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“I nearly lost you.”
“We face death too often. It makes me want to savor the time we still have.”
“You’re right.” He swept me up in his arms and took me back to the bed, laying me on the surface. “We shouldn’t waste a single moment.” He kissed me with desperation, like I was the link to everything he’d ever sought. His touch was as delicious as always.
It pushed aside everything in my mind but the feel of being with him.
* * *
After we bathed,dressed, and ate a hearty meal, Jaus grabbed a pack he’d left on the kitchen counter and tossed it over his shoulder.
With his mace on his back, he took me to the balcony and called Feyla. She swooped down like a spear spiraling toward my chest and landed with a heavy thud on the stone surface. He hooked his bag on her lowest neck spike and strode over to stand in front of her.
I hovered near the wall, my breathing shallow. How could I not be intimidated by this majestic beast?
She dipped her head forward, snorting as she sniffed him, and he held her face, kissing her brow. When she nudged him playfully, he laughed and held steady.
“Come closer, tiny mate.” He held his hand out to me. “Truly, she won’t harm you.”
“She’s big.”
His low chuckle rang out. “As am I, but you’ve tamed me.”
“Have I?”
“Haven’t you noticed that I cannot stay away from you?”
I had, and each time he sought me out, I fell further in love with him.
“Truly, I am the roll you named me,” he added with a laugh.
While I was still uncertain about Feyla, I trusted Jaus implicitly. I took his hand, and he tugged me over to stand with my back pressed against his chest, his arms around me.
Feyla delicately sniffed me, and when she chuffed, my laugh burst out.
“See? She loves you as much as me,” he said.
I wasn’t sure about that, but my amazement pushed aside my fear, and I tentatively touched her face. “Her scales are softer than I thought they’d be.”
She seemed to nod.
My eyes widened. “Does she understand what I say?”
“Perhaps. No one knows. But a vox’s perception can be uncanny at times. I owe my life to her. She’s protected me more times than I can count.”
Because I was grateful for that, I also kissed her brow.
She huffed and nudged my belly, though gently, and I stroked the side of her face.
“She adores you just like I do, mate.” Jaus took my hand and led me around to her side, where he lifted me onto her spine. He leaped up behind me, his arms wrapping around my waist. “We ride.”
A tap of his heels, and Feyla sprang into the air, her wings snapping out and flapping.
He guided her above the city, aiming for the enormous mountains in the distance towering all the way to the clouds.
Warm sunlight kissed my skin, and the flap of Feyla’s wings soothed me. There was something wonderful about flying, and I could see why his people bonded with voxes.
I snuggled back against him, savoring his warmth. “Where are we going?”
