Her Viking Dragon Prince (Viking Ancestors: Age of Embers Book 4) by Sky Purington

Author:Sky Purington [Purington, Sky]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sky Purington
Published: 2024-06-25T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

ZOEY HAD NEVER been so acutely aware of another’s emotions as she was Magnus’s as they made their way through the icy wind and driving snow toward the area he’d lost his wife and daughter. Better put, she’d never been so aware of how high a wall one could build in their mind when they were grappling with such loss and grief.

But then, she’d long made a habit of feeling compassion for others but never letting her own emotions get too close to any one situation, and with good reason. In her profession, she had needed to keep a level head.

Yet this felt different somehow. As though she wouldn’t be able to keep her distance from it if she tried. She’d be unable to stop feeling everything Magnus felt now and on that fateful day. There would be no separating the two.

That had become clear when his thoughts infiltrated her dreams before she woke from his spell-induced slumber that morning. When she somehow saw things from his perspective as he’d sat beside Zane when they were teenagers and saw what Magnus had seen. Felt his disappointment in Zane’s callousness toward female dragons. Understood once more that Magnus was so much more than she’d given him credit for at the beginning.

Then again, despite her sexual frustration the night before, he’d made it clear he was an admirable sort when he didn’t take her when he could have. When she had wanted him to so badly, it was a wonder he’d been able to say no, given she was in heat. Because she understood what that meant more by the moment. Their proximity. The incredible inner strength it had taken for him to chant her asleep until her head was free of lust and she could make a clear-minded decision about how far she was willing to go with him.

And she respected him that much more for it.

She also wanted him so much more because of it she was shocked she could walk. Shocked the near-crippling need she felt for him at this point hadn’t made it impossible. Yet somehow, it had not, and as they continued through the Forest of Memories, her desire became more of an ache in her chest. A deep pain she barely understood until Magnus murmured they were drawing close.

“Is that why the weather’s changing?” Athena asked softly, her tone respectful. “Are we entering a memory?”

Zoey was startled to realize she was right. The snow had lessened, and the winds felt slightly warmer. Even the snow they trudged through didn’t seem as deep.

“Ja, perhaps.” Rafe glanced at Magnus. “What time of year was it, cousin?”

“Summer warmth was fading, and winter wasn’t far off.” Magnus eyed the ghostly leaves blowing in the wind above them now. “The wind off the sea was brisk, and the scent of salt and pine was strong in the air.” He slowed as they approached an area no different than the woodland they’d already been walking through. “I remember thinking how grateful I was for that.

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