Excerpt: Touch of a Dragon

Touch of a Dragon

Chapter One

"Do you want to live?"

What the hell…? I focused on the brown hand thrust into my face, held onto it like a lifeline. Everything else around me was a scorched blur. My heart beat hard, and pain rode through my flesh. Did I want to live? Where was I? What had happened? Panic bubbled and words burst out. "What sort of insane question is that?" I choked, and agony shot over my skull.

"Make a choice."

I breathed slow, wanting to ease the fear, the pain enveloping me. I...