Mated to Dragons novel

---- 40. ANGEL Warm skin brushed mine when I moved. I opened my eyes and blinked at Nate's face that hovered above mine. He smiled at me and reached up to move some strands of hair away from my forehead. "Hi, how are you feeling?" Iblinked at him. It was a good question but one I couldn't answer at the moment because I didn't know how felt. Ihad seen my life flashing through my eyes when I was faced with death.

A man had stabbed me after he apologized and told me that he had to do it to protect his family. Reaching up, I frowned when Nate gripped my wrist and guided my hand to my other shoulder. "He stabbed you this side," he said softly , pressing my fingertip to my skin. "It's already healed." "H-how?" I croaked. "D-did you give me some of your b-blood." Nate swallowed loudly and then shook his head. "It's a little more complicated than that." ---- I frowned at him.

"Tl try my best to explain things to you, honeybee." He sat up, making my attention turn to our surroundings. I was surprised to find myself in a bedroom. It was not what I expected at all. After what happened I expected to wake up in the room I had been in when I first arrived with the doctor who had treated me. "Here." Nate was holding a glass of water. A groan fell from my lips as I pushed myself up onto my elbows. My muscles protested as I slowly sat up.

Nate wrapped an arm around my waist and gently pulled me against his side so I could lean against him as I took small sips of water. "Pll run you a nice warm bath to help your muscles relax," he muttered. "And then I'll make arrangements to get you something to eat. You must be starving." "Pm n-not..." I trailed off. I wasn't hungry. But I felt weak and tired even though Ihad been sleeping. How long had I been out for? How had we gotten back to the castle ? Where was Lucas ?

Nate soothed the frown away with shaky fingertips . ---- Placing the glass down, he stood and muttered something about running a bath for me. I watched him walk away and then glanced around the room again. It was messy which was a bit unusual. Scooting over to the edge of the bed, I pressed my feet to the floor and bit my lips as I slowly stood. My legs felt like jelly, but I managed to make it to the bathroom without tripping. Nate was bent over the bath adding something to the water.

While he was busy there, I walked over to the basin. My reflection instantly caught my attention. I was paler than usual, and my hair was a tangled mess. My eyes dropped to my shoulder as I reached up to pull the hem of my shirt away to see if the wound had healed as he said. "Angel, wait." The air got locked in my throat. I expected to see a scar. I didn't expect to see a dragon tattoo on my shoulder in blue ink and to find it moving! Nate appeared behind me as I pulled my shirt lower. Because I couldn't see it clearly enough, I clutched the hem of my shirt and pulled it off.