Gaia Awakened by Cassie Thorne

Author:Cassie Thorne [Thorne, Cassie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-10-17T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Paige

I curve my palm against Aidan’s face, my fingers trembling on his green scales. The summer dragon just saved me from Jasper, the winter dragon who’s been attacking us. Lightstorm and hellfrost battled each other in the sky, creating a whirlwind of electricity and snow that made me feel terrified. Even after Aidan rescued me from the ice castle, I could sense him wanting to turn around and fight Jasper as we flew away.

But because I was grasped in his claws, he didn’t.

He wanted to save me more.

Just before we crashed into the snow, he carried me through a portal and into another world. I don’t have to ask to know it’s his world.

Aidan brought me home.

When I look around the castle now, it feels like I’m somewhere familiar. The mossy walls are made of stone and trees, and open windows are letting in the sunshine everywhere. A four-poster bed is nestled in between a pair of acacia trunks, while a waterfall is roaring in the lush forest outside. Every breath I take is brimming with vibrant grass and honeyed peaches and sweet magnolias.

The thought comes to me, unbidden.

I always loved the Summer Realm.

The summer dragon still hasn’t moved from where he’s crouching. His bowed head is graced with horns, and his overlapping scales are glinting like gemstones underneath the sun. His tail is wrapped protectively around the both of us.

The winter dragon filled me with fear and terror, but this one fills me with something else.

Memories of warmth.

Memories of sunshine.

Memories of love.

I move closer to Aidan, who seems to be barely aware of my presence and yet acutely focused on me all at the same time. I think I like that he’s in this form, even though it’s kind of surreal. But it feels right in a way, like recognizing an old friend years later despite a drastic change in appearance. His green eyes still hold the same intensity and intelligence as they did when he was human.

He still hasn’t moved.

Aidan’s leathery wings are folded in close behind his back, and he seems to be afraid of taking even a single step. He’s crouching on the fragments of a wooden table, so it makes sense that he doesn’t want to destroy anything else. If he spreads his wings, he’ll crush me in an instant.

But I’m not afraid of him.

He doesn’t want to hurt me.

And somehow I know that he can’t.

When I was watching Aidan battle Jasper in the Winter Realm, I could feel magic flowing throughout my entire body. The snow was melting all around me, and the locked portion of my heart was begging to be set free.

I don’t think anyone could have hurt me in that moment. Not even Jasper.

It feels like a lifetime ago that the most exciting thing to happen was a hot stranger entering the Dragon’s Tale. I couldn’t imagine flirting with a man who wasn’t Summer, much less having sex with one.

I never thought a demigod would propose to me.

I never thought my apartment would be overgrown with nature.

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