Immortal Dragons by Ophelia Bell

Author:Ophelia Bell [Bell, Ophelia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Ophelia Bell
Published: 2017-11-28T01:09:45+00:00

Chapter Twenty

Neph

The small cabin sported little more than a bed, a potbelly stove, a worn wooden table, and a pair of rickety chairs. But it was clean and weather-tight, the air gradually warming from the heat of the roaring fire Eamon had built for them shortly before departing into the snowy night.

Nothing but a single oil lamp lit the room, illuminating the quilt-covered bed where Vrishti sat, staring as though entranced by the flickering flame of the lamp. Neph’s heart ached just looking at her profile, the warm glow gilding her skin. His fingertips itched to touch the smooth, dark silk of her collarbone that peeked out from the oversized flannel shirt Ted had loaned her.

He swallowed thickly and turned back to the stove, opening it to add another piece of firewood.

“Are you thinking of Aodh?” he asked, using the poker to adjust the stack of wood until the new piece caught flame. He heard her slow intake of breath but kept his eyes on his task, unwilling to see any sign of how much she wished for the dragon.

“I suppose,” she said.

“That’s good. The more focused you are on him, the easier it will be to travel to him. You are only a passenger, of course, but your desires can speed things in the right direction.”

“Were we not focused enough that time? Is that why we didn’t go very far?”

“I … got distracted. That was on me. Your orgasm began just as I lost balance. The only thing running through my mind just then was how close the floor was to my ass.” He let out a soft chuckle and turned to her. She smiled at him and the knife in his heart twisted deeper.

“So next time we should do it lying down, is that what you’re saying?” she asked. “And make sure we’re both thinking of him. I get why you tried to look like him, but you don’t need to do that for my sake. Just … tell me more about him. Tell me why you loved him.”

He rose from his crouch and stepped to the table, grabbed one of the chairs and flipped it around facing her, then sat down.

“I still love him,” he said softly. “Why don’t you tell me why you chose him, even though you barely know him?”

She opened her mouth, then closed it again and tilted her head to look at the ceiling for a beat. Then she shrugged. “That’s the thing, I never felt like I didn’t know him. The first time I saw him … Well, he acted weird, to be honest. Like he had trouble looking at me, but that’s how I felt too. Like if I let myself, I’d never want to stop. Then when he told me he was mine … it felt like the truest thing I’d ever heard. Like someone stating a simple law of physics. Like gravity. It just is.”

Neph’s lips curled in a soft smile as he listened to her. “That’s how it was for us at first.

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