"Wake up, my little fyre, open your beautiful eyes so that I may see them," Tohr's voice roused me. I pushed my eyes open and squinted until he came into view. I smiled softly at his beautiful face that I had missed so much. He had only been gone for a short while; yet even in the short time, I seemed to have forgotten how handsome he was. I loved his eyes; they were always so beautiful and expressive. I couldn't wait to see the love in his eyes as he stared down at me and the happiness that would fill them when I told him that I wanted to be his forever.I opened my mouth to let everything roll out, but he covered it with his finger then replaced that digit with his lips, kissing me deeply. I could feel him marking my soul. His tongue swept inside and played with mine tasting me. I returned his kiss with all the passion and love that I kept inside of me. He moaned almost helplessly as if he understood my unspoken words.-My love. - His voice whispered through my mind. -Please, pleas

The clunk of a coffee cup had me lifting my head from my notes that I had been pouring over for days now to no avail. When Erik had originally gone missing, I had found the answer to opening the portal in the dark, dusty library of a rural town in England. However, the notes had, once again, not given me any new information that I could use to reopen the portal before the ten years. That long wait had been extremely difficult. But now, with Tohr and everyone else that I had left behind added to it, the wait was nearly impossible. The last six months had been torture. I felt like a limb had been completely cut off, and just relearning to function was harder than anything else I had ever done.Unable to handle the mass amount of failure that I had achieved trying to find a way to open the portal, I had turned my attention to something else. Retracing our roots to find out if there was a possibility that we could have come from Draygons. My findings were extremely fascinating to me, and I

Chapter 85I realized that he had been speaking, and I hadn't been listening. "I'm sorry," I said, turning back to him. "I said, did you realize she's the spitting image of Belitria?" he repeated."No," I replied. "I don't think I ever saw a picture of her. Are you sure?" "Yes, her portrait was in one of the books Nerrian had me read when I arrived. Trust me, she is the spitting image," he told me. Gabby popped up next to the bar and handed her cash over to Mr. Wittington with a happy smile. He gave her a very grandfatherly pat on the hand before telling her to go and be safe as he always did with his young female patrons. She just barely kept herself from rolling her eyes at him and promised him she would be safe.Gabby bounced back towards us as quickly and efficiently as she bounced away. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw the cloaked figure turn towards her, and seemed to zero in on her. I touched Erik's arm and nodded towards the figure. It didn't take much for Erik to see wh

"Mara!" Treddian snapped, getting my attention faster than anything else he could have done. I looked into his eyes and saw the same worry, fear, and heartbreak that I was feeling. "Mara, my own mate is on the other side of that. And true, our mating is not the same as you and Tohr's. But I still feel the pain of his absence. But we cannot go after them. We must stay here. We must stay here and believe they will come back," he said and broke the cardinal rule giving me a quick, hard hug. The surprise must have shown on my face because he flushed and murmured an apology. "Your brother said that in your world, it's not unusual for brothers to hug their sisters to comfort them," he explained, still blushing. "It's not," I replied, quickly giving him another hug. The portal began to pulse harder, and the electrical buzz that it immitted became louder. Everyone stopped and stared at it with anxiety, fear, and hope. Seconds later, Erik flew through and scrambled out of the way an inst

Erik stepped closer, and though she grumbled, she allowed him since he smelled of clan, as she put it. He peeked under the bandage and poked at it, causing Tohr to groan in pain. My Draygana growled at him and tried to push forward. It took all my will to shove her back down, but not before my hands were already changing. "Ugh!" I grumbled. "I think it's best if you guys just head back to the village. I need time to get her under control." "We can't do that!" Gabby protested. "You need help taking care of him." "I might. However, we won't get anything done with her threatening to bite anyone that gets close or hurts him," I groaned. "She's right," Erik admitted. "For a new Draygon, it's best if you try not to scare them. If us being so close to her mate bothers her, it's best if we leave her alone." Treddian nodded in agreement. It was proof that Erik had been silently communicating with him. "What about food and freshwater and things like that? Are we seriously gonna leave them