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The smell of magic and mushrooms grew with every careful turn they took until Mila could hardly smell anything else.

“Don’t let go of me,” he told Tilsie quietly after the second turn. “I can find you if we get separated, but it will cost us time, and we want to make this as fast as we can. Magic exposure can do odd things to humans.”

“Does that mean my sister will be… changed?” Tilsie asked worriedly, and with good reason. It had been weeks since her sister was taken. That long in Underhill could have serious repercussions, or none. It all depended on how Shaddra was taken, and by whom. “Will she be alright?”

Mila wanted to lie to her, wanted to reassure her, and couldn’t. “I don’t know. I’m confident I can get her out of Underhill, but more than that…”

He shook his head, considered shifting into his true form, and discarded the idea as nothing more than his own instincts acting up to protect his Treasure. Instead, he pulled her closer, and was gratified when Tilsie tucked herself under his arm, warm against his side. The smell of mushrooms faded off under the closeness of her perfume. The familiar scent grounded out his instincts, and he allowed his eyes to shift, just enough to bring his magic-sight into sharp focus. Scales crept over his throat and arms, a little too bright to be the tin he claimed, but a protection in themselves. Better to wear a sign of his true form here. It would keep all but the greatest of the Fae from challenging him.

No one wanted to tangle with a dragon unless they had to. The Convocation stood together. If his rights, including his right-of-claim over his Treasure or his right-of-freedom as a dragon were violated, Underhill would have bigger problems in a hurry.

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