Protectors of Poison: A Zodiac Shifters Paranormal Romance: Scorpio by Laura Greenwood & Zodiac Shifters

Author:Laura Greenwood & Zodiac Shifters [Greenwood, Laura]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-11-10T23:00:00+00:00

8

"NO!" I screamed, my eyes snapping open and my hand grasping at my neck, trying to loosen the hold the dream had on me.

Scuffling outside increased my panic as I tried to work out where I was and how I'd gotten here. Memories of the night before slowly made themselves known but I still couldn't work out what the scuffling was and what it would mean to me.

Reaching within me, I let out a sigh of relief when I found a tiny spark of magic inside. Summoning it up, I held it in my hands without quite letting it get to the surface. If I could help it, I didn't want to use it. Magic was rare enough for me these days. Even so, I could feel the urge for it to let go and fill the air with a show of power. Despite the situation, I wanted to roll my eyes. Magic sometimes had a mind of its own and did whatever it wanted to, despite the will of the person controlling it.

I padded over to the door, pressing my back against the wall next to it and waited. I wasn't stupid enough to rush into unknown danger, especially when Sed's priests would have security covered. I was a good example of why it was important to keep temples secure, he wasn't idiotic enough to have ignored that. On the contrary, he was a smart man. That would all have been in place long before I arrived, dragging my problems behind me.

"What's going on?" Sed demanded.

Relief flooded through me along with something else at the gravelly, sleepy, tone in which he spoke. I could listen to that voice for hours. Hopefully I wouldn't do anything that would make him realise how badly I had it for him.

"We heard screaming from the lady's room," a man answered, sounding much more awake than Sed. Did he have someone actively guarding my room?

Warmth spread through me at the realisation. I liked being protected like this. No one had done it for me in so long.

"Thank you, Mo, I'll take it from here."

Only footsteps retreating answered. I assumed the man must have nodded, leaving Sed just on the other side of the door. I released the hold on my already weakening magic and it retreated back inside me, hopefully to grow some more. I didn't want to think about how vulnerable the lack made me. My sanity was far too important for that.

"Sera?"

"Yes?" I answered instantly.

"Will you let me in?"

Without even thinking about it, I turned the door handle and let him in. The lack of hesitation should have stopped me but I didn't think I was ready to truly consider what that meant.

"Are you okay?" Sed slipped through and closed the door behind him.

"I think so," I replied honestly. The dream was already fading.

He looked me up and down, clearly trying to assess whether or not I was actually hurt.

"A bad dream, nothing more," I muttered, turning away as I said it so he wouldn't see the embarrassed look on my face.

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