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cold light of morning. She stopped
for only a moment before realizing she wasn’t alone. The hands biting into her
upper arms were an ugly shock, as was the bright sting of whatever was injected
into the side of her neck.
“Get her in the car,” she heard a voice say. “She’s the one.
We’ll get him this time.”
You asked for this, a voice
whispered through her mind.
Then she was gone, down into the darkness.
TWELVE
Tess’s head lolled on her shoulders as she slowly came
to.
She heard voices whispering, smelled a vaguely familiar
combination of musk and...old house?
She opened her eyes as there was a flurry of activity
nearby.
“Here he comes! Get ready!”
Tess blinked rapidly as an anguished roar filled the sky and
dust fell from the ceiling. She looked around, finally recognizing the house
that had once contained both Kaden and his treasure. Now it held nothing but her
and a small group of men. Heavily armed men. One of whom was carrying what
looked like a gold-plated harpoon.
One of them walked to her and hauled her to her feet.
“Come on. We need him to see you so he gets close enough to
hit. We’ve been looking for your boyfriend for a long time, honey.”
She would have punched him if her hands hadn’t been bound
behind her back. Instead, she could only follow, emerging into the front yard
through the same door Kaden had opened just two weeks ago. It seemed like a
lifetime.
She looked up when another roar echoed through the air, making
her ears ring. That was when she saw him—Kaden, as he really was.
As much as her heart ached, and as bare as her neck now was,
she still thought he was
the most beautiful thing she’d ever seen.
Kaden really did make a magnificent dragon. He was enormous,
covered in scales that were such a deep purple as to look black depending on how
the light hit them. His wings spread out on either side of him as he descended,
his golden eyes blazing with fire. She knew the instant he saw her, heard the
fresh fury in his roar. A jet of flame erupted from his mouth, hitting several
of the hunters’ cars until they burst.
He slammed to the ground, flattening the house across the
street, which had hopefully been as unoccupied as it looked. She caught just a
glimpse of something being tossed from his claws before she was distracted by
the hunters gathering around her.
“Now!”
Someone shot the harpoon. Tess screamed, watching its
trajectory in slow motion. Kaden moved, but he was too big to avoid it
altogether. It tore through one of his wings, and this time, his roar was as
much pain as anger.
There were victorious hoots from the hunters, but Tess barely
heard them. All she could do was watch helplessly as Kaden started forward
again, immolating a couple of stragglers who’d broken from the group. The ground
shook with his every step. He had found the fire that Morgan said he’d
lost...for her. And still, she knew it wouldn’t be enough. She was well guarded,
and the look in his eyes said he wouldn’t stop until she was safe.
Or until he was dead.
Her throat burned in the place where her little silver dragon
had once rested as Tess watched another harpoon tear through his other wing. In
that instant, she realized two things: No matter how the dragyn-ka had come to her, it was truly hers. And she was madly,
completely in love with Kaden St. George. It didn’t matter what the necklace
said. Her heart said she belonged to him.
Something inside her shifted as Kaden began to fall, slumping
to one side. Blood poured from his wounded wings, and when he looked at her, the
sound he made was one of the most mournful she’d ever heard. He thought he’d
failed. She wouldn’t let him.
Not when she was sure he loved her, too.
Tess closed her eyes and concentrated on her burning throat, on
the strange instincts she felt as something new shifted within her. Instead of
worrying, she embraced them. She knew what she was.
She was a dragoness. His dragoness.
When she
for only a moment before realizing she wasn’t alone. The hands biting into her
upper arms were an ugly shock, as was the bright sting of whatever was injected
into the side of her neck.
“Get her in the car,” she heard a voice say. “She’s the one.
We’ll get him this time.”
You asked for this, a voice
whispered through her mind.
Then she was gone, down into the darkness.
TWELVE
Tess’s head lolled on her shoulders as she slowly came
to.
She heard voices whispering, smelled a vaguely familiar
combination of musk and...old house?
She opened her eyes as there was a flurry of activity
nearby.
“Here he comes! Get ready!”
Tess blinked rapidly as an anguished roar filled the sky and
dust fell from the ceiling. She looked around, finally recognizing the house
that had once contained both Kaden and his treasure. Now it held nothing but her
and a small group of men. Heavily armed men. One of whom was carrying what
looked like a gold-plated harpoon.
One of them walked to her and hauled her to her feet.
“Come on. We need him to see you so he gets close enough to
hit. We’ve been looking for your boyfriend for a long time, honey.”
She would have punched him if her hands hadn’t been bound
behind her back. Instead, she could only follow, emerging into the front yard
through the same door Kaden had opened just two weeks ago. It seemed like a
lifetime.
She looked up when another roar echoed through the air, making
her ears ring. That was when she saw him—Kaden, as he really was.
As much as her heart ached, and as bare as her neck now was,
she still thought he was
the most beautiful thing she’d ever seen.
Kaden really did make a magnificent dragon. He was enormous,
covered in scales that were such a deep purple as to look black depending on how
the light hit them. His wings spread out on either side of him as he descended,
his golden eyes blazing with fire. She knew the instant he saw her, heard the
fresh fury in his roar. A jet of flame erupted from his mouth, hitting several
of the hunters’ cars until they burst.
He slammed to the ground, flattening the house across the
street, which had hopefully been as unoccupied as it looked. She caught just a
glimpse of something being tossed from his claws before she was distracted by
the hunters gathering around her.
“Now!”
Someone shot the harpoon. Tess screamed, watching its
trajectory in slow motion. Kaden moved, but he was too big to avoid it
altogether. It tore through one of his wings, and this time, his roar was as
much pain as anger.
There were victorious hoots from the hunters, but Tess barely
heard them. All she could do was watch helplessly as Kaden started forward
again, immolating a couple of stragglers who’d broken from the group. The ground
shook with his every step. He had found the fire that Morgan said he’d
lost...for her. And still, she knew it wouldn’t be enough. She was well guarded,
and the look in his eyes said he wouldn’t stop until she was safe.
Or until he was dead.
Her throat burned in the place where her little silver dragon
had once rested as Tess watched another harpoon tear through his other wing. In
that instant, she realized two things: No matter how the dragyn-ka had come to her, it was truly hers. And she was madly,
completely in love with Kaden St. George. It didn’t matter what the necklace
said. Her heart said she belonged to him.
Something inside her shifted as Kaden began to fall, slumping
to one side. Blood poured from his wounded wings, and when he looked at her, the
sound he made was one of the most mournful she’d ever heard. He thought he’d
failed. She wouldn’t let him.
Not when she was sure he loved her, too.
Tess closed her eyes and concentrated on her burning throat, on
the strange instincts she felt as something new shifted within her. Instead of
worrying, she embraced them. She knew what she was.
She was a dragoness. His dragoness.
When she
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