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within her until she lost all consciousness of anything but him.
    Loukianos.
    She soared with the dragon as it lifted on its hind legs and breathed a raging flame of contentment.
    Louk’s energy merged with hers until she felt united with him in a synchronous blending of opposing power. Male and Female. Dark and Light. Yin and Yang.
    Together, it surged and moved overwhelming everything within her. Her senses heightened until all she knew was his mouth on hers, his hands on her skin, his body covering hers. 
    Hers. 
    The burning confirmation roared through her even as the world began to tilt. The energy circled around them and built to a whizzing cyclone of pure power. It cloaked them in greedy absolution while siphoning in tandem. 
    In that moment of complete euphoria, the darkness invaded.
    It leached in and skimmed over her skin in a slimy, icy drenching. On her hand, the dragon reared its head and contorted in pain while around them, the space darkened and the light began to wane. 
    Airiana froze, a unified action with Louk. They remained tightly entwined, his lips a breath away, his gaze focused on her. 
    He was with her. He felt it, too, she saw it his eyes, felt it in his energy that flowed through her.
    They were together in whatever was unfolding around them. Within them.
    To them.
    The universe sucked in a large gulping gasp, then breathed.
    The bars creaked and moaned around a cage she had no comprehension of. But, it rang on her conscious and vibrated through their absorbing minds. The animal within shifted, stirred and rolled. Its nose twitched lightly, sensing, feeling, anticipating.
    The pending sense of dread flooded her being and sucked away at the joy she had just experienced. A lone tear rolled from the corner of her eye to trail down the side her face. The grief unexplainable, the emotion too much.
    And the world shifted again, the light returned and the tingling started. It encompassed them before either could react. His muscles tensed around her and then they were moving, floating on the energy in a familiar mode of travel. 
    But his face said it all. Louk didn’t do it. They were porting through the energy together, forced against their will.
    Her mind reeled, and she tried to think strategically about what was happening. But there was absolutely no scenario that she could devise in which the outcome of what was happening would be good. 
    For either of them.

Chapter Six
    What the fuck? Louk held tightly to Airiana as they were spirited through the energy to a destination unknown. One second they’d been hotly on track to easy his aching cock and the next second the world turned over. Literally. Or so it felt like.
    Hell, he’d admit their connection was phenomenal, but earth shattering was a poetic euphemism. Not a reality. But the earth most certainly moved.
    Something unbelievably crazy had just happened, was still happening, and it pissed him off that he had no control over it. Anger was way better than admitting to the niggling of fear that tickled over his spine.
    He kept Airiana close and prepared for the landing. Wherever that was. If it was. The longer they traveled in their molecular state, the higher his shit meter went. As of now, they were in really, really deep shit.
    This wasn’t his doing and it certainly couldn’t be hers, the energy collar prevented her from porting or using the energy. He concentrated and tried to pull out, to meld with the energy and command it as he knew he could. But whoever was controlling it was more powerful than him. Way more.
    The vibe was ancient. Strong. Deadly.
    They solidified in a mingling of limbs exactly as they’d been hijacked. Instantly, Louk sprang to his feet and crouched, prepared for anything. Airiana was next to him a half second later. He rotated so his back braced against hers.
    Together they breathed and waited.
    “Where are we?” she questioned softly. 
    “I don’t know.”
    They were in a dark room full of shadows and