The Dragon Fighter's Witch_A Paranormal Romance by Jasmine Wylder

Author:Jasmine Wylder [Wylder, Jasmine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-12-12T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Antonio

“If someone had told me a few months ago that they could take this dragon away from me and I could return to the life I had before, I would have accepted in a heartbeat,” Antonio whispered, holding Audiv’s body close to his own.

He’d shown her several different ways that a man could give a woman pleasure without taking her virginity, and when the temptation started to become too strong, she had dressed again, and they had retreated to the library, where they could cuddle on the couch without the temptation to remove clothing.

“Because your world was turned upside down and you didn’t know who you were anymore?” Audiv sighed. “So many of my students told me that…. I didn’t understand. I thought they were just whining about getting something amazing handed to them. I didn’t think they deserved magic if they weren’t going to embrace it.”

Antonio smirked. He’d spoken enough with Audiv to know that was true. She did not have a strong empathetic streak. She didn’t deserve to learn how to empathize like this, though. She didn’t deserve to have what she loved most about herself taken away.

“I didn’t know who I was anymore. I was someone else, and I didn’t want to be. I knew that being a dragon would change everything, even if it didn’t change the core of me… Or maybe it did. I don’t know.” He shook his head. “I don’t know if you can go through something like that and come out completely unchanged.”

“You can’t. That doesn’t mean that who you are—your wants, wishes, aspirations—have to change.” Audiv’s gaze darkened, and she turned her face away. “Or maybe it does. Gods know that I am unable to fulfill my dreams. All I’m good for now is teaching and brewing potions. What any other magicless person can do. I’m not a mage. I’m…”

Antonio pressed a kiss to the top of her head. “And I’m not a human.”

Audiv let out a shaky breath, the tears clearly visible in her eyes. “No. I’m human and you’re a dragon. At least until Michael is found and I’m able to find a way to reverse his magic stealing. That’s one thing I’ve still got, my brain. All the magic in the world can’t make up for a head that doesn’t work.” She gave him a shaky smile, but it faded quickly enough. “Can I ask you something?”

“Of course.”

“Your religion… I’ve heard a lot of people talking about how dragons are a sign of the end of times, because of a book in your bible. Revelations? That talks about a seven-headed dragon…”

Antonio let out a heavy sigh. It was perfectly reasonable that Audiv, not religious herself, would have a misunderstanding of the situation. What bugged him most was that there were a lot of people who considered themselves religious who were completely ignorant of the facts, too. It was easy enough to misunderstand Revelations, he supposed… but for the most part, the people spewing off false information were people who had never even read it.

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