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Our half-hour walk was over in under a minute. Rehan set me down gently and rocketed back into the air, filling it with blue flames.
I sucked in a breath, held it, and released.
‘Everyone has a dragon inside of them. They just need to find it.’
I replayed my exchange with Tyson in my head. Reading through my chat with Rehan had obviously shaken the fire prince to the bone. He apologized for not standing up for me, though he called me defective right before doing it. I would havebet money he’d been trying to manipulate Rehan, and people only learned those types of behaviors if they’d been manipulated the same way.
He’s young, sheltered, and full of pent-up anger. A little like early twenties Jay, don’t you think? Ready to take on the world for what you believed was right?
I didn’t bind myself to a person.
No, but you gave parts of yourself away, binding to magic you didn’t understand because you craved it.
The little flame on my neck warmed, and I rested my hand over it.
He craves you; he’s bound his future to an unknown, just like you did.
My heart lurched, and I squeezed my neck before releasing. I couldn’t be his Betty. It would never be simple.
One thing at a time.
With a final look at the dark blue dragon having a temper tantrum above me, I glided into his hut. I walked past the cot Rehan slept in – he’d insisted I take his bed – and stepped into the kitchen to pop the samples into the fridge.
I still needed my magic to do the majority of my experimenting. But Rehan kept his word about everything. If I needed something, he got it for me. However, he’d not figured out how to examine my old life without tipping someone off.
Baby steps, girl. Enjoy the challenge.
I grinned before my face fell. Someone trapped me here for some reason I didn’t know. I shouldn’t be enjoying anything. A shiver of unease wrapped around my neck, and I brushed my skin where the ribbon of Ley Line magic vibrated.
If you really believed you were that easily replaceable, you wouldn’t still be worried about the Ley Lines.
I sucked in a breath.
Touché.
One side of Rehan’s kitchen held a little cauldron, some beakers, and a Bunsen burner. Magical components were much harder to come by and would need to be sourced off the island without raising suspicion.
Right, I began taking inventory of what I’d already gotten.
Too bad the dragons didn’t use Magizon Prime.
I snorted and stepped to the cauldron, resting my hand on its rim.
When was the last time I gathered spell components instead of just getting them in the mail? The modern era—replacing forests with cities and wild groves with farmed fields—made it difficult, yes, but I could teleport. Why had I stopped?
Something pulled at my memory….
Soft brown eyes looked at me from across a bubbling pot….
The vision vanished before I could hold onto it. I suddenly found myself caressing a cold cauldron for no reason.
I shook my head to clear it. These odd moments were starting to feel too familiar.
Magic was a fickle mistress. Simple spells, like the heat Rehan channeled to warm his cocoa, came naturally to those born with it. There were even humans who connected with the Ley Lines and didn’t know they were doing it. Either their disbelief muted their powers, or they accepted the unexplainable things happening to them.
The Ley Lines existed to keep power moving. The flow of never-ending supernatural energy washed through all life, whether they knew it or not. Magic lived; it never sat still, and it liked balance.
But bigger magic. Magic with a purpose. That was a different beast and bound to the will of the caster.
