Mateo swears long and hard. He tugs on his strands of magic, and the spear comes loose. “Can you heal him?” I whisper. “Will he make it?”
“I don’t know,” Mateo replies heavily as his magic knits the wound back together. “I just don’t know.”
Bastian recovers in a day. Erik, on the other hand, lingers in the valley between life and death for five long days. Finally, on the sixth morning, Mateo’s face fills with relief. “His body is winning the fight against the poison.”
For five days, I’ve bottled every emotion I’ve felt. The pressure has built inside me, and it all comes bursting out now. I’m shaking with relief that Erik’s going to be okay, but underneath is a river of hot molten rage. We all know that the Dark Dragon was behind this attack. How much damage is he going to cause? How much are we going to allow him to get away with?
“How long are we going to stay here, hiding in fear?” I yell. It feels good to give into the rage. “Why are we letting Zyrian run amok?” I point my finger accusingly at Mateo. “You’re the second most powerful mage in the world,” I snap. “Why aren’t you trying harder to break the curse?”
His face whitens. He’s exhausted. He’s been fighting the poison in Erik’s body. I don’t think he’s slept more than an hour or two in the last five days. I have no business yelling at him.
But I can’t stop the words. “Or is it just easier to stay here and have sex with your mate, no matter how many people die on the outside?”
“Aria.” Bastian’s voice is firm. “Enough. You’re tired. Stressed. You’re not yourself.”
“Or what?” I pivot to him in a rage. “Or you’ll make me a prisoner again?”
Mateo’s self-control snaps. “Do you think this is easy?” he snarls. “I’ve known how to break the curse for weeks.”
My body goes cold. “Then why…”
“Because I’m not willing to pay the price,” he says heavily. “There’s magic in the Bloodstone, magic that needs to be released into the world. Your blood can break the barrier binding it.” He laughs bitterly. “But of course, it’s not that simple. It never is. Because the magic it contains is tainted.”
He looks at me, his eyes bleak and bloodshot, filled with pain. “Within you is the only untainted magic in the world, Aria. The magic will need to be purified through your blood. There’s only one problem. If I do that, you’ll die.”
To be continued…
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The Blood Prophecy Series
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Dragon’s Thief
Dragon’s Curse
Dragon’s Hope
Dragon’s Ruin
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Lili Zander is the sci-fi romance loving alter-ego of Tara Crescent. She lives in Toronto. She enjoys reading sci-fi and fantasy, and thinks a great romance makes every book better.
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Rory Reynolds is a stay-at-home mom of two little monsters. She's a ravenous reader of romance and firmly believes that you can never have too many book boyfriends.
She writes feisty heroines, alpha heroes, and panty drenching smut with happily ever afters.
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Books by Lili Zander
Night of the Shayde (Vampires in space, reverse harem)
Exiled to the Prison Planet (Sci-fi dragon-shifter menage romance)
Draekon Mate - Viola’s story
Draekon Fire - Harper’s story
Draekon Heart - Ryanna’s story
Draekon Abduction - Olivia’s story
Draekon Destiny - Felicity’s story - coming soon!
Adventures of Suzie and the Alien (smutty alien goodness!)
Adventures of Suzie and the Alien (Episodes 1-5)
Which includes:
Episode 1: The Alien, the Doctor and the Virgin
Episode 2: The Alien Trains the Virgin
Episode 3: The Alien, the Virgin and the Warrior Queen
Episode 4: Tentacle Monsters and the Virgin
Episode 5: The Virgin Returns Home
BOOKS BY TARA CRESCENT
The Playing for Love Series (Ménage MFM Romance)
Betting on Bailey | Gambling with Gabriella | Playing with Piper | Wagering on Wendy | Messing with Miki
The Dirty Series (Ménage MFM Romance)
Dirty Therapy | Dirty Talk | Dirty Games | Dirty Words
The Cocky Series (Ménage MFM Romance)
Her Cocky Doctors | Her Cocky Firefighters
Standalone Books
Dirty X6 (A Reverse Harem Romance)
BDSM ROMANCE
Standalone Books
Mr. Banks (A British Billionaire Romance)
Teaching Maya
The House of Pain
The Professor’s Pet
The Audition
The Watcher
Dominant - A Boxed Set containing The House of Pain, The Professor’s Pet, The Audition and The Watcher
Nights in Venice Series
A Thief in Venice
An Heiress in Venice
A Starlet in Venice
The Assassin’s Revenge Series (Romantic Suspense)
Assassin’s Revenge - The Complete Series
Found (Book 1)
Bought (Book 2)
Freed (Book 3)
Claimed (Book 4)
The Doctor Dom Series (BDSM & Medical Play)
Triage (Doctor Dom Volume 1)
Observation (Doctor Dom Volume 2)
Diagnosis (Doctor Dom Volume 3)
Relapse (Doctor Dom Volume 4)
Recovery (Doctor Dom Volume 5)
Or, buy the collections for a discount…
Doctor Dom Series Sequence One (Triage | Observation | Diagnosis)
Doctor Dom Series Sequence Two (Relapse | Recovery)
CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE
The Drake Family Series
Temporary Wife (A Billionaire Fake Marriage Romance)
Fake Fiancee (A Billionaire Second Chance Fake Marriage Romance)
Standalone Books
MAX: A Friends to Lovers Romance
A Touch of Blackmail
A Very Paisley Christmas
Boyfriend by the Hour
Books by Rory Reyonlds
Just Married
His Hellcat (Sassy Girls Book 1)
Dirty Girl