Dressing the Dragon by Rinelle Grey

Author:Rinelle Grey [Grey, Rinelle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B013PB1N5Q
Published: 2015-09-11T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

“The library will be closing in fifteen minutes. Please make your final reading selections and head to the counter.”

Taurian stared at the bookshelves Edtrima had disappeared behind. He didn’t for a moment doubt that the dragon was still watching them. Edtrima had been annoyed by being beaten by Karla though, that was a small victory.

Taurian wasn’t surprised at being beaten himself, he hadn’t known how to play the game at all. But Edtrima seemed to know the rules and strategy, and he still hadn’t stood a chance against Karla. She was obviously a special human. Nearly up there with a dragon. He smiled down at Karla, squeezing her shoulders again.

She smiled back weakly. He could feel the thump of her sped up heartbeat under his fingers. She didn’t even object to his hands still touching her, and it took all Taurian’s willpower to break the connection with her. Better to break it himself than have her tell him to take his hands off her. That would feel far too final for his tastes.

Once the connection was broken, reality intruded. The library was closing. Where would they go now? Out the window, the shadows were lengthening. He didn’t have any idea what happened in the human village after dark.

Karla would come up with something. She was full of good ideas. He turned to her confidently. “Where are we going to go now?”

She stared at him blankly.

He was asking too much of her. The lines of exhaustion showed on her face. He needed to step up and solve this. It was his turn.

If only he knew how.

The expression on her face changed and she smiled. “I know just the place.”

The relief he felt at her stepping in made him angry. He was tired of just following her blindly, but he didn’t even know where to begin in this world.

Not that he made any of the decisions before his long sleep. He was the youngest of six powerful dragons. He’d had a lot of practice at following others. This should feel no different. The thought left a bitter taste in his mouth.

But right now, the important thing was evading the dragon and keeping Karla safe. He needed to do whatever it took to do that, even if it meant following her around. Until the Mesmer ritual was complete at least. It would only be another week and a bit, surely they could avoid being discovered for that long?

A pang of need that had been subdued by the chase, hit him without warning. It was all he could do not to grab Karla and kiss her. One little kiss and he would feel a thousand times better, he was sure of it.

“Let’s go.” Karla grabbed his hand and pulled him towards the exit.

The movement jolted him out of his thoughts, and her hand in his was enough to calm the need. Taurian pushed thoughts of completing the Mesmer ritual out of his mind. He already knew where that would lead.

Instead, he followed her out to the ute.

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