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...But I love you... -Story- — Description
"I... I'm working for Skagong. My mission was to infultrate the Rescuers and destroy you guys from within," Neon said, unable to look Mya in the eyes. She remained silent. He decided to go on.
"If I hadn't Skagong would have killed me! I was so scared, Mya. But then I met you, and everything changed... For the better. I love you, Mya. More than you can imagine."
He looked up at her, hoping he'd said the right thing. Mya's face was blank. He didn't know what to make of that.

Slowly she lifted her head and opened her eyes. Their usual bright clover-green was dull and glassy.
"No, Neon," she started, the sides of her mouth twitching, revealing sharp white teeth for moments at a time, "If you loved me you would have told me sooner. We could have helped you struggle free from Skagong's grasp. But you left it until I could nearly guess myself."
"What do you mean... could have? Why not now?"

That question broke the ice.

"YOU EXPECT ME TO HELP YOU NOW?! You JERK! YOU'RE SUCH AN IDIOT, THERE IS NOTHING BETWEEN YOUR HORNS, YOU PUFFBALL!"
Tears streamed down Mya's cheeks as she bared her teeth. Neon couldn't picture how calm she had been the night before, how she had snuggled up to him. How they had... mated. How gentle and soft she had been. How safe he had felt.
Now he was scared for his life.
It was the first time she had bared her teeth at him.
They were serrated.
She could easily kill him, he realised, with teeth like that.

"Mya... I'm so sorry. I was scared that-"
"That what?!"
You'd react like this, Neon thought to himself.
"WELL?! Don't just stand there gob smacked! Talk to me!"
"I was scared you'd be angry. And you are. And I'm sorry. Really sorry. But we all make mistakes! Surely you know that better than anyone?"

He realised too late what Mya would relate that to.
Damn it! I'm an idiot! She'll think I'm implying killing Jasmine was a mistake!

A dry roar errupted from low in Mya's throat and she rose on her hind legs. Neon wilfed to a quater of his size and pressed his belly to the ground. All Mya had to do to kill him was slam her horns down on his rib cage...

Instead she slammed down onto the ground, making cracks appear in the rock supporting them.
"Neon, you're dead to me."
Neon's hearts sank like cold stone.
"GO!" the she-dragon roared.

Neon ran. Faster than he had ever done before.

And as Mya watched him go, her hearts cracked open, fell out of her chest and lay bleeding on the stone in front of her.
Her love was running for his life.
Why did he betray her so deeply?

...Why?

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