Water Dragon's Baby(Dragon Shifter Scifi Alien Romance) (Elemental Dragons Book 3) Read Free

Ella, as conservative as she happened to be, was fairly tired of playing holo-games and going to music festivals. She wanted something more, something substantial, something real.
    She thought about her students and how much she loved them. Ella had always wanted to be a teacher because she believed in the next generation. She loved children more than anything and being a teacher had fulfilled many of her core needs. But none of those children were her children. No matter how much she loved them, that would always be the case.
    She could try to find a human man to start a family with on Earth, but so far, the opportunity had not presented itself. Ella was starting to believe it never would.
    From everything that she knew about the dragon shifters, they were immensely loyal to their mates, giving them everything that they ever wanted. But the Water Prince of Galaton was not the same kind of dragon that she was used to.
    Maybe he would be cruel to her. Maybe her life would be difficult. There was no way of knowing until she jumped headfirst into a completely new life. A life she wasn't sure that she was prepared for. She walked down the street and sat in a café on the corner while she watched the leaves fall from the trees.
    A waiter came out and she ordered a chai latte. When he left, she thought about her prince. He had the most beautiful moss-green eyes she had ever seen. The thought of allowing him to die a horrible death by the madness of his own inner dragon tore her to the very core. How could she allow such a beautiful man to be destroyed by his own dragon – a dragon who wanted nothing more than her?
    The waiter came back and set her chai latte on her table. She drank the spicy, creamy drink and looked up at the pale blue sky. Somewhere in space there was a man waiting for her. A man who was perfect for her in every way. Without her, he would die. With her, he would have a family, a child, a bride, and the rule of a planet called Galaton.
    Who was she to disregard the hand of fate? All at once, Ella knew exactly what she needed to do. She was going to go to Galaton to meet and marry her dragon prince.

3
    S hay Vishak , the Water Prince of Galaton, watched massive sea creatures swim over the roof of the glass dome above. He stood on his private balcony, in the highest tower of the Coral Palace. The expanse of the Coral City spread out below him. Tall reeds fluttered in the wind generated by the tides.
    The water dragons could survive under water, just like the sea creatures who swam in the depths below the shifting tides of the planet. But while in their humanoid form, they preferred to live in buildings and breathe air.
    As far as Shay was concerned, the water lands were the most beautiful on Galaton. As he surveyed his kingdom, his holocom pinged with a message. He slid his finger over the wrist of his skintight Draconian uniform and brought up the message.
    It was from the Draconian mating lottery. They’d found his bride.
    Draconia had recently allowed Galaton to enter the lottery after thirty years of keeping them out of it. Galaton and Draconia were trading partners, but the relations between them lately had not been that good. Galaton had waited patiently to be invited into the lottery. All the while, the dragons of Galaton became more and more aggressive due to the lack of females.
    There was massive social unrest among the dragons of the water lands, and Shay had to fight them every day in the fighting pits below the Coral Palace. It was not something he enjoyed, but it was a role he had spent his entire life training to play.
    Shay was the greatest warrior of the water lands, and as far as he was concerned, the greatest warrior on Galaton. The other princes may disagree with that assessment, but he didn't really care. They could think what they wanted.
    It wasn't that Shay didn't have respect for the other princes of Galaton, but they simply weren't water dragons. And everyone knew water dragons were the