The Dracons' Woman by Phillips Laura Jo

Author:Phillips, Laura Jo [Phillips, Laura Jo]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Fantasy, General, Fiction
ISBN: 9781466416642
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2011-10-01T07:00:00+00:00

Neither Garen, Val nor Trey wanted to leave the bed. This was the first night the four of them would sleep together and they wanted to treasure each moment of it. But they also had a duty to protect the woman they all loved. After awhile, Trey slipped out of bed and left the room. He was back a couple of minutes later, his eyes glittering with barely suppressed excitement. The three of them gently pulsed a tiny thread of magic into Lariah to ensure her rest was not disturbed during their absence, then they all left the room.

Garen saw Tiny lying outside the bedroom door with a mournful expression on his face, and he stopped to pat the dog on the head. He stood up and gestured, smiling as the huge dog leapt to his feet, tail wagging happily as he hurried into the bedroom. Garen watched as Tiny looked over the edge of the bed, and then, satisfied that Lariah was there and safely asleep, he curled up near the door, laid his head on his paws with a sigh and went instantly to sleep.

Garen felt a sense of added security knowing that Tiny would always look after Lariah, especially when they could not see her themselves. Even as weak as the animal was, he would be a formidable opponent should anyone threaten her. Garen looked forward to the time when Tiny regained his full health, both for the dog’s sake, and for Lariah’s. Satisfied that Lariah would not awaken, and that should anyone threaten her Tiny would warn them, he hurried to the study where Trey and Val were waiting for him.

By the time Garen entered the study, Trey and Val had the vid message ready to play. Garen sat down and Trey started it.

The face of a middle-aged human male came on the screen. The man was bald, his head shiny in the dim lighting behind him. He had deep worry lines around his eyes and mouth. After a brief, formal address and introduction of himself, he said, “First, I wish to apologize for the short delay in responding to your message. Our enemies employ many sophisticated ruses, and our message authentication routines take a little time to run. As you know, the Xanti are particularly good at faking vid messages. Now that I am sure that you are who you say you are, and as Jasan is a party to the Intersystem Convention on Law Enforcement and Counter-Intelligence, and once I notify you that everything I say to you is to be considered a State Secret under Article 45 of that treaty, I can speak openly with you.

“Second, please accept my thanks for the information that Lariah Daniels is well. I had verified that her shuttle reached Jasan several days ago, and I was able to tell that she had not accessed the account I set up for her. Therefore, I had no way of knowing if she’d established herself on your world, which caused me some personal concern.

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