Protected by Emeralds (A Dance with Destiny Book 5) Read Online Free PDF

injustice. I shall find a way to rectify this wretched harm. I will make things right by him. I swear it.”
    Goemon’s warm smile remained as he gently shook his head. “No, Little Fire. Continue to love him… just as you always have. He desires nothing more. Trust me in this, Empress Naga. Master Yui is blissfully happy exactly the way his life is. If you changed toward him in the slightest… it would destroy him. He loves the part he has been given to play in your world—taking care of you, seeing to your every need—his perfect heaven, in every sense of the word.”
    She smiled then and her shoulders relaxed. “Swear it?”
    Goemon nodded his head. “I swear it, Empress. I only brought it up because… well… it’s the most romantic love story I have ever heard. It has become legend in our village, our favorite fairytale.”
    And I like the way you tell it, young Son of Munenori. Especially the way you started it in the beginning… the way it made Naga’s cheeks burn. That was my favorite.
    “Mine, too.” Goemon chuckled. “I never miss the chance to tease Yui with my colorful rendition. It makes him blush… every single time.”
    “You two are horrible,” she said through a smile.
    Goemon yanked on one of her curls. “Horrible, but fun.”
    He winked at her. She shook her head and rolled her eyes.
    “You are as insolent a man as you were a child, Goemon. How have you managed to stay out of trouble up until now?”
    “I’m just lucky, I guess.”
    Nilakanta’s deep laughter rolled through them. Kin Ryu, Brother. Come. I have someone you will definitely want to meet.
    The smaller golden Dragon approached them. Jenevier bowed to him in her Dragon manner, and the gorgeous creature closed his sparkling eyes as he tilted his head toward her.
    Kagi Naga, Guardian of Dragons and fairest of Angels, I am truly blessed this day.
    “My, my, my… what a charmer you are.” She giggled as she rubbed his proffered snout. “I must warn you, good Kin Ryu. I am quite susceptible to such flattery.”
    Nilakanta suddenly roared, puffing hot air toward them, blowing Jenevier’s curls into a tangled mess. Goemon and Kin Ryu visibly trembled.
    “Dragon!” she yelled. “Did you just growl at me? How dare you! I have never seen you behave as such.”
    How dare I? He roared loudly. How dare you, Kagi Naga. You are mine!
    “What did you just say?” She gaped at him, shocked.
    Do you deny it?
    “Well… no, I would never deny such as that. But still, you don’t have to—”
    I am your Dragon! If you wish to laugh and play, you will do thus only with me.
    “By all that’s holy,” Goemon whispered to the golden Dragon. “I think he’s jealous.”
    Nilakanta blew another blast of hot air over them.
    Of course I am jealous. She is mine!
    Jenevier started to muffle her laughter, but it burst forth unchecked.
    “Aww… you big oaf.” She flew back up and rested upon his back. “Of course I am yours. But I am Guardian to the rest of them as well, am I not?”
    Guardian, yes. And as such, you should act more dignified. There will never be a need for you to flirt with one of them in your role as Guardian, Kagi Naga.
    “Fine, fine. Just calm down,” she said as she hugged his neck. “It was but harmless play.”
    How would you feel if I let another besides you lay upon my back, let someone else scale my wing and hug my neck?
    Her body went stiff, rigid at the suggestion.
    “You wouldn’t dare,” she whispered through a gasp.
    I did not say I would. I simply asked how you would feel.
    “You better never,” she threatened. “I would rip off her head and then yank out your claws, one by one.”
    He chuckled. So… I guess I completely overreacted by only using hot air, then. Is that what you’re saying, Kagi Naga?
    “Oh, you.” She squeezed his neck. “Apologies, Brother. I meant no harm. Forgive me.”
    Just never do thus… ever again , he growled. I am extremely jealous concerning you, Little Fire.
    She