Cunning Dragon (Dragon Echoes Book 2) by Grey Rinelle

Author:Grey, Rinelle [Grey, Rinelle]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2017-01-16T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 6

Verrian could tell from the way Lisa’s shoulders slumped that she felt like giving up. It may have made him feel better, to share his troubles with her, but the truth was, he was burdening her yet again. It was bad enough that it was his fault she’d been stuck at her parent’s, now she felt she needed to help him with something that shouldn’t be an issue.

He didn’t blame her for wanting to give up. He had moments when he did too. Moments when he wanted to go back to the way life was before. When his clan had been whole and happy, and they had time for dancing and singing rather than fighting.

But wishing for things to be different was a fool’s errand. They were what they were, and he had to live with it.

“I appreciate your help,” he said gently. “But this is my problem. I will find a solution.”

Somehow.

Lisa frowned. “There has to be something,” she insisted. “I really wish I could remember more of my high school science, then I’d probably know what you could do. I bet Karla could suggest something.”

For some reason, the thought of opening up to Taurian’s human wife made Verrian extremely uncomfortable. Yes, he’d just told his whole sob story to Lisa, but that was different. They had some sort of connection.

Karla was just a disembodied voice over the phone.

The fact that his brother had mated with her though, had to mean she was someone of worth.

Once he met her, he’d probably see her the same way he saw Lisa. They were both human women. It wasn’t like he knew Lisa well enough to feel something for her.

Yes, they’d slept together, but that didn’t mean much.

Not enough to explain why he’d told her about his worries so readily.

Verrian shook his head. He didn’t want to examine the possible reasons that closely.

“It doesn’t matter right now, anyway,” he said. “Hopefully there won’t be any fighting and we just need to stay quiet until things settle down. I’m sure once I’m back with my clan, I will figure out a solution. Everything was so unexpected, we didn’t have any time to plan the battle last time. When we have a plan, I’m sure it will be fine.”

He only meant to sidestep the discussion that was making him feel bad. He didn’t even think about the fact that his words might sound dismissive of Lisa’s help, but her face fell.

“Of course,” she said. “I’m sure your family will have a lot better ideas than I do.”

“That wasn’t what I meant,” Verrian said immediately. How did he manage to put his foot in it every time? He’d been trying to take some pressure off her, not make her think he didn’t want her help.

It hit Verrian that he did want her help. Very much.

When he was with her, he… well, it wasn’t that he felt any less useless…

He just didn’t feel so alone.

Lisa shook her head. “No, it’s okay,” she said, her cheery voice forced.

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