Dragon's Kiss (Red Planet Dragons of Tajss Book 5) by Miranda Martin & Juno Wells

Author:Miranda Martin & Juno Wells [Martin, Miranda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
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Published: 2017-05-23T18:30:00+00:00

14

Ragnar

"Guster," I say, repeating the word slowly while holding the piece of meat out to Olivia.

"Guh-sh-tah," she tries.

I repeat it a few more times until she gets it correct.

We've spent the last several days teaching each other words and mating. I am content, but Olivia is growing restless. My wings have healed and I can travel but I'm not sure I want to. We have everything we need. I've worked on the tunnel she fell into and made a passable shelter for us. We have food. I could live out my days here and be happy.

Except she's not happy and the heat is affecting her. She tries to hide it but it's in the way she moves. The color of her skin has a gray tint to it and the moisture that normally coats it isn't as much as it was.

She needs epis.

I might be able to get epis on my own but there is nothing more dangerous on Tajss than a zemlja. The risks are too high. If something went wrong it would doom Olivia.

I smoke the guster meat and store it in oiled leathers. Using the cured leather, I've made a new pack to carry the extra meat and what supplies we have left. As much as I hate it, it's time.

Olivia is walking outside our cave, a habit she started a few days ago. Every morning at dawn she walks before the suns get too high.

I pack the new bag full of meat and store the last of the healing paste then heft the two packs over my shoulder. Picking up my spear and starting out, I stop and look back.

This was good.

I don't know what lies ahead, the future is uncertain. What if she leaves me? What if something happens to her?

I've never thought like this before. Never considered life beyond the moment. The future was never my problem.

I know why.

I never had a future to look forward to. I had no hope and nothing to live for. Living was a habit, not a life.

Olivia changes that.

I have a reason to live now.

For her.

When I exit our cave she's staring out across the rolling sand dunes, arms crossing her chest, holding herself.

Walking up behind her, I wrap my arms around her, pulling her tight against me. The sweet, wonderful scent of her fills my nostrils. The curve of her, the way she fits me is perfect. She leans her head to one side and I nuzzle against her neck. She giggles as I hit a ticklish spot. Her hands rest on my arms and we stand holding each other, staring out into what I know is our future.

Tajss is beautiful but bleak with rolling dunes of sand in shades of red and white. Somewhere, out there across the empty desert, is a city. Maybe our friends made it.

The only way to find out is to go.

I think I know the way. Astarot told us the direction and I'm a hunter. I can find signs. I'll find this city, somehow.

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