stretched out on some pillows, and her injured foot once more raised upon others.
“I thought I’d find you here,” Con whispered from behind him.
Guy sighed. He should’ve known Con would come looking for him after he stormed out.
“You believe her?”
Guy nodded.
“Would you stake your honor on it?”
Guy hesitated and turned to look at his King over his shoulder. “I’ve followed every order you’ve ever given us, even when it meant turning against one of our own, even when I knew Ulrik was right. I sent my dragons away because you said it was the best thing for them. I gave you my dragon magic to help put a stop to our feelings. When was the last time I asked for anything, Con?”
“Never,” Con answered without hesitation.
“I’m asking you to trust me now. You weren’t there when we found Elena.”
Con sighed. “Nay, I was no’, but that doesna mean she’s no’ a good actress.”
“You can no’ fake fear like that. Maybe with words, but no’ in how she reacted with emotions and actions. She’s innocent in this.”
“Then you need to prove it. I have to take action. You understand that. No one can know what we are.”
Guy looked into Con’s black eyes. “I do understand, Con. And if it isna Elena?”
“Then we discover who was behind Sloan getting onto our land and into the mountain, but if it is Elena—”
“What are you going to do?”
Con placed a hand on his shoulder, his mouth tight with weariness. “It’s no’ what I’ll do, Guy. It’s what you’ll do.”
Guy waited until the door shut behind Con before he looked at Elena. He knew what Con wanted. Part of them being dragons was that they had magic. Guy’s specialty was erasing memories. There was no way he’d wipe Elena’s memories. If he did, what they’d shared would be gone.
But she’d be safe.
He leaned back against the door, but movement on the bed caused his gaze to turn to Elena. Her brow was creased and her sage green eyes worried as she looked at him.
“What would they make you do to me?”
Guy briefly shut his eyes and wished the conversation had taken place somewhere else so she wouldn’t have overheard it. “It doesna matter. I’m no’ going to do it.”
“If it doesn’t matter, then tell me.”
Guy pushed off the door and walked to the window beside the bed. He looked out over the land he had walked since the beginning of time.
There had been a era when he’d not had to keep what he was a secret. When he’d been able to take to the skies whether the sun was shining or the moon out.
Now, only the moon saw what he was, and then only briefly.
“You wouldna believe me if I told you,” he said.
The bed creaked and then he felt her behind him. He prayed she didn’t touch him, because if she did, he wouldn’t be able to keep from taking her again, wouldn’t be able to stop himself from laying her on the bed and ripping her clothes from her body.
“Try me.”
Guy inwardly laughed. If only she’d have touched him, then he wouldn’t have to think up some lie. He didn’t want to lie to her. But he had no choice. No one could know what they were.
“I can no’.”
“Because you think I won’t believe you?”
“Because of what you’ll think of me after.”
He hadn’t realized that’s how he felt until the words left his mouth, but they were the truth. Guy didn’t want her looking at him with revulsion or worse…fear.
Suddenly she was between him and the window. Her gaze searched his face before she said, “I know something is going on here. Despite being locked away, I’ve been treated with kindness. If you were so worried about someone discovering whatever it is here, you could have left me to die in the mountain.”
“That’s no’ our way.”
She glanced down and then placed her hand over his heart. “What is so different about you that being with you makes me forget about trying to find a way out or contacting anyone? What is it that…draws me to
“I thought I’d find you here,” Con whispered from behind him.
Guy sighed. He should’ve known Con would come looking for him after he stormed out.
“You believe her?”
Guy nodded.
“Would you stake your honor on it?”
Guy hesitated and turned to look at his King over his shoulder. “I’ve followed every order you’ve ever given us, even when it meant turning against one of our own, even when I knew Ulrik was right. I sent my dragons away because you said it was the best thing for them. I gave you my dragon magic to help put a stop to our feelings. When was the last time I asked for anything, Con?”
“Never,” Con answered without hesitation.
“I’m asking you to trust me now. You weren’t there when we found Elena.”
Con sighed. “Nay, I was no’, but that doesna mean she’s no’ a good actress.”
“You can no’ fake fear like that. Maybe with words, but no’ in how she reacted with emotions and actions. She’s innocent in this.”
“Then you need to prove it. I have to take action. You understand that. No one can know what we are.”
Guy looked into Con’s black eyes. “I do understand, Con. And if it isna Elena?”
“Then we discover who was behind Sloan getting onto our land and into the mountain, but if it is Elena—”
“What are you going to do?”
Con placed a hand on his shoulder, his mouth tight with weariness. “It’s no’ what I’ll do, Guy. It’s what you’ll do.”
Guy waited until the door shut behind Con before he looked at Elena. He knew what Con wanted. Part of them being dragons was that they had magic. Guy’s specialty was erasing memories. There was no way he’d wipe Elena’s memories. If he did, what they’d shared would be gone.
But she’d be safe.
He leaned back against the door, but movement on the bed caused his gaze to turn to Elena. Her brow was creased and her sage green eyes worried as she looked at him.
“What would they make you do to me?”
Guy briefly shut his eyes and wished the conversation had taken place somewhere else so she wouldn’t have overheard it. “It doesna matter. I’m no’ going to do it.”
“If it doesn’t matter, then tell me.”
Guy pushed off the door and walked to the window beside the bed. He looked out over the land he had walked since the beginning of time.
There had been a era when he’d not had to keep what he was a secret. When he’d been able to take to the skies whether the sun was shining or the moon out.
Now, only the moon saw what he was, and then only briefly.
“You wouldna believe me if I told you,” he said.
The bed creaked and then he felt her behind him. He prayed she didn’t touch him, because if she did, he wouldn’t be able to keep from taking her again, wouldn’t be able to stop himself from laying her on the bed and ripping her clothes from her body.
“Try me.”
Guy inwardly laughed. If only she’d have touched him, then he wouldn’t have to think up some lie. He didn’t want to lie to her. But he had no choice. No one could know what they were.
“I can no’.”
“Because you think I won’t believe you?”
“Because of what you’ll think of me after.”
He hadn’t realized that’s how he felt until the words left his mouth, but they were the truth. Guy didn’t want her looking at him with revulsion or worse…fear.
Suddenly she was between him and the window. Her gaze searched his face before she said, “I know something is going on here. Despite being locked away, I’ve been treated with kindness. If you were so worried about someone discovering whatever it is here, you could have left me to die in the mountain.”
“That’s no’ our way.”
She glanced down and then placed her hand over his heart. “What is so different about you that being with you makes me forget about trying to find a way out or contacting anyone? What is it that…draws me to
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