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The green color closely matched Tosh’s scales and
was the same color of fabric that Deci had chosen for her gown.
Gen tugged on the hem of the trousers and
straightened, looking at Tosh critically.
“You look just like your father,” Gen said,
smiling. “He and your mother would be proud of the male you’ve
become.”
Tosh nodded. “I wish they were alive so they
could meet Deci.”
Gen smiled sadly. “She’s a special female and
will serve the nest well as queen.”
With one final look in the mirror, Tosh
declared the outfit complete and perfect. He removed the tunic and
handed it to Gen, who hung it over his arm along with the pants
after he’d removed them. As he dressed in his regular clothes, he
suddenly felt like he was being choked. His vision dimmed, and he
fell to one knee, his hand grasping his throat to find that there
wasn’t anything harming him physically. His vision swirled, edged
with black, and his lungs burned. Gen shouted for help, but Tosh
could barely hear him over his dragon’s roaring in his mind.
As quickly as the symptoms had come, they
disappeared, and he could breathe and see normally. The only thing
that was different was that he couldn’t feel his connection to Deci
as strongly as he had moments earlier. His dragon cried mournfully
as worry over her well-being filled him.
Zixin and Lok rushed into the room, weapons
drawn.
“Deci’s in trouble,” Tosh said as he rose to
his feet and dialed her number on his cell.
“What’s going on?” Lok asked.
Her phone went straight to voicemail. He
dialed a few more times, his anxiety spiking. “I don’t know. I was
fine, and then I felt like I was being choked. I can’t feel her as
strongly as I did before through our mating connection.” He moved
swiftly through the room. “Call her guards. We need to go to the
spa immediately.”
As he rushed down the stairs, with his guards
behind him, he was joined by Wei and Dai in the kitchen. Within
moments, Tosh was in an SUV as Dai rushed through the streets of
Culiver on the way to the spa.
He closed his eyes and reached for his
connection to Deci. Where it had been a bright tie between them
earlier that morning, it was now dull and faint. He could hardly
feel her at all. He knew she must still be alive, but something had
dampened their bond. He didn’t want to think what that might
mean.
* * *
Deci woke slowly, feeling first a rough
concrete floor and then metal encircling her wrists. Her vision was
blurry, and she blinked to clear it, trying to draw on her polar
bear to help her heal whatever had been done to her. She had little
memory of what happened, only that she’d been lying on the table in
the room and then the steam had suddenly smelled strange. She’d
tried to move to get away from it and call for help, but she’d
found herself paralyzed and unable to even open her eyes. She had
slipped away into unconsciousness swiftly and had no idea where she
was or how long she’d been gone.
While trying to remain calm and not flip out,
she peered around the concrete room. A disconcerting drain was in
the center of the room, and the heavy scent of harsh cleanser made
her nose itch. As her vision cleared, she reached out to her bear,
but she couldn’t feel her beast very strongly. It was as if her
bear, and the strength and power she normally felt with their
connection, was covered under a heavy blanket. She didn’t want to
think what it meant that she couldn’t connect to her beast, and as
she closed her eyes and tried to reach out to Tosh through their
mating connection, she couldn’t feel him either.
Utterly alone, Deci fought the sudden tears
and breathed deeply, giving herself a chance to calm down. Wiggling
into a seated position, she closed her eyes as dizziness swamped
her.
After the dizzy spell quickly passed, she
inspected the room more thoroughly. The walls were rough concrete,
the same as the floor. A single bulb in the ceiling harshly
illuminated the
was the same color of fabric that Deci had chosen for her gown.
Gen tugged on the hem of the trousers and
straightened, looking at Tosh critically.
“You look just like your father,” Gen said,
smiling. “He and your mother would be proud of the male you’ve
become.”
Tosh nodded. “I wish they were alive so they
could meet Deci.”
Gen smiled sadly. “She’s a special female and
will serve the nest well as queen.”
With one final look in the mirror, Tosh
declared the outfit complete and perfect. He removed the tunic and
handed it to Gen, who hung it over his arm along with the pants
after he’d removed them. As he dressed in his regular clothes, he
suddenly felt like he was being choked. His vision dimmed, and he
fell to one knee, his hand grasping his throat to find that there
wasn’t anything harming him physically. His vision swirled, edged
with black, and his lungs burned. Gen shouted for help, but Tosh
could barely hear him over his dragon’s roaring in his mind.
As quickly as the symptoms had come, they
disappeared, and he could breathe and see normally. The only thing
that was different was that he couldn’t feel his connection to Deci
as strongly as he had moments earlier. His dragon cried mournfully
as worry over her well-being filled him.
Zixin and Lok rushed into the room, weapons
drawn.
“Deci’s in trouble,” Tosh said as he rose to
his feet and dialed her number on his cell.
“What’s going on?” Lok asked.
Her phone went straight to voicemail. He
dialed a few more times, his anxiety spiking. “I don’t know. I was
fine, and then I felt like I was being choked. I can’t feel her as
strongly as I did before through our mating connection.” He moved
swiftly through the room. “Call her guards. We need to go to the
spa immediately.”
As he rushed down the stairs, with his guards
behind him, he was joined by Wei and Dai in the kitchen. Within
moments, Tosh was in an SUV as Dai rushed through the streets of
Culiver on the way to the spa.
He closed his eyes and reached for his
connection to Deci. Where it had been a bright tie between them
earlier that morning, it was now dull and faint. He could hardly
feel her at all. He knew she must still be alive, but something had
dampened their bond. He didn’t want to think what that might
mean.
* * *
Deci woke slowly, feeling first a rough
concrete floor and then metal encircling her wrists. Her vision was
blurry, and she blinked to clear it, trying to draw on her polar
bear to help her heal whatever had been done to her. She had little
memory of what happened, only that she’d been lying on the table in
the room and then the steam had suddenly smelled strange. She’d
tried to move to get away from it and call for help, but she’d
found herself paralyzed and unable to even open her eyes. She had
slipped away into unconsciousness swiftly and had no idea where she
was or how long she’d been gone.
While trying to remain calm and not flip out,
she peered around the concrete room. A disconcerting drain was in
the center of the room, and the heavy scent of harsh cleanser made
her nose itch. As her vision cleared, she reached out to her bear,
but she couldn’t feel her beast very strongly. It was as if her
bear, and the strength and power she normally felt with their
connection, was covered under a heavy blanket. She didn’t want to
think what it meant that she couldn’t connect to her beast, and as
she closed her eyes and tried to reach out to Tosh through their
mating connection, she couldn’t feel him either.
Utterly alone, Deci fought the sudden tears
and breathed deeply, giving herself a chance to calm down. Wiggling
into a seated position, she closed her eyes as dizziness swamped
her.
After the dizzy spell quickly passed, she
inspected the room more thoroughly. The walls were rough concrete,
the same as the floor. A single bulb in the ceiling harshly
illuminated the
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