Opulent (The Opalescent Collection Book 1) by Isabelle Gallo Page A

glanced over at her and sighed.
    “What do you want Pru?”
    “Lucian, do you think this is such a good idea, the whole trip to this new planet? I mean, what if you get yourself killed?”
    “Why are you worried about me?”
    “I have known you for nearly five years now, as an ally of the vampires, and you are like a little brother to me. I had to look after you all those years. Why wouldn’t I be worried about you Lucian?”
                  Lucian shook his head and shifted uneasily on the rough surface of his dragon’s back.
    “You have the highest risk of us all to be killed.” Prusaious continued. “I mean, you are more of a mortal than any vampire I have ever seen. Why, you are a mortal with fangs. You have absolutely no taste for blood nor do you know the vampire ways. Although you do have the compassion no mortal possesses, that will not make up for what you need to stand up against Pete. I just don’t think you are strong enough.”
    “I am not going to stand up to him.”
    “Oh?”
    “I just have to take Chenille back to Catastrophe and avoid him.”
    “What! You want to try to bring her to Catastrophe where Pete will find her, take her back again, and then hunt you down? You don’t stand a chance. He’ll kill you before you leave the planet!”
    “He won’t kill me.”
    “You are a mortal!”
    “I’m not a mortal!”
    “Oh sorry, a mortal with fangs ,” she snapped, aggravated.
    “I will save her.”
    “Do you plan to take on Pete too? Because you shouldn’t expect your plan will work. He will find you and by all means he will have you dead.”
    “I have the strongest vampires of Catastrophe and their dragons behind me. How can my plan fail?”
    “That doesn’t matter! It doesn’t matter that you have an army of immortal creatures! You don’t get it! He is so strong he can kill every single one of them without hesitation. He is not only the leader of the vampires, but that of the planet he has created and who knows what lurks there.”
    “How does he have so much power?”
    “He has killed his father and his brother who both possessed royal blood. If Chenille were to complete the Blood Ceremony with Fitzray, he would be back by now, reincarnated. And so I hope she has not completed any Ceremony with Pete.”  
    “But I thought Fitzray and Chenille already performed the Ceremony together.”
    “They began to, but I heard that it wasn’t completed. Had they completed it, Fitzray would be back by now. He would be able to stand up to Pete. And that would leave Fitzray and Chenille as the leaders of Catastrophe.”
    “I hope she hasn’t performed the Ceremony with Pete yet.”
    “We will find out soon. The planet is coming into view.”
    “Go back and tell the others to prepare for landing. I’m going to go ahead to check out this place.”
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Chapter 12 - Unwelcome Company
     
    I looked up into the sky, foggy with dark ash clouds. A white dot appeared on the horizon. One of Pete’s black dragons lifted off and flew towards the white object in the sky. Pete was asleep. It was late and feeling restless, I came to gaze at Earth and Catastrophe from afar. The dragon roared and came plunging down, as did the white object. It drew closer until it was clear in the sky and I ran from it, realizing it was about to crash. It was a dragon. A figure sat on its back, commanding its every move.
                  Pete’s dragon suffered a bite from this huge white one and sliced its wing, causing them both to plunge down. The black dragon, paralyzed, simply fell and collided into the hard ground as the white one struggled to fly, barely glided down, and crashed as well. The figure flew off the dragon and collided into the ashy ground, sending up a cloud of smoke.
                  Is this an intruder? I thought, slowly making my way toward the figure.
    “Are you all right?” I asked.
    “No.” The