The dragon was skilled, I'd give him that much. He'd made me want him in a passionate moment. But that's all it was; lust. Raza would never be faithful to me and I was too possessive to share a lover. We wouldn't work. But Tiernan and I shared so much more than lust; we loved each other. We worked... and I'd almost wrecked it all because of some post-battle adrenaline and a dragon romeo.
“So please don't trust Raza or his son anymore,” Tiernan said gently.
“I won't,” I vowed. “Not as far as I can throw them... tied together.”
“Good,” Tiernan sighed. “I don't ever want to feel that way again.”
“I don't want to make you feel that way again,” I kissed him.
“That's a better feeling,” he said against my lips.
“Hey, don't start anything,” I pulled back. “I need to know what's happening over at the Barnett's.”
“The battle is over and we've won,” Tiernan went serious. “At least for now. The others should be on their way back soon but why don't we go and see if the prisoner is awake?”
“Alright,” I took his hand and we left the room together. Raza and Torquil were sitting at the little table in the guest house's kitchen, waiting for us while trying to look like they weren't. So I called out to them, “We're going to see the prisoner if anyone wants to join us.
Raza appeared in the hallway and with one look, I could see that he knew I hadn't been honest with Tiernan. He knew I hadn't confessed the kiss. And I knew that he was going to use that against me. Or at least against Tiernan. I'd have to tell Tiernan the truth before Raza did. I glanced up at Tiernan as we headed across the lawn to the main house, and he gave me a sideways smile.
Yep, I'd tell him everything... later.
Chapter Twenty-Seven
Our prisoner was awake but remained mute throughout the numerous questions we fired at him. Of course, that didn't matter, the questions were used to force him to focusing on what we wanted to know, so the twins could peruse his mind easier. All it took was a few seconds, then Alex gave me a nod and started writing things into a notebook. Alexis did the same until finally, they closed their books and we stopped interrogating the witch.
“So what are you going to do with the witch?” Raye asked me casually.
“Hand him over to the Hunt I guess,” I frowned as Tiernan pushed the barred door back into place and locked the man into his cell.
“What did you do to me?” The witch was starting to realize that something was wrong.
“We stole your secrets, William Sehoka,” Alex said simply.
“I didn't tell you anything,” the prisoner growled.
“You didn't have to say anything,” I explained to him, simply because I felt it was the kindest thing to do. “They're telepaths, they can read minds.”
“I'm going to kill you, bitch,” he growled. “I'm going to kill all of you.”
“Yeah, I've heard that before,” I sighed.
“So have I,” Alexis commiserated.
“I'm going to eat your hearts and live the life you were meant to have,” the witch went on.
“Now that's a new threat,” I noted.
“You have no idea who you're talking to, scum,” Torquil sneered at the man. “She's the Princess of Twilight and she could destroy you with barely any effort at all. She's loved by the Goddess herself.”
“Not my Goddess,” the witch spat.
“Wait,” I held up a hand and focused on the witch. “You worship a goddess? Which one?”
“The only one,” he huffed. “TheGoddess, she has many names but they are only aspects of one goddess.”
“Does one of her names happen to be Danu?” I lifted a brow.
“Not that I know of,” he blinked, suddenly confused.
