DragonsHeart.wps by test Read Free Book Online

hello to Mr. Wand, boys and girl.” Waves of his magic channeled through
    his body and then in a rush, exploded out through the tip of his wand. He hit two of them. Shrieks rent the air. He looked over at Grania. Her eyes widened to the size of emerald colored golf balls. She stepped backward. He could feel her fear—and revulsion.
    His attack spell whirled around the two male dragon shifters. Their skin started turning to leather. They were transforming from the inside out. Their dragon skin ripped through their human flesh.
    “What are you doing?” she demanded, fear still glittering in her eyes.
    “Killing them—to save you.” At his words they blew up. He threw a shield
    charm around both her and him.
    Tears glistened in her eyes. She continued backing away from him. “You truly are the destroyer of my kind. Mistress Kendra, return to your master and tell him that his end is near. Tell him, his journey is coming to an end. A most gruesome end.”
    Kendra directed her attention to Grania. “Lady Grania, you can’t allow the
    wizard to live. He will obliterate our kind. Dragon slayers make him look like …. ”
    She raised her hand. “Silence. I will not listen to what you have to say. Your side has already killed too many of my friends—tell Lord Draco that his end is near.
    That is all.” She hurled a flaming fireball at her.
    Kendra disappeared.
    “We should probably go back to your cottage now. I guess it's my home for the time being.” He walked toward her. Unsettling stillness draped through the hall.
    He touched her face, gently tilting her head to meet his gaze. “You withdraw
    from me,” he said softly.
    “Why shouldn’t I? You put us in this situation. You created this—this hall of death. I knew those men you killed. I grew up with them.” She was crying. “I wasn’t going to kill them—unless they tried to kill you. I wasn’t going to hurt them.” Her voice cracked with emotion. Coolness exuded from her. In a heartbeat, she turned frosty toward him.
    Raising her hand, she showed him her palm. “The dragon mark has disappeared.
    What you have done tonight might have resulted in the impossible.”
    “I don’t understand.”
    “I should thank you. You have released me from a heavy burden. You have
    broken our bond. You are free.”

    DRAGON’S HEART Marly Mathews 170
    “No.” He held fast to her. He wouldn’t let her go. He clung to her as if his very life depended on it, and perhaps, it did.
    “I am your protector. Beyond that, I am nothing. You should breathe a sigh of relief; you won’t have to worry about me ravishing you now. I will leave you alone—
    always alone. That little witch you had your eye on—why don’t you go and knock her up?”
    “Don’t.”
    “I’m not doing anything.” He pulled her to him. She released her grip on her
    sword. It clattered to the ground. His lips found hers. Flames shot between them … but for some reason he did not feel as if he burned. He dropped his wand, embracing her fully. “No.” Her word seeped through his psyche. Without saying a word, he allowed her to push him away. “This is not meant to be. Without the Mating Fire—you will survive, and so will I.”
    “We should return to your cottage.”
    “I’m wondering if you even need to stay with me. You seem to be fully capable of handling yourself. When I saved you earlier from Denys, I’m thinking I saved Denys from an unspeakable fate—not the other way around. You are no coward—and you are no pacifist. You can fight your own battles, you don’t need me molly coddling you and protecting you from an enemy that can’t hurt you. You, Dylan Lightfoot are a warrior, like no other I’ve ever met. An impressively talented one at that.”
    “You suddenly think so little of me. I did what I thought had to be done.”
    “You killed them in a most brutal and unspeakable fashion! If you are capable of doing that—you are capable of doing that to me.”
    “No. They were