The Dragon's Mate (Ancient Dragons Book 1) by Serena Simpson

Author:Serena Simpson [Simpson, Serena]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Serena Simpson
Published: 2019-03-08T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

“Did you hear that?”

“What?”

“Nothing,” she shook her head. The longer she stayed here the further she moved away from reality.

They packed everything away and then followed the border hoping to run into Magnus. Silence reigned supreme for two days as they stopped to check what was outside the border until they came to the next city.

“I’ve never seen anything like this.” Rilan was hovering over the area that would have been occupied by thousands of dragons before the war.

The houses were built in trees that were huge. The bases of them were thousands of square feet wide.

“Nothing like this grows around where I live.” The awe in her voice made Rilan smile.

He set the vehicle down on one of the flat surfaces of a branch. “We’ll stay here for a night.”

“I guess whoever owned this place won’t mind.”

“You’re right, I don’t mind.”

“This is yours?”

“It is. I liked to come here in winter. The snow is beautiful clinging to the branches of the trees. The cries from the children as they dive their dragon bodies into the snow always made me happy. Then there are mothers and fathers fussing. This was one of the things that made being prince and one-day king worth it. There’s a knot in your soul that won’t let go when you realize that you're responsible for protecting that joy.”

She reached over and took his hand before he could get out the dragon mobile. “Knowing that you stand between your people and destruction, is hard to bear. You don’t have to do it alone. You should have never had to do it alone.”

He leaned over and kissed her. “You have to be sure Kisame, there will never be any going back.”

That’s what she was afraid of. No one did forever commitments in her society. Why should they? There was always something or someone new to do or meet. Life was too short to spend it with the same person forever. She knew that but wanted it anyway. She wanted the same arms and the same eyes to greet her every morning and to be there for her every night. When she shared that dream with Rob he had laughed out loud for several days. It took him a week to realize she wasn’t joking.

Rilan took her hand helping her out the vehicle. She’d been too lost in her thoughts to move.

“This reminds me of the balcony at Magnus’ place.”

“There is no wall here. It was made as a place to land.”

“I’m thinking dragons don’t need a wall to keep from falling off.”

“We don’t,” he took her inside. “But we are careful with our children. They don’t all fly as babies.”

“Wait! Some dragon babies fly?”

“Yes,” he chuckled. “Not that their parents are happy with it. Imagine trying to coax your three-month-old down from the ceiling or explaining why we don’t breathe fire in the house.”

Kisame’s eyes got bigger the more he talked. Then she had an image of Rilan with his hands on his hips as he gave a firm talk to his son who was coasting against the ceiling.

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