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A/N: Sorry about the unexpected skip on Haventon.Christmas interfered. I will be posting on New Year’s Day.

Lydia and Karen were sitting with their mother in the conservatory when Sonia suddenly put her teacup down with a clatter and rose to her feet. “Ah! He’s finally awake. Let’s go and chew him out for that piece of idiocy.” She stomped towards the stairs. “Come on. I’ll need to formally introduce you as well – once I’m done yelling.”

Karen got to her feet immediately but Lydia hesitated.

“Maybe we should wait until you call us, mum,” Lydia said. “Getting chewed out in front of other people is embarrassing.” Read the rest of this entry »

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A/N: A Very Happy Christmas to all my readers!

“I take it I can’t feed her enough?” Andrew said.

“In these circumstances, no,” Ystelyan said. “Because the connection between our physical selves and our essence is damaged, it takes far more energy than it should for us to recover from injuries. She’ll need to feed a great deal to recover from this – and I’ll have to restrain her from killing them.” He paused and gave Andrew a smile. “But if you’re willing to let her feed on you, it would help. You’ll have to trust me to stop her, though, as she isn’t able to restrain herself without my help at the moment.”

Andrew swallowed nervously. “Naria trusts you and I trust her judgement.” He reached down, took Naria’s hand and gently began pouring energy into her. Read the rest of this entry »

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Karen raced into the hallway in time to see Naria being hustled through a portal. She took in the broken bannister and the scorched patches before her eyes fell on her parents. “What happened? I felt a power surge and then a frenzying dragon. Was it Naria?”

“I’m afraid so.”

Karen frowned as Sonia told her what had happened. “You have to do something about him if his grasp on his powers is slipping. After all it’s not just the dragons that he might panic about if he runs into them.” She gave a crooked smile. “Though his family might actually deserve it.” Read the rest of this entry »

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Andrew gestured to Kimi to come with him then helped Kyle and Lyrrekka manoeuvre Naria through the portal. She was still struggling and screaming, so he was relieved to see Ystelyan was waiting for them. The dragon embraced Naria as soon as they appeared in his throne room, murmuring softly to her and stroking her hair as she slowly calmed. Finally, she stopped struggling and began sobbing against his chest. Only then did he look up and gesture to goblin girl who was standing to one side.

“You can start healing her now, Mal.” He gently lifted Naria into his arms and carried her to a couch.

“Yes, father.” The goblin knelt by Naria and laid a hand on her forehead. After a moment she recoiled with a hiss. “Void! What hit her? She’s a mess.” Read the rest of this entry »

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Naria was on Anthony before anyone could react, lifting him bodily and tossed him over the bannister down on to the hall floor. She leapt after him, shattering the bannister on the way. Ribbons of blue fire surged from her skin and struck around the room wildly, setting fire to anything flammable.

Anthony had only just regained his feet when she landed on top of him and dug her claws into his stomach. He collapsed to the floor without a sound, not even managing a scream.

Andrew sprinted over and grabbed Naria, dragged her away. She twisted violently in his arms, screaming incoherently. He could feel her trying to drain his energy as well but he managed to keep hold of it. From the groan on the stairs Lucas wasn’t doing so well. Read the rest of this entry »

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“Your language is weird,” Andrew said. “I can’t even begin to get my head around it.” They were sitting together in a quiet alcove in the house’s surprisingly large library as she tried to teach him the basics of the draconic language.

Naria chuckled quietly. “That’s what Kyle-alran said when he was learning it. But really it’s just like any other language and you do need to know this, Drew. Enough to bluff your way through the formalities at least.” She gave a wry smile. “And your language is worse. It’s so irregular. I speak water haltia and dwarfish as well and neither is like English.” Read the rest of this entry »

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When they reached the hall, Irina was already opening the door to let in Lucas, leading girl of about seven by the hand, and a tall dark haired man carrying an unconscious teenage girl with pale blonde hair.

“Anthony Williamson, welcome to our home.” Irina gave the man a surprisingly formal bow. “You are ever welcome here. Uncle Matt asked me to take you to your rooms. Doctor Tyler is resting but she will be along soon. Follow me, please.”

“Thank you.” Anthony nodded to her. “Selene is getting a little heavy.” He turned to Sonia. “Sonia! It is a pleasure to see you alive and well.” He seemed to be deliberately ignoring Lyrrekka. Read the rest of this entry »

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When Lydia and her mother reached the study, Ian was standing in the centre of the room with not one but three laptops floating in the air around him. They seemed to be linked by streams of glowing light and Lyrrekka was sitting and watching.

“How’s it going?” Sonia asked.

Lyrrekka looked up and gave a tense smile. “This is one of the most insane things I’ve ever seen. And I feel rather superfluous. There’s not much that I can do to help with this. It’s remarkable. He’s remarkable.” Read the rest of this entry »

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Lydia sat in the large conservatory of the Morgan house, determinedly reading a book of poems she had found in the library and trying not to look up at the glowing tear in the sky. More than that, she was trying not to think about the news reports and all those people who had died. It was not proving easy. The words were swimming around on the page and her stomach kept twisting around. If only she hadn’t been injured. It might not have made a difference but just maybe they would managed to stop him a few minutes earlier and this wouldn’t be happening.

“I know how you feel.”

“What?” Lydia looked around in surprise. She hadn’t noticed anyone come in but the pretty teen who had been introduced as their cousin Lisa was standing there, staring out into the garden. Read the rest of this entry »

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Andrew couldn’t explain why the Morgan house felt like home, given that the last time he had been here he’d been two years old. He’d been looking forward to being back in his own room but his stuff was already in this room and it did feel like his. It felt safe – possibly even safer than home would.

“Your Uncle James took the liberty of picking up everyone’s stuff from the house,” Sonia said. “And it feels like home because it is your home. Even with Emms gone we’re probably safer here. There’s other dangers to consider.” Read the rest of this entry »