Page 26 of Fractured Sky
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SOL WAS USED TO PEOPLEknocking on his door.He’d come to expect it, although he could never guess who was on the other side, wanting to sit with him and talk.There were way too many people living in this castle, but at least he’d learned everyone’s name.It had been confusing at first, especially since the dragons and the mages weren’t the only people who lived here.A small group of humans had made the castle their home, including Pippa.Sol was glad she wasn’t alone, but he really hoped it wasn’t Thorne who wanted to talk to him.The man scared him a little.He always wore a serious expression.
“Come in,” he called out.He could have gotten up to open, but if it was Pippa, she’d kick his ass.
It wasn’t Pippa.In fact, it wasn’t anyone Sol had talked to before beyond a short conversation.
“I was starting to think you didn’t know I was here,” Sol told Dallin as he closed the door behind himself.
Dallin gave him a smile.“You do know that if you were ready to talk to me, you could have reached out, right?Anyone would’ve given you my phone number if you didn’t want to get out of bed.”
Sol groaned.He wanted to make a good impression.Between the way he’d looked the first time he met Dallin and being in bed, he wasn’t sure he could.“I want to get up, but Pippa won’t let me.She’s still worried.”
Dallin grimaced and gestured at the two chairs that had been placed by the side of Sol’s bed.“May I?”
“Of course.”
Sol watched Dallin as he moved.He was obviously being careful, and Sol didn’t fully understand why.Dallin was here because he wanted to be, right?He wanted to talk to Sol.Why was that such a problem for him?Was it because he and Sol were bonded?
Sol had a better idea of what that meant now.Dallin had told him they’d been bonded before, so Sol had asked the mages and dragons what it meant.They’d explained, no doubt knowing why Sol was asking.Sol didn’t care.He wasn’t planning on hiding whatever was going on between him and Dallin.
He just had a lot of questions, including wanting to know what was going on between them.
“I told you I would give you space,” Dallin pointed out once he was settled on the chair.“I was waiting for you to reach out.When you didn’t, I thought that maybe you didn’t want to talk to me.”
Sol frowned.“Why wouldn’t I want to talk to you?”
“I don’t know.Look at Tyne and Meyer.They’ve been fighting since they met.I didn’t want something like that to happen to us.”
“Nothing like that can happen to us because we’re not Meyer and Tyne.”Thank fuck for that.Tyne could be a bastard when he wanted to, which seemed to be most of the time.
Dallin smiled again.“We can agree that we’re both idiots who should have reached out to the other sooner.Is that okay with you?”
“I suppose it’ll have to do.”Sol smiled back, and he wasn’t even sure why.It seemed that Dallin had a way of slithering under his skin and making himdo things he normally wouldn’t do.He wasn’t sure what to think about that.He was a bit afraid to think too hard about it, actually.Dallin might have given him time to understand all of this, but he didn’t think that would ever happen.
How was he supposed to be normal when dragon shifters and mages were real?He’d known he was a dragon shifter for as long as he had memories, but he’d truly believed he was alone.Knowing that he wasn’t was overwhelming.
Maybe it was a good thing that Dallin had given him space.
“Well, I’m glad you’re finally here,” he murmured.
Dallin looked surprised but also pleased, which gave Sol a thrill.He told himself it was the bond, but he wasn’t sure.Maybe he just had a crush on Dallin.
“I’m glad I’m finally here, too,” Dallin murmured back.
Sol cleared his throat.Things were so awkward, but he’d seen the mages with their dragons.He knew that if he and Dallin relaxed into this, they could have a relationship unlike anything he’d had before.
That he could remember, anyway.
“Everyone has visited, and they told me everything I needed to know about being a dragon,” Sol explained.“I’m sorry I wasn’t there for you for so many years.”
“You don’t have anything to be sorry about.It’s not like you decided to leave me.”
“No, but maybe I should’ve looked for you harder.I always knew there was something missing.I just didn’t know what that something was.”
“Well, now you know.”
It had been Dallin.From what Sol had gathered, he and Dallin had spent most of their time together before Carlyle happened.Of course it would feel weird for him to be alone, even though he didn’t remember Dallin.“You said that you and I were together.”
