"Bang!" The car screeched to a stop as a heavy object fell right in front of us as we passed by the open gates of the castle.

"Fucking hell" Alexander muttered under his breath. "Are you fine?" He looked at me for like the first time since we left Amelia's place. We went to their to find answers and we did but we also got several other questions as a bonus. A bonus that was not needed.

Both of us had thousands of questions running through our mind but none of us asked. During the whole ride we just stayed quiet and waited when the painful journey back to the castle would be over.

"Hmm. Just a bit shaky." I said as I looked out of the window. "What just happened though?"

"Let's find out." He got out of the car and I followed suit. I was looking around the area when I felt a shadow over me. It was gone as soon as it came. I squinted my eyes as I looked at the sun shining bright in the clear, blue sky. My jaws dropped to the floor when I saw two majestic dragons circling us.

"What the fuck are dragons doing here?" I said and pointed at them.

Both dragons were circling over us. They growled as they flapped their magnificent wings in the air. Both of them were beautiful. Their big, muscled reptile bodies were adorned with beautiful scales all over them. While one of them had red scales, the other one had blue scales. When they were next to each other they seemed like fire and ice, each contrasting the other.

While I was busy observing them, I did not realise Derek who was approaching us. He had healed well over the past few days. Ever since the fight, I did not actually come face to face with him at all.

"Sorry for the inconvenience King Denver. We were just attacked by the vampires again so the dragons just got a bit over protective." Damn I must have hurt his ego pretty bad the other day.

"Inconvenience? They nearly killed us." I said under my breath as I reached for my bag from the car and walked past Derek. I heard a growl from him which I decided to respectfully ignored. As I entered the castle, the screeching voice of my sister reached my ears.

"Well, look who is here."

"Not now Rayna." I cut her off sharply with a glare.

"Whatever. There is a meeting in an hour. Get ready and come. Not that it is really needed to." I watched her retreating figure and pinched the bridge of my nose, irritated. Can I not get a break?

After a quick shower and throwing on the first dress from my closet, I found myself sitting in the meeting room. The conference room was half empty as the all leaders, except King Tarsal had not returned yet from their scouting trips. We all sat around the table as we waited for my family to come, except my grandmother who was already here. I don't know how but the dragons are now on our side along with the griffins.

I let my gaze wander and they immediately fell on Alexander who was talking to his second in command. I felt like my eyes were glued on him and I could not muster an once of strength to move my gaze away from him. As I kept drooling over his perfect face, I felt someone drilling holes at the side of my head and it was none other than the girl that came along with Alexander. I felt my face heat up as she had a small smirk on her face. I immediately averted my gaze from her and hoped that this meeting would be over soon.

The opening of the door caught everyone's attention and my parents stepped in the room. They took their seats and the leader of the dragon, Elijah started talking. "We are thankful for you on agreeing to be allies with us on such short notice even if we did not come the first time you asked. We had become allies with the vampires but they backstabbed us by stealing the staff of the Warrior Dragon from its shrine and used it on us. We hope to work well together and win this war against the vampires." He turned in my direction and spoke. "Sorry for the inconvenience outside. The dragons were just protecting the castle." I gave him a small nod and a small smile as he turned to face Alexander who also nodded in response.

"We will surely work well together King Elijah. We also look forward to working with the griffins, King Leon." My father said. "As we all know, we were attacked yesterday by the vampires again but due to the intervention of the dragons and griffins we were able to defeat them. To avoid such things from repeating themselves, we have to act fast and smartly. As we heard Alpha Axel and Leader Elena's team did not find anything about Amelia. Did you find anything King Denver?"

"Yes we did." He said as he emphasized on the 'we', making the feeling of happiness bubble in my chest. "We actually found where she was staying and we talked to her. Unfortunately she said that she could not help us in the war but she did provide us with information that could help us."

"Which are?" Ryan cut him off in between and Alexander's face contorted to one of annoyance.

"There is a stake that she used to kill the vampire king at that time and we need to find it."

"How will we find it?" My brother interrupted him once again with a smirk on his face, clearly enjoying this.

"She gave us a riddle to solve to be able to find it but I doubt that you will be able process it so leave to us. We will find it." Alexander retorted which shut Ryan up. His face slightly turned red as Alexander just called him stupid indirectly in front of all these people.

"King Elijah, about that staff you were saying, is it still with the vampires or did you manage to get it back?" Grandmother questioned.

"It is still with them."

"If I am not wrong it the the strongest magical artefact for the dragons, right?" I asked and he nodded. "If they have it, it makes them even more powerful than they already are. Is there a way to destroy it?"

"There is but a large amount of magic and energy will be needed to break the staff. The magic should hit the glass sphere the tip of the staff. Once that is destroyed, the staff will stop working. Only one with great power or an object more powerful than this can break it."

"We don't have time to find more objects. If someone powerful is needed then Leader Elena is powerful, being the leader of all covens." King Tarsal intervened

"I am powerful but I don't know if it will suffice to break the sphere. There is a reason why it is so powerful"

"What if you and your best witches converge your magic together?" My mother suggested.

"It might work but for it we will need a lot of focus as we will need to use all our powers. Being on a battle field, it will be hard to focus."

As much as I wanted to help them destroy the staff using my powers, I bit my tongue and sat back in my chair. I was feeling somewhat guilty for not helping but I did not want to tell them about it now. I was not ready. As I looked around, I found Alexander looking at me. I wonder what he must be thinking about me right now- I have magic and yet I don't want to use it to help. He probably thinks of me as someone selfish.

"Do you know who are the other allies of the vampires?" King Tarsal asked and thankfully they changed the topic.

"They never actually called all of us together but I think they have the giants and the fallen angels with them. There might be more but we don't know." King Leon said. Great, first they have the staff and now they have more allies.

"That is it for today then. We will wait for the other teams to return. Until then, Leader Elena, it would be appreciated if you could find a way to destroy that staff. King Denver and Analise, try to find the stake as soon as possible. It would be appreciated if the dragons and griffins could join and help in the training." My father said.

Finally. I was getting bored.

Same. Let's get out of here once and for all.

I got up and went straight to my room for some peaceful time by myself.