Frostbite (The Dragonian, #3) - Adrienne Woods Page 0,13
we had to fight to the bitter end, then so be it.
“What do you want from me?” I yelled and the dragon cocked its head to the side, turned around and flew back toward the mountains. I knew I should go in the opposite direction but for some reason I followed. It was difficult to keep up as the beast accelerated. It turned into a fun game of follow-my-lead and I was surprised that I could do everything this mutt could.
The rodent from the mountain jumped into my head. Could it be him, but Momma said…This Elena, was she my human form?
I remembered it now and I forgot to flap as bits and pieces of my old life came back. I had been waiting for my human form, what happened, why was I asleep for such a long time?
I struggled to get my balance back so Momma and what she’d said had to wait.
I looked down as the ground came nearer and I couldn’t stop. Huge talons grabbed me and threw me higher into the air. I landed with a thud and found myself on top of the ugly mutt’s back. I didn’t want to fight anymore as I could hear his heartbeat jumping through his chest and vibrating right through my body. Something about this dragon reminded me of someone else. Someone I’d forgotten…. Papa.
HEARD A THOUGHT, a voice, and felt an emotion of missing someone as much as I missed Lucian. Papa.
I thought immediately of my dad and when I opened my eyes I found myself on a dragon’s back, but I was still in my dragon form.
Oh crap, what had happened now?
I closed my eyes again as the horizon started to see-saw. My head twirled.
I knew I was on Blake’s back and I knew who he was. It was a first as it usually took a couple of minutes before that part came back. He was right, the more I brought her out, the faster I would get used to her.
I was dying for the memories to come back, and I hoped she’d breathed some fire on his ass, made him work a bit to get her attention. That thought made me smile, and I was sure a dragon could grin as I felt the corners of my lips curving upwards.
The word “Papa” jumped into my head again. The feeling was a familiar one. Did my dad fly with me like this when I was little? Was that what my dragon form remembered?
Blake landed back on the mountain with a heavy thump. I slid, fell off his body and landed with a thud on the ground.
He changed back in a couple of seconds and I closed my eyes again waiting for him to put on his robe.
“Why did you fall?”
“Just give me a couple of minutes and I’ll remember,” I said sarcastically.
He smiled. “You’re back.”
“What happened?”
“I’ll give you a couple of minutes.”
“Haha, you are so hilarious.”
“You can change back now, Elena. I still don’t know why you don’t want to embrace her.”
I sighed.
“Please don’t tell me you actually liked her?”
He chuckled as he took a cigarette out of his backpack.
“You still smoke?”
“Yes,” he said in an ‘it’s got nothing to do with you’ tone.
I grabbed the robe that lay on the floor gently with my teeth and went into the woods again. I noticed that one side of the mountain’s trees were completely destroyed and lay broken on the ground.
I so didn’t want to know what had happened between them.
I took a deep breath, followed by another and started to think about my human form the way Sammy and Constance had taught me. A tingling feeling told me that the change was close and I could feel a very stuffed feeling as my dragon body tried to push itself back into my human form.
When I opened my eyes I looked at my hands and saw fingers covered with human skin. I sighed. Finally I’d managed to do that without any help whatsoever.
I pulled the robe over me and went to Blake. He stared at me for a couple of seconds.
“What now?” I said, hoping that my boobs weren’t hanging out.
“Your hair.”
I grabbed my ponytail, it was still fine. My hand went automatically to my head, hoping that I wouldn’t find it bald. It was still covered with hair.
He got up and pulled out my pony.
“What are you doing?”
“Look, Elena.” He pulled a big strand over my face and I saw what he meant. The strands weren’t blond