Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates novel Chapter 106

Colby

The day after we apprehended the dragon shifter, I found myself going to the witches council headquarters for the state so I could talk to him. My pack knew I was going to do it, but not when. As pack leader, it was important I keep up with this.

When the witches saw me they didn’t seem too perturbed. They motioned for me to sit and said I would be able to go downstairs to speak with him in the cells soon. While I waited, I watched the TV they were playing.

It was a shock when the news interrupted the regularly scheduled program to talk about the Dragon shifter. Damn, this was looking to be a big deal, was’ tit?

“Good evening, and welcome to Channel 7 Nightly News. Tonight, a shocking revelation-a dragon shifter has been found and arrested by the Witches’ Council in the county.

Authorities apprehended the shifter near Rosewater Coven’s former stronghold, where witnesses reported chaos as enforcement agents moved in. Sources claim the individual displayed enhanced strength and possibly fire manipulation, causing significant damage to the surrounding area before being subdued.

Eyewitnesses describe the scene as nothing short of terrifying. “One moment, it was quiet, and the next, there was this heatwave-like the air itself was on fire,” said a local shopkeeper who saw the arrest unfold. “I swear I saw flames in their eyes before they collapsed.”

The Witches’ Council has yet to release the shifter’s identity but insists the situation is under control. However, the secrecy surrounding the case has sparked growing speculation. Some believe the shifter was not alone. Others fear this could be the first of many discoveries, reigniting concerns about long-dormant threats.

This discovery raises a chilling question-if one dragon shifter has surfaced, could there be more? And if so, where have they been hiding all this time?

Stay with Channel 7 Nightly News for exclusive interviews, expert analysis, and the latest updates on this developing story.”

The news report made me roll my eyes. I had no idea why they were making such a big deal about this. We had managed to subdue them without much trouble-and for them to say agents were the one to subdue him?

No, we were the ones. It was difficult to contain my annoyance but I didn’t want the witches to kick me out of the building when I had to talk to this dragon shifter who they captured.

“Colby? You can go in and talk to the shifter now.”

With a racing pulse, I got up and followed the guard. They led me to the cell where I found this shifter. Standing here so close to him was surreal. He looked almost like a normal human, except for the scales covering his body. But he had a human nose and mouth with these yellow eyes that pierced through everything they looked.

Or that was how it came across.

I stop outside the reinforced cell, arms crossed. The dragon shifter sits on the stone floor, staring at his hands as if they’re foreign to him. He’s awake but disoriented. Good. Maybe that means he’ll talk.

His golden eyes snapped up to me, sharpand calculating. “Where am I?”

“A holding cell, courtesy of the Witch Council,” I say, my voice flat. “You caused a mess. They’re not happy.”

The dragon looked so confused by what I was saying. He gazed at me, sniffing the air as if he were trying to figure out just who or what I was. My eyebrows shot up, making me take a step back.

Just how long had this dragon shifter been asleep? I was almost afraid to ask but I knew I had to.

His brow furrows, his confusion palpable. “Witch Council?”

“Yeah. They’re the ones who locked you up after you crashed into the city like a damn meteor.” His eyes flicker, and I can’t tell if it’s confusion or frustration. “That… makes no sense.”

“Tell me about it.” I let out a sigh and leaned against the bars. “I’m Colby, by the way. I’m here to figure out what the hell you are and why you nearly leveled half a block.”

He frowns, eyes narrowing slightly. “You are … like me?”

“A shifter?” I nod. “Yeah, but a wolf shifter. But I don’t go around shifting into a wolf and wrecking the area.” He shakes his head, and his voice drops, almost like he’s speaking to himself. “No. You are different.”

I push off the bars, trying to keep this from dragging out. “How about we focus on you? What’s the last thing you remember?” His fingers twitch, almost imperceptibly. “Battle. Fire. Pain.” His brow furrows. “Then… nothing.”

“Nothing?” I ask, feeling the weight of his words.

“Like falling into darkness.” He exhales sharply. “And now I wake to… this.”

“Yeah, well, welcome to 2025, I say dryly, trying to keep the mood light, but it doesn’t help much. He stares at me, his golden eyes wide, filled with disbelief. “No.”

I felt like I had just put my foot in my mouth. The dragon shifter had been sleeping for a long time and I just dropped the bomb least gently. He kept looking around as if there was some way to convince himself that this was just a dream and nothing more.

I turn back to him, my resolve hardening. “Alright,” I say, the words firming up in my chest. “Then let’s make sure they don’t wakeup.”

The dragon’s gaze never wavers, but a small flicker of recognition crosses his features. For the first time, I think he might believe that we have a shot at this.

But the weight of the world is still heavy on my shoulders, and the path ahead is far from clear.

“You need to find the witches. They helped us sleep. Made sure that we stayed asleep until the right moment. It’s too soon for us to be awake.”

And this right here was why the witches association as a whole was blaming us. They wanted us to go with the status quo and let our fellow pack members get their children taken from them. Except, we fought against this and were able to stop them from taking one of the pups.

I loved those kids like they were my own. The twins could be quite a handful, but all of us loved the new generation in our pack I couldn’t imagine that both of them wouldn’t be there, filling our households with childlike joy and laughter.

They wanted to take this from us so what did they expect? “Yeah, well it’s going to be hard to find that coven.”

He blinked slowly. “Then you are in trouble.”

“Don’t you mean the whole world is in trouble?” I asked hesitantly. The shifter nodded. “Yes, but why dig the knife in any deeper?” “What is your name?” I asked after a while.

There was no response from the shifter. I frowned, gazing at him and wondering why he was failing to answer my question.

“I… can’t recall.”

My lips formed a thin line. It was hard to tell if he was telling the truth or not. The dragon shifter could be fucking with me and want me to leave him alone or he was telling the truth. Perhaps sleeping that long had messed with his memory.

“I see,” I said, deciding that I had gotten all I could from this conversation.

It was time to go back to the house and talk to the rest of the pack We needed to discuss this because whether we liked it or not, it was going to be our problem.