“Bear,” Dad said from next to me. “Easy, easy.” He touched my arm softly and my head, arms and body felt so heavy.
“What happened?”
“Something I always thought they had control over. But The Rubicon showed us it wasn’t in their control.”
“What?”
“He released the power of your abilities. It’s like revealing to the rider why they need the dragons to carry it. It only happens with genuine bonds, with Dents. For years everyone thought it was them yielding after the fight, but it’s not.”
“Where is he?”
“Relax. What he showed us really happened?” Dad didn’t look impressed.
I swallowed hard.
“The process started immediately.”
“What process?”
“The Dent. Nobody knows what they are going through as a dragon that is part of a Dent will never reveal it. He is okay. He’s just sleeping.”
I nodded. “I trained for nothing.”
A chuckle slipped through my father’s lips. “I didn’t even know a Rubicon could submit like that, but he is part Metallic.”
“Are they going to allow it?”
“He is going through the Dent process as we speak and everything happened the same way it would’ve if he yielded. You got the heaviness of your abilities.”
“So that was normal?”
“Yes, Bear, it was very normal.” My dad smiled. “You have your beasty.”
“Did you know who he was?”
“The Rubicon?” My dad asked.
I nodded.
“I did. I begged him not to show you, as you didn’t handle it too well when I showed you. We already messed up your foundation to your bond so much. I didn’t want to mess it up any further. It’s the most important part of a bond, that love. He told me not to tell you he will fix it. We have no choice but to obey the alpha’s call.”
“Love?”
“In normal relationships, it’s trust and respect. In dragon-human bonds, it’s different. Love is the most important, then trust and respect and the rest.”
I got what he was saying.
“Let me guess, the idiot didn’t tell you.”
I laughed and shook my head. “How did you manage for everyone not to tell me?”
“By asking nicely. I told Micha that was Blake’s wish. She didn’t understand it one bit, but she promised to keep it.”
We both laugh.
“You met your father?”
I nodded and remembered what he said.
