Adrienne Woods - Darkbeam Part III: Beam Series, #4

Darkbeam III

The Rubicons story

Adrienne Woods

DARKBEAM PART III

Copyright 2020 Adrienne Woods

Illustration: Joemel Requeza

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To all the men and guys who are called bad.

We women have a soft spot for all of you. You make knees weak and your X factor drives us crazy.

Thank you for being the true inspiration behind Blakes character.

Adrienne

11. The Dent

12. The Dent

13. THE DENT

14. THE DENT

15. THE DENT

To our Father in Heaven. For blessing me every day. I love You and will always love You till the end of time. Thank you for guiding me whenever I needed Your guidance and for choosing me to be the one to tell this story. I would be nothing without You.

To my husband, Heinrich, for giving me the time and space to write my stories. Its not always easy, but we somehow find a way to make it work. Your love and support have meant the world to me.

To my family, the greatest one out there, you are all amazing and unique and Im so glad to be of the same blood.

To the team of people who worked on this. Joemel, for the cover art. You captured the emotion I wanted you to capture and you keep bowling me over. I dont know how you do it, but just keep on doing what you do. You are the best.

To my fans. I wouldnt have been here today if it werent for you. You loved this story. There are just no words to describe it, and for your support, sharing this series with friends and family, I cant say thank you enough. I know I will meet all of you one day. I must, as I would still be nowhere if you guys didnt help spread the word of The Dragonian Series. I hope you enjoy this one.

xoxoxo

Adrienne

The Dragonian Series

Firebolt

Venom

Thunderlight

Frostbite

Poison

Moonbreeze

Starlight

THE SPIN OF SERIES - Beam Series

Moonbeam

Darkbeam I - V

Starbeam

Firebeam

The Forgotten Queen

Dragons Blood

The Dream Caster Series

Light

Shadow

Millieu

Stand alone novel (part of Guardian Of Monsters Saga)

Forbidden - Retelling of Red Riding Hood

Coming soon

The Shadowed Series co/written by Carlyle Labuschagne

Part One

Most of my memories returned. It took a while, and I felt off-balance after the claim. Fighting to stay good wasnt as hard as giving in to becoming a slave.

Two questions nagged at me: How did Elena become skilled enough to claim me? And who trained her?

I racked my brain to remember. Lucian died, and she became a dragon. After that, things were fuzzy. I guess I was so dark and lost that I went over the edge.

Why couldnt I remember?

I was in a room I didnt recognize, with Stans voice yapping in my ears.

How did I get here? The last thing I remembered, Id taken a break from band practice and sat against the wall to sift through memories.

I wished he would shut up. I had a headache, and his voice was hitting the walls of my brain, vibrating through my skull.

He kept yapping.

You are the true royal of this world, he said with a smirk. And I will tell them that you are not fit at all. You dont give us your cooperation to learn. You dont want to be on the throne. They will strip you of your title and your assets will be frozen.

What the fuck was he talking about? It didnt make sense, and he was pissing me off.

What you did last night was unacceptable. Do you know the damage youve done?

Fuck off! I yelled, but he didnt seem to care. Did he know who he was dealing with? Threatening the Rubicon had consequences.

Do I make myself clear? he asked.

Silence.

Answer me! His face was beet red.

Yes, she said.

Wait, what? She?

It was Elenas voice. They kept talking, but I didnt listen anymore.

Blake, Isaac said, shaking my shoulder.

The entire band was in his basement.

You okay, dude? Ty asked.

Isaac chimed in. Where were you just now?

Just thinking. I rubbed my temples.

You told us to fuck off, Jamie said with a furrowed brow.

I ignored him and got up from the floor. I needed to find a newspaper. Yuri always got one early in the mornings.

I found one lying on the kitchen table, and on the front page was a picture of Elena Watkins.

The headline questioned whether she was fit to be on the throne of Paegeia.

I shook my head. Why was this happening? Shed heard my voice when Paul attended Dragonia, but I hadnt heard a peep from her before. Why now?

I didnt care, and I didnt want to know what shed done last night. I wasnt her dragon, and I would fight with everything I had not to lose myself.

The headache pulsed.

I grunted and fell to my knees.

What the fuck?

Blake, Isaac said into my ear. He crouched beside me. He must have heard me fall and come up from the basement.

Dont, I said through clenched teeth.

Dude, somethings wrong.

I screamed, the room tilted, and my vision went dark.

I was on a hilltop. The weather was perfectsunny and cloudless, with a gentle breeze. The hatred, the fight, every horrible thing inside me had vanished.

She was sitting a foot away, chewing on the tip of a long weed. She seemed deep in thought, and the sun sparkled off her red hair. She was beautiful.

My Neverbreath.

I reached out and touched her face gently with the back of my hand. She didnt even look at me.

What, youre not talking to me?

She huffed, but the corner of her lips tugged up a tiny bit.

It doesnt matter what I do. You dont care, she said.

I snagged my own weed from the tall grass around us. I do care. I told you before, Im not built that way. I couldnt die to join her in her ghostly plane; Id tried and failed. Whatever power Elena had over me wouldnt allow me to harm myself, or her. I would give anything to be with you.