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with my heart when I am in my human form.”
    “Weak? You call your super strength in human form a weakness? I’d call it a
    power to be revered and valued. Maybe you’ve been living among the non-shifters for far too long.”
    “Perhaps ....” Another crashing noise caught her attention. “I need to go—he’s trying to break through the enchantments that I had put on this cottage long ago.”
    “How’s it going?”
    “He’s mighty. He could just find a loophole, and I can’t allow that to happen.”
    “May the flame of your life force never grow dim!” He saluted her, placing his right arm over the left side of his chest.
    “Or yours.” She nodded to him, placing her hand over her heart in farewell.
    Flames exploded in the globe, cutting off their communication link.
    Rolling her eyes, she ran to up the steps and headed straight for his bedroom.
    When she tried the handle, she wasn’t surprised to find it locked.
    “Dylan, you open this door immediately! As your protector—you can consider
    that an order!”

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    “I’m sleeping.”
    “Sure … and I’m standing out here buck naked.”
    There was a short pause. Apparently, he was trying to decide whether or not he should give up his escape attempts. “I’m off to dreamland!” His voice sounded a bit strangled. She heard a loud whooshing noise. Then, more silence.
    Holding her hand up, she wasn’t surprised when she was faced with the shape of a dragon glowing.
    “Lead me to him—the old fool.” A swirling vortex opened before her. So, this
    was how he’d finagled his way out of the cottage. He was one crafty little bugger. “The things you do for future love … and for the fate of the world itself.” Heaving a deep breath, she jumped into the vortex.
    Blinding light engulfed her as she was hurled through the magical tunnel.
    Seconds later, Dylan’s magical tunnel belched her out. Fortunately, she had the foresight to somersault into her landing so she landed on her feet. “Whoa.” She felt queasy from that. She preferred flying rather than magical transportation. Even though she had to travel through similar means to reach Dragonia the unsettling sensation never left her.
    Shaking her head, she looked around. Where was she? By all appearances, it
    seemed as if she was in someone else’s home. Portraits lined the wall. She glanced upward. She was standing in the grand hall of some majestic building—if she was correct she was standing inside one hell of a grand house. Scratch that, the place looked like a castle. Some of it had to date back almost one thousand years.
    “Out of the question. You shouldn’t have come here, Dylan. You’ve been
    marked—she’s bound to follow you. You silly boy! I don’t know what you did to get hooked up with that dragon shifter bitch—but I don’t need you bringing that trouble to our doorstep.”
    She raised her eyebrow at the insult. She’d show them just how much of a dragon shifter bitch she could be.
    Her boots clanged against the wood flooring as she headed toward the room
    where Dylan sat.
    Pushing the door open, she took in the inhabitants of the room.
    “Oh, bloody hell.” Dylan stood on the far side of the room. He had his hand
    wrapped in a bandage. She resisted the urge to smile. He’d probably been spooked when he felt the tingling sensation on his palm only to see the dragon mark on his palm.
    “So, how many things did you break in your bedroom trying to work past the
    enchantments surrounding the cottage?”
    “That’s all you have to say to me?” His face fell. A look of complete wonder
    crossed his features.
    “That’s all. I’m not here to condemn you—I’m here to protect you.”
    There were three older wizards sitting in the room. One was a woman, the other two were men. They all bore a strong resemblance to Dylan.
    “Are you going to introduce me?”
    “Mum, Dad, Uncle, this is Grania Burns.”
    “Hello.” All three of them