RPOV

The rock exercise had been as boring as it had sounded. Eddie seemed completely engaged in the exercise and was even able to see some patterns and explain what kind of activity had taken place that day, and I could tell Dimitri had been impressed.

But all I saw was rocks.

I kicked one, and it was sent flying into the side of the mountain. It chipped a small piece of the mountain. A very tiny itsy bitsy piece. I was already imaging Eddie and Dimitri and in my mind Dimitri's voice echoed.

'This looks like an agitated female about five foot seven. The force at which this rock was kicked towards the mountain showed the level of frustration, but the lack of destructions shows no real purpose. I can imagine she was forced to do a menial task most of the day. The slight angle of the chipped rock might even indicate some sexual frustration from having to look at her boyfriend's bare chest most of the day, because he said it was too hot in a shirt.'

I giggled. I doubt they could have learned that from the rock. But it didn't make it any less true.

"Are we done yet? There isn't anything here." I didn't really care if I sounded like a five-year-old. I was done.

"Yes, Rose we can go."

Dimitri walked over to me and kissed my head while pressing his naked and sweaty chest against me. I tried very hard not to groan in frustration. If Eddie hadn't been here, I would have jumped his bones a while back.

We packed up our stuff and started to walk away. Eddie and Dimitri were a bit in front of me. I heard a noise coming from the mountain. I turned around and saw a few pebbles slide down, but I didn't see anything that could have caused it. But a strange feeling of being watched fell over me. I practically ran to keep up with Eddie and Dimitri.

That night as we were laying in the rickety bed, that couldn't possibly keep holding us, I confessed to Dimitri I had felt something strange up at the mountain today.

"I felt the same thing yesterday in town. But I couldn't see anybody."

"I don't like this. We haven't found anything. Somebody is fucking with us, feeding us bad information. Maybe they are trying to keep us away from the main front?"

Dimitri mulled over my words. "Maybe," but by the lack of conviction I knew he had a different theory.

He grabbed my hands and flipped me on my back. General Dimitri made way for my Comrade, and his rare playful side came out. I think he was forcefully trying to push this disturbing thought out of his head, by shutting off General mode. I didn't mind being used like that. I could use some distraction myself. But looking at Dimitri, it was more than just a distraction. It was the realization he had no control over the future and was definitely worried. So he might as well make the best of the time we had left because tomorrow we could be walking into a trap.

He put my hands above my head and kept them there with his one large hand. His arms were long enough so his tongue could reach very delicious places, my mouth, my breast almost to my belly button. He used his other hand to gently caress the skin on my side and the side of my breast. He moved more on top of me and used one of his legs to push my thigh a bit further away so he could settle in between my legs. He deftly used one hand, the other still occupied with restraining me, to place himself at my entrance. The hand between my legs, joined his hand at the top of my head and he used his hips to thrust forward and all the way in.

My back was naturally arched already because of the position of my arms and because of it, my hips had a slight angle to them. It meant with every thrust Dimitri hit that wonderful spot within. From that spot, the heat generated by his cock radiated out across my stomach, towards my legs and settled in my toes. My toes curled, and I lifted my legs up subconsciously. Dimitri took the invitation and freed one hand to be able pull my leg up. I wrapped it around his hip, and his hand settled on my ass to keep me in place.

Dimitri slowed down a bit and looked down towards me. He gently rocked his hips as he lowered his head and kissed me. It was sweet and gentle and full of love. When he pulled back, I could see that love reflected in his eyes, but I could also see apprehension and fear. Fear of what was to come. There wasn't anything we could do about tomorrow. But we could stay here tonight and be with each other. It is rare to be solely focused on one moment in time without letting your thoughts stray to other things, but in this moment, it was just him and me. No war, no strange mission and no creepy eyes watching us. Just us and the boundless pleasures of our bodies.

I wiggled my arms free from his grasp and put them on the side of his face. Keeping his eyes focused on me. We were now breathing heavily as he picked up the pace again. I kissed him as I neared my peak. He kept thrusting even when I pulled him down a bit to meet my lips. Even when the orgasm was racking across my body I still kept kissing him, my moans stifled by his lips. The moment he came he delved his tongue deep into my mouth as if simulating the similar sitation his cock was in. The heat of his cum flooded my pussy, and I felt some escape and drip down my leg.

He pulled back and took one more good look at me as if it was the last time he would see me. He then crashed down next to me and pulled me close.

We laid there a while waiting for our breathing to return to normal and just enjoy each other's company. Personally, I was hoping for another round and then a good night sleep. But it wasn't in the cards for us. Instead of Dimitri's warm hands, I felt a bone-chilling feeling crawl its way up my spine. And I recognized the feeling immediately. I looked at Dimitri in alarm, and he was immediately tense and ready for battle. Those few extra seconds helped us immensely.

Luckily I had already put on a bit of clothing because it was getting chilly, otherwise, all the other Dragons would have been staring at my naked ass when I went to them in alarm. Because a few seconds later the cabin was partly destroyed by Snow Dragons.

Dimitri immediately changed in his Dragon form and attacked. He grabbed his sword, and it changed sizes with him. He hadn't been able to use it in battle yet, but I was glad he had it now. There were a lot of them. They didn't seem surprised to find us, telling me that they probably came looking for us and that this attack was intentional. And suddenly those eyes on us made sense. There had been Snow Dragons in the region and they had been watching us the whole time, finding an opportune moment to attack.

I grabbed my sword ready to fight with Dimitri, but he yelled at me to warn the others.

I was torn. They would see the Snow Dragons soon enough. The lake wasn't that far away, and it meant I would have to leave Dimitri, to fend them off until the others came and helped. But this wasn't just about Dimitri. This was about everyone. So reluctantly I ran towards the others with tears in my eyes and warned them of the threat. It was testimony to Dimitri's skill in battle that no Snow Dragon was able to follow me so quickly and prevent me from warning others.

Everyone came into action immediately and took to the sky towards the cabin. Christian bent down so I could mount his back so we could join this fight together. And fight we did. Christian and I were a surprisingly good team. His flame distracted them long enough for me to strike them. And whenever I was in trouble, his flame scorched them long enough so I could get away.

But there were already so many bodies on the ground. Many Snow Dragons but I could see some of our soldiers too, their darker scales contrasting sharply against the whiteness of the Snow Dragons making them easy to spot. I quickly scanned to see if Eddie's gold scales were amongst them, but he wasn't on the ground.

To my relief, Dimitri had emerged from the ruins of the cabin, large sword in his claw. He was a bit bruised and battered, but otherwise, he was okay. He seemed mostly tired. But he didn't have time to rest, neither did we because the Snow Dragons just kept coming. I had already taken down so many together with Christian, but it was like a hydra. Cut off one head, and three come back. But we were holding our own.

"I have never seen so many together. Usually they don't team up like this."

Christian had more experience with Snow Dragons, so I took his word for it. But regardless of if this was common or not, we would have to survive somehow.

They seemed to realize we weren't the easy prey they thought we were. Snow Dragons are inherently arrogant, even more so than Fire Dragons but in this case, it helped us. Because they thought they had already won the battle before it started.

Christian and I were busy fighting a large Dragon. But you know what they say. The larger they are… the more space they have underneath their paws, and you could sneak up on them undetected because they aren't looking for a tiny human and you can rip them open from snout to tail and they are dead before they even hit the ground. Okay so maybe that isn't the saying exactly, but it works in this case.

The Snow Dragons decided that we weren't worth the sacrifices they had made, and started to back away. I had first thought they had spotted us, tracked us and waited silently until we let our guard down to attack, I now realized they had another plan altogether. And the moment I realized what they were actually planning I felt numb, I was paralyzed, I couldn't move or breathe. And then I screamed. I screamed his name hoping that somehow that would keep him close with me. My heart broke into a million pieces as Dimitri was getting further and further away from me. I couldn't breathe yet somehow I kept screaming.

Because they weren't here to kill us, they were here for Dimitri. They hadn't been watching us. They had been watching him. I realized they had also fabricated the information main command had gotten, and all for one reason, to get General Dimitri the Honorable here.

They had focused mostly on him while the rest of were trying to keep alive. But at first, I had thought it was because they judged him to be the bigger threat, which in truth he was. But they were focusing too much on him. And they weren't making kill shots. They were wearing him down, and although it took a lot to wear Dimitri down. I only knew of two things, a night of passion with me and about ten Snow Dragons pounding in on him again and again and again.

They decided that they had lost enough men and had beaten down Dimitri long enough for them to execute the last part of their plan. I went to stop them, but they were too far away. After one brutal blow, Dimitri went limp, and two of them picked him off the ground. I tried to get to him as fast as I could but I couldn't move as they dragged Dimitri up towards the darkness of the mountains. It wasn't because I was paralyzed with fear of losing him or the trauma was too overwhelming. It was because an annoying and rigid Dragon was holding me back.

"Stan let go of me. We have to go after him."

"We don't have the manpower. It will be suicide."

"Then let go of me, I'll go after him," I pleaded with tears running down my face. But the Rigid Dragon truly deserved his name.

"You do that, and he will haunt me in the afterlife for getting you killed. Besides, you are still a part of this squad, and with Dimitri gone, command falls to me and you will obey."

I finally broke free of Stan, but as I looked back where I had last seen Dimitri I could see only the night sky. They had already disappeared into the mountains, no doubt a predetermined plan for escape. He was gone.

I fell to my knees and cried, wailed and screamed, until I barely had a voice left. I kept staring at the black sky. The moon gave up just enough light to illuminate my failure to help him.

When I could no longer make a sound, I dried my eyes and pulled myself together. I stood up and walked over to my things. I packed my sword and flung it over my shoulder. I already started to walk in the direction of the mountains, towards the last place I had seen Dimitri.

"I am going after him."

Stan sighed deeply.

"I am sorry Rose, he was a good man, but you dying along with him isn't going to help anyone."

I turned angrily towards Stan and practically screamed in his face.

"He isn't dead yet Stan. They were wearing him out. They were kidnapping him. They had opportunities to kill him and they didn't, they want him alive. I don't know for how long, so I am going to hurry and get him back, one way or another."

Stan stood there on his hind legs with his claws across his chest. The pose seemed so human yet, completely different with the Dragon anatomy.

"If you want to go fine. Let's see how far your human legs will take you. They are already miles away, and I am not lending you any Dragons. We are exhausted, and some of us need medical attention, and we have to burn our dead. And we still have a mission to complete. So you can go, but you are going alone."

Although I had been prepared to do that from the start, Stan had raised an interesting point. I had flown here on Dimitri's back. Without a Dragon for me to fly with, the journey would take too long and any hope I had of finding Dimitri in time would be lost.

"I'll go."

I looked shocked towards Christian.

"I'll go with you," he said reconfirming as they rest of us were looking at him confused.

"Know this, Christian. You might not have a rank in the military, but you are under my command. Ignoring my orders means dissertation. They will be lenient on her because she is a hybrid and I doubt she has been made an official part of the military yet, but for you, it is a different story. You go with her, you commit treason."

I looked at Stan in shock. I was about to ask him why he was so mean, but I realized he wasn't being mean. He wanted to make sure Christian knew what he was getting himself into. I could see part of Stan wanted to go after Dimitri too. All of them seemed to feel the loss of their leader. But Stan was right, leaving for Dimitri meant treason and Dimitri wouldn't want any of them to do that for him. The best Stan could do at the moment was making sure Dimitri's mission was carried out.

"You can't go Christian. Not if it means you will be charged with treason."

He smiled a little.

"Dimitri is my friend, and I would never let him suffer if I could help it. But this isn't just about that. This is about payment. I asked Yeva to perform the longevity spell on Lissa, so we could be together. And her payment was that I would have to save Dimitri, even if it meant I would have to commit treason. She has seen this coming. I have to go. Not just for you or Dimitri, but for me. I always keep my word."

"I'll go too." Eddie chimed in. But Stan was quick enough to step in.

"No, you won't. You haven't healed properly yet, you will slow them down." Eddie's face fell, but he nodded. I gave Stan a grateful look, and he returned it with a nod. Eddie might have been able to contribute, he had healed up pretty well, but Stan and I both knew the chances of success on this mission were slim and I didn't need any more deaths on my hands.

Christian bend down so I could climb on his back. Somehow between fighting Isaiah together and now this battle, we had become a bit closer. I trusted him and I had a feeling I would need him going forward.

Christian took to the sky, and we set off, off to retrieve the man I loved.