As I’m sure you’ve discovered, he’s impulsive.” He garbled on them, not able to get a single syllable out, eyes threatening to pop out of his head altogether. “I told him not to do that,” Alric sighed, already sounding resigned.Ĭameron wanted to say words. Then he saw it, soaring through the clear blue sky, angling down and toward their direction. For a split second, he didn’t see anything and was confused. “But there’s something up here that I want to show you-oh dammit.”Ĭameron’s head snapped around to see what had caused Alric to swear. Fortunately.” Alric’s mouth grew in a smile that suggested he’d just told a joke, something Cameron didn’t know enough to get. “The upkeep on this thing must be insane.”

It was built late 1300 and finished in early 1400. “How long has the castle been standing? You said it was to replace the other one, that burned down in 1300-something.”

So he changed the topic a little to something else. He didn’t want to pry and reopen old wounds. “More than we currently have, in fact.”Ĭameron sensed there was some tragic history behind that statement. It’s a very large building so it can accommodate all of us with ease.” His expression turned sad for a moment. “I do indeed, along with the rest of my family. “Holy shit, Alric! That’s a stunning castle. It looked like something out of a child’s storybook, and Cameron had to blink several times to convince himself that his eyes weren’t playing tricks. It stood like a fairytale, all white and pristine as it soared into the sky, the round towers on top ending in conical tin roofs. Turns out coming to Germany wasn’t an escape but his awakening. It may take a hot second, but as Cameron learns more about the scarred Alric and the life he’s landed in, Cameron realizes that perhaps this is where he’s meant to be, magic and mates and kidnapping and all. Because of course he is, and mates are meant to take the blame, right? So how does he end up discovering his lost magic heritage, running from bad guys with a secret agenda, and being adopted by the not-so-extinct Fire Dragon clan?Ĭameron blames tall, dark, and sexy Alric, king of the Fire dragons. With a new mechanical engineering degree, a new job looming, and a whole life planned out that isn’t his, Germany seems like the best place to find himself. Origin | AJ Sherwood & Jocelynn Drake Spells n’ Scales #1Ĭameron wants to make it clear that he did not go into the festival to find a dragon mate.

Origin by A.J. Sherwood