Page 6 of Emerald Waves
Great, now I warred with my brain and my dragon.
Tell. Mates don’t lie to each other.
“Emerson, your arms. The bruises are gone. Your scales.”
“Scales?” No, that-that’s not possible. Not at all. No.
Through the tears I saw the most amazing shades of teal and greens.
“It’s, it’s,” I ran a finger along them and watched in wonder as it shifted into a claw.
“Your dragon is trying to tell you something.”
Without thinking I threw myself at Caro. The most un-Emerson-like thing I’d ever done. I didn’t embrace others. I kept my distance and stayed to myself. Excitement overcame me and the next thing I knew, my head rested upon his chest, his very firm chest. Then his arms wound around me.
This was…
Heaven.
Yes, heaven. Thank you, dragon and thank you for not abandoning me.
You have us both now, and my dragon too, Emerson.
How-how can you hear me.
Mate.
Which dragon was that.
Yours.
“I want to fly. Can I fly? Where do we go? Can we go now? No, it’s daytime. No flying in plain sight. Wait, I’m standing. Am I healed? Yes, I’m healed.”
“I don’t think I’ll ever get used to how fast that brain of yours works. You are truly an interesting man.”
“Interesting is bad.” It didn’t take long to burst the bubble. I knew better than to allow to inflate in the first place. I tried to pull away and put distance between us, but Caro wasn’t having that.
“Interesting is not bad. Interesting is intriguing, never boring. You’ll keep me on my toes and that’s a very good thing.”
So, he says now.
So, he says forever.
“There are too many voices inside my head.” Shoot, saying that out loud only confirmed what they already thought of me.
“You’ll get used to it. I bet all along your dragon was talking to you, only you were too stubborn to listen.”
Possibly…
“Our dragons are smarter than we give them credit for. If they tell you something, listen.”
How do I sort through all the voices when there are so many inside my head?
You listen to the one you’ve ignored.
What a fool I’ve been. My dragon never left me, I was the one who abandoned him.
“You don’t have to figure it all out now, Emerson, so wipe the scowl from your face. We’ll do this together. We’ve both made mistakes we’ll atone for. But we will fix it all together, right?”
