Page 28 of Enchanted Crown
Owen snorted. “That means it’s time for Dra Skor to see what the Valanova brothers can do together.”
I looked over at him. “We might need your help, so don’t get too cocky yet.”
He opened his jacket and immediately handed the whiskey flask over to Esta. “Would you mind holding my whiskey, Your Highness?”
Esta gave me the most incredulous look, having no idea what to do with Owen. With a man who asked a queen to hold his whiskey.
None of the rest of us knew what to do with him either.
A cracking noise demanded all our attention. The tree branch finally broke and Samori plopped into the purple water.
Nyx let out a roar of a laugh while Samori seemed unbothered.
Stomping beats soon thundered into The Drak sending calm ripples across the lake as Kian and Savanna arrived. It was weird not seeing them at the shore. As I understood it, the land dragonspreferred their caves and lairs to be near the shore, where they felt called to protect from.
You rang, Princey Poo?Kian called out.
“Please tell me he will be like this in his human form too,” I said to Esta, taking the flask for a quick drink before handing it back to her.
“Oh yes,” she agreed. “He’s a pain in the butt in all forms.”
As I moved to head into the water, she pulled on my arm stopping me. “Keir.”
“Yes?”
“No burn out today.”
I cocked my head. “Is that an order?”
“Yes,” she snapped.
“Worried about me, sweetheart?”
“Yes,” she said the same exact way.
I winked at her. “Don’t be. Krew is here.”
“Everyone keeps saying that but?—”
“No buts, just watch.”
Our conversation ended up being over because I got shoved by a dragon head of the land variety.Is Nyx serious? You want to try to heal us today?
I laughed and shoved him off. “Yes. I’ve wanted to heal you for a while, old friend. And I need you to hurry up and recover so we can go wave riding soon.”
“Deal,” he huffed, his breath smelling absolutely horrible.
Can I watch Kian go first?Savanna asked me, stomping from one foot to the other.
I could see she was nervous, so I gestured to Krew that I needed a moment and went over to speak to her. “It’s not going to hurt. It will tingle. Do you trust me?”
Yes.
“Let me show you.” I sent out my Enchantment to her fronttalons. Not in warmth, but as if seeking out poison so that it would feel exactly the same as the real healing.
It doesn’t hurt,she confirmed.Kind of feels nice, actually.
“Exactly,” Esta muttered under her breath.
