Monster Empire Book 4 by Michael-Scott Earle

Author:Michael-Scott Earle
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Michael-Scott Earle
Published: 2022-08-22T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

“You are the monster lover?” The dryad raised her head a little, and the torchlight reflected off her dark skin. “I’ve heard the guards talk about you.”

“That’s right,” I said. “Are you hurt?”

“Not badly,” the woman replied. “But I cannot move. Fire is the one thing that can hurt me, and I am so weak right now that if the flames even touch me, I would burn to death in seconds.”

“Then hang on,” I growled.

I hadn’t noticed any keys when I entered the jail, and I guessed one of the guards probably had them on his belt. I would just have to break her chains the old-fashioned way, but I needed to clear away some of this fire first.

I pulled three torches up from the ground and threw them to the side so they would sputter out against the dirt. It left enough of a clear path that I could enter the ring of flames, and then I knelt beside the dryad to help free her from her chains.

The moment I knelt beside her, I damn near forgot my own name, and I definitely forgot all about the fire, the jail, and the guards who could be back any minute now. All I could think about was the woman in front of me.

The dryad had dark brown skin that was so smooth it looked like a dark river in the light of the torches. Her hair was the color of green moss, and it surrounded her face like a tightly coiled cloud. Every time she inhaled, her kinky hair bobbed and swayed, like each strand was breathing on its own.

But her big, dark eyes were what really made me pause. They were the same dark brown shade as her skin, and she gazed at me in such silent intensity that I finally had to shake my head to break her gaze and focus on the mission.

“Sorry, let me just look at your chains,” I said. “I should be able to pick the lock if--”

“I can break them,” the dryad interrupted. “I just need to borrow a little of your strength.”

“How do you do that?” I asked.

The dryad grasped my face and leaned so close that her moss-colored hair brushed against my forehead like gentle fingers. Her dark lips hovered only an inch away from mine, but she didn’t kiss me. She started to inhale instead, and as she breathed in, my head began to spin like I was tipsy, and the cellar around me grew a little blurry.

Her dark brown eyes blazed with intensity as she inhaled my breath, and when she released me a few seconds later, I fell on my ass and waited for the room to get less fuzzy.

“Thank you,” the dryad whispered.

“Uh… you’re welcome?” I slurred a bit.

When my vision came back into focus a few seconds later, I saw that green veins seemed to be shimmering beneath the dryad’s dark skin. It looked like emerald light reflecting off a dark ocean, and she pushed herself to stand carefully in the middle of the ring of fire.

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