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Authors: Harmony Raines
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I'm going to eat you or something."
She smiled weakly, and he knew it had crossed her mind more than once in the last few days.
"No. I want to share the other side of my nature with you."
"The other side?"
"I'll be back in an hour. Be ready."
He turned and left the room. This was his last attempt to show her what he was. If he could make her trust him, then they could make a future together. Because the more he tried to convince himself giving up on having a child and a mate was the right thing to do, the more he realised just how much he wanted it.
And had for many centuries. By coming here Serena had made it a possibility. Child or no child he wanted her in his life.
Chapter Fifteen - Serena
Was she stupid to feel so excited? Surprises had never worked out well for her in the past, they usually meant hurt and pain. However, Connor was not like anyone else, or at least anyone from her past. He was her future, she could feel it in her bones. It was the way he looked at her, his touch on her skin, he made her happy, an emotion she had lacked for so long. If only she dared tell him about Charlotte, would he help her? Or would he cast her out?
"Ready?"
She eagerly said goodbye to Hope, who had tucked herself up on the bed. Smiling broadly she followed him out of the room. "Are you going to tell me where we're going?"
"No."
"Are we leaving the house?"
"Yes. But not in the way you think," he said as he led her up another staircase.
At first she thought he was taking her to the moon room, where the altar stood, she sighed with relief when, leaving that room behind them, he took another corridor instead. At the end of it, they climbed up what looked like a stone spiral staircase. Rising upwards, it could easily be mistaken for a round tower in a castle. Serena ran her fingers along the uneven walls as they climbed higher. Just when she thought her legs would collapse, they reached the top. Connor opened a trap door made of solid wood, and helped her out.
They were so high up, the dark sky above their head, the moon, already beginning to wane, not quite risen in the evening sky. At this height the breeze was stronger, whipping her hair around her face. She had no idea why they were here. There was nothing except the two of them up there in the open air.
Serena walked to the edge and looked down, it was a tremendous drop, and she felt a little faint looking at the ground, so far below, hoping he didn't intend to throw her over the side. Reminding herself she trusted Connor, she turned to watch him.
Connor looked nervous, shifting uncomfortably as he prowled around. "Are you OK?" she asked, her voice tinged with nerves.
"Yes. I haven't done this for centuries."
"Done what?" she asked, looking around again, there was nothing here. What did he mean?
"Shared myself with a human." He flapped his hands at her, shooing her back. “You need to go right to the edge. And please don't freak out."
"I wasn't intending too. But now I'm a little scared."
"I won't hurt you, Serena. I promise."
"What's going on, Connor?"
"Can't you guess?"
"You mean you're going to ... change?" She stepped back, leaning against the edge of the tower. Had it been specially designed for the dragons to leave from when the house was originally built?
"Just, don't be scared."
Connor went far away from her, and stood still for a few minutes, his eyes closed. Then the air shimmered around him, and she could no longer see him at all. Electricity filled the air, it crackled around the spot where he had stood only moments before. At first she struggled to make out anything, and then a figure formed, and grew. Bigger and bigger, she pressed herself further away from him, but he filled the space between them. He was huge, his great hulking body covered in red scales.
"Oh, shit," she breathed. So this is what Samuel wanted to possess, he was a magnificent beast but how did you control something like this with a drug? The contents of that blue vial
She smiled weakly, and he knew it had crossed her mind more than once in the last few days.
"No. I want to share the other side of my nature with you."
"The other side?"
"I'll be back in an hour. Be ready."
He turned and left the room. This was his last attempt to show her what he was. If he could make her trust him, then they could make a future together. Because the more he tried to convince himself giving up on having a child and a mate was the right thing to do, the more he realised just how much he wanted it.
And had for many centuries. By coming here Serena had made it a possibility. Child or no child he wanted her in his life.
Chapter Fifteen - Serena
Was she stupid to feel so excited? Surprises had never worked out well for her in the past, they usually meant hurt and pain. However, Connor was not like anyone else, or at least anyone from her past. He was her future, she could feel it in her bones. It was the way he looked at her, his touch on her skin, he made her happy, an emotion she had lacked for so long. If only she dared tell him about Charlotte, would he help her? Or would he cast her out?
"Ready?"
She eagerly said goodbye to Hope, who had tucked herself up on the bed. Smiling broadly she followed him out of the room. "Are you going to tell me where we're going?"
"No."
"Are we leaving the house?"
"Yes. But not in the way you think," he said as he led her up another staircase.
At first she thought he was taking her to the moon room, where the altar stood, she sighed with relief when, leaving that room behind them, he took another corridor instead. At the end of it, they climbed up what looked like a stone spiral staircase. Rising upwards, it could easily be mistaken for a round tower in a castle. Serena ran her fingers along the uneven walls as they climbed higher. Just when she thought her legs would collapse, they reached the top. Connor opened a trap door made of solid wood, and helped her out.
They were so high up, the dark sky above their head, the moon, already beginning to wane, not quite risen in the evening sky. At this height the breeze was stronger, whipping her hair around her face. She had no idea why they were here. There was nothing except the two of them up there in the open air.
Serena walked to the edge and looked down, it was a tremendous drop, and she felt a little faint looking at the ground, so far below, hoping he didn't intend to throw her over the side. Reminding herself she trusted Connor, she turned to watch him.
Connor looked nervous, shifting uncomfortably as he prowled around. "Are you OK?" she asked, her voice tinged with nerves.
"Yes. I haven't done this for centuries."
"Done what?" she asked, looking around again, there was nothing here. What did he mean?
"Shared myself with a human." He flapped his hands at her, shooing her back. “You need to go right to the edge. And please don't freak out."
"I wasn't intending too. But now I'm a little scared."
"I won't hurt you, Serena. I promise."
"What's going on, Connor?"
"Can't you guess?"
"You mean you're going to ... change?" She stepped back, leaning against the edge of the tower. Had it been specially designed for the dragons to leave from when the house was originally built?
"Just, don't be scared."
Connor went far away from her, and stood still for a few minutes, his eyes closed. Then the air shimmered around him, and she could no longer see him at all. Electricity filled the air, it crackled around the spot where he had stood only moments before. At first she struggled to make out anything, and then a figure formed, and grew. Bigger and bigger, she pressed herself further away from him, but he filled the space between them. He was huge, his great hulking body covered in red scales.
"Oh, shit," she breathed. So this is what Samuel wanted to possess, he was a magnificent beast but how did you control something like this with a drug? The contents of that blue vial
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