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you
a human then? Or are you really a dragon?”
    Zane lowered
his eyes. “I’m a dragon. There are other animals in the other world who take
human forms here. But pure humans can’t shift.”
    “Which is
what I am.”
    “Which is
what most people are.”
    Stacey
grinned. She clapped her hands together. “So where’s my breakfast?”
    “What do
would you like to eat?”
    “What do you
eat?”
    Zane began
towards the forest edge that surrounded the clearing. “Follow me.”

 
    CHAPTER FIVE
     
     
    Whilst the sun’s heat was warm even
this early in the morning, the wind that bristled through the forest’s trees
was cool and welcomed. Stacey followed Zane’s eyes towards the tops of the
trees where she saw red squirrels moving along at rapid pace. Birds flew beside
them, sharing the habitat.
    Zane put his
hand on the trunk of one such tree, as if he was about to climb it.
    “You’re not
going to hurt those animals,” Stacey suddenly barked in alarm.
    Zane shot her
a fiery glance. “No. I’m not.”
    He resumed
his climb.
    “Okay,”
Stacey murmured. “Sorry.”
    Zane’s
finger’s stuck to the tree branch almost too easily, a bit like Spiderman. He
climbed to the lowest branch and from there jump up two more. Soon he was so
high Stacey could see little more than his figure.
    She stepped
back, trying to figure out where he was.
    “Where are
you?” she murmured.
    There was a
thud directly behind her. “Right here.”
    She turned
around to face Zane who was holding up a glowing blue fruit in front of her. It
was as big as a melon.
    “What is
that?” Stacey asked.
    “It’s a
special kind of blueberry. Here, it’s yours.”
    She took it
from him and held it in her hands. The berry was cold.
    In his other
hand, Zane also had a berry for himself. He bit into it and ate.
    “Uh… This is
not normal,” Stacey said uneasily.
    “Try it. It’s
good.”
    “How did you
know you would find one of these up there?”
    Zane shook
his head. “You think too much.”
    He walked
past her back out of the forest and towards the clearing.
    Stacey looked
down at her fruit. She took a small bite.
    Instantaneously,
the rich flavors poured into her mouth. The sensations traveled all the way
down her throat and through her arms and legs.
    “Whoa.”
    While tempted
to take her second bite, she was anxious to return to Zane’s side. She followed
him out to the edge of the lake where he was now sitting.
    She sat
beside him.
    “What did you
think?”
    “I loved it,”
Stacey replied. “It tastes like a blueberry, but the taste is … magnified.”
    “That’s my
powers for you. Maaa-giiic.”
    Stacey
giggled.
    She took
another bite and was engulfed in the rush again.
    “Seriously
though,” Zane said, “I know you like to kid around with me. We get on really
well. You still have to remember that I’m your Master and you’re my Blossom.”
    “I know,”
Stacey said between mouthfuls.
    “We’re going
north from here soon. To a rather dangerous place.”
    “Where?”
    “It’s an
exile for shifters. A safe haven for the outcasts. They have a small town where
they congregate on the other side of the hills.”
    “Why is it
dangerous?”
    “No doubt
word of my betrayal will have been spread by now. There will be a bounty on my
head. Any one of them could take that offer up.” Zane turned to Stacey. “And
for a girl as gorgeous as you are, shifters will always be dangerous.”
    “I don’t
know,” Stacey murmured. “It sounds like a good kind of dangerous.”
    “Don’t even
joke,” Zane said softly. “I know you’re solid with me, but if you so much as
look at one of these shifters in the wrong way, my honor will demand I punish
you.”
    Stacey put
her fruit down. She breathed in deeply.
    Then she
looked up. “You’ll look after me though, won’t you?”
    Zane licked
his lips. “Oh yes. With me there’s nothing to fear.”
    “But you’re
joking,” Stacey said.
    “I’ve been
good to you so far,