know where I’d hide you though. It would not do to have you
wandering around. You’d sure to stand out.”
“ I
will not hide.”
She shook her head “There hasn’t been a dragon in
the Basilica ever. It is one of the things they are very proud of
since they fought off Gerhard the Great almost a thousand years
ago. They might get the sudden urge to kill you in some fit of
fervor.”
His hand went to her wrist and he said again. “I
will not hide.”
She
sighed.
The dragon was out of his bed when
Ash came down a few days
later. She had been surprised he had stayed in bed as long as he
had. She smiled when she saw him sitting by the water fall. His
hair was wet so she assumed he had been washing.
She lifted the
metal bar she had brought when he turned to look at her. He rushed
towards her. The chain clattered on the ground as he moved. She
moved so she was within range of the chain. She was amused by his
eagerness as he took the metal bar and stormed off to his small
cave.
She had only
managed to get to the entrance of the cave when she heard a loud
crack and then smaller ones. He had managed to break the chain from
the wall and with some work he unthreaded the long chain. He still
had a metal cuff around his ankle but now he was free.
She leant
against the entrance of the cave and with a smile said, “I see you
are feeling better.”
He stood up and
turned to her. He ate up the space between them. He caught her up
and yanked her against his chest. His mouth descended, scolding her
lips. She melted into his passion. He pressed her up against the
wall and his hands slid over her waist. He cupped her breast and
pleasure and shock went through her.
She panicked and
pushed him away. He pulled back a little but he still had her
trapped against the wall. He rested his forehead against hers. She
could hear his uneven breathing.
Ash tried to explain. “I... it’s just I didn’t
expect.”
The dragon shook his head cutting her off. His voice was soft
as he said, “No, this is better.”
She wasn’t sure
what he was talking about. He reached down for her hand as he said,
“Give me your hands.”
She did as it
seemed such a small request. He took her hands solemnly and almost
instantly pain raced up her arms. She tried to pull away from him
but with the wall to her back she didn’t have anywhere to go. The
pain didn’t last long. There were now delicate lines on her arms
and on his as well.
Still staring at
her arms she asked, “Why did you do that?”
“ Because you are mine. Come, I wish to see sunlight and the
sky again.”
Ash blinked and followed him out of the cave. She said, “Wait,
I got you some clothes.”
She had hoped
covering him up would hide him from a passing glance once they were
out of the labyrinth.
Nerves made her
jittery. She was surprised though when her dragon put an arm around
her shoulders and pulled her close against his side as they stepped
out of the hidden passageways into the main corridors.
Ash swore softly under her breath when she saw Mya coming
towards them. Ash tensed and her dragon’s hand tightened on the
metal bar that he had brought back up from the caves. She didn’t
want him to hurt Mya so she tried to calm down and said, “Don’t
worry it is just Mya.”
Mya smiled when
she saw her, then her mouth dropped as her eyes took in her dragon.
“Oh my goodness, Ash, who is this?”
Ash cleared her
throat first before she said, “This is ah...”
“ Sebastian.”
Ash glanced up at her dragon. She blinked surprised that he had
given a name. Not his own though. Her father’s first mate had been
called Sebastian.
He seemed to
understand her look and said, “I liked the sound of it.”
So that was why
he had chosen it.
Mya smiled and batted her eyelashes. Ash wanted to
sigh, Mya was notorious among the people at the basilica. “Aren’t
you a handsome one, and so dark. Deliciously dark.” Mya drawled.
She seemed to notice Sebastian had his arm around
wandering around. You’d sure to stand out.”
“ I
will not hide.”
She shook her head “There hasn’t been a dragon in
the Basilica ever. It is one of the things they are very proud of
since they fought off Gerhard the Great almost a thousand years
ago. They might get the sudden urge to kill you in some fit of
fervor.”
His hand went to her wrist and he said again. “I
will not hide.”
She
sighed.
The dragon was out of his bed when
Ash came down a few days
later. She had been surprised he had stayed in bed as long as he
had. She smiled when she saw him sitting by the water fall. His
hair was wet so she assumed he had been washing.
She lifted the
metal bar she had brought when he turned to look at her. He rushed
towards her. The chain clattered on the ground as he moved. She
moved so she was within range of the chain. She was amused by his
eagerness as he took the metal bar and stormed off to his small
cave.
She had only
managed to get to the entrance of the cave when she heard a loud
crack and then smaller ones. He had managed to break the chain from
the wall and with some work he unthreaded the long chain. He still
had a metal cuff around his ankle but now he was free.
She leant
against the entrance of the cave and with a smile said, “I see you
are feeling better.”
He stood up and
turned to her. He ate up the space between them. He caught her up
and yanked her against his chest. His mouth descended, scolding her
lips. She melted into his passion. He pressed her up against the
wall and his hands slid over her waist. He cupped her breast and
pleasure and shock went through her.
She panicked and
pushed him away. He pulled back a little but he still had her
trapped against the wall. He rested his forehead against hers. She
could hear his uneven breathing.
Ash tried to explain. “I... it’s just I didn’t
expect.”
The dragon shook his head cutting her off. His voice was soft
as he said, “No, this is better.”
She wasn’t sure
what he was talking about. He reached down for her hand as he said,
“Give me your hands.”
She did as it
seemed such a small request. He took her hands solemnly and almost
instantly pain raced up her arms. She tried to pull away from him
but with the wall to her back she didn’t have anywhere to go. The
pain didn’t last long. There were now delicate lines on her arms
and on his as well.
Still staring at
her arms she asked, “Why did you do that?”
“ Because you are mine. Come, I wish to see sunlight and the
sky again.”
Ash blinked and followed him out of the cave. She said, “Wait,
I got you some clothes.”
She had hoped
covering him up would hide him from a passing glance once they were
out of the labyrinth.
Nerves made her
jittery. She was surprised though when her dragon put an arm around
her shoulders and pulled her close against his side as they stepped
out of the hidden passageways into the main corridors.
Ash swore softly under her breath when she saw Mya coming
towards them. Ash tensed and her dragon’s hand tightened on the
metal bar that he had brought back up from the caves. She didn’t
want him to hurt Mya so she tried to calm down and said, “Don’t
worry it is just Mya.”
Mya smiled when
she saw her, then her mouth dropped as her eyes took in her dragon.
“Oh my goodness, Ash, who is this?”
Ash cleared her
throat first before she said, “This is ah...”
“ Sebastian.”
Ash glanced up at her dragon. She blinked surprised that he had
given a name. Not his own though. Her father’s first mate had been
called Sebastian.
He seemed to
understand her look and said, “I liked the sound of it.”
So that was why
he had chosen it.
Mya smiled and batted her eyelashes. Ash wanted to
sigh, Mya was notorious among the people at the basilica. “Aren’t
you a handsome one, and so dark. Deliciously dark.” Mya drawled.
She seemed to notice Sebastian had his arm around
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