only an hour before. “Don’t tell me you’ve fallen into a state of hibernation. Come on, Grania! You are my assigned protector … and whether or not I need your protection—I want it. You have my heart, you have my soul—don’t betray it, protect it with your fullest power! You wield a might that would stop most of my kind in their tracks. Let them wonder at your glory—come back to me!”
Her body went limp in his arms. He reached for a long fluffy towel and wrapped it around her body. Using his magic, he conjured a towel for her hair. He looked to the shower and stopped the water flow. Then, snapping his fingers, he magically cleansed his own body. He hadn’t realized how much the night’s activities had taken a toll on him. He now stood in a puddle of water. He directed his magic to the floor, drying it so that he would not fall flat on his ass while carrying her out of the bathroom.
Worrying about her seemed to plague him more than when he’d entered into
battle with the evil dragon shifters. Love was a chain—having someone like her in his life would cause constant anxiety.
“I’m so tired.” Her soft whisper made him jolt. When he looked back down into her eyes again, he saw recognition glinting in their beautiful depths.
“Don’t get too tired … that poison must still be in your system. You need to fight it. Rise above it.”
“Rising above a poison that can kill my kind in a concentrated enough dose isn’t as easy as you think.” Weariness stole into her voice.
“Kill you? You told me it would only put you into a coma-like state.”
“If the dose was as small as I thought it would be. I didn’t think that James would kill me—perhaps, I was a bit off the mark with that. At any rate, if you hadn’t come into the bathroom when you did—I shudder to think of where I’d be right now. I felt myself drifting away—it was the most peaceful and yet disturbing feeling I’ve ever felt. I know there are those of us that can literally transport our spirit from our physical bodies, but I have never wanted to be one of those astral walkers. If I leave my body, I don’t know if I’ll ever find my way back.”
“How do I help you?”
“You need to summon another one of my kind. I think this might be something
too big for the magic cream to fix.”
“How do I contact your kind?” His eyes searched her features. She looked as
worried as he felt. He believed her when she’d broached her worries about not being able to return to her body. If he’d actually almost lost her .…
“The crystal ball communication network. I know your kind use crystal balls .…”
“We do. Where’s the closest dragon crystal ball?”
“On my night table in my bedroom.” She shivered.
“You need to get some clothes on.” He finished drying her, and snapped his
fingers. She was instantly wrapped in a warm—albeit it not so sexy nightgown. “I called that from your wardrobe. Is that a good representation of the rest of your clothing?”
“Never mind. I’m fighting to just speak—please, Dylan, don’t be a smartass. If DRAGON’S HEART Marly Mathews 170
you don’t act quickly, I will die—on the positive side, I’ll die fighting for a cause I believe in, and fighting to protect your life. At least this way, you won’t have to have the burden of me as your mate.”
“Hey, I’m no prize as a husband, either. Just hold on. Don’t you go and abandon me now—I’m becoming a bit codependent on you.”
He laid her on the bed, and then reached for the globe on her nightstand. Placing it on the bed in front of him, he looked over at her. “What now?”
“Allow me to touch it. It’s activated by telepathy … dragon shifter telepathy.”
She circled the palm of her hand around the pinky colored crystal. “It will light up soon, you’ll have to speak to Blaze. He’s my cousin—he’ll come to help me.”
“I just bet this Blaze is the picture of perfection. All of the women fawn
Her body went limp in his arms. He reached for a long fluffy towel and wrapped it around her body. Using his magic, he conjured a towel for her hair. He looked to the shower and stopped the water flow. Then, snapping his fingers, he magically cleansed his own body. He hadn’t realized how much the night’s activities had taken a toll on him. He now stood in a puddle of water. He directed his magic to the floor, drying it so that he would not fall flat on his ass while carrying her out of the bathroom.
Worrying about her seemed to plague him more than when he’d entered into
battle with the evil dragon shifters. Love was a chain—having someone like her in his life would cause constant anxiety.
“I’m so tired.” Her soft whisper made him jolt. When he looked back down into her eyes again, he saw recognition glinting in their beautiful depths.
“Don’t get too tired … that poison must still be in your system. You need to fight it. Rise above it.”
“Rising above a poison that can kill my kind in a concentrated enough dose isn’t as easy as you think.” Weariness stole into her voice.
“Kill you? You told me it would only put you into a coma-like state.”
“If the dose was as small as I thought it would be. I didn’t think that James would kill me—perhaps, I was a bit off the mark with that. At any rate, if you hadn’t come into the bathroom when you did—I shudder to think of where I’d be right now. I felt myself drifting away—it was the most peaceful and yet disturbing feeling I’ve ever felt. I know there are those of us that can literally transport our spirit from our physical bodies, but I have never wanted to be one of those astral walkers. If I leave my body, I don’t know if I’ll ever find my way back.”
“How do I help you?”
“You need to summon another one of my kind. I think this might be something
too big for the magic cream to fix.”
“How do I contact your kind?” His eyes searched her features. She looked as
worried as he felt. He believed her when she’d broached her worries about not being able to return to her body. If he’d actually almost lost her .…
“The crystal ball communication network. I know your kind use crystal balls .…”
“We do. Where’s the closest dragon crystal ball?”
“On my night table in my bedroom.” She shivered.
“You need to get some clothes on.” He finished drying her, and snapped his
fingers. She was instantly wrapped in a warm—albeit it not so sexy nightgown. “I called that from your wardrobe. Is that a good representation of the rest of your clothing?”
“Never mind. I’m fighting to just speak—please, Dylan, don’t be a smartass. If DRAGON’S HEART Marly Mathews 170
you don’t act quickly, I will die—on the positive side, I’ll die fighting for a cause I believe in, and fighting to protect your life. At least this way, you won’t have to have the burden of me as your mate.”
“Hey, I’m no prize as a husband, either. Just hold on. Don’t you go and abandon me now—I’m becoming a bit codependent on you.”
He laid her on the bed, and then reached for the globe on her nightstand. Placing it on the bed in front of him, he looked over at her. “What now?”
“Allow me to touch it. It’s activated by telepathy … dragon shifter telepathy.”
She circled the palm of her hand around the pinky colored crystal. “It will light up soon, you’ll have to speak to Blaze. He’s my cousin—he’ll come to help me.”
“I just bet this Blaze is the picture of perfection. All of the women fawn
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