The Dragon's Treasure, Part 3 (For Love of Dragons) by Ricci Caitlin

Author:Ricci, Caitlin [Ricci, Caitlin]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Afternoon Delight Publishing
Published: 2013-01-10T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

Isabelle awoke slowly, her eyes struggling to adjust to the darkness of their bedchamber. Fully awake, she sat up and frowned at the empty half of the bed. She didn't care where Faolan spent the nights when he wasn't lying next to her. At least that's what she tried to tell herself. She angrily wiped away a salty tear and punched the pillow behind her. She would just sit up and wait for him. And when he got back she decided that she would question him and finally get some answers. He couldn't avoid her then. She crossed her arms over her chest and set her jaw. An hour later she was bored and her eyelids were starting to feel heavy.

A few minutes later she was barely aware of the falling asleep as her head hit the pillow. Isabelle sat up suddenly, disoriented and confused, as she struggled to wake up. She turned quickly as she felt the bed dip next to her.

"Faolan?" she asked hopefully.

"Yes?" he sounded tired and worn out. There was a raspy harshness in his voice that made her wince.

"Where have you been? It's been hours," she hissed.

"Out," he grumbled into his pillow.

"I know that. Where?" He turned to look at her. She could hear his breath coming in short, painful gasps. "Faolan what's wrong?" she asked quietly, worry chasing away all other emotions.

"Go to sleep," he growled.

"No, I won't. Not until you tell me what's wrong and what happened to you tonight," she all but pleaded with him.

Isabelle reached out blindly into the darkness, meaning only to shake him, but as her fingers grazed his bare skin, she felt a cool wetness that instantly made her recoil from him. "Faolan..." she whispered.

"I told you to go to sleep," he snapped. Normally his tone would have made her close her mouth and leave him alone, but tonight she couldn't.

"Please tell me what happened," she pleaded.

He growled and waved his hand angrily at a nearby clump of tall candles. Instantly they sprang to life, washing the bed in a pale yellow glow that barely illuminated enough of the room for Isabelle to make anything out. But she could see him and what she saw made her gasp and her stomach to clench tightly.

"Happy now?" he grumbled as he turned over on his back, giving her a full view of the sticky wet blood streaked across his naked torso. Her fingers trembled as she gingerly touched his torn shoulder. She kept her eyes locked on his closed lids just in case he decided to snap at her again. At the first touch of her fingertips against his cool skin Faolan hissed loudly, causing her to pull back sharply with a startled squeak. "Just... be careful," he gasped as his dark eyes opened slowly and then locked onto hers.

"What happened to you?" she asked, gulping nervously. She had already started running the possibilities through her head and none of them seemed possible, which scared her.

He shrugged dismissively. "I got into a fight.

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