CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
Dax landed safely in a secluded clearing on the far side of the island. In the distance the volcano still rumbled, a testament of Mother Nature’s resolve to have the final word.
He crouched down, allowing Jane to slide off his back. Now that she had seen him in his true form, he hesitated before shifting back to human.
She’d had fear in her eyes when he’d shifted earlier. But at that moment, it didn’t matter what she thought of him. His concern had only been for her safety. Now, alone, and without the distraction of impending death, Dax could hardly drum up the courage to look her in the eye.
As mighty as he was, she held the power to destroy him. If she shunned him... He couldn’t see that thought through to completion. And yet in the back of his mind a small voice of
