Sleeping Dragon (Dragon Echoes Book 1) by Rinelle Grey

Author:Rinelle Grey [Grey, Rinelle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-09-30T21:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

He saw the look in her eyes. Excitement mingled with longing.

The expression touched something in Verrian. A vibration deep in his belly responded to her on a primal level stronger than anything he’d ever felt before.

Was it a remnant of the Mesmer bond? He’d never been this close to someone just after the Mesmer ritual was completed. Usually that was avoided, to stop the strong emotions of the ritual lingering and causing someone to mistakenly think they’d formed a lasting connection.

That had to be it then, Verrian thought more confidently. He had to be careful not to read too much into it.

That shouldn’t be too hard. He should be focused on survival.

Not on how it would feel to have her sitting on his back, her legs wrapped around him, her body pressed up against him. His body stirred in response.

He gave himself a shake. He was doing this to keep them both safe. Nothing more.

“We can’t fly,” Lisa said regretfully. “Ultrima could see us. Or whoever else was here. It’s too dangerous.”

“More dangerous than staying here without food and water? More dangerous than trying to cross this on foot?” Verrian waved his hand at the dry, baked plains again. “More dangerous than still being here when Ultrima returns?”

Lisa was quiet for a long time. Verrian suspected her mind was warring between wanting to fly, and the dangers it presented. That was what his was doing anyway.

He longed to stretch his wings after so long asleep. And getting away from here, where everything was so strange and unexpected, would be a boon as well. He couldn’t wait to get back home, to see familiar faces, and hear everything that had happened from his brother.

“Maybe if we stay really low to the ground,” Lisa said slowly. “I suppose we’d have to fly to get into the lair anyway, so it shouldn’t be too risky.”

“Now then,” Verrian said quickly, before he could second guess himself.

Before he could think any further about what it would feel like to have her ride him.

“The sooner we go, the less chance of someone turning up,” he said.

Lisa nodded. She looked at him expectantly.

Verrian reached for the tie at the waist of his shorts, not even thinking about the implications of his actions until her eyes widened.

Somehow, the motion, combined with the expectant look on her face, reminded him far too closely of their time in the Mesmer chamber.

It made him feel uncomfortable about something that had never bothered him before.

But he’d be a lot more uncomfortable if he didn’t have his shorts to put on once he’d transformed back into human form again at the other end of this flight.

Verrian ignored her look and quickly disrobed.

To his surprise, Lisa looked away quickly as he removed his clothes. He wasn’t sure if it was for his benefit, or hers, but it did make him feel better.

She glanced back just as he stretched. His skin crackled and rippled as his bones twisted and turned, growing and shifting into his dragon form.

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