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second later, two gigantic black dragons stood where the men had been. The only thing differentiating them was an intricate plate of armor that covered Darius’s breast and gleamed in the morning sun.
    “Sweet Mother Goddess,” she breathed, shocked to motionlessness. “You really are dragons.”
    “You were expecting something else?” The voice came in her mind, unexpected and subtly amused. One of the twins was speaking telepathically to her. She thought it was Darius from the teasing tone, but she wasn’t sure.
    “All this and you’re telepaths too?” Josie’s knees went weak as the two huge dragons advanced on her position. She was frozen in place, unable to move.
    One reached out its long, sinuous neck, its massive head hovering in front of her face. One peridot green eye winked at her with amusement. The same peridot shade the twins shared.
    “Guys, you can’t fly around like that. If somebody sees you…” It didn’t bear thinking about. She began to shake.
    The giant dragon tilted his head in question then looked at his brother. Their eyes narrowed as if troubled, and Connor shifted back to his human form. He took her in his arms, holding her close while she clutched his shoulders.
    “What’s wrong, love? What has you upset?” His concern touched her heart.
    “You’re so big…and there aren’t any dragons here. If someone sees you…” Hiccups interrupted her babbling as emotion threatened to overwhelm her. She didn’t know where to begin to tell them everything that was just wrong with being a dragon in the twenty-first century. Maybe they really were from another planet. Or another dimension.
    “We don’t have to fly if you don’t want us to.” Darius came up beside her, in human form once more. She read concern on his face along with dismay. She was probably freaking these guys out with her violently swinging emotional display.
    “I’m sorry,” she whispered. She tried to get a grip, but needed a few minutes to come to terms with this revelation. Her cat clawed at her insides, wanting to get out. She pulled away from Connor and looked at both men. “You two stay here, and please don’t fly anywhere. Don’t do your dragon thing. At least not until I get back.”
    “Where are you going?” Connor asked. He looked like he wanted to prevent her from leaving, but she couldn’t take that. She needed some space.
    “My cat needs to run, and I need to think. I’ll be back in about an hour, okay?”
     
    Connor watched her go with a sinking heart. She was clearly distraught. Something they’d done had upset her. It didn’t sit well.
    “Do you think we scared her?” Darius stood beside him as they watched her lope off into the dense forest. She had shimmered with a white cloud of fog—the exact opposite of their dark black shimmer—then turned into a gorgeous spotted white cat. There were legends of such creatures living in the far north of their world, but neither of the twins had ever seen one of them.
    “I don’t think our lady is frightened by much.” Connor thought about her reaction. “She seemed more overwhelmed than scared.”
    “Well, we are a lot bigger than she is when we shift. Heck—” Darius shook his head, “—even in human form we are much larger than she is.”
    “Our mate is a tiny thing,” Connor agreed. “We must be careful with her both physically and emotionally. I think she is more fragile than she seems.”
    “What makes you say that?”
    “Why else would she be living out here all alone? I fear someone or something hurt her in the past. She is hiding from something.”
    Darius seemed struck by the thought. His eyes narrowed as he stared after the place she had disappeared. “I’m going after her.”
    “She wanted to be alone,” Connor reminded his twin.
    “I’m going to watch over her from above. She’ll never know.”
    “Dar, if there truly are no dragons in this world, I imagine we’re going to face some difficulties. For one thing,