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Now on with the story. This document is the first of what Moon Dragon

hopes will be a series of tales that follow the adventures of a were-dragon

known as Sealoque (pronounced "shah-LOCK") Bloodstone as he searches the

land to find and defeat the evil druid Blakfyre. The druid may have been

responsible for the death of the dragon's parents, and only Sealoque can

thwart the druids plans for world domination and the enslavement of

humanity. And thus we begin...



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{ASSM} Sealoque01 {Moon Dragon} (furry viol MF oral magic f-solo 1st-Ff)

"Sealoque: The Beginning" Copyright Moon Dragon 2002

Our story opens high on a rooftop in a bustling city. The sun has gone

down, but the night air is still sultry and hot. The city never sleeps,

and the noise from the traffic far below is only a subtle drone, with the

heated air rising from the streets carrying with it the oily smell of hot

metal and gasoline fumes. The roof top is empty save for a few sleeping

pigeons, but those are suddenly disturbed as the rooftop access door is

kicked open from within.

Two men dressed in black pull a woman out onto the roof and slam the

door behind them. The girl appears to be in her early twenties, and is

obviously not here of her own free will. She is wearing a tattered blue

evening gown with one of her satin shoes missing, her short pixie cut red
hair is mussed, and blood trickles from a cut lip; but she is yet unbroken.

She twists free of her attackers and solidly knees one of them in the groin

before dashing back towards the door, but as the man doubles over he grasps

her ankle and she falls headlong onto the roof. The fallen man pulls a

pistol from beneath his expensive suede jacket and jams it beneath her

chin, ending her struggles abruptly...

...Neila ceased her scrambling and allowed the other man to raise her

off the roof and put her on her feet. Her palms were scraped bloody by her

fall, but she clenched her hands into fists and remained silent.

"That wasn't very nice, bitch," growled the man she had kicked, "The

boss told us to come up here and toss you off the roof, but there ain't no

reason why I can't teach you some manners first."

Her eyes widened in horror as Neila watched the man hand his gun to his

leering companion and begin to unbuckle his belt. When his dark jeans had

been unfastened, the man came toward her and grabbed her shoulders to force

her back down to the roof. He knotted a handful of her gown in his fist

and gave a sharp jerk, tearing the back buttons apart and baring her tits.

Her nipples stiffened as an evening breeze blew across them, and her

ravisher grinned lecherously.

"See that, Mack? The bitch wants it," Then he gave her a venomous look,

as he finished, "But if she moves, blow her brains out."

Suddenly a cold howl split the night air, and Mack glanced over the edge

of the building to find its source. Finding nothing below, he looked

upward just in time to see a huge bat-like silhouette pass across the full

moon. Another wail of rage echoed off of the adjacent buildings, and Mack

instinctively ducked behind a ventilation shaft, scarcely avoiding a

withering cloud of blistering flame that singed the crushed stone rooftop

where he'd just been standing.

"It's a dragon," he screamed, "Jesus Christ, Solly, it's a fucking

dragon."

"Shut up, you moron," Solly spat, "There's no such thing as drag..."

Solly turned around to glare at Mack just in time to see the dark green

scales between the creatures claws reaching toward him. His denial turned

quickly to a screech of pain and terror as the dragon snatched him off of

Neila's body and soared high out over the edge of the building. It pulled

a tight tuck and roll, and headed back toward the roof once again, and

Solly twisted his head around to look at the creature that held him

captive. Rows of razor sharp teeth were revealed as the creatures mouth

opened, and the thug only had time for an instant of panic as he saw the

creatures eyes gleam with malicious glee. He screamed in terror but it was

too late. Before they reached the roof, the dragon opened its claws and

Solly continued forward for a moment, carried by inertia, before gravity

took over and he dropped just enough to slam with a sickening crunch into

the concrete side of the building. He bounced away from the wall and his

flailing body plummeted down toward an alley, eighty-seven stories below.

Amidst a shower of stones, the dragon skidded to a halt on the rooftop

and glared with crimson eyes at Mack, who was still cowering behind the one

of the buildings ventilation shafts. Neila was still laid headlong upon

the roof, about halfway between himself and the dragon, and Mack noticed

that she was looking tenderly at the creature with no fear in her at all.

So apparently she knew the thing. It had rescued her from Solly, so it

obviously cared about her well being, and maybe he could turn that to his

advantage.

The dragon growled at Mack and pointed one claw at the access door. Was

it telling him to leave? Was it letting him go? Or was it merely trying

to get him to turn away so it could attack from behind? Mack refused to be

taken by surprise the way poor Solly had been; no, he'd make the beast play

it his way or no way at all. He didn't know if the thing would understand

if he talked to it, but he'd make his message clear just the same.

"Make one move and she dies," he said as he edged toward the door. He

kept his eyes on the dragon the whole time, and just to make sure it got

the picture he raised the pistol that Solly had given him and leveled it at

the girl. He had only a heartbeat to realize his mistake as the dragon

filled its lungs; then he howled in agony as he was caught up in a surge of

flame that was hot enough to turn steel beams into molten slag.

The dragon ignored the charred carcass as it fell in a smouldering heap,

and softly padded toward where Neila still lay looking at him. He was

vaguely human in shape, but his neck was somewhat too long, and his limbs

were slightly out of proportion. This gave his huge body something of a

apelike gait as he shuffled to the womans side, with a thorned spade tail

dragging behind him and his massive wings billowing in the breeze. He

sniffed her from head to toe, grumbling softly as he smelled the blood on

her hands, and looked at her with one raised eyebrow.

"I'm okay," she said with a sexy Irish accent, "But I guess using myself

as bait wasn't such a hot idea?"

The dragon snorted as he crouched beside her.

"Yes, I know," Neila said, "Ye told me that before I even left the

manor, but I knew ye'd protect me. By the way, I love ye."

Then the dragon spoke, and it was as if gravel dumped from a truck had

been given a voice.

"I love you too," he rumbled, "But if they hadn't brought you to the

roof things could have been different. It was only your scent on the wind

that brought me to you in time."

"I couldn't bear the thought of losing ye," she whispered, "I guess ye

feel the same way about me too."

"I do," he said, and his voice echoed through her bones, "But fear not,

for soon we shall finish this business, you and I."

They hadn't found the druid Blakfyre yet, but they would. His trail was

getting warmer and warmer all the time, and when they caught him Sealoque

Bloodstone would bring him to his end. This quest had gone on far too

long, and they both tired of spending their days chasing a shadow of a man
who always managed to elude them at the last moment. It was time and past

time to bring the druid to justice and Sealoque hungered for that day as a

starving man hungered for a succulent feast that was just beyond his grasp.

Sealoque was brought out of his reverie by the feel of a warm hand upon

his shoulder, and his eyes focused to see Neila gazing at him. When he

stood at his full height the woman just came past his navel, but crouched

as he was she was able to look him in the eye.

"I'm glad ye arrived when ye did," she said with a mischievous smile,

"For I'm certain that Solly was about to do awful things to me."

"Is that so?"

"Oh indeed it is," she declared wide-eyed, "In fact I'll show ye how

horribly he mistreated my new gown. Who knows what else he would have

done. I was ever so very frightened."

True to her word Neila sat upright, making no effort to cover herself,

and the tattered remains of the gowns bodice pooled about her waist. It

had been reduced to rags that would never again conceal her braless 36C

tits. She shivered slightly and gave a sexy pout. Her bottom lip quivered

for just a moment, but the giant lizard knew crocodile tears when he saw

them. She saw immediately that he wasn't buying the rescued damsel act, so

she switched gears.

"Come here my brave warrior," she whispered, "So that I may thank ye

properly for rescuing me from a horrid fate at the hands of those two

ruffians."

At the insistent pressure of Neila's hands on his shoulders, Sealoque

allowed himself to be pushed over onto his back. His massive wings spread

themselves out across the rooftop, fluttering gently as Neila climbed

astride of his body. She gave a soft murmur of contentment as her hands

roamed over the dragon's warm pebble scaled leather hide. The few

lingering scraps of her gown served her no further purpose, so she ripped

the last remnants away and cast them aside, baring the rest of her

delectable body. Long athletic legs wrapped around the dragon's hulking

physique, and full hips narrowed into her slender waist which flared

upwards to support her generous chest.

With the last of her gown torn away, Neila's modesty was protected only

by a broad ribbon of blue silk and lace held in position by the light chain

that encircled her hips. Sealoque raised his massive hands to her heaving

tits and lightly scraped his sharp talons over her nipples making her gasp

in delight. She leaned forward as the dragon's long pointed tongue snaked

out to lick her nipples while his hands slid down her back to cup her

smooth firm ass. She whimpered in anticipation as he lifted her off of his

waist and moved her up to his chest. As she moved closer he could see that

a damp spot had become noticeable in the center of the blue silk panties.

She rested her legs across his chest and placed one foot on either side of

his neck, then reached down to untie the blue silk thong that held the ends

of the chain together in the back. She promptly removed the azure

undergarment and casually discarded it with the remains of her gown. Neila

delivered a sexy wink as she spread her thighs allowing Sealoque to see the

neatly trimmed russet bush that framed her wet pussy.

Sealoque's tongue lightly tickled her inner thigh, slowly moving closer

to her center, but she moaned in frustration when it skipped over her hot

slit and danced teasingly along her other leg. Just as she was about to

burst from her unreleased excitement she felt his warm wet tongue slither

its way up from her ass to her clit in one long stroke. She let her thighs

fall further apart and groaned in ecstacy as he lapped up the wetness that

dripped from her, and was pleased that he enjoyed her taste. She was

unable to stop her hips from rocking up and down in time with the strokes

of his tongue, and she panted like an animal in heat when he thrust his

tongue all the way inside of her eager pussy. A dragon's tongue is much

longer than a humans and Sealoque was able to reach deep into her wet cunt
and touch areas that no human male could.

"Ooh yeah baby," she breathed, "I love when ye do that. Ooh sweet

Jesus, yes right there. Don't stop!"

Neila jerked her hips as the tongue as thick as three of her fingers

thrusted in and out of her slick pussy. She was close to the edge, and

when the dragon's tongue pulled out of her trembling cunt to make tiny

circles around her clit she nearly went all the way over. She had always

been impressed by her clit, when she was aroused it peeked out of its hood

and swelled as big as the end of her thumb. She hadn't ever seen another

womans pussy to compare it to, but she understood that hers was slightly

larger than average. Regardless of its size it was now the target of a

relentless attack as Sealoque beat a steady rhythm with his tongue.

"Mmmm! Ooh yeah," she moaned, "I want ye to make me cum baby. I'm

almost there. Do it baby, do it for me. Make me... Ungh, ungh!

Aaaaaaaaah!"

As her pussy began to spasm wildly, Neila wailed out her climax and her

thighs locked around the dragons face, with her hips jerking out of control

until her orgasm subsided. Her ragged breathing slowly returned to normal

leaving her face flushed, and her whole body covered in a sheen of sweat.

She collapsed backward onto Sealoque's body and rested for a moment, then

sat up once more wearing a devilish grin across her face.

"That was great," she said, "Now ye just relax and let me play."

Neila rolled over so that her pussy hovered over the dragon's chest, and

her own face was level with his hips. Between his legs was a small opening

in his pebbled hide that would have gone unnoticed by all save the most

intimate observer. It was through this aperture in his tough skin that

Neila gently slid her fingers, reaching for the cock that she yearned for.

She could feel his member hardening within his body and her fingers were

immediately coated with the dragon's precum. In just a few moments more

the tip of his cock emerged from hiding, and soon the rest of his throbbing

arousal made itself known. The dragon's cock was almost eleven inches in

length, just over two inches in its diameter, and the head was practically

as large as her whole fist, but Neila's skill was borne of practice.

Sealoque growled softly as Neila carefully slipped the head of his cock

into her mouth to avoid scraping him with her teeth, then began to bob her

head up and down on his shaft, taking a little more of him with each

stroke. His cock was brushing along her soft tongue with every slide and he

could feel his excitement steadily mounting but Neila exercised control,

not working him too fast. Only when Sealoque's breathing was coming in

ragged wheezing rumbles did she decide to push him over the top. Tipping

her head as far back as her current position would allow, she relaxed her

muscles and swallowed the head of his cock down her throat until only a

handful of his cock was left outside her mouth. The dragon snarled in

pleasure, amazed as always that Neila was physically capable of such a

startling act of capacity. His amazement was soon forgotten, however, as

the sensation of her tongue sliding up and down his shaft and his cock

fucking in and out of her throat became overwhelming.

Neila squealed around his shaft as she felt Sealoque grasp her hips and

deeply shove his tongue back into her pussy. He thrust his tongue roughly

in and out of her hot slit in time with her strokes up and down his cock

and soon both of them were nearing the point of no return. Neila let loose

a sound as near a wail as she could make with her mouth full and her pussy
began squeezing his tongue in rhythmic contractions. At the same time

Sealoque bellowed softly against her cunt and she buried his cock as deeply

as she could in her mouth while he shot his hot cum down her throat.

Pulling his somewhat softened cock from her mouth, Neila turned around

to gaze at the dragon. Sealoque rested his horned head on the rooftop and

waited for his breathing to come back to its regular measure, then prepared

to get to his feet and depart before more of Blakfyre's lackeys came

marching up the stairs, but Neila was having none of it.

"Oh no ye don't," she said, caressing his slightly subdued cock, "I know

ye have more in ye than that."

Even while he was thinking that in this case discretion might be the

better part of valor, Sealoque felt himself stir back to life at Neila's

touch, and in moments she was stroking a raging erection. Cooing in

victory, she about faced her position and raised herself over the dragon's

loins, lodging the head of his cock against her dripping pussy. Neila

rotated her hips to work the crown of his shaft into her wet slit and once

it was planted within her began slowly to sink her body onto it.

"Oh fuck," she breathed, "Ungh! It's so big. Do ye like that baby?"

Sealoque watched her pussy lips wrap themselves around his shaft and

grunted in response. The sight of her tiny wet slit stretching to

accommodate his cock would always be a turn on. The dragon growled as she

impaled herself on his column of flesh; she gasped at every inch, and was

soon sitting on his hips with his entire length embedded in her velvet

cunt.

Neila paused for a moment to allow her body to adjust, then began a

steady rise and fall on the dragon's cock. Lifting herself slowly until

only the head remained inside, she then plunged down to take it all with

each stroke, fucking herself on the powerful shaft with abandon. After

only a few thrusts she had increased her pace and was uttering a little

squeak each time the big cock bottomed out in her pussy.

"Oh yeah, give it to me. Sweet Jesus yes! Ungh! Ungh!" she moaned,

"I'm gonna cum. I'm gonna... Ooh! Ooh! I'm cumming, ooh. Aaaaaaaaah!"

Neila's pussy began to spasm out of control as waves of orgasm washed

over her body. The contracting muscles within were milking the dragon's

cock, bringing him closer and closer to his own release. Neila rode out

climax after climax, driving herself ever harder onto Sealoque's rigid

member with each spasm until he could control himself no longer. He

grasped her hips and drove his shaft to the hilt into her rippling cunt
with a growl of animal ecstacy, making her wail in pleasure as his thick
cum filled her pussy to overflowing.

"That's what I call a thank you," Sealoque rumbled.

"I suppose ye could say that," Neila replied with a wink, "Now I'll let

ye take me home. But first..."

Before there was time for protest Neila got to her feet, sliding the

dragon's cock out of her slit, then went down on him once more. Only after

she had sucked and licked away the last traces of his cum and her juices

did she release him, allowing his shaft to withdraw into his aperture. A

wet trail of his syrupy cum was slowly trickling down her thigh, so she

caught it up on her fingers and swallowed that as well before she permitted

him to stand.

"Do you have any idea how nasty you are?" Sealoque asked with a grin.

"And ye love it," she said as she picked up her panties.

Without another word Sealoque swept her off her feet and leapt into the

air. The wind cooled her fevered skin as the dragon carried her naked body

through the night skies with the full moon shining brightly overhead.

After about ten minutes of flying they landed softly in the backyard of a

modest two-story Victorian in a quiet neighborhood overlooking most of the

city. The dragon set Neila on her feet and when he was sure she was steady

he released her, turned his face up to the full moon and closed his eyes.

His outline began to blur, shift and shrink, followed by sounds of popping

joints and cracking bone. Neila watched his dark green scales lose their

edges and meld together as their color wavered to a lighter shade of green

and then to a light tan color. She had seen him do this before, so she

wasn't afraid, but from the grunts and whimpers that he made she could

always tell how much it hurt him.

Finally his outline solidified again, and where the dragon had been

moments before now stood a young man of about nineteen years with a red
cast to his shoulder length hair. He stood about five foot eleven with the

slender but steadfast body of an energetic athlete, and his dark brown eyes

blinked as he shook his head to clear the cobwebs. He reached up into a

light shade and took down a key with which he opened the manor's back door,

then waved for Neila to precede him into the waiting warmth of the large

Victorian home. As he passed through the door the overhead light revealed

a strange marking behind his left shoulder. The shape of a shield with two

bat-like wings encircled by Celtic runes.

Once inside he took down a thick terrycloth robe from a hook by the door

and swept it about Neila's still naked body, ignoring his own nudity in

favor of giving her the emotional security that comes with all terrycloth.

The two quickly walked into the den and each picked up a telephone and

dialed a number. Neila began speaking after about two rings, and the youth

waited only three rings more before being answered.

"Father?" Neila began, "I've bad news." "No father, I'm alright," she

continued, "But Blakfyre escaped." "I did as I told ye," she said, "But two

of his men captured me." "Kilian came for me, father. He was magnificent."

"Blakfyre's men hadn't a chance. I didn't believe the runes when first ye

read them to me, but now I do." "Ye spoke true, father. He really is the

Guardian." "We will find him. Will ye tell the others I fared well?" Neila

asked, "I do not wish them to worry more than necessary. Blessed be,

father." Click.

"Kilian here," said the youth, "The druid got away." "Neila went in

undercover," Kilian explained. "No, she didn't get near him. The druid

picked up on her a mile away. He set an ambush for her, but I guess he

didn't tell his men about me." "He's dealt with me before, but he's never

seen Neila. How were we supposed to know that he could smell a druidess?"

"Yeah, two of them. One down in the alley, and the slightly crispy one

that we left on the rooftop." "He had a gun on her, man," Kilian stated.

"Okay, see you in a bit." Click.

Kilian turned to see Neila gazing out the window with a worried look.

He went behind her a wrapped his arms around her waist. For a while they

stood silently gazing out at the moon, each lost in the others embrace, but

Kilian turned Neila around to face him and asked her what was the matter.

"Blakfyre detected me," she said with her Irish lilt, "Only the

strongest of us can sense one another so easily. We can seek each other

out, but most of us cannot feel the presence of another druid or druidess

without conscious effort. Ye must be cautious, Kilian my love. I fear

that he has grown too powerful to be stopped."

"I promise that I'll be cautious, my beloved," Kilian replied, "I'll

cautiously shove my foot up his ass, before I tear off his ugly head."

"Kilian!"

"Alright, love," he agreed, "I'll be careful, I promise. Anyway, I'm

going up to get dressed, and you should do the same. Agent Boone is on his

way over. He wants to hear our side of things before someone gets around

to reporting the two dead bodies back in the city."

Kilian followed Neila up the stairs, and they each took a turn showering

while waiting for Boone to appear. Just after they had both finished

dressing the doorbell softly chimed a Celtic reel to announce the arrival

of their guest, and Neila went back downstairs to let him in. Kilian

walked down after her just in time to greet a man in his upper forties with

a gold badge on his belt and a semiautomatic pistol holstered on his left

hip. He was accompanied by a pretty young girl of about seventeen with her

blonde hair in two long braids and thick glasses perched on her slightly

upturned nose. Her loose t-shirt swelled over full breasts that outsized

Neila's by two full cup sizes, but her shapeless blue jeans revealed

nothing about the rest of her figure. She glanced shyly at both Kilian and

Neila before lowering her gaze to avoid attracting notice.

"Hello O'Shaunessey," Boone said with half a glare towards Kilian, then,

"I am truly sorry to have to disturb you folks at such a late hour, but

good evening to you in any case, Miss O'Braedy."

"Sweet saints of Eire, Matt," Neila replied with a disapproving frown,

"How many times have I told ye about this foolish 'Miss O'Braedy' nonsense.

Every time I hear ye call me that I look around to see if my mother walked

in. It's Neila to ye, as it always has been and well ye know it."

"Sorry Miss O'Br... Neila," he grinned, "It's just that I'm not on a

first name basis with many pretty young women, and it throws me a little."

"Speaking of pretty young women," Neila smiled, "Who's this fine lass

here hiding behind ye as though she were afraid of us."

"This is my one and only daughter," Boone answered with a look of pride

on his face, "Kristina, meet Mr O'Shaunessey and Miss O'Braedy. They're

the ones I was telling you about in the car."

Kilian grinned as Neila shook her head in frustration. Matthias Boone

was an old dog who had no intention of learning new tricks, and thinking he

was now going to roll over or fetch the newspaper was an exercise in

futility. There weren't nearly enough lawmen like Agent Boone though;

Blakfyre would have far less thugs at his command if Boone's were easier to

come by. For that reason alone the druid wanted him dead.

Boone was a man who wholeheartedly did his job to get the job done and

didn't much care how it looked on his record later. He wasn't afraid to

take risks and he stepped on any toes necessary to see justice done, but

that wasn't why Blakfyre hated him. Matt Boone couldn't be bought.

Period. Offers of money or power if he helped the druid succeed, or if he

just looked the other way once in a while, only pissed him off.

Blakfyre despised anyone he couldn't control, and an honest lawman was

nothing but an obstacle to be swept aside. Boone had been assigned to the

Organized Crime Unit of the Federal Bureau of Investigations over a decade

ago, and since then he had spent a great deal of time following the doings

of a national gang of Syndicate types known only as the Stone Circle.

Just seven years following his switch to the O.C. unit, Boone had

busted Kilian O'Shaunessey coming out of the fourth floor window of a high

tech consulting company. Kilian had been engaged in a little freelance

industrial espionage, and at sixteen he was lithe enough to slide through

most security systems and find access to a vault or an office where an

adult would have been unable to pass. He did a year in juvenile for

attempted theft and was surprised to be released on parole to the care of

Matthias Boone. Since then Boone had appointed himself as Kilian's mentor

in morality. He was one of only two other people who were present when

Kilian first became the were-dragon Sealoque Bloodstone that the druids

called the Guardian. Neila was the other.

"O'Shaunessey," Boone said, "I've got a question to ask you."

"Anything Matt," Kilian said as Boone took him by the arm and dragged

him out of earshot.

"I'm worried about Kristina here," the agent confessed, "Blakfyre hasn't

identified you. Sealoque doesn't have any other identity that he knows

about. My service record, on the other hand, is a matter of public record.

If the druid can't scare me off directly would he try to get at me through

her?"

Kilian nodded with a frown.

"He's more than capable of it," he replied, "Why? Anything happened

that you've somehow overlooked mentioning?"

"No, it's nothing."

"Nothing my ass, Matt," Kilian said, "If there's something you're not

telling me, I want to know, preferably before it kills you."

"Well, like I said," Boone replied after a pause, "I don't think it's

anything, but last night Kristina and me found some damage done to the car.

One of the headlights was broken and the windshield was cracked. I'd think

it was some punk kids that did it, except for the paint."

"What paint?"

"There was some kind of picture spray painted on the hood. Writing like

those runes on your tattoo and a star with a torch between each of the

points. It was a little weird but..."

"What color was the star?" Kilian interrupted.

"Why?" Boone asked, "Is that important?"

"What color was it? Answer me."

"Something dark I think."

"Don't 'think' damn it. Be sure. What color?"

"Well the car's right outside, so we can check if you like," said Boone,

"What difference does it make anyway?"

"The star and the torches. It's a wheel of fire," Kilian said, "Neila

can explain it better than I can."

Before Boone could stop him Kilian was out the door and heading towards

the sedan that had once been white but was now a dirty gray with apparent

spots of rust for decoration. Boone spoke to Neila while watching Kilian

through the window. When he mentioned the wheel of fire, Neila whitened

and her hands began to tremble. She had been talking to Kristina while the

men had their conversation, but she halted their chat and asked the young
girl to go into the kitchen and put on the kettle.

"The star," Neila asked when the girl had gone, "What color was it?"

"I'm getting a lot of that lately," Boone grimaced, "Kilian is checking

now. What difference does the color make anyway?"

"The wheel of fire is a druidic symbol," Neila explained, "It can

actually mean many things, but the color of the star is used to signify

it's intention. Green means ye are under the protection of whoever etched

the sign, amber means ye are being watched, and blue is a warning of

impending danger."

"Well none of those sound so bad."

"None of those are bad," Neila agreed, "but other colors may be less

pleasant. If the star is red it means someone intends to do ye harm,

usually not fatal, but black is the worst. A black wheel of fire is the

death sign. If ye receive the black wheel ye have been marked for

destruction, ye and all that ye own."

"What do you mean by all that I own?"

"In the old days it meant just that," Neila whispered, "Livestock and

pets, home and property... and kin."

Now it was Boone's turn to visibly pale. His face whitened and Neila

could see that the big tough lawman was fighting back tears of fear and

rage. Home and hearth meant very little to him, for those things could be

replaced, but his daughter was all that he had left in the world. His wife
had passed away from some illness, Neila knew, when the lass was just a

child, and Boone had no other family.

Just at that moment Kristina returned from the kitchen and saw her

fathers white face. She didn't ask what was wrong because she knew from

long experience that he wouldn't tell her anyway, but she hugged her father
and whispered that everything would be okay. It was a heartfelt

reassurance but the agent had been dealing with Stone Circle too long to

believe that. Threats made against his own person were a part of his job,

and those he would tolerate. Threats against his daughter he certainly

would not.

Before he could say anything in response Kilian returned. He glanced at

Neila and gave an almost imperceptible shake of his head, and that look was

all that Boone needed to see. The star was black. He raised an eyebrow at

Kilian, indicated his daughter, and the youth nodded the answer to an

unasked question.

"Kristina, sweety," he said, "I have to go out of town for a few days.

Would you mind staying here with Miss O'Braedy and Mr O'Shaunessey for a

while until I get back? It shouldn't take too long."

"Daddy, I'm seventeen," the girl pouted, "I can look after myself."

"I know you can," Boone assured her, "And I know I worry about you way

more than I really need to, but would you stay just for a couple of days if

only to make me feel better?"

The girl agreed, and without any further ado Boone gave her a kiss on

the cheek and made for the door.

"Thank you, O'Shaunessey," he called over his shoulder, "And Kristina

you be sure and mind what Miss O'Braedy tells you."

Then he was gone. With the starting of the car and a squealing of

tires, the law man set off to make some things right. Kilian knew that he

had no intention of going out of town, but he had to make sure that

Kristina was in a safe place while he arranged for her to disappear for a

few weeks. As an agent of the FBI he could make it happen, but it might

take time. Boone would tell his daughter everything about the nights

events and the meaning of the wheel when the time came for her to leave,

but for now he thought it best that she be kept out of the line of fire,

both emotionally and physically, until the plans were set in motion.

After the law man was gone, the party of three made it's way out into

the kitchen for a cup of tea before going up to bed. Few words were spoken

at first but it was clear that the girl was quite worried about her father.

He was only secretive when something was wrong and tonight he hadn't said

more than two words together until they had arrived here. He had, however,

told her some pretty wild stories in the past. She had always dismissed

the silliest of these as a loving father trying to be funny for his little

girl, but now she was no longer convinced.

Kristina was a bookish girl, and quite well read, so she knew Celtic

runes when she saw them. She had absolutely no idea what they meant, but

even seeing them at all was like something out of one of her fathers

stories. In fact she recalled him saying that a friend of his had some

runes on a tattoo. He said his friend could... No, it wasn't possible.

Surely that part of the story couldn't be true. Even if it was, who was to

say that these were the same people? But then daddy had always said that

he turned to his friend whenever he was in trouble, and she had never seen

her father act more like there was trouble brewing than he was acting now.

"Miss O'Braedy," she said, "Can I ask you for some advise."

"Ye certainly may," came the reply, "But only if ye promise never again

to call me that. As I've told that father ye have so many times, my name

is Neila."

"Okay then, Neila it is," the girl smiled, "Anyway, I've been thinking

of getting a tattoo, and I'm not sure if my father would react well to the

idea."

"Daddy's little girl wants a tattoo," Kilian winked at Neila, "Isn't

that cute."

"Cute isn't what I was going for," Kristina said, "But I don't want

anything big or obscene. Just something simple would be nice. Like a

little butterfly here on my ankle, or perhaps a unicorn. Do you think that

would be okay?"

"Well, have ye spoken to him about it?" Neila asked, "Have ye ever heard

him say anything to convince ye he was against the idea?"

"No not really," Kristina admitted, "But I'm afraid he'll think that

just because I want a tattoo I'll want to join a gang or something too."

"Nonsense," Neila said, "Ye know he's smarter than that. He knows that

a person needn't be bad to have a tattoo. Good people can have them as

well."

"That's what I think," Kristina said, "But I don't know anybody who has

one. Do you happen to have any tattoos? If you do I'm sure my dad will

agree."

"I don't," said Neila, "But Kilian does."

"Neila!"

"Oh hush, Kilian," Neila chided, "Show the child."

Kilian unbuttoned his shirt and pulled his left arm out of the sleeve to

show the girl his tattoo. At least that's what he kept telling people it

was. In fact it wasn't really anything that could be called a tattoo at

all, it was a birthmark. It was by far more intricate than it had a right

to be, but he had been born with it nonetheless. As he lifted his shirt
away from his shoulder, Kristina could see the circle of runes around the

winged shield, and she knew that her father's stories hadn't been stories
at all.

"I was right, it IS you," she breathed, "You're the were-dragon."

There fell a sudden silence, broken only by the bubbling of the tea

kettle. Kristina waited for the sound of the pin drop, but although it was

not forthcoming, she felt that she had just dropped bomb a much larger than

any pin. The silence hung for another moment, then Kilian sent Neila an 'I

told you so' glance and buttoned his shirt again.

"Ye aren't supposed to know about that lass," Neila said finally, "What

else has your father told ye?"

"He said that Mr O'Shaunessey could turn himself into a dragon,"

Kristina said in awe, "Well he didn't tell me your name, but he did mention

the tattoo. Did he tell the truth? Can you really turn into a dragon?"

"I think I'm going to have a chat with your father, young lady," Kilian

said, "But I don't suppose there's any use in denying it now. I'm sure you

wouldn't believe a word I said anyway."

Then he closed his eyes and raised his face to the moonlight coming

through the window, and for a moment his hands sprouted wicked looking

talons and his skin became a leathery coat of green scales, then Kristina

blinked and it was all gone.

"There isn't room in here to complete the change," said Kilian, "If I

tried I'd hit my head on the ceiling, but I think you get the point

anyway."

"Yeah, I think I do," she said, "Does that mean that all the rest is

true too? Is there really an evil wizard who's trying to take over the

world, and a whole team of good wizards who are trying to stop him?"

"Boone has a big mouth," Neila said, "But yes, it's all true. The evil

man is called Blakfyre, and the wizards are called druids. I know because

I happen to be one of them. Blakfyre is one as well, but he has twisted

our ways more than ye can know and made them evil. Do ye have any other

questions?"

"I don't think so," Kristina replied, "Normally I'd think this would

freak me out a little, but you know it actually makes me feel a lot better.

With people like you watching his back, I'm sure my dad's going to be fine.

I mean, if a dragon can't help him, who can, right?"

"You got it," Kilian agreed solemnly, "Nobody can do the job better than

I can."

He didn't bother to add that he wasn't sure if anybody could do the job,

himself included. The girl was looking for reassurance, not more fear, and

she didn't need his worries about Blakfyre's power to add to her own.

"In any case," Neila said with a yawn, "I think it's way past my

bedtime. Come with me lass and I'll show ye to the guest room."

Kristina only realized at that moment how exhausted she was, and sleep

seemed like both a fantastic idea and a forgotten luxury. It was amazing

how one night could stretch out to seem like a lifetime, but as exhausted

as she was, she still wasn't sure she could sleep. She had too much fresh

information flying around in her head, and too much old information

suddenly made new. Rest wouldn't come easily tonight, but she decided to

follow Neila up the stairs to the guest bed room regardless. Even if she

couldn't sleep right away, she hadn't any right to keep her hosts awake

because of her own uneasiness.

Neila led her to an upstairs room where a beautiful four poster bed

dominated the spacious area. Luxurious curtains hung over the bay windows

and the suite was warmly brightened by orange shaded wall sconce lights. A

thick plush rug was spread over the floor and Kristina couldn't wait to

sink into the stack of pillows that the bed was buried beneath. Neila left

her to settle in and returned downstairs to where Kilian was waiting in the

kitchen.

"That poor lass," she said, "Do ye have any idea what she'll do if

something happens to her father? She'll come apart at the seams, that's

what."

"Maybe," Kilian answered, "But Matt is a tough old dog. Now that he

doesn't have to look over his shoulder for her as well as himself, he'll

come out alright."

"I hope it's the truth," Neila sighed, "Wouldn't ye hate to be the one

to tell the lass that Blakfyre killed her father."

"No worries, love," Kilian said with a reassuring grin, "Old Matt Boone

is too stubborn to die. Blakfyre's lackeys don't have what it takes to top

a man like that one. He's been dealing with their sort way too long for

that."

"If it were only the lackeys I'd agree with ye," said Neila, "Blakfyre

himself is another matter."

Kilian had no answer for that one, so they sat in silence until they had

both finished their tea, and then they went upstairs to bed. Their own

bedroom was only just up the hall from the one Neila had led Kristina

toward, and as they passed by outside her door, Neila decided to check in

on the girl a little later to make sure she was sleeping okay. She and

Kilian entered their own room, which also included a vast four poster in

elegant mahogany. A thick red velvet drapery surrounded the bed between

the bedposts and a matching rug with matching curtains adorned the floor

and the windows. The walls were faux stone and the wall sconces were

designed to resemble actual torch light, even though they were electric.

The rest of their home was middle class and modern but those who rested

within the dragons lair slept in luxury.

Neila dimmed the lights as Kilian walked into the en suite master bath

and brushed his teeth. He then undressed and got into bed, waiting while

she changed into a short cotton nightdress and took her turn in the bath as

well. She then crawled under the covers and snuggled next to him. Just as

they were both becoming more comfortable, Neila thought about what Kristina

lying in the next room must be going through, and endured another wave of

anxiety.

"Did ye remember to lock the door after Matt left?" she asked.

"Damn," came the mumbled reply, "I don't think I did."

"I'll get it then, love," she offered, "Ye stay here."

Neila climbed out of bed and was followed immediately by soft snoring as

she left the room to bolt the front entrance. She tiptoed down the stairs

and turned the deadbolt, then she quietly tiptoed back up the steps once

more. As she neared the top of the staircase, however, she noticed a muted

radiance emanating softly from beneath Kristina's bedroom door. If the

girl had only fallen asleep with a light on she didn't wish to waken her by

opening the door, but Neila feared that Kristina had been unable to sleep

and had left the light on intentionally. She had planned to check on the

girl afterward in any case, and she knew of a way to do so without opening

the door at all.

She placed her palm on the door and softly muttered a druidic

enchantment. In a few moments her eyes glazed and a picture appeared

before her of the inside of the room. The ability to see the unseen was

useful when trying to locate someone, but the clairvoyance also made solid

objects no barrier to sight. As she secretly looked into the room, Neila

gasped in surprise. Kristina certainly wasn't sleeping.

Normally the young girl appeared to be quite shy, and was probably

described as a nerd by her classmates. Kristina probably never even stood

up for her rights when bullied by her peers at school, but now that she was

alone in her bed she seemed to know exactly what she wanted quite clearly.

She had stripped to her t-shirt and sheer white panties, removing her

glasses and setting them aside as well, and even as Neila watched in

surprise the girl was slowly pulling off her top with her left hand

revealing a matching bra while her right was gently caressing the inside of

her thigh. She dropped the t-shirt onto the floor and began to gently

pinch her nipples through her bra, making them harder and quite visible

through the thin fabric.

A tiny voice in Neila's head whispered that she should return to her

room and leave the girl to her privacy, but her curiosity won out over her

guilt and she remained rooted exactly where she was.

Getting herself off had always helped her sleep, so Kristina deftly

unfastened the catch in the front of her bra, blissfully unaware of any

watchful eyes, and cupped her hands over her soft ivory tits. She wet the

tips of her fingers and traced them around her nipples, cooing quietly in

delight as the sensitive buds came completely to attention. She easily

lifted one of her yielding tits to her full lips, sucking the nipple into

her mouth while continuing to fondle its twin. She switched to the other

one and gave it the same treatment and by the time she released it, both

nipples were standing at full attention.

While she had been kneading her tits a pleasant tingling had commenced

between her legs, and a damp patch had formed on the sheer white fabric.

She reached down and slipped one hand into her panties and Neila could

clearly see the outline of her hand as it began to caress her pussy.

Kristina closed her eyes with a little moan of enjoyment and spread her

legs a little farther to have better access to her quivering snatch. She

worked her fingers up and down her slit until she decided that her panties
were only in the way. Her soft tits swayed as she pulled the sheer

material down to her ankles and kicked it away, then parted her thighs and

looked at the mirror on the back of the door.

Thinking herself caught, Neila gasped as the girl looked right at her,

then calmed when she realized that the girl was only watching her own

reflection in the looking glass. Her moment of guilt was forgotten,

however, when she glanced between the young girls legs. Kristina's pussy
was shaven completely bare, and the sight of her wet naked cunt was

extremely erotic. Neila was truly shocked by her reaction to the seventeen

year old. She had never been aroused by another woman, and she wouldn't

even think of approaching a woman sexually, but a throbbing had begun in

her own snatch nonetheless.

Too distracted to hear the gasp of surprise outside of her door,

Kristina continued fondling her slick pussy, moaning softly each time her

fingertips bumped over her clit. Going to sleep was disregarded for the

moment, and only the desire to cum filled her mind. With two fingers of

her left hand Kristina opened her pussy lips to gaze in the mirror at her

dripping hole, the she teased herself by inserting just the tip of one

finger into herself. She stirred her fingertip in tiny circles around her

opening, crying for more but not giving in to her own hunger.

The scent of her arousal filled the room with a musky fragrance and her

hips began to rock up and down on the bed as she brought herself higher and

higher. Just as she felt the first tiny fluttering of an orgasm building

within her, she surrendered all resistance and plunged two fingers as deep

as she could into her pussy. She began to thrust her fingers madly in and

out of her naked cunt, and fucked herself with abandon until her orgasm

began to build on her, then she stopped. She panted in frustration but

would not resume until the wave of approaching ecstacy receded.

Only when her pussy lips stopped twitching around her fingers did she

withdraw them and lean over the side of her bed to retrieve her purse.

There was an ache between her legs that demanded attention but she ignored

it while she rummaged in her hand bag and brought out a small tube of

lubricant. She opened the tube and applied a generous amount to the middle

finger of her left hand, then dropped the tube back in her purse. After

she was lying flat on her back, Kristina spread her legs as far as she

could and restarted her play. She inserted one finger of her right hand

into her snatch, followed by a second and finally a third. She glanced at

the mirror and cooed when she saw her pussy lips wrapped around her

fingers, then she reached down past her pussy with her left hand. She

lightly stroked the tiny puckered ring, then gently pushed. She groaned as

the tip of her lubricated finger penetrated her tight asshole, and slowly

thrust the rest of it in until it was as deep as it could go.

Neila stood wide eyed in wonder. A bald pussy was something that she

could accept, and was even a little turned on by, but this was something

she had never heard of before. Why would anyone do such a thing? Yet, she

did seem to be enjoying herself though.

Sliding her finger in and out of her asshole was beginning to bring her

back towards a powerful orgasm, so Kristina decided not to play any longer.

She badly needed release, and this was the way to get it. With three

fingers fucking her bald snatch and one stroking into her tight ass, she

let the pressure build, but she wouldn't release it until she was ready.

Although she tried to remain as silent as she could, she was unable to stop

a few whispered moans.

"Oh yeah," she sighed, "Ungh, that's so good."

Kristina's finger pushed back and forth into her ass, but Neila's eyes

were always drawn back to the girls naked pussy. She couldn't hear the

girls moans, but her own clit was aching by now anyway, and there was a

little trickle running down her leg in evidence of her arousal.

"Ungh, fuck," Kristina whispered, "I'm gonna cum."

Suddenly Kristina was quite audible, although muffled, even through the

door.

"Ooh yeah, just a little more" the girl wailed as she fucked herself

faster, "Here it comes. I'm gonna... Ungh, ungh! Aaaaaaaaah!"

Her whole body began to thrash, and her pussy and asshole spasmed around

her fingers. She shivered in ecstacy as her snatch pulsed in waves, and

every little twitch sent a new thrill through her body. Bright colors

danced before her eyes and her big tits heaved as she groaned and gasped

for air.

When the tremors had subsided, Kristina cleaned herself up, turned out

her bedside lamp and rolled onto her side. She quickly drifted into sleep

with one hand still between her legs, lightly caressing her smooth pussy.

Letting the door fade back to it's normal state, Neila walked back up

the hall to her own room, with her snatch making little squishing sounds

with each step. As she entered the room she saw that Kilian was still

sleeping soundly and after the trying night that they had just had she had

no wish to wake him anyway. She walked into their en suite, only turning

on the light after she had quietly closed the door. The show that she had

just watched had made her hotter than she would have believed any woman

could, and she too needed relief. She wasted no time in stripping off her

cotton nightdress and her panties, and spent a moment brushing her fingers

through her damp red bush. She wanted to shave it the way Kristina had,

but she couldn't trust herself with a razor that close to such a sensitive

area.

Instead she climbed into the bathtub and took down the shower head. She

turned on the water and, after adjusting the temperature and pressure, sat

on the edge of the tub and aimed the pulsating spray between her legs. A

low groan escaped her as the water played over her dripping snatch. She

opened her pussy lips with one hand so that her thick clit was exposed to

the water directly, and she was already so horny that after only a few

moments she was cumming hard.

When her own trembling had subsided she turned off the water and dried

herself off, moaning as she dragged the towel over her pussy, and got

dressed again. She quietly turned off the light and opened the door, then

climbed back into bed next to Kilian without waking him and without him

being any the wiser.

Soon she drifted off to sleep and dreamt pleasant dreams about sexy

dragons and hairless pussies. She had no idea that in the room just down

the hall Kristina was dreaming about her pretty hostess.

The next morning Kilian, having awakened before either of the women,

left the house and went into his garage. A low slung street bike covered

by a tarp rested within, and he quickly pulled the tarp away and slung one

leg over the seat. With one smooth stomp he kicked the engine into life

and roared out to the drive and entered the traffic. The engine growled as

he traveled downtown to one of the worst neighborhoods he knew and

approached a sleazy disreputable bar known as the Jackals Den. It was

frequented by all manner of thugs and cutthroats, from the cheapest hired

muscle to high priced syndicate hit men. Several of Blakfyre's own lackeys

were known to be regulars.

Even though it was before nine in the morning the Jackals Den was open

for business, and a handful of its regular clientele had already staked out

their booths and bar stools. Several of the men eyed Kilian through the

greasy windows as he parked his bike and walked inside. As soon as he

entered he caught the smell of stale smoke that oozed from every surface

and the clack and clatter of the balls on the pool table echoing off of the

low ceiling. Most of the patrons flinched every time they heard the sound

of a far off police siren and each time one of the sirens wailed a few

hands darted inside jackets and toward waistbands for guns or other

weapons. This was a very nervous crowd in a place where violence could

erupt unexpectedly at any moment.

Ignoring the watching eyes, Kilian walked to the bar and asked for a

beer. While he waited for the bartender to pour his drink he

surreptitiously scanned the patrons looking for any familiar face. Finally

he caught sight of a skinny looking punk with a scar across one eye and

wearing a cheap leather jacket. Without any word of introduction he paid

for his beer and sat down at the punks table.

"Do I know you, asshole?" the punk sneered.

"No you don't," the youth replied as he took a sip of his beer.

"Well since I ain't looking for a new drinking buddy," snarled the punk,

"You can get the fuck away from me."

"Now that wasn't very polite, dumb ass," Kilian said as he calmly

brushed his long hair out of his eyes, "I just wanted to ask you a few

questions."

"You got balls man," the punk replied, "But I suggest that you get lost

before I have to seriously fuck you up."

"Listen, jerk off," Kilian said after taking another swallow of his

beer, "On my worst day I could break you in half with one hand. So I'd

advise you to be just a little bit more cooperative if you know what's good

for you. Like I said, I just want a few answers."

"I got your answers right here, you long haired faggot," the punk leered

as he grabbed his crotch, "And all you gotta do is ask the right

questions."

Kilian shook his head in disgust.

"Fine, be that way," he said, "I guess I'll have to ask someone else."

Without another word, Kilian picked up his beer and finished it off, and

walked out of the bar. He climbed unhurriedly onto his bike and watched

his rear view mirror as he rode slowly down the street. As he had

expected, he soon had company. The punk that he had spoken to ran out of

the Jackals Den with two of his buddies in tow and got into a four wheel

drive pickup.

Kilian grinned to himself. He had laid the bait and three rats had

wandered right into the trap. Sometimes they just made it too easy, but

that was their problem not his. If they were dumb enough to fall for a

sucker play, who was he to argue?

The three lowlifes didn't seem anxious to force a confrontation in this

part of town where there might be witnesses, so Kilian obliged them by

pretending not to know that he was being followed and heading for the

outskirts of town. Once outside of city limits he intended to make like

the Pied Piper and lead the rats right where he wanted them. Then he could

proceed to question them at his leisure without fear of being interrupted.

Gunning the street bikes engine, he set off on a leisurely route out

through the industrial section of the city, with warehouses and factories

rolling by on either side of the way. The farther he rode the more sparse

the traffic became, and the three hoods in the four wheel drive trailed

along behind him as if tied to his back tire, holding a discrete distance

all the way.

Finally the parade of two passed beyond the last inhabited areas, and

Kilian turned up a side road leading out of the city altogether and into

the mountains. Soon after the asphalt was replaced by hard packed gravel

and groves of trees took the place of glass and concrete, Kilian increased

his speed and pulled slightly ahead of his pursuers but the lead was short

lived. The street bike started to shake a little as it traveled over

terrain it hadn't really been designed for; the four wheel drive was at

home in the outback however, and quickly gained back the lost ground.

Kilian pulled a hard left and sent the bike careening down a side trail.

Clouds of dust were thrown up high as the pickup overshot the narrow path

and the driver slammed on the brakes and put the vehicle into reverse, only

to realize that the beaten track wasn't wide enough for the four wheel

drive to enter. The earthy scents of leaves and soil hung in the air as

the three men jumped out of the truck and followed on foot. The original

punk from the bar led the way, and his two friends came behind more slowly.

They were better dressed than the first man had been, and seemed to be

proceeding with more caution. The first punk had charged on ahead and had

begun yelling back for his friends to catch up.

Soon all three men stood in a clearing and could easily see that the

path had come to an end. The abandoned street bike was lying down on its

side in the dirt with the wheels still spinning, the long haired guy that

they had been chasing was nowhere to be seen, and the punk in the leather

jacket was bawling orders at the other two men as if he thought they really

gave a damn.

From his perch in a tree about twenty feet away, Kilian reassessed the

situation. He had planned on easily overpowering a few punks like the one

that had chased him out of the bar, but these two weren't of that category.

They weren't actually of any category that the first punk would normally

associate with. In fact these two put Kilian in mind of Mack and Solly,

the two syndicate types who had abducted Neila from the party last night.

Blakfyre always kept a close company of those men as his lieutenants in the

Stone Circle. Only a select few of them knew what he really was, and even

fewer were aware of his true plans.

These men were definitely not Blakfyre's low end lackeys, but Kilian

still wasn't worried. Even when prepared and at their best, the druids

syndicate men were little or no match for Sealoque, and they would meet the

dragon shortly. Kilian lifted his face to the sky and allowed the Change

to overtake him. His skin became a coat of scales and talons grew from his

fingers. Crunching and cracking noises surrounded him as his bones and

joints shifted to a new shape, and amidst the noises Kilian began to grow

as the skin over his shoulders split to unfurl two massive leathery bat

like wings. His spinal column lengthened outside of his body until it was

almost double his original height and a spade opened at the end of his

muscular tail.

The three searching men were alerted to his presence in the tree top by

the sounds of breaking bones, but before they could react, a loud snap came

from the same tree and a huge green shape dropped to the ground. The

branch that had easily held Kilian aloft had no chance against a five

hundred pound dragon. It promptly splintered under him, and Sealoque

plummeted downward to the loamy earth below. He landed on his feet with

feline grace, but the ground still shook from the force of the dragons

weight. At the moment of impact Sealoque's crimson eyes locked gazes with

the youth from the bar and in those last instants of his life the punk was

shown his own death.

"Oh shit," the punk yelled, but it was too late.

Sealoque intended to question this one and find out how much he knew

about Blakfyre and his whereabouts, as he had been at the party last night.

Neila had been doing her undercover work quite well, talking it up with

several of the druids minions, including Mack and Solly, when this punk

came in and pulled them both aside. A few whispered words sent Neila's

plans awry, and the druidess soon found herself on a rooftop with the two

men, at least one of whom intended to rape her before killing her.

Sealoque reasoned that the punk had in fact been passing on a message from

Blakfyre, ergo ab factum he had to have spoken to Blakfyre himself not long

before. He wasn't above using some not so gentle persuasion to sway the

punk into telling him everything he knew, and he wasn't about to let two

syndicate henchmen stop him.

The dragon pounced like a leopard on the hunt and pinned the thug to the

ground with one long talon pierced through his leather jacket.

"You almost got a pretty lady killed, punk," he growled, "Now it's your

turn."

"I didn't do nothing, I swear," the punk stammered, "Leave me alone."