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His eyes are hooded now and almost dangerous with the desire sparking in them. “I want to watch while you come for me, little assassin.”
His words send a shiver through me. His other hand comes up to cup my breast, his thumb brushing over my nipple.
“Do you like it when I touch you like this?”
An hour ago, I would have said no. But it would have been a lie.
Still, I can’t help but think how close we are to talking about sex—an act that would seal the mate bond. Now more than ever, I understand Legion’s resistance to being bound again. And I refuse to ask him to do that even for me. This will have to be enough. I care for him too much to ask for more.
I press kisses to his jaw, his cheek, his mouth. “Yes.”
His answering growl is punctuated by a sound from above.
Both of us go still, listening to the sound of voices from the opening in the cavern ceiling. I look up, trying to make out the words of the strangers. Trying to figure out if they’re friend or foe.
Legion holds a finger to his lips, signaling to be silent. I button my pants, heart pounding both for his touch and for the possible danger. Naked and covered in bruises and scratches, Legion stares up at the opening high above our heads.
There’s a small wound on his shoulder blade that’s nearly closed. I realize I never asked if he was injured from the fall. I still can’t believe my curse is broken. Or that the demon tears I’ve been carrying belong to Legion’s mother. Or that Em might actually be Maricha.
The voices drift down, and I catch bits and pieces.
“…landslide. Probably a cave-in or sinkhole.”
“Help me move this rock so we can see if they’re inside.”
I glance around, looking for a place to hide, but there’s nowhere we won’t be seen, not from an aerial view. Legion takes my hand, pulling me close against his body. I hate that I can’t enjoy the feel of him, but my panic blots out any sense of pleasure.
Above us, rocks are cleared out, and the opening grows wider, letting in more light. A second later, two sets of crimson eyes peer down at us.
“Well-well, what do we have here?” one of them calls.
“Right where Maricha said they’d be,” says another.
I tense.
Legion pulls me close and whispers in my ear, “I’m going to shift and take us out of here.”
“Can you fly?” I ask, noting the injuries along his back and shoulders.
“Don’t have a choice,” he says grimly. “Ready?”
I nod at him, wide-eyed as one of the voices above says, “It’s like fish in a barrel.”
The other vamp laughs.
Legion motions for me to stand back, and I scramble up onto a pile of rubble against the cavern wall. He grimaces as he transforms, and I watch with concern, wondering if the shift is causing him pain that he’s not telling me about. But a second later, an enormous black-scaled dragon stands before me, wings unfurling and twitching a bit as he shakes himself out.
His gleaming eyes turn to me.
I scramble over the rubble and onto Legion’s back.
Overhead, the vamps are rolling the rocks back into place, trying to seal us inside.
“Let’s go,” I say.
Legion crouches low and then shoves off the ground, his wings beating furiously. Dirt kicks up as the edges of his wings brush the cavern’s walls, but he doesn’t stop until we’re catapulted upward.
His head smashes through the opening the vampires are trying to re-seal. Boulders and debris go flying, and the vamps scramble back. The wall of stones is enough to slow our momentum, and Legion’s dragon perches precariously on the edge of the opening. He scrambles to climb up and out of the cavern, and I cling to the raised spikes on his back, trying not to think about the sheer drop waiting if we fall back into the cavern.
