Chapter 27 - Ransom

For the first time since laying eyes on her, I held the beautiful woman in my arms. No grimaces, no winces, no pinched eyes, or taut body. She slept peacefully in my arms, her body soft and pliant. Warm.

If I could just get back to my own body, I'd be in heaven.

With that thought, pain ripped through my body. But this time, immense pleasure sprinkled through the agony, dulling the edge into something awfully wonderful.

I must have woken her, because she was now rigid, and her chest was moving too fast. Her pale gray eyes were wide enough I could see white all around the iris.

My body knit itself back together. Bone by bone, muscle by muscle. I felt myself emerging from the hide of the animal I had been.

Thank Gaia I'd already been laying on the floor. I still fell the last couple of inches into the softness of Kiema. The loud OOMPH exploded from both of our mouths as I landed.

"Ransom?" Her breath tickled my ear.

"Yeah."

"But...l-l-ion...d-d-dragon..."

"Yeah.