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I didn’t sense danger in his gesture, so I took it

His skin was hot, al hot as he led me between two flaestured for me to step up onto it

My throat was sore, and it felt like I’d sed some blood based on the unpleasant coppery taste at the back of my an to dry onup around the pool

The round on one knee, the otherfor the themselves, and then one of the men stepped forward suddenly and picked ainst mine

Spines began to spread from his shoulders until he was coan expanding--his head, his arer a s beat either side of him as he lifted me up toward the hole at the roof of the mountain

The other men transforons

These are dragon shifters

Chapter 22: Rose

I was relieved when the dragon finally touched down on the ground again

His claws scratchedhot fro we’d landed in

It was lined with tall trees and in the center hat appeared to be a well

The other dragons touched down shortly after us and, reiant for, their fiery eyes fixed onfroon who’d been carrying me resumed his human form and strode over to the well

He pulled up a bucket and, taking rateful for the coolness, but it was bizarre being soaked down by this man

I would rather have done it myself

He tipped bucket after bucket over me, until my dress was soaked and the dried blood had disappeared

He placed the bucket on the floor

I was afraid to even speak a word lest I shatter their illusion and place er

But it was hard to keep up the i somebody else when I had no idea who that person was

I looked as steadily as I could back at the ons approached closer now that I’d finished my bucket bath

They continued to eye me curiously

One option was to just wait for them to offer up information, and in the