Web Of Bones: Book II of the Dragon Mage Series by Kelly Lucille Read Free Book Online Page A

glare up at him. He just shrugged his massive shoulders. She turned back to Melly with a huff, perched securely in Eben’s arms. “Well, don’t you?”
    Melly thought for a long moment , trying to think of a way to word her answer. If her sister’s mates knew what she knew, her sister would soon be cursing her for it. “I cannot say that you will have a boy or a girl.”
    Solan raised a brow at her careful answer. She was telling the truth and managing to keep secrets at the same time. He nearly asked her about it, but the other males had gone back to glaring his way, while alternately looking poleaxed and warmly regarding their mate. It was enough to make one dizzy. It did not, however, make him wish to move away from the little mage. He knew he should release her hip and step back, but he did not want to, and since she made no further effort to move away, he was content to stand with her under his hand all night.
    “ This is thrilling, and wonderful,” Morgan said. “But it also makes it imperative we deal with the blood mage quickly and finally.”
    “ You cannot go,” Melly said quickly before the arguments started again. “None of you.”
    “ Then if we can’t go, who do you think is going to do it? Because there’s no way you are going up against a blood mage by yourself.”
    The narrowed eyes of both men dared him to speak, but for the first time in longer than anyone could remember , General Solan Fire-Eater smiled. “Me.”

CHAPTER SEVEN
     
    Melly stood close enough to feel the heat coming off the big general and wondered at the satisfaction behind that one word. She would think he would be annoyed at having to go with her on this journey but maybe he did not understand what it entailed.
    She turned her head enough to catch his eye. “It will not be a simple or quick journey.” The wind whispered across her senses even as it ruffled her hair. “I believe we could be gone for quite some time.”
    “ The wind tells you this?”
    She shrugged. “I follow where the wind leads. If the wind is feeling playful, or wants me to see something, we could be lead about a bit before we get where we are going.”
    “ And where is that?” Morgan asked, still clearly upset. “Can you ... “ Her voice lowered. “Feel him?”
    “ No.” Melly swallowed hard and was grateful for the support of the General at her back, because this next part was enough to make her week at the knees. “I believe there is dragon magic blocking my memory, and his mark.” She licked her lips and met her sister’s eyes. “It’s time to remember what I have forgotten.”
    This time when Morgan pushed to leave her mates arms, he allowed it. She went to Melly and took her hands. “You know about that?”
    “ I do.”
    “ How long?”
    “ Since I woke up healed with blank pages in my mind ... and then the nightmares came.”
    Morgan stepped forward and pulled her into her arms. “We did it to protect you.”
    “ I know that.” She hugged her sister back, hard. She was aware of losing the heat that was general Solan when he stepped back, and wishing he had not. “But now I need to remember. As much as I would like to go on pretending, if I am going to fight this, I have to remember ... and I am hoping his mark, when not blocked by dragon magic, will lead me right to him, before he hurts anyone else with his madness.”
    “ I will call the healer,” Eben said quietly. “Shehar blocked your memories; she must have also been the one who blocked the mark.”
    Ladon stepped forward . He was rarely serious with her or the children, prone to laughing and teasing where Eben was stoic; now, his face looked carved of granite. “Are you sure about this, Melly? We can find another way.”
    She smiled a tired smile. “I need to face this. It is past time I remember what he did to me.”
    He curved his hand around her cheek. “I don’t know why I am always surprised by the bravery of our tiny mages. You would think living in this