Dragons Blood by Gemma Scott (best books to read for knowledge TXT) 📕

Eric let go of the branch and dropped to the ground lightly. He stalked forwards using the trees as cover and making sure he didn't step on any twigs or leaves. He watched as the shadow approached Sky as it seemed to fold in on itself. Eric’s chest seemed to reverberate as a low warning growl echoed among the trees. The shadow froze mid-air before solidifying back into the form of a raven that hovered just a few feet above Sky.

 “Sky. Duck.” Eric said as he approached a tree close to where she stood. Her head whipped from side to side as she looked around trying to see who had spoken. The raven took the opertunity as a que to flee.

“For God’s Sake. DROP TO THE FLIPPING GROUND” The order came out as a growl causing Sky to drop rapidly to the ground just as Eric spat a ball of fire at the raven that was trying to escape. The fire ball whizzed over sky before hitting the raven between its wings instantly engulfing it in flames. Sky covered her ears trying to block out the inhuman cries of the burning creature. She continued to cover her ears until a hand reached out and grabbed her shoulder. Sky jumped up and swatted away the hand before turning to glare at Eric who stood staring at her concerned. She had so many questions. Needed so many answers. The main question being:

 

“Eric. What are you?”

Chapter 7

 

Eric stood staring at Sky with a defeated look on his face.

  “You haven’t remembered everything have you?” He asked running his hand over his face looking at the confused Sky, who stood swaying on her feet. “Sky, are you okay?”  Her response was a rather jerky nod of her head before her eyes rolled backwards into her head and her knees gave in. Eric lurched forwards and caught her before she hit the ground. He then laid her down gently on the ground before sitting down next to her to wait for her to wake as he stroked her hair.

 

  “Come on Sky. The young master awaits you.” said a kind faced old lady that stood above the still sleepy Sky.

  “But Granny it’s still dark outside.” Sky rubbed her eyes as they tried to adjust to the candle light.

  “Up. Come on little one.”

  Sky got up out of bed and dressed in the light blue dress that lay at the bottom of the bed before heading down to the kitchen for a quick breakfast. Just as the sun began to appear on the horizon someone knocked on the door. Granny left the kitchen to go and answer the door before returning followed by a hooded figure.

  “Sky the young master is here.”

  “EERRIICC” Squealed sky as she bounded over to the hooded figure before leaping into his arms knocking his hood back.

 “Hello Sky. You still up for some training,” a wide grin appeared at Sky’s vigorous nodding. “Well then we will head off. I shall have her home by lunch Val.”  He took Sky’s hand and lead her out the back door.

“Shift” he said looking to Sky. She closed her eyes as pain lanced through her body and snapping and popping could be heard. She opened her eyes to be met by the stare of Eric in his dragon form. His large black head seemed to dwarf the smaller form of Sky’s silver dragon form.

 

 Memories began to assault Sky as she lay on the ground. As she began to gain consciousness she became aware of her body aching painfully however it was bearable with the hand that stroked her forehead. She opened her eyes to find Eric sitting in front of her, a slight smile gracing his lips. She tried to move her head but it felt too heavy. She opened her mouth to try to speak but ended up making a whining sound.

  “It’s okay Sky. You won’t have the energy to move at the moment as the shift has taken up too much energy as it’s been a few years since you were in this form.”

  This form?

 “Your dragon form.”

At that Sky found the energy to lift her head. As she continued to stare at Eric she noticed that she began to tower over him. Shocked she looked down at where her hands should be to find muscular, silver scaled legs with five deadly looking claws.  A high pitched screech escaped from her jaws along with a puff of smoke. She tried to stand so she could back up but ended up tripping up and falling over. Her fine silver wings flapped as she struggle to get to a standing position in her strange four legged winged form.

 

Eric had sat shocked as the unconscious Sky’s form had begun to change as bones snapped and grew and her skin changed to the silver scales. She had broken the spells much earlier that he thought. He was now struggling to keep from laughing as Sky struggled to stand having fallen over her tail from the shock of her transformation. She struggle to her feet as her wings twitched at her side and her tail twitched on the ground. She then stretched out her wings and began flapping them unconsciously. As she caught the movement behind her she leapt forwards in shock which caused Eric to lose his composure.

 Sky’s head whipped round to the now laughing Eric who was clutching his stomach. She lifted her top lip exposing deadly sharp teeth as she growled at him. He stopped laughing but the amusement still shone in his eyes. He then rubbed his eyes before giving Sky an admiring glance. Her silver head was very similar to his own. However she had slightly smaller and finer horns, along with small spikes running under her jaw and cheeks. She had slim large wings, a muscular but slimly built body and a fine tail with four spikes on the end. All in all she was a perfect specimen of a female dragon.

  Stupid man. Stop staring at me and tell me how to get back to normal. She grumbled internally.

  “In a minute. I haven’t seen you in this form since you matured.” Her golden eyes blinked before focusing more on him.

  Hey. Can you read minds or something?

  “It seems I can read yours. Normally with other dragons we can force images to each other’s minds but I am able to pick up your thoughts as clear as day now you have broken the restriction spells.”

 Okay. Okay. Now help me change back.

  “It’s gonna be painful. Are you sure you don’t want to wait a while?” Her golden eyes glared at him. “ Okay then. SHIFT.”

  The power of that one word caused Sky to roar as her body began to break and shrink before resetting itself back to her human self. Sky groaned as she fell to her hands and knees as she panted hard as her world seemed to spin. A hand reached out and lay on her back and then began stroking up and down her spine. The feeling of Eric’s rough hand stroking up and down her bare back was soothing. She revelled in the small electrical pulses that travelled over her skin at the skin to skin contact.

  Her eyes flew open before she jumped back and covered her now exposed body as much as she could.

  “WHY THE HELL AM I NAKED?” She yelled as she glared at Eric who stood looking her up and down with a goofy grin on his face. Her face flushed a dark red as she crossed her legs more and covered the junctions of her thighs with a splayed hand and covered her breasts with an arm.

“Stop staring or I’ll gut you open” she whispered. The venom of the statement clearly visible in her glare.

 

Chapter 8

 

  Eric couldn’t help but grin like an idiot as he took in the form of the rather embarrassed and completely naked Sky. Her hand only just covered the area she was trying to hide but the dark curls were still visible. Her other arm was covering her breasts as she tried to hide her assets from him. He continued to look her over as he ignored her threats.

She cleared her throat which brought his gaze to her face.

  “Where are my clothes?” She demanded.

  Eric sighed before flicking his wrist towards Sky. Sky “yipped” as her body was suddenly covered by the tank top and jeans she had previously been wearing.  She looked about ready to ask something but she shook her head and looked around.

“Where’s my hoody?” Eric looked puzzled. “My Jumper.” Sky demanded.

Eric just grinned mischievously. “And why would l let you cover up any more of your skin?” he sung.

“Pervert” Sky whispered under her breath.

Eric laughed letting her know he’d heard her. Sky was surprised she hadn’t completely freaked out at the fact that she was some sort of dragon shape shifter. However she was beginning to feel strange as her attraction towards Eric seemed to have been amped up a few levels. She studied him as he also stood studying her. He hadn’t changed or aged from the memories she had of him from her childhood. This brought up more questions.

  “Eric how old are you?”

He looked at her before lowering his gaze to the ground. “I’m coming up for 35 years old”

“WHAT? You don’t look that old you look 18 at the most.” Eric gave a chuckle at her reaction.

  “When we reach maturity our aging process slows down. Don’t get me wrong that doesn’t mean we are immortal as we can be killed and injured. But we can sort of live as long as we want really. “

  Sky felt as though her bottom jaw was resting on the ground. “But granny looked like well a granny?” she said confused.

  “Your grandmother was around 750 years old and she would have looked younger had her mate not died 12 years ago” Sky didn’t miss that he had used the past tense when referring to her grandmother.

  “What happened to her?” she asked in a broken whisper.

  “She was murdered by the creature that controls the shadow demons that are hunting you.” Numbness seeped into Sky.

  “Why are they hunting me?”

  “Well. You are one of the last breed able females of our race.”

  “What do you mean breed able?”

  “We dragon have one life’s mate. Our mate is the only one who we can reproduce with and since