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The dragon’s gaze shifted to me and seemed to soften imperceptibly. It blinked once and cocked its head slightly. The simple act was so innocuous, so disarming, that I relaxed ever so slightly.
I looked down at the land below me, cloaked in darkness, and watched the only life I’d ever known disappear from sight.
He gave a crooked grin and shrugged. “You’re much too alluring. I’d just have to take my chances, and if you killed me”—he leaned in a bit—“well, it would be a good death.”
“It’s nothing, just a bruise.” Anger simmered in his eyes. “Who did this to you?”
hehheheheheh
“There are three things I love in this world. Reading, a challenge, and proving others wrong.”
“Firstly, you may call me Kane. King Ravenwood is a little formal from someone I’ve made blush as many times as you.”
“Dare I ask where Bert is now?” “I wouldn’t,” he said, his low voice like a dagger’s caress against my cheek. But he shifted even closer, his hand splaying taut across my stomach, holding me to him.
“You can ask me your question on our way home.”
OUR way HOMEEEE
I was furious with the man. So, so furious. But I also wanted to lick his neck. It was complicated.
lol
“Who did that to you?” he said in a low tone I could barely hear.
ugghhhh
“I love to listen to you explain medicinal practices,” he purred. “And I’d love to listen to you fall off a cliff.”
He visibly shook, suppressing a laugh.
For the chimera, I was going to pretend to be someone brave until I was one.
Arwen, there is a wild strength inside of you. You don’t need Ryder, or Dagan, or me, or anyone else to take care of you. Remember that. You are enough.”
“I thought”—his voice cracked, and my heart stumbled over a beat—“I’d lost you. I couldn’t eat. Sleep. Move.” A sad smile tugged at his lips. “Shave.” He considered me with something akin to awe. “I did not want to live in a world without you in it.”
Everything that had shaped my childhood and these past few years. A life wasted in fear, hiding from what was outside, terrified of being alone yet always feeling lonely. Betrayal from the only person who had shown me what anything else could feel like. A prophecy that promised my death.
It was a world I had to save, even if I wouldn’t live to see it.
