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the remnants of the dying sunset as he flew into it. The yacht listed once then settled as Rafe took flight. Rafe’s darker shape caught up with Roka’s pale silhouette. When the pair were abreast, they let out a roar at the descending orb of the sun. The sound resonated through Camille’s body, leaving her tingling from head to toe.
    They were almost dots against the horizon when Eben wrapped his arms around her. She sank back against him, but even his warmth couldn’t ease her worry.
    “They’ll be fine,” Eben said. “They’re dragon elite, pretty much, you know that, right?”
    She shook her head and craned her head back to look up at him. “What do you mean?”
    “He never told you?”
    “Told me what?”
    “C’mon, let me make you dinner while the captain gets us moving.”
    Eben talked while he cooked. Camille perched on a barstool watching. She’d never been quite so spoiled as she was living with the two men. They rarely gave her a chance to cater to their needs in this way. The things she did do for them didn’t seem like they required such a reward—she felt just as spoiled in their bed as out of it. She didn’t argue, though, particularly not now because Eben actually seemed to have relaxed somewhat now that it was just the two of them.
    “Shadows are like soldiers, in a way,” he was saying, and paused, thinking. “Only more like special forces commanders. There aren’t that many of them. Rafe said that Kol’s mother was the only female Shadow ever born, and there are only about a dozen all together. They’re the biggest dragons, too.”
    Camille snickered. “I beg to differ.”
    Eben caught her eye and smiled back. “Yeah, well, apparently male Guardians can be the exception to that rule. But when they’re young they train together—the Shadows and the Guardians. Like, hard-core, walk-through-fire type training. Literally. It makes them pretty indestructible.”
    “And cocky.”
    “My point is that the two of them together… there’s probably nothing they can’t do.” He paused his cooking and set a glass of wine in front of her. Leaning with his hands against the counter across from her, he looked into her eyes earnestly. “They’re going to be fine.”
    “Please tell me you miss him as much as I do,” Camille said softly.
    Eben pursed his lips and turned back to the pan on the stove. He shrugged. “Of course I do. What we have is pretty damn amazing.”
    “If you feel that way then why have you been in such a shit mood the last couple weeks? Ever since we learned the Council approved assembly of the Verdanith. Today’s the first day I’ve seen you actually look kind of content.”
    He dished out their food and carried two plates to the table. She followed him with their wine. “Last night was good, that’s all,” he said.
    “This morning, you mean. And I don’t see how it was any different than other nights.” The truth was, she had a good idea why it was different, but wanted to hear him admit to it. Tell me the truth. Tell me you hate sharing me with someone else. Was it validation she was looking for? She didn’t think so. It was honesty, because even if Eben confessed he felt that way, Camille had a strong feeling that was only the tip of the iceberg with him. He’d had an open relationship with Erika before Camille had met him. He’d also been just as enthusiastic about making love with Roka as she was, a sight she enjoyed watching as much as she enjoyed being the center of their attention.
    Eben didn’t answer her at first. When he finally spoke again it was to talk about their travel plans and to speculate what they would need to do to locate the missing fragment of the Verdanith. Camille was too tired to push the issue of his mood, so indulged his change of subject.
    As it turned out, Erika didn’t contact them immediately. Late the next day they made it back to their high-rise apartment in Sydney. Camille was reviewing her translations from the