He would save her.
Epilogue
“Maddie? Maddie? Wake up.”
Kal’s deep baritone filtered through the haze in her head.
“Is it working?”
Maddie didn’t know that voice.
“I don’t know. I can feel her though. Stirring. Something is happening. It has to work.”
A chair dragged against the floor. Someone coughed. Hushed voices came from all directions.
The fog started to clear. Maddie could see the end of a long tunnel, and on the other side was Kal. She’d follow him wherever he went.
“Is it working?”
Kal grunted, Maddie was sure of that voice.
“Eadric, ask one more time and I’m going to lose my shit.”
There was a pause.
“Dude. I’m just asking. You have no idea what it took to get that shit. I have bruises on top of bruises.”
Maddie laughed at the banter.
“Her chest moved. Did you see that?”
A hand rested on top of her sternum. That had better be Kal. God, why was it taking so long to get out of her own mind. Maddie remembered what had happened. Poison, Mrs. Rivers making her drink sewage, Kal’s dragon keeping her company. So this had to be a good sign. They must have tracked down the cure. Wonderful. So why the hell wasn’t she waking up.
“She’s been breathing, Eadric. We didn’t kill her, she was just in a deep sleep.”
More shuffling. Maddie’s mind kept running. Literally. Was there an end to this tunnel? For crap sake, if this would burn calories maybe she wouldn’t mind so much. Right now though, damn it. How does one escape their own mind?
“Can someone fetch that old witch? Maybe something’s wrong?” Kal asked.
Someone touched her arm.
“The blue lines are gone. The antidote worked. I don’t know why she isn’t waking up.”
Well this was a kicker. How in the hell did she get an antidote to work and yet still couldn’t wake up. One eyelid. That’s all she had to move. Come on. It’s a tiny muscle. Nothing.
“Did someone find the communication device, the phone? The woman is on there.”
A female voice she’d never heard answered Kal.
“Is it the last one she called? Do you know her passcode? Oh wait, it’s a thumb print. Hold up her finger.”
Maddie wanted to yank her damn hand away from some woman looking at her phone. What the heck. That woman better be far away from her Kal.
“It was the last person communicated with. Yes. Rivers,” Kal said.
The electric charge of Kal’s touch against her hand - the only thing keeping her sane right now. She would figure this out. She had to. She was smart.
“Got it. The phone’s ringing.”
The room got so quiet that Maddie couldn’t even hear breathing. Wow. Serious much? She was fine. She was just stuck. Mrs. Rivers probably did something dumb. She was a bit of a meddlesome witch, probably why her mother had gotten along with her so well.
“Hello?”
A pause.
“Yes. No.”
Another pause
“No, she won’t wake up.”
Kal’s hand left hers. The tension rolled off him. God, Maddie wanted to make him feel better. She just couldn’t figure out how.
“Kal? You won’t believe this,” said the female again.
Who was this woman? Maddie was not a fan of this mystery.
“The woman said it’s a Sleeping Beauty potion.”
Silence again. Seriously, this silence thing did her no good when she couldn’t escape her head.
“Are we supposed to know what that means?” said another male voice Maddie couldn’t place.
“You’re kidding. None of you know what or who Sleeping Beauty is?”
A lot of grumbles. Apparently all the brothers were there. Wonderful. She probably looked like death. Well, Kal loved her and that was all that mattered. Right?
“Oh for crap’s sake. Kiss her.”
Another chair scratched the floor. If they ruined these wood floors, well, well she wouldn’t be here to care about it. But still.
“Kiss her?” asked Kal.
Maddie wanted to smile. When had Kal ever not taken the opportunity to kiss her. This should be easy.
“Yes. Kiss her. It’s like the fairy tale. Princess falls into a deep sleep and the only way to wake her up is by true love’s kiss. Being that you idiots seriously believe in fate and all that, this is right up your alley. So just kiss her.”
Maddie might actually like this woman, she thought. The couch suddenly shifted.
Here it comes. The final piece to the puzzle. She should have known Mrs. Rivers would use some kind of dumb spell like this.
It felt like the first kiss all over again. Maddie would have held her breath if she could control anything except the endless abyss of her thoughts.
The warmth of his breath tingled against her cold lips. He tasted of desire and a salty sweet she hungered for as he claimed her mouth.
The sensation of everything around her. The cold in her body, the warmth of his, the ache of her bruised arm. Everything flooded in.
She parted her lips, letting him in.
Okay then. Maybe we should return to the ship,” said someone.
Another cleared their throat. “Kal. Um. It, uh, seems to be working. So just report…”
Maddie giggled and pushed him back.
“Hey.”
Opening her eyes, the bright light of day hurt. The eclipse of Kal’s face was all she needed to focus on as she squinted. His orange-gold eyes the only thing she ever wanted to see for the rest of her life.
“Hey,” he replied.
“Thanks for saving me.”
He nodded. “I didn’t do much. Eadric has a story to tell once you’re better.”
She smiled. “The only story I want to know is, when do we leave?”
Coming Soon
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Book 1: Must Love Dragons
Coming 2020!
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Eadric would do anything for the woman he loves, except sacrifice his bother’s happiness.
Book 3: Dragon Wanted
Book 4: Looking for a Good Dragon
Book 5: No Scales Needed
Book 6: Desperately Seeking Dragon
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