Stoneskin Dragon (Stone Shifters Book 1) by Zoe Chant

Author:Zoe Chant [Chant, Zoe]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-01-31T00:00:00+00:00

Reive

Reive woke with a dim awareness of pain in his side, or the memory of pain, but the rest of him was blessedly pain-free. The relief was so great that he seemed to be floating. It was a surprise to find himself anchored down—weighed down, in fact, by a heavy bedcovering and a warm, soft body pressed against his own.

Jess.

He turned his head, barely daring to move. Her hair tickled his nose. Early morning sunlight fell through high windows above the bed, striping her face and hair with liquid gold.

Reive had no idea where they were. A bedroom at Gio's, perhaps? He had no sense of danger. His dragon was calm and relaxed.

And Jess was in his bed.

From the amount of warm flesh he could feel pressed against him, she must be nearly naked under the covers. He seemed to still have pants on ... regrettably, especially as his body responded to Jess's nearness with unmistakeable urges.

But the lack of pain was a kind of bliss all its own. He would almost have thought the petrification had reversed itself, except for the numb deadness of his right arm and a tugging sensation whenever he tried to breathe deeply, as if his lungs or ribs were resisting. But this was such a vast relief after the constant pain that he could have stayed here forever, drifting in comfort with Jess's warm body pressed against his.

Unfortunately, he was starving, and thirsty, and he needed to pee.

He tried to edge away from Jess, but she woke with a jolt and a cute little moan. "Reive," she murmured, and then her eyes flew wide. "Reive, you're awake!"

"So are you," was all he could think of to say.

She really was naked under there, or mostly so; he caught an enticing flash as she started to sit up, then appeared to discover her own lack of dress as if it came as a surprise to her, too. He glimpsed some tantalizing flashes of her lean curves before she pulled up the coverlet to her chin.

"Are you all right?" Reive asked her. The last thing he remembered seeing was Jess fighting the magician.

"Am I ..." She trailed off. "You saw me. Earlier. Didn't you."

It wasn't a question, and he didn't pretend not to know what she meant.

"I saw you shift," Reive agreed, and a spasm of sorrow crossed her face. She closed her eyes. "And you were magnificent."

Jess's eyes flew open again. "I was what?"

"Magnificent. Gorgeous. Amazing."

"I heard you." She blinked, staring at him, still bleary with sleep. "Just to be clear, you ... remember what you saw me turn into, right?"

"Of course I do." How could he forget? Jess was beautiful as she was, of course, but she was also beautiful as a gargoyle, just in a completely different way. He hadn't realized it would hit him like that until seeing her do it—watching the strength and grace and power flow through her limbs. She was strong even as a human, but as a gargoyle she was unstoppably fierce, and he and his dragon had thrilled to watch her.

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