Her Dragon Professor by Jasmine Wylder

Author:Jasmine Wylder [Wylder, Jasmine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-08-23T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Melinda strained against the force field surrounding her, trying once more to break free, only to give up with a moan of frustration. Closing her eyes, she sobbed at the futility of her situation.

This can’t be happening, she thought. All my life, I’ve never been able to catch a break. What did I do to deserve this? I’ve never hurt anyone. I go out of my way to help other people. I swear, it’s like someone out there has it in for me…

Another pop of bright light made her open her eyes again. Her breath caught in her throat when she saw Roth standing before her.

“Oh my God,” she groaned, awash with relief at the sight of him. “Where have you been? You’ve got to get me out of here! You were right, everything you said about Athan is true, he’s just going to use me – please, you’ve got to help me!”

“I will,” Roth said, “but only when the time is right.”

Melinda stared at him in disbelief. “Are you kidding me?” she mumbled, still unable to speak clearly. “Oh my God, you’re just as sick as he is! You’re messing with my head, lying to me – you’re probably gonna be one of the first in line at the temple when the ceremonies begin, ready to nail me again!”

Roth rushed up on her, coming within inches of the stasis field. “I am nothing like Athan!” he snarled, pointing to himself. “You know nothing of me, nothing of what I have experienced, the things I have lost!”

She scoffed. “Do you see me right now?” she asked. “Do you see where I am? I just lost the only thing I have left: my freedom. What did you lose?”

Roth stared at her for another long moment. He raised his hand again, this time making a sweeping gesture. The red light around Melinda disappeared, and she found she could move again.

“Thank you,” she said.

He paced away from her, dragging his fingers back through his white-blond hair.

“Long ago,” he said, his voice lower now, “I had been the leader of a four-member party of Volosian explorers, a scientist trained in botany and agriculture. We were sent to study your Earth. We found a race of people who were dying, starving to death. I taught them how to grow crops and how to irrigate. As a show of their gratitude, they gave me a name.”

“Quetzalcoatl,” Melinda provided. When he turned to look at her again, she nodded. “Athan told me about it. He didn’t say you were the one who did all that.”

“Did he tell you of Meztli?” Roth asked. She shook her head and he snorted. “Of course not. Meztli was a Human woman. Her name meant ‘moon.’ They called me ‘Morning Star.’ As far as I was concerned, she was all that existed in the heavens and on Earth.”

Damn, that’s pretty romantic, Melinda thought, surprised. And here I thought he was just some manipulative bastard…

“What happened to her?”

“I married her,” Roth replied, a smile curving his lips.

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