(eng) Linsey Hall - Dragon's Gift,Druid 02 by Crime of Magic

Author:Crime of Magic [Magic, Crime of]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

10

Fortunately, we didn’t have to climb back down the beanstalk. Since we knew where we wanted to go and it wasn’t some crazy magical realm, Lachlan was able to make a portal.

We said goodbye to the wolf, who had dressed back up in his grandma dress and bonnet, then departed the fairy-tale world for earth.

Lachlan made the portal, and I’d never been so grateful to get sucked away. If going up that beanstalk had been hard, I could only imagine that going down was twenty times worse.

The portal delivered me to the lawn in front of Lachlan’s house in the French countryside. He’d said that he preferred to live in Scotland, but his best workshop was here.

It was night in France, with the moon high above. A cold breeze drifted over my face, and the air smelled of winter.

Lachlan stepped out of the portal and stopped next to me. “Give me a few moments to check on the tracking potion and the scrap of the cloak. And I’ll make a few restorative drafts for Arach, Florian, and the pugs. The drafts won’t save them, but they might help them hold on longer.”

I turned to him. “Thank you. For everything.”

His dark eyes met mine, and a connection sparked between us. It felt like a live wire, pulling us closer together. His gaze lingered longer than necessary, warming me from within.

He blinked, then stepped back.

Clearly, he was fighting some kind of internal battle, but I had no idea what.

I swallowed hard and stepped back as well. “Mind if I get a shower?”

“Of course. You know where it is.”

I gave him one last look, trying to figure out what it was that I saw in his dark eyes, then turned and went toward the house. Unable to help myself, I snuck one peek at him as he walked toward the large barn that held his potion workshop.

The door to the house opened as I entered, and Mildred the pretty ghost smiled at me.

“You’re back!” she said.

“I am indeed.”

She gestured me inside. “You’re the only woman to ever come here, you know. Besides me and the housekeeper. And now you’ve come twice!”

“Um, yes.” I had no idea what to say to that.

“Well, it’s exciting is all. He must really like you.”

I had no idea how to answer that. Fortunately, Mildred didn’t seem to need a response. She could carry on a conversation just fine without me.

“You know, I really think he seems a bit happier,” she said. “It’s nothing obvious like smiling. Lord no! But something in his demeanor, you know?”

“What do you mean?” I shut the door behind me, enjoying the warmth of the old farmhouse.

“He just seems more cheerful. He’s been here the last couple of days—besides today, of course—working in his workshop on that piece of cloth. Apparently, it’s a terribly hard thing to figure out. But anyway, he just seems better somehow.”

“That’s good.”

“Of course it is, you ninny. I think it’s because of you!”

“I think you’re reaching,” I said. “Lachlan and I are just friends.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.