Night of the Dragon by Webb Peggy

Author:Webb, Peggy
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: paranormal romance, romantic comedy, camelot, time travel romance, classic romance, peggy webb romance, peggy webb backlist, knights in shining armor, southern authors, dangerous heroes, historical romance elements
Publisher: Peggy Webb

CHAPTER TWELVE

Lydia didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

"You've got to be joking," she said.

"I never make jokes about serious matters." He gripped her shoulders, hard. "Lydia, don't defy me on this, don't fight me. You must go home."

Home. French fries and hamburgers. Pizza with crispy crust and extra cheese. Saturday night double features and popcorn dripping with butter.

She might never have any of those things again. Never.

Suddenly Lydia knew how a fly felt caught in the sticky web of a big garden spider. Flat. Skin stretched over skeleton. The life-giving force sucked clean out, leaving nothing but a barely beating heart, a heart that could break with a single word, a single look, a single touch.

Dragon still held her fast, his grip as tight as his expression.

Forget pizza and buttered popcorn, forget double features where she might see Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt all in the same night.

Here was Dragon. Real. Gorgeous. Delicious.

Home meant never seeing him again, never racing beside him through the spring meadows, never waking to find roses and wildflowers on her pillow, never knowing the joy of true love.

"How can I go?" she whispered, the rest of her plea left unspoken. How can I leave you behind?

"We'll find a way." The look on his face would break her heart if she thought about it too much. "You must go."

She knew it was true. She was not in the middle of a movie or a novel where a happy ending would happen with the stroke of a pen. She was in Camelot where spring would soon become a winter so bleak that laughter froze before it could even rise.

"Come with me," he said.

"Dragon, there's something I must tell you." Urgency was in her voice, her face, her body language, chin thrust out, face upturned, elbows rigid. Dragon lifted a quizzical eyebrow. "Camelot is . . ."

"Lydia! Don't!"

"You have to listen to me. Dragon, Camelot is not going to . . ."

He stopped her with one swift move, hand over her mouth, arms imprisoned. Struggle would be useless, so she didn't even try.

"You must not talk of what you know, Lydia. Not now. Not ever." He bent over her, his mouth close to her ear, his breath hot on her skin. "Do you understand?"

"Hmmm." His hand still muffled her, and it was the only sound she could manage.

"There's no room for negotiation here. This is not a request. It's a command. Do you understand?"

She nodded as vigorously as she could, though she didn't understand any of it. From the moment she'd arrived in Camelot, not one single thing made a bit of sense to her. Especially not this latest request. Why wouldn't he want to know? He was a Knight of the Round Table, in the perfect position to use her knowledge.

Dragon could change the course of history.

Slowly he released her. She rubbed her hand over her mouth, then wrapped her arms around herself and shivered.

"I didn't mean to be harsh with you, Lydia." He held both her hands and pulled her gently toward him.

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