A Hunter's Dream by Viola Grace

Author:Viola Grace [Grace, Viola]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
Tags: Romance, paranormal, Sci Fi, shapeshifter
Publisher: eXtasy Books
Published: 2012-01-01T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

It was nearing sunset when they broke cover and were suddenly on the rocky edge of the volcano that was their ultimate target.

“What do you know about the folk who hid the crystal here?”

He grinned with his frightening show of teeth. “As much as you do. The Morin were the ones who hid the crystal here. They wanted to make sure that it wasn’t used for unsavoury uses and with the power of weather channelled through it, it would devastate whole worlds.”

“The Morin are the dead gods?”

He shifted back into his normal form. “They are. In a last-ditch effort to pass on their bloodlines, they stopped at every planet with compatible females and did what they could to keep their genes circulating.”

“And they hid their technology wherever they went.”

Venin’s smile applauded her for catching on as quickly as she had. “Exactly.”

She got to her feet. “We need to get to the staging area and rest for the night. The Morin planted any number of secrets in their caverns and we need to be alert to find our way.”

His eyes widened. “How do you know that?”

“You are not the only one with more than one talent. What is your psychic ability?”

He chuckled. “Isn’t my other form enough?”

She laughed. “It is, but I doubt that you use your tail to get you where you need to be.”

“You show me yours and I will show you mine.”

She was too tired to do more than scowl at him. With her mind focussed on the glowing path in front of her, she sparked up her blades and found the entrance into the cavern that would lead them to the crystal.

“Stay back. This is going to get bright.” With a look at the stone on either side of her, she jammed the blades into the walls and her power flowed along the crystal veins that ran through the huge inner room.

When the room resonated at the same frequency as her body, she cut the power and watched the glow pulse lightly with her heartbeat.

She flipped out her small blanket and watched as the pad under it inflated lightly.

“How did you know how to do that?”

Exhausted, she stumbled and sat heavily on her small, lumpy sleeping pad. “It is one of my skills. Well, not really a skill, but when I am about to go on a hunt, I am given the path in a dream the night before. I knew about those tree creatures and I knew that they don’t travel alone for very long.”

He reached into his pack and he flicked out a small square that popped up into a tent large enough to hold his tall frame easily.

He gave her a glance that held some meaning she couldn’t decipher. “Come on in, the air pad is more comfortable than that little thing.”

She scowled. “I am all sweaty. I don’t want to inflict that on you.”

He walked to her spot on the stone floor and knelt on her bedroll. Without asking permission, he pressed his nose to her neck and inhaled deeply.

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