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evil dragon shifters.”
    “Were they? They were my friends.”
    “You say that in the past tense—those friends had turned into your enemies. You admitted yourself that Draco’s side had already killed ten thousand of you. I was keeping them from killing you.”
    “They wouldn’t have killed me. I am Draco’s heir. They know if they killed
    me—he would turn his wrath toward them. You don’t understand anything! The reason my king and queen assigned me as your protector was because they knew—they knew that my father wouldn’t kill me! Even he would not stoop so low. Dragon shifters do not hurt their children. We are sacred to them. To kill one of your own blood is to seal your own damnation.”
    “How can you be so certain of that? I’m not willing to believe that. Not at all.
    Those dragon shifter assassins have their own free will—maybe the fancy to kill you would have struck them. What then?”
    “I have nothing more to say, to you, Dylan. I am tired.” Fatigue lined her
    features. She looked so worn out. His thoughts traveled to her wound. She had been stabbed in the chest. She fell forward. He caught her.
    “Your wound—it seems severe.”
    “I’ll live.” She coughed. The hacking sound scared the living daylights out of him.
    “I’m taking you home.”
    “As long as I’m with you, Dylan—I’ll never be home. You and I are bad for each other.”

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    “I beg to differ—I think you and I are meant to be. I’m never going to let you go.
    Not for as long as we both live.”
    “Waxing poetic, does not become you.” Pain lanced her features.
    He smiled. Pulling her up so that she was cradled in his arms, he glanced over at his family. Obviously, being wounded had destroyed Grania's wall of fire around his family, freeing them to come into what was now a Hall of Death. His mother looked appalled, his father looked shocked, and his uncle looked amused.
    “We shall see you soon!” With that, he sent her sword and his wand ahead to the cottage and transported them. “Home is where the dragon’s heart is.”

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Chapter Five
    She was drowning in the world between life and death. Wild wind whipped around the cottage, thunder rumbled the landscape, while lightening lit up the house.
    Sheets of rain pounded against the windows.
    “Grania?” He gently laid her down upon the sofa in the small living room. “Can you hear me? It’s not time to doze, sleepy head.”
    Pain lanced through her wound. The dagger that had stabbed her must have been laced with poison. Her lungs burned. She was wreaking havoc on the elements, causing the surrounding lands to be draped in stormy weather. If she weren’t careful it would be snowing in July.
    “Go into the powder room, and open the medicine cabinet.” She felt another
    coughing spasm working it’s way through her. She was growing short of breath. Soon, she would be forced into a hibernating state.
    “What’s happening?”
    “I’ve been poisoned.”
    “Shite.”
    “It will be far worse than that if we don’t nip it in the bud. I’ll be put into a trance-like state probably for the next six months.”
    “Okay … I’m with you. What do I have to get in the medicine cabinet?”
    “There’s a jar that says witch hazel on it. Get it. When you rub it on the wound it will draw the poison out.”
    “I’m on my way.” She felt his presence leave her. She attempted to sit up, but found that she was weaker than she thought.
    She heard him wash his hands and then start rattling the bottles in the medicine cabinet. His hands probably had been covered in her blood. She’d have to change and wash the slipcover on the couch. Here she was, seriously injured and she was thinking about of all things—housekeeping!
    “I have it!” The triumphant tone in his voice caused a smile to touch her lips.
    “That’s good. You’ll have to take off my shirt and rub the balm on