BooksBarbecue
Back Copper Chain Save as PDF
Chapters (62)
  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright Page
  3. Dedication
  4. CONTENTS
  5. MAP
  6. 1
  7. 2
  8. 3
  9. 4
  10. 5
  11. 6
  12. 7
  13. 8
  14. 9
  15. 10
  16. 11
  17. 12
  18. 13
  19. 14
  20. 15
  21. 16
  22. 17
  23. 18
  24. 19
  25. 20
  26. 21
  27. 22
  28. 23
  29. 24
  30. 25
  31. 26
  32. 27
  33. 28
  34. 29
  35. 30
  36. 31
  37. 32
  38. 33
  39. 34
  40. 35
  41. 36
  42. 37
  43. 38
  44. 39
  45. 40
  46. 41
  47. 42
  48. 43
  49. 44
  50. 45
  51. 46
  52. 47
  53. 48
  54. 49
  55. 50
  56. 51
  57. 52
  58. 53
  59. 54
  60. 55
  61. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  62. ABOUT THE AUTHOR

But when he saw her serious expression, Dion sobered. He met her eyes. Fortunately, the curtains in the bedchamber were open, letting in a stiff breeze, helping to clear the fog from his mind. ‘I’m going to miss you,’ he said. ‘I know it hasn’t been long . . .’

‘Not as much as I will miss you,’ she said softly.

Dion moved until he was sitting as close as he could to her. Holding one of her hands in his, he leaned his face toward hers. She moistened her lips. His face came closer and closer, his pulse racing as their mouths became mere inches apart. Blood roared in his ears when their bodies pressed together and he could feel her heart beating as fiercely as his own.

Every sensation became heightened as he kissed her. At the same time, he became less aware of where he was, or even his own name. He never wanted the kiss to end. He reached out his arms and pulled her into a tight embrace, supporting the back of her head, caressing the tresses of her golden hair.

Isobel suddenly broke the kiss, leaving him gasping, feeling like he’d just fought in a battle or swum to the bottom of the sea. But then she stood beside the bed. She removed the pin holding her golden garment wrapped around her body. The chiton fell to the ground, and she kicked it free. Dion’s eyes widened.

Suddenly Isobel was naked on the bed and her lips were pressed to his. He again pulled her in close, his hands traveling over the smooth skin of her back, feeling the curve of her hips.

‘This is what I want,’ Isobel said. ‘It’s what you want too, isn’t it?’

Chloe’s face flashed in front of Dion’s vision. But Chloe was dead, and had been for a long time. He knew that she would want him to be happy.

He rolled them both over so that his face was above hers. Staring into her eyes, he reached out to move a lock of hair away from her face.

Dion then bent his head down and kissed Isobel again.

16

16

Eiric’s gaze traveled the length of the defensive embankment. It was little more than a wall, waist-high, hastily formed by piling rocks one on top of the other. Half a mile long and curved, it blocked any access to the Blackwell Mines on the upper slopes, for on all other sides, steep cliffs plummeted to the green lowlands below.

Every few feet a silver-haired eldran stood behind the embankment, warily watching the thick forest at the base of the hillside. The humans’ camp was just inside the trees, and despite the fact that it had been days since an assault, the soldiers of Tanus could come at any time.