The Blood King by Abigail Owen

Author:Abigail Owen
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Action & Adventure Fantasy;Dragons & Mythical Creatures Fantasy;Fantasy & Futuristic Romance;Fantasy Adventure Fiction;Humorous Fantasy;Myth & Legend Fantasy eBooks;New Adult & College Fantasy;Paranormal & Urban Fantasy;Romantic Fantasy;Women's Fantasy Fiction;The Blood King by Abigail Owen;The Rogue Kind by Abigail Owen;The Mate by Abigail Owen;Inferno Rising;Fire’s Edge;Mass Market Paperback Romance;Entangled Publishing;Amara;Stand Alone Romance;Series Romance;New Romance;Dragon Romance;Fated Mates;Dragon Clan;Stubborn Hero;Scotish Mountains;Phoenix creature;Sexy Fantasy;Suspenseful Fantasy;Enemies to Lover Romance;Dragon King
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC
Published: 2020-05-20T18:50:17+00:00

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

Skylar couldn’t figure her mate out. One second, he was pissed about her making life-and-death decisions without him, and the next he was telling her not to second-guess herself. Only she was too damn tired to argue about it. “Whatever.”

Silence greeted her grumpy, if somewhat garbled, comeback.

Skylar leaned against the spike in front of her, eyes closed, as she battled with the fear swirling in her gut and the questions whipping through her mind. All the different ways that last jump with Kasia could’ve ended beat at her. Forget herself, what if she’d killed Kasia?

Skylar blew out a long, low breath.

“Was the blonde claiming to be mated to a wolf your sister?”

Was he deliberately changing the subject? “Yes.”

“Are they really mated?”

“No.” She would’ve said more, but her speaking out loud meant others could listen in to her side. “Can anyone else hear us?”

“They’d have to get damn close, as softly as you’re speaking. Close enough that I’d know.”

I’m speaking softly? The effort to do that much was enough of a struggle.

While she’d been sitting here in a silent half sleep, her mind had finally had time to turn over some facts.

The largest of which was, despite his bloody reputation, Ladon Ormarr was a decent man who’d done nothing but offer her patience she suspected didn’t come naturally, support, and partnership in how they went after the men who’d threatened her family and his people.

Maybe it was time to add trust—gods that was a terrifying word—in what they could do together. Which meant sharing a few things.

“Did you know a phoenix is immortal?”

The muscles under her shifted, as though he’d tensed and then forced himself to relax. “I’ve heard the legends, of course. But where are you going with this?”

“Once we mate, we give that up.”

Silence spread over them as he continued to fly. A silence that just got longer and more awkward with every beat of his wings. Even the wind seemed to thicken, pushing on her harder. Or maybe he was going faster. Hard to tell up here.

“You’re telling me you gave up your immortality for me?” he finally rumbled. Her indomitable mate sounded…thrown.

“Yes and no. Mother never was sure how things would work once she passed her powers on.” She was trying to make him feel better. “There’s more…”

“Terrific. What other good tidings do you bring me?”

Did he not get what she was trying to tell him? Skylar bit her lip. “The oldest among dragon shifters remembers only my grandmother and mother. Maybe my great-grandmother. But each phoenix passes down our history to the next, so it won’t be lost.”

“Each?”

“A phoenix has mated a dragon for the last ten thousand years. When she senses her mate is nearing the end of his life, she willingly gives up her powers to her daughter so that when her mate dies, the bond between them will take her with him.”

Only her mother had to live with the hell of continuing on without her mate. Their bond had not solidified when their father had been murdered.

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