Free Magical Lover by Karilyn Bentley

town.
    “Draconi boys are too curious for their own good.”
    “And they get their friends in trouble too. I remember.” Enar laughed.
    “We’ll use the invisibility balls...”
    “No. I can’t fight holding one of those things. Cast a spell, sorcerer.”
    “Good point.” Thoren chuckled at the mental image of Enar trying to wave a sword while holding the invisibility ball. Funny, but not the most effective way of fighting. “I’ll cast a spell rendering us invisible, we’ll sneak into the town, grab Jamie and hightail it out.”
    “Sounds like a plan. Then you can get back to your female and continue what you started this morning.”
    “She’s not my female and nothing was started. Things are always ready for action in the morning.”
    “Mmph. Especially with a pretty female around.”
    Thoren’s lip peeled off his teeth and for the second time in his life, he snarled at his friend. He really needed to get in control of these emotions. Enar paid Keara a compliment, there was absolutely no reason to stake a claim on her.
    So why was his lip still up around his cheekbone?
    Enar stood, arms crossed, one eyebrow raised.
    “Sorry. I seem to be a little upset right now. Maybe you have a clue why?”
    Enar snorted. “I’ve yet to meet a Draconi who could fight the mating once he found his female.”
    “She’s not my female.” Or was she?
    “Whatever, fool.” Enar smacked him on the arm. “Let’s go get the lad. I’d rather see my woman instead of chasing after imps.”
    ****
    Keara paced from one end of the warded ground to the other, ignoring Lily who sat against a tree, wrapped in a blanket. Thoren had pointed out where the ward-lines stood, telling her to stay inside them so that she would be safe from harm. For the past hour she had done just that, not daring to step outside the lines for fear of what might happen. But now her fear for Jamie overruled her fear for her own safety. She shouldn’t be at the campsite, pacing uselessly, while Jamie was lost and alone. She should be out trying to find him.
    She marched back to Lily, determined to find Jamie on her own.
    Lily poked her head out from the blanket, eyes wide. “Don’t even think about leaving me here alone.”
    “You have the blanket. No one can see you. Jamie needs me. The men don’t know their way around these woods. What if they get lost?”
    “They won’t get lost. You on the other hand...”
    “Don’t be ridiculous. I grew up around here. Grandmother used to take me to these woods for herbs.” Once, when she was little, but still. “I’m going to find Jamie. He needs me.”
    “And I don’t?”
    “You have the blanket. And you’re sitting in the wards. Jamie’s by himself in the woods. What if something happened to him? I can’t leave him alone out there!” Keara gestured to the woods.
    “Are you sure nothing can get to me?”
    “Thoren said nothing non-Draconi can get through those wards. You can’t get out can you?”
    “No.”
    “Then nothing can get in to you. You’re safe. Jamie needs me.”
    “Thoren won’t be happy about it.”
    Keara sighed. “I know. But I have to. You understand, don’t you?”
    “I understand. Don’t worry about me. I’ll hide under this invisibility blanket.” She pulled the blanket over her head, disappearing from view. “Be safe.”
    “Thanks, love. I won’t be long.”
    Tracking the men wasn’t as hard as she feared. Strangely enough, it seemed easier to track their scent rather than the marks left on the ground. Did dragons track by scent? She shook her head. Who would have thought she was part—dare she say it—dragon? Until yesterday, she didn’t realize dragons existed outside of fables. What did a dragon look like? Thoren claimed to be one, but he looked like a man.
    Maybe dragons were sexy, good-looking, raven-haired men.
    A woman could get used to dragons like that. Especially one like Thoren. Over the course of a day, she went from being frightened of him to