Page 84 of Her Silent Knight

“Oh no,” Rhen drawled. “She’s flaming up.”

“Move, Lee,” Sin ordered. She knew she was right. Even her fire felt connected to him. Just as it felt connected to other fire beings.

“Sin... I don’t want to hurt you...” Lee started.

Kaede growled.

“Kaede,” Sin said to her mate. “She has every right to feel the way she’s feeling. She’s scared and hurting. I’ve known her all my life. She wouldn’t threaten me if she wasn’t in pain.”

Lee broke down into tears while still holding Nachik’s convulsing body down.

“Mate,” Sin looked to Kaede. “Will you help her to the stool?”

His eyes widened. “You called me...” He swallowed. “I’ll do as you asked.”

He walked over to Lee and grabbed her shoulders gently. “Lee, Sinclair is trying to help. I trust her.”

Sin’s chest swelled with pride. She had no idea whether or not he was telling the truth or just saying that to comfort Lee. But it made her feel good either way and it boosted her confidence some.

Sin put her ball of fire out and stepped to the opposite side of the bed Lee and Kaede were on. When Lee lifted her hands from Nachik. Sin placed her hands on him. He immediately began convulsing more.

“Nachik,” Lee screamed.

“It’s okay,” Sin yelled. “Give it a second, he’ll calm down. If my heat was hurting him, I would feel it. It’s not. It’s helping him. I can’t describe it with words. But I can feel the difference.”

“I can too,” her mate told her, eyes on her but hands on Lee’s shoulders.

Sin’s eyes automatically dropped to her friend’s shoulders. Jealousy snaked through her unexpectedly. She returned her gaze to Kaede and glared at him. He immediately removed his hands from Lee’s shoulders and stepped away from her. Rhen chuckled.

Kaede shoved his hands into his pockets and said, “The energy in here is different. Even my dragon feels it. I can feel my mate’s fire. I can also feel another source of fire and it’s coming from Nachik.”

“You feel it too?” Sin asked.

Kaede nodded and stepped closer to the bed on his side. He stared down at Nachik. “I don’t know what he is, but it’s fire-related. He’s not convulsing as violently anymore. Your touch isn’t hurting him. It’s helping.”

“His heart rate isn’t as slow as it was earlier,” Zelna said, staring at a monitor hooked up to Nachik.

“Is that good?” Lee asked. Zelna nodded. Lee turned hopeful eyes to Sin. “I’m sorry,” she whispered. “For not...”

“It’s nothing,” Sin told her. “But, I think just touching him isn’t going to help. I think he needs actual fire.”

Lee shook her head. “I don’t know.”

“Let me try something?” Sin asked.

Tears streaming down her face, Lee nodded.

Sin looked to Kaede, “Can you hold him. Don’t pin him down, just make sure he doesn’t come up off the table.”

Kaede did as she asked. Sin raised her hands and called forth her fire. She didn’t touch Nachik with it, she simply brought it closer to him. His body lurched. Lee screamed.

“He’s trying to get to the fire,” Kaede told her.

“You sure?” Lee asked.

“I think so too,” Rhen replied.

Sin lowered her hands closer to him. His body lurched again. She looked to Kaede. He nodded, seeming to understand her thoughts. She didn’t look to Lee. Lee was a grieving mate. Right now, Sin had to follow her gut.