Kingdom of Storms by Shannon Mayer

Author:Shannon Mayer [Mayer, Shannon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Hijinks Ink Publishing
Published: 2021-09-17T22:00:00+00:00

15

Zam

With my eyes closed I let myself feel the movement of the dragon under me, and the way that Vahab’s hands clung to my body. Lilith raged from her place on my back and yet that rage was distant.

In the quiet of my mind, I knew only one thing.

Vahab was a dead Jinn the second I had the chance.

I had no doubt that Lila would be chasing after us, but she was also carrying Reyhan and that extra weight would slow my friend down. Which meant for the moment, I was on my own.

I sunk deeper and deeper into that state of quiet, feeling it cover me like a wave through the river. I found myself holding my breath for long periods of time as if I were indeed swimming, as if I were once more in the river below the Nasnas monster.

And I waited for my moment. Patience was not a virtue of mine, but the injuries from the Ijiraq were not small. The poison from the beast was burning through me still, more like an infection. Nothing like the bite of the rabisu.

Patience. That’s all I needed.

“There, Fen,” Vahab hollered. “Between those two valleys looks fine by me. A lovely place for a union of souls, don’t you think?”

If I could have gagged, I would have. Union of souls my lily-white ass. I was going to show him a union between my fist and his face.

“Are you sure?” Fen’s muscles tightened below me, the uncertainty in his voice clearly audible. “I’m not sure that she wants this.”

“Why?” That Vahab even asked the question was interesting.

“I think she has a mate, Vahab. And I can sense her small dragon still following us despite the child she is carrying. Which means that she will not be alone . . ."

“Are you saying that you can’t kill that five-pound dragon?” Vahab laughed. “Wait . . . do you like her? Please tell me you are not so foolish as to get your heart involved. Again. You do recall how that went for you the last time you let your emotions lead.”

Fen flinched and I rolled my wrist so that I could put my palm against his hide. Because the energy he was throwing off, I knew it well and it struck a chord with me.

Shame.

Shame that he’d made a wrong choice in a mate. Shame that he’d not been able to see that his choice would never have worked no matter how hard he’d tried. I pressed a little harder with my hand because while I couldn’t quite find my voice, I did understand what Fen was going through.

Vahab laughed. “You have the worst instincts in a dragon I have ever met, do you know that? That pipsqueak of a dragon back there is nothing more than a runt. She is no dragon even! A lizard at best! A snake with legs!”

Fen was quiet as we descended out of the clouds.

I kept my hand against his scales and felt him calm a little.

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