He nodded. “The earthbound are powerful. They can command trees, water, wind, and sky. They turned the land of Faery into a weapon that destroyeditself.”
And I might be half of one of them. The thought made me involuntarilyshiver.
“So … the druids? Are they half human?” I tried to segue this into what I desperately needed toknow.
Logan sighed, looking tired. How long had he been fighting them? “The druids are one hundred percent highborn Fae. Pureblooded born of magic. They only ever breed within their own race. It’s a part of theircreed.”
Interesting. Now for the question I had wanted to ask allalong…
“But … hypothetically, the druids could mate with … like, another pure magical being. Like a full-blooded sorcerer … likeEva?”
Or a full-blooded dragon, Ithought.
Logan laughed. “Hypothetically yes, but they wouldn’t touch another supernatural in that way. They’re all purists. It’s ingrained in their training. ‘One race. Oneblood.’”
I shivered. “Sounds pretty racist.” It also sounded possible that I could be halfdruid…
Logan nodded. “You have noidea.”
I sighed. “I could really use some cartoons after this dark conversation.” I was completely freakingout.
Logan laughed, a deep and honest belly laugh that was contagious and had the corner of my lipscurling.
“You’re funny, you know that, Sloane?” He cocked his head to theside.
I shrugged. “I’ve been told that a few times,yeah.”
He pursed his lips, looking more serious. “It’s been a long time since I had something to laugh about. I’m … glad you’re here.” I could tell he wasn’t the kind of guy to dole out compliments. It looked like that one was really hard forhim.
You won’t be when you find out what I am, I wanted tosay.
“Me too,” I said in a rush, and then started walking inside. “Come on, it’scold.”
Number one thing on my list of to do’s: keep this house from learning that I was part monster. And two: pray that Eva never told asoul.
9
“WAKE UP.It’s time to train,” a deep voice said from beside my bed. I opened one eye, saw the sexy dragon shifter standing over me, and then looked at the alarm clock. 6 AM. Igroaned.
“Go away.” I turned over and gave Logan my back. When I turned, my living hat moved with me. Mittens had become my own personal sleeping beanie. She was obsessed with my red hair or something, and literally slept atop my head everynight.
“You stole my cat,” Logan growled, making kissy noises, trying to coax Mittens away fromme.
“Hah!” I said, half garbled and into the pillow. “She’s stalking me. I didn’t ask for her to become my living hairscrunchie.”
Logan’s foot dug into the soft spot behind my knee. “Up! Come on. Gotta teach you to keep yourselfalive.”
I sighed. Damn, I had really started to like this guy and I didn’t really want to be the last dragon alive … but if he didn’t stop poking me at 6 AM I was going to killhim.
Sophie’s voice came from the doorway. “Come on, princess. You said you would help me with thecooking.”
Oh. Hell. No.I wasn’t going to let her lord this shit over me—call me princess or lazy or God knows whatelse.
I rolled over so quickly Mittens leapt off of my head and flew under the bed. Sophie was gone from the doorway and Logan had a black cellphone in his hands. Now that I was awake, he tossed it on the bed. “This phone is yours now. I programmed the pack and Eva’s numbers intoit.”
That was sweet of him … but not sweet enough to make up for waking me soearly.
“Thanks,” I mumbled grumpily. Logan just smiled and turned to walkaway.
