The Detective's Dragon by Karilyn Bentley

Author:Karilyn Bentley [Bentley, Karilyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fantasy, Dragons
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
Published: 2015-08-31T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

Hard stone pressed against Jamie’s side, a damp chill seeped through his skin. Where was he? And then the last moments before everything went dark slammed into his mind. Transporting. Kol latching on to Erik, his presence almost throwing them out of the transport except they managed to compensate for the extra weight. A rough landing. Kol’s escape.

Bloody dragon bones. He’d returned a banished male to Draconia.

Jamie pushed to a sit. Dark spots danced whirling winds across his vision, dizziness an unwelcome remnant of the energy ball. Damp air clogged his nose with rot. Water dripped in the distance. A feminine moan sent a cold chill chasing across sweat drenched skin.

Parker.

“Jamie?” Erik’s voice grated like metal hinges.

“Here.” Jamie formed a flame. A puny flame. He sighed. So much for keeping his magic.

The light flickered across Erik as he struggled to rise, the healing boot hampering his movements. Jamie gathered his feet under him and offered Erik a hand. Where was Parker?

A quick turn and splash of light illuminated her sprawled on her back, eyes fluttering behind closed lids. An ache ran through his chest, a dull pain speeding his breathing. Jamie knelt and touched her arm only to release it as a burst of blue light exploded into view.

“Praise the Goddess,” Erik muttered. “My magic works.”

Ignoring a streak of jealousy, Jamie focused on Parker, his touch gentle as he grasped her arm.

“Parker?”

He shook her arm, and her eyes rolled open.

“Jamie?” her voice squeaked and she cleared her throat.

At the sound of her voice, the ache in his chest flowed away, and he slumped forward. “Hey.” He offered her a slow smile. “Glad to see you awake.”

“What the hell was that light ball?”

“An energy ball set to render us unconscious.” Good thing it hadn’t been set for kill.

“Like a stun gun?”

Stun gun? Jamie made a non-committal noise and held out his hand.

“Thank you.”

Parker grasped his palm, allowing him to pull her to a sit.

Jamie placed a hand behind her back. Heat from her skin flowed through her shirt into his palm, and he stroked his fingers against the thin material. Touching her felt right, as if her skin was made for him and him alone. He should stop, drop his hand, offer to help her rise. But he left his palm where it rested. As Keara always said, just because you can doesn’t always mean you should.

Of course she wasn’t referring to the present circumstances, but advice was meant to be used, right?

Erik cleared his throat. “Are you going to lounge around all day, scout, or are we going to inform the Council of Father’s return?”

Parker’s brow wrinkled as Erik spoke in Draconi.

Use her language.

Teach her ours.

“Parker,” Jamie ran his fingers along the ridges of her spine as he spoke in her language. “We need to inform the Council of Kol’s return. And your arrival.”

“I’d think twice about that, scout,” Erik said. In Draconi.

Jamie snarled. Use. Her. Language.

Erik chuckled. Think. Do you really want the Council to know we returned with a human?

I’m half human, dumbarse.

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