Chapter 20David Knight
You were able to contact Da’ric?
Yes, David. There was fond exasperation in his thought. How many times do you want me to tell you?
But why couldn’t you reach him before?
He frowned, a frightening expression to any who were unfamiliar with his draconian features. He thought we were all dead and shut down his emotions. In that he is very like you.
What? I was about to refute that hotly, but my lover reminded me of my own reaction when I was a boy and had thought I’d lost him.
How many years did it take for me to get beneath your mental shield?
I thought of all those years, of what it had finally taken to convince me I would find my heart’s desire in the Lagoon of Dreams. But you love me anyway, don’t you?
He cuffed me gently, and I embraced him, relieved beyon
