Dragonmark by Sherrilyn Kenyon

Author:Sherrilyn Kenyon
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781250092410
Publisher: St. Martin's Press

17

Without thinking twice, Cadegan grabbed his sword from Josette’s hip and prepared to fight the approaching army. Even though she was in his male body, he pulled her behind him as the dragons and gargoyles descended to attack them. Illarion moved to shield them both.

The moment he did, a strange red haze rose up from the ground and formed a dome over their small group. A dome that Morgen’s soldiers slammed into, and recoiled off. If not for the fact that this could be an even bigger threat to them, it’d be comical.

Scowling, Cadegan looked at his brother. “That you with a shield?”

Thorn shook his head. “Definitely not me.” He glanced to the Adar Llwch Gwin. “Frick? Frack? Can you explain?”

Slack-jawed, they shook their heads in unison.

Illarion pulled back. It feels fey, but not as dark as Morgen’s magick.

No sooner had he pushed that thought to their heads than the ground below their feet opened up and swallowed them.

Cursing, Cadegan wrapped himself around Josette to cushion her fall as they tumbled into a deep, dark cavern.

For a minute, Illarion feared it to be a bottomless pit.

Until they struck a hard, black floor. Though it was dark, the walls around them glistened with glowing vines.

Josette landed on top of Cadegan, a few feet from him.

Cadegan let out a harsh groan. “I’m the one what needs to lose weight, me lady. Oof! I weigh a mighty ton. How do you stand me weight atop of you?”

Her face turned red before she shifted to speak in his ear. “I love your weight on me. But not like this.” Josette slid from his body. He pushed himself to his feet while the others followed suit.

“Well, well, what have we here?” a woman asked from inside the dark.

Retrieving his sword, Cadegan took Josette’s hand to hold her near him, while Illarion moved to stand at his back.

“Why have you trespassed upon my lands?” There was a shrill note to the woman’s irritated tone.

“We meant no disrespect.” Thorn spoke up first.

“Actions are far more important to me than words that profess intent, as those actions, more oft than not, betray your real heart. Case in point…” A red mist appeared before Cadegan and Josette. “You two protect each other, without a single word. Does this mean that you don’t care for one another?”

When Josette started to speak, Cadegan squeezed her hand to warn her not to. At least not until they knew more about what they were facing.

The mist went to Thorn. “Who do you protect?”

“None of your business.”

The mist solidified into the body of a beautiful woman. With long black hair, she had an oval face, and large, dark eyes.

Ah, shit, this was a bitch Illarion knew all too well. They were so screwed.

“You like your words, don’t you?” she asked them.

“They’ve been known to serve me well.”

She scoffed at Thorn before she came over to Cadegan and Jo. A slow smile curved her lips as she danced her gaze over Cadegan’s handsome body. Until she cocked her head and studied their locked hands.

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