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“Hannon will know, yeah He toldthis”

He nodded and backed away from me Confused, I followed

“No” He held out his hand “You stay there I need roo, remember?”

“You just said ‘coe into the thing that just took inity?”

Heat kindled through our bond He , but I didn’t catch it

He grew into his massive creature, half as tall as a tree Dull black scales covered his body like ars than back, and a tail ending in wicked spikes A dragon without wings, ground-bound

His head bent toward rabbing me in his maw, like before, he inhaled deeply

“Gross,” I s don’t do shit like that”

His teeth clamped overand clanged the sword off his armored face A rumble that sounded suspiciously like a chuckle issued froe, the branches thwappinge of the wood He stopped quickly, and I screamed

He dropped , fearsome sound that turned hfear and arousal He grunted a couple tiain, and waited

I looked out at the quiet village, no candles at all burning near the edges Given the disturbance earlier, everyone was lying low

Nyfain shookdown a little harder I squeaked and tried to clang hiain

He wants you to screaht

“Then loosen up I can’t breathe,” I wheezed, clanging the sword off hiain

The pinch of his teeth lessened, and I tried to ignore the large tongue pushing up againstme from the sharpest parts of his lower teeth, but now it

“Gross Stop it! It’s only okay if you’re in the other form”

He’s doing it for me, because he knows I can feel it

“I don’t care who he is doing it for—it’s gross, and no thank you”