phin

rown me onto a large, soft bed, but the mot

face looming over me. His golden eyes were n

, aggravated by the collision with the wall and

y eye, blurring my vi

d. "Stop playing dead

ind and redeeming the cheapest painkiller available. I

wers if I'm not alive. If you keep bein

n either side of my body, trapping me in his shadow. The scent of him-molten g

kill you?" he whispered,

Kill me, and who will cure your poiso

of his dragon's presence became almost suffocating. He reache

k, and my body gave out. My head fell back, cracki

s plunged into darkness. The last thing I heard was his lo

uch on my forehead. The movement w

Highness, her wound is deep.

her

ith the sharp edge of his fury blunted

d against my tempel, the pr

ysical treatment detected. Assessing... Result: Profe

of a dragon guard, his expression serious, was tending

locked on Kael's hands, his brow deeply furrowed. He didn't come clo

on's side. "The bleeding has stopped," he reported in a

ent, then waved a hand. Kae

uiet, only the

m out. I closed my eyes, letting mys

no one di