed such a beast"

Then Philip interrupted, angry "Poisse is not a beast! it is a dragon!".

At the pronounced name, David became pale....

"Poisse? Is that her name? Did she tell you?"

Dany: "Yes."

David: "So she can talk and she's smart..."

Dany looked at me and I motioned to him that yes... I had to gain the trust of Philippe's father.

Dany : "She is the one who saved us from the Matouls. She saved our families. She saved your life. The corvette of BokoHaram which exploded and their tanks, it's her. She saved all of us.

She also cured the dying soldiers and eliminated half of the invaders ..."

David fell on his ass."Yet Poisse was under Othar's command, is that a lie?"

In the photos, someone was still missing, and David stared at me.

Dany got up and stood between David and me, grabbed me and kissed me.

David, far from being an idiot, stood up and said, "I'm sorry, Poisse," and looked at me.

Then he got down on his knees. "Thank you, thank you for everything you've done... I will keep your secret in the grave."

Then I picked up Philip's father and hugged him. "

David, your son and his friends are my family. They are all I have left... I'm sorry, but I'm still Sylvia... Please protect me...I don't want to hurt my family or my friends."

Then I also told of the danger of Viseron and his clique. I also confessed that I had been bad a thousand years ago but that Marc and his people gave me what I had never received... love and tenderness.

During the vacations, we were invited to the marina and David suggested we go fishing and he was curious to see me in my true form in action. I immediately spotted the schools of fish and guided David and my friends into position. But we still had to be wary of pirate attacks. From time to time they targeted yachts for ransom and looting. But with me, David knew that I would protect my friends and he trusted me, above all, that he owed me his life.

With all my length, stretched out like an arrow, wings folded down, I dove in and brought back a big wriggling tuna. The huge catch, the fishing stopped there but they climbed on my back in exchange for massages along my neck. I loved it and released uncontrolled purring every time.

But David knew that the biggest pill to swallow would be the one for Rosette and Surish...They didn't know that they were sleeping with a big beast over their heads.

When the tour was over, David began to envy the children... Flying on a dragon's back...But the more he saw me, the more he saw in me a young woman in search of happiness. The teenagers were swimming and so was I, also taking care to protect them from predators such as sharks or other aggressive sea creatures, like sea crocodiles, even more dangerous than sharks.

We were having a great time until an off-boarder ran at us, firing machine gun salvos to let us know we had to surrender.

Immediately, I saw the situation and threw a protective shield on my friends and I dived. The outboard slowed down and from underneath it was broken in two and exploded/implosa, its ammunition jumping with the rest.

A sheaf of water rose more than ten meters and then fell down with thousands of small pieces. The next moment, I was against the zodiac and turned back into Sylvia.I climbed naked but I didn't care and Dany wrapped me with a blanket.

David : "Thank you Sylvia...or Poisse...".

Me : "Sylvia as a human and Poisse as a dragon, it's more prudent... I must protect Sylvia...."

David: "I understand...but why is Sylvia so important?"

I'm afraid...and I need to be on my own as soon as possible."

David and why? Are you in a hurry to grow up?

"For the little one... Victoria..."

Then, seeing me with Dany: "You... Are you together? "

He understood immediately when he saw us blush...He hit his forehead.He had in front of him an interspecies couple! A human and dragon couple. He shook his head and laughed..."We are going to prepare the tuna and we will eat it tonight!"

but he could not avert his eyes from the deep lacerations and the horrible bite that the tuna had suffered. The head was almost torn off.

"How powerful" he thought... Dragons are scary creatures, even now. Let's hope she stays nice if she gets angry. That's what he was afraid of now, that I might one day lose my temper and seriously hurt someone, or worse...Then David asked me.

"If one day you have to be punished for a law you broke, I don't know, me, an accident or you would be responsible. Are you going to revolt and break the police and the judges like you did on the boat?"

"No... I'm aware of my strength and I don't want to be punished...

"David, worried... Who could threaten such a powerful creature?"

"The dragons will come back one day, and I don't want to disappoint them, and I'm afraid of the goddess..."

When the name was spoken, David felt crushed... A super creature like that would exist???Dragons and humans, even if they are on the same planet, live in a different league.