Now, he felt a bitter rebirth as old emotions were awakened inside him.
Not with a gentle touch. But with an acid drenching.
And there was nothing he could do to stop it.
Medea froze as she came into the room and saw the anguish on Falcyn’s face and the way he held on to Blaise. She blocked the door to give them privacy as the others started to enter the hall. They both needed this. Blaise to grieve and Falcyn to hold his child for the first time in his life.
It was several minutes before Blaise pulled away and wiped at his eyes.
“You okay?” Falcyn’s voice was barely audible.
Blaise nodded as he cleared his throat. He blushed the minute he realized Medea was there and that she’d seen his weakness.
Wanting to comfort him, she walked over and kissed his cheek. “I would never judge you.”
“Thank you.” He went to join the others, who were finally coming into the ancient hall.
Her own eyes moist, she reached up to brush her hand through Falcyn’s hair. “Areyouokay?”
“I’m always fine.”
“You really think I’m going to buy that bullshit?”
His facade cracked. A sudden light flickered deep in his eyes that betrayed his divine birth, and it sent a shiver over her. How odd. She knew the powerful origins of her father and grandfather. Yet neither of them had ever scared her.
But right here. Right now…
Falcyn did.
This wasn’t the gentle dragon who’d made love to her. This was the ancient war god Veles that the fiercest ancient warriors had made blood sacrifices to before leading their armies into battle.
Something about him had changed in the last few minutes. He was a very different beast.
Even stronger than before.
More fierce.
Medea swallowed hard. “What is in your head?”
“That no one hurts my grandson like this with impunity. They want a war.… I’m here to give it.”
Smoke actually came out of his nostrils.
Oh yeah, Kessar had awakened a sleeping beast in Falcyn. She arched a brow at that. “Nice trick.”
“I don’t scare you at all, do I?”
More than he’d believe. And a lot more than she was comfortable with.
“I command demons and corralled and held the Sephiroth for thousands of years. What can I say? It takes a lot.” But honestly, he did. She just wasn’t the kind of person to ever admit it out loud. That knowledge gave too much power to others over her and that was one thing she’d never do.
Not for anything.
Without another word, Falcyn followed after Blaise.
Unnerved, she stayed back to watch. There was something eerie in the air. It left the hair on the back of her neck prickling her skin. Goose bumps ran along her arms.
Shivering, she glanced around the room. If she didn’t know better, she’d swear someone or something was watching her. Not wanting any part of it, she rushed to follow Blaise and Falcyn to Brandor and Brogan.
