Dragon’s Gift by Miranda Martin

Author:Miranda Martin [Martin, Miranda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-11-24T05:00:00+00:00

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Maeve

I’ve been trying to distract myself with thoughts of our future, planning the layout of our future cave, remembering song lyrics, but it’s not working. His hearts beat steadily in the back of my thoughts. I know he's okay, for right now, but that's the problem. It's for right now.

His heartbeat is like thunder inside my body now, enough to rock me back and forth, just a tiny bit. I’m so grateful for it. In a way. Because what would I do if it stopped?

That was a lot of ships flying overhead. When they reach the City...

"Stop!" Delilah exclaims, placing her hand over mine. "Please, enough."

"What," I say, “Was I doing it again?”

“You were moving the whole table,” Delilah says. “Stop drumming your fingers!”

“Sorry,” I say, unable to meet her eyes.

"She's worried," Penelope says. "We all are."

"Yes," Delilah agrees. "Let's not get on each other's nerves, how about that?"

"I said sorry," I say, irritation rising.

"I know," she says, patting my hand. "It's fine. We're all on edge."

No one says any more. We've all gathered at the communal dinner table. There's a low buzz of conversation, but it's stilted and forced. No one can keep one going for long before they stop and listen—as if that's going to tell us anything.

Drosdan, Samil, Ryuth, Kalessin and several of the other Zmaj stand near the cave entrance, staring out into the dark night.

Zmaj night vision is better by far than a human’s but they're not talking, not even to each other. The rest of the Zmaj of the Tribe aren't in sight, but I know they're out there, ready for anything.

It doesn't change what I want. Padraig. Here, with me.

How can I be feeling for him what I do? He's not the type of man I dreamed of or ever thought I would end up being with, but I can't deny my emotions.

I've never been that close with anyone. Delilah is probably my best friend, and she doesn't know much about me either. I know more of her life than she does mine. I've never been open to sharing much, but with him...

Ugh, how can I feel this way about anyone? I want to share everything with him. I want to know everything about him. He's so different.

He's changing.

For me.

He's changing for me.

What human man would ever do that? Sure, in the great romance stories men change for their love, but in real life? Yeah, right. Men are men, they are what they are, and they don't really change that.

Or so I thought. No, so I saw happen. All the men on the ship were what they were, and that was the story of it. You had to find one that you liked as they were because if you didn't you were going to be miserable.

We all had a duty to make babies and such but there weren’t any prearranged marriages, or if there were, they weren't common. I never heard of one.

My life on the ship was tough. My mom was in an accident and in a coma when I was five years old.

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