(eng) Kit Bladegrave - Dragon Reign 8-9 by Stars Realms

Author:Stars, Realms [Stars, Realms]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

5

Forrest

Abby and the coven arrived right when they said they would, bright and early. I was awoken by Mori shaking my shoulder and mumbling something about a bunch of women laughing and chatting loudly downstairs.

“Witches,” I said with a yawn. “They can be quite loud when they’re all together.”

“I can hear.”

I waited for her to climb out of bed, but instead, she snuggled deeper under the covers, holding onto me firmly. I chuckled, trying to get her to let go, but she shook her head, not budging. “We have to go down there eventually.”

“Eventually being the keyword. Still sleepy.”

I brushed my fingers down her cheek, tucking her hair behind her ear. “Can I ask you something?”

“Always,” she replied, not opening her eyes.

There were no wrinkles on her face anywhere, no sign that she’d been alive for a few thousand years. Eventually, though, if we survived the war, I’d grow old, and she would remain exactly the same. I hated to admit it, but some voice in the far back of my mind wanted her to remain as she was now, mortal, with just a hint of starlight. It was selfishness or jealousy; I couldn’t decide which.

“Forrest? What’s bothering you?” Her dark brown eyes studied me from the nest of my arms and the blanket. She reached up and held my cheek softly.

“Just wondering what would happen if you actually became mortal,” I whispered.

She said nothing for a long while, and I worried I’d upset her by bringing it up, but then she smiled and kissed me. “I think I’d be okay with it, as long as I had you to teach me how to be mortal. We both know I’m not very good at it yet. The whole eating and sleeping thing is a bit strange.”

“And aging?” I asked with a smile, tapping near her eye. “You’ll get wrinkles.”

Her eyes narrowed. “Not before you.”

“Oh, you think so, huh?”

“Everyone knows it’s the man who winds up aging faster because the woman drives him insane,” she stated with a matter of fact tone, though she grinned.

“With you, I have no doubt.” I tugged the blanket up over our heads and tickled her until she was squealing with laughter and begging for mercy. I wasn’t about to give her any when a loud banging started at our door, and I poked my head out. “What?”

“The entire house can hear you,” Kate replied, sounding like she was laughing. “Get your butts out of bed and downstairs. Breakfast is ready, and Abby wants to talk to us all.”

“We’ll be right down,” Mori told her, and I sighed, flopping back on the bed. “Come on.”

“You were the one who didn’t want to get out of bed first,” I grumbled.

She shrugged, drawing her now shorter hair back into a loose braid that she flung over her shoulder. Several stars flickered against the dark locks, then they fell to the floor around her feet. She stared down at them, puffing her cheeks out as she watched them fade out.

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