Torrent moaned, his eyes on her butt. “No, I want you to stay right there, just like that. Don’t move a muscle.”

She heard him talking to the dogs. “Candy.” He called to her, his voice was filled with awe. When she turned, she saw the little black dog wagging her tail, the little girl was licking Torrent’s hand. “Candy the Second might like me after all.” He was grinning like a crazy person.

“Hey, look at that.” She smiled at him. “You must’ve grown on her.”

Torrent grinned. He clipped the leash onto her collar. “She loves me after all.”

“I think that maybe she always did.”

He cocked his head. “I’ll be back. Don’t you move.” He walked to the door and turned back. What was he up to? “Don’t worry, I haven’t forgotten about your little, hot button.” He looked pointedly as her ass.

Candy threw a pillow at him but it missed by about a mile. She could hear him chuckling like mad as he left the room.

Chapter 24

Two and a half months later…

Candy watched as the two specks completely disappeared. She smiled to herself. A couple of weeks ago she wouldn’t have been able to see anything on a cloudy night like tonight. Her senses were slowly improving and not just her eyesight, all of them. She could hear better, smell better, even her sense of touch was… better. Off the charts was probably a better description.

While some things had improved though, others were… not as good. At least, she didn’t think so but she couldn’t say for sure.

She suppressed a sigh as they walked back inside, closing the balcony door to the chilly breeze.

“Are you sure you didn’t want to go with them?” Candy asked. The guys had gone for an after dinner flight, to try and work off some of the copious amounts of food. Sky had gone out of her way to prepare an amazing meal.

“No, thanks. Those two will spend the entire flight behaving like children.” A look of hurt crossed her features for a second or two. Then Sky schooled her emotions and stoked the fire, adding a couple of logs to the embers.

Candy knew exactly where her friend’s thoughts had wandered to. “So, how are you doing?” She took a sip of her wine before putting it on the side table.

Sky looked back over her shoulder and the she-dragon smiled, but she could see some of that residual sadness cloud her face. “I’m good. Lake has been so supportive. He is”—she sucked in a breath— “he’s wonderful. I’m lucky to have him in my life.”

“He’s just as lucky to have you as well.” Candy moved closer to the other woman who had just risen to her feet. She gave her hand a quick squeeze. “He loves you very much.”