Chapter 111

Kaelen

Something’s wrong.

I feel it before the world even wakes.

Maren is curled against my chest, her head resting just over my heartbeat, her fingers tangled lightly in my shirt like she fell asleep clinging to me and never let go.

And gods help me… I don’t ever want her to.

Her scent wraps around me — warm skin, faint salt from the leyline, that soft sweetness that drives my dragon crazy. Her l