Night's Blaze: Part 3 (Dark Kings) by Donna Grant

Author:Donna Grant [Grant, Donna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2015-03-24T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-seven

The distress on Lily’s face was a balm to Rhys. He wanted to wrap his arms around her and simply hold her. That’s all it would take to wipe away the torment of the past few weeks.

“You said you couldn’t die.”

He smiled at her. “The injury I sustained was from a mix of Dark Fae magic and dragon magic. I told you the only way a Dragon King could be killed was—”

“By a Dragon King,” she said over him. “So a Dragon King gave you the wound.”

Rhys nodded. “Rhi used her Light magic to halt the cycle I was in and give me a choice. I could remain in dragon form for all eternity, or I could shift one more time.”

“You shifted one more time,” she said, her brow furrowed. “Why? If you’re a dragon, this must be a version of hell for you.”

“You’ve no idea. I watch every night as the others take to the skies while I am stuck down here.”

“Then why did you shift again?”

If he told her the truth, she would know just how deeply he cared for her. But if he didn’t, she would never realize how much she meant to him, or how much he was willing to do for her.

“For you. It was the night your flat was broken into.”

Her eyes went large as she covered her mouth with her hand. She gawked at him a minute, then dropped her hand. “I don’t understand.”

“Yes, you do,” he said softly.

“We rarely spoke. You barely even looked at me. You were gone to Ireland and wounded, and I didn’t even know about it.”

Rhys fisted his hands so he wouldn’t reach for her. “I looked, Lily. Every damn day. I sought you out while you were working. I hid in the shadows and looked my fill, because I knew if I ever got too near, I would never want to leave.”

He waited for her to respond, but she simply gazed at him. Rhys cleared his throat. “Say something. Anything.”

“I’m afraid to.”

“After all I just told you, you’re afraid to speak?” he asked, a rueful smile pulling at his lips.

She licked her lips. “I don’t want to hope too much.”

“Hope, Lily. I willna let you down. I’m telling you all of this because I have feelings for you.” He wanted to tell her she was his mate, that he loved her more than life itself, but he was afraid of scaring her off.

She blinked, her black eyes gazing at him with wonder. “You’ve always made me hope.”

He touched her face, in awe of the woman before him.

“Ulrik is the one who hurt you?”

“He is.”

“He’s the one Dennis works for?”

Rhys nodded again. “We know Dennis is using you to get onto Dreagan. Tell me what’s going on, and I can help.”

She turned her back to him and put her hands on her hips. It was everything Rhys could do to remain in his spot and not go to her, beg her to believe him and return his feelings.

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