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They walked to one end, where Gabriella stopped and looked around on the ground. "I know it's here somewhere... ah, there it is." The luminous woman reached down and pulled a short piece of a wood from the sand. It was about a foot long and looked like it had once been part of a spear shaft."Now, we need to bury this in the sand." Gabriella said.Beth groaned as she realized how long it would take her to move enough sand to bury the stick. Given her experience with the book, she expected it would take a few days."Don't worry, I'll help you." Gabriella said. She walked over to what seemed to be a very specific spot in The Arena before stopping. "We'll bury it here, with only an inch sticking above the sand.""Hmm." Beth mused as a thought struck her. "What would happen if I didn't help?" She then added hastily. "I'm going to, I'm just curious.""There would be..." The luminous woman paused, possibly for effect. "...grave consequences. But that is always your decision. My Lord would p
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Alana slipped past Ethan and knelt in front of her with a kind smile. "We know; it's okay. You already said you're sorry and I can tell you are. We can talk more later, but time is tight and he need to hurry. Will you be okay until tomorrow?"Hailey nodded.After they left, Hailey resumed staring at the opposite wall of her tiny cell. It seemed impossible that someone in this God-forsaken world would be that noble. She allowed herself to hope that maybe, just possibly, she would escape with her life. She sat on the stone floor and tried to collect her thoughts. She went through several Yoga breathing exercises that Jason had taught her. Slowly, she began to calm down.Someone knocked on the prison door then it opened.The elderly fellow from the previous night -- who she just realized she hadn't gotten his name -- entered carrying a bowl full of disgusting looking soup and a pail of water."Was that your friend?" He asked. "The dragon you told me about last night?"She nodded."What d
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"Yeah, we'll get along just fine." Ethan smiled.The dwarf harrumphed."Trust me." Ethan said. "Hailey killed the Magistrate's son just after she was technically given to me as a slave.""He freed her, but not legally." Alana interjected."Yeah, so now I need to fight a trial by combat in The Arena to prevent her from being executed. I need a new head made of Elven steel for my war hammer to make sure I win and Hailey survives."The Dwarf harrumphed again. "How do I know that's not a load of dragon shit?""Because I relieved myself before I came." Ethan rolled his eyes.Alana chuckled.Graflex stared at her for a few moments. "You have the look of an enchantress.""I am, or was. I used to grow some of the best staves for enchanting in the Ten Kingdoms."The dwarf narrowed his eyes. "What's the best way to ensure the mana flow is consistent along the entire length of the shaft?""Trick question." The wood elf replied. "Because you don't want the mana to flow evenly along the entire sha
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Alana cocked her head to one side and stared into space for a moment, then said: "Ethan finally struck a deal. You still fun of mana and willing to lend me some?"Rachel checked her mana. She was brim-full of regular mana, which she could donate to help the wood elf do the necessary enchanting without forming any sort of bond.Her deep mana on the other hand...A large portion of her deep man was still comprised of what Ethan had given her. It felt very different than the rest. It was harder and somehow more solid; denser. It was like a rock that had sunk to the bottom of a pool. She tried to move it around but -- as before -- it wouldn't budge.It had definitely gotten smaller, but it was still nearly a quarter of her deep mana. She shrugged, happy to know it would be gone eventually. She didn't really like having a part of Ethan inside of her.Well, okay; she didn't exactly hate it.Ethan was a good man, but she wasn't interested. Even if he wasn't Alana's husband, he was a dragon.
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By Alana's count, it had been one day shy of seven weeks since they had met. She couldn't believe what a huge part of her life he had become in that time. If someone had told her seven weeks ago what her life would be like right now, she wouldn't have believed them. And she was happy despite everything. Despite all the craziness, despite everything with Beth..."What's wrong?" He asked, obviously sensing her emotions."I miss Beth." She sat up to look at him. "I know things were rocky between us for a while but I really do miss her. I just can't believe she's gone.""Yeah..." He said, but trailed off."What?"He switched to telepathy. *I just have this funny feeling like... I don't know. I just find it so hard to believe that she's gone. And I don't mean like I'm having a hard time coping with her death; quite the opposite in fact. I just don't really feel like she's dead. Even saying that sounds... I don't know, wrong maybe?**But we both saw her... I mean, we were both there.**I kn
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She still felt unsettled though. With all the danger surrounding them, how could they have ever thought about bringing a baby into the mix? The wonderful high of the day slowly bled into anxiety and worry about the future. She wanted to feel safe; to feel like everything would be okay."Ethan." She whispered."Yeah?" he said, eyes and hand still on her breast."Could you lay on top of me?""Yeah, I suppose. But why?""I just want to feel safe."He smiled, and then adjusted so he was on top of her. His weight was comforting and his scent calmed her. She was so much smaller than him that he covered her nearly completely. He covered both of them -- her and the baby -- completely. He would keep them safe.She liked that.She felt safe, warm, and cared for with him resting of top of her."Better?" he asked."Yes. Much better." She sighed. "Please make love to me.""Your wish is my command." He said with a toothy grin.* * *Taloni had heard Prayla describe many times what it was like to be
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She nodded.Thinking of the people she'd known who'd died because of a betrayal, she had to agree.He locked eyes with her. "Never forget that to trust someone -- anyone -- is to invite death. In our world, only the wary survive long.""I wish you were wrong.""Me too Kendra. Me too."Her mind drifted back to Luminar Kossel's prediction. He had said that Illuminar had given him a message for her. He said someone would kill her and then save her life twice; that this person would be her best chance to have a true friend. Someone she could trust and with whom she could be completely open and honest. It sounded too good to be true, which experience told her meant that it probably was.She put that out of her mind to focus on more pressing concerns.She had a dragon to kill.* * *Ethan hefted his new war hammer as he waited for The Arena portcullis to open.Well, it wasn't entirely new.The handle was the original one Alana had made, though she'd originally mated it to a plain steel head
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The man scream in pain at the blade bit deeply into his shoulder, severing his collarbone and cutting deep into his chest. Ethan wasted no time in pulling the spear back to a ready position.No one else moved.The man lay bleeding out and moaning in pain. After a few moments, the pool of blood got larger, the moans quieter, and then the man stopped moving completely.Ethan decided to seize advantage of the moment and let loose a low growl. As one, the entire circle took an involuntary step backwards."Now!" someone behind him quietly hissed.Ethan whirled around, to see the half dozen older fellows had attacked the other men in the circle."Attack!" Kendra yelled.As one, the circle pressed in toward Ethan. He did the only thing he could think of. Using his powerful legs and a single flap of his wings, he sailed over the older fellows and out of the kill circle.The older fellows all backed up toward him, showing him their backs and leaving themselves completely open to attack, even t
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