A large arched open window with no glass, just bars, overlooked a beautiful landscape. Thank God my mind-speak, mate-bond thingy still worked, or I would have gone crazy by now. When I asked him about Ruben, he changed the subject. Ruben and Steven had been in a faceoff right before Ardan took me. Could he have survived that? Logan had made me promise that I would mentally keep him informed of everything that happened, I struggled now with telling him someone was coming.
What was the point of worrying him? He had brown, graying hair slicked into a ponytail at the nape of his neck. His eyes were dark, almost black, and he radiated power that made my pulse quicken; sweat beaded my brow. He was a truth witch. I scrambled to connect with my mate. I swallowed hard. I was too pretty and too sheltered for torture.
I was gonna tell these assholes whatever they wanted to avoid getting sliced up. How many more skyborn were alive, and where did they live? Logan growled. Just tell them. The men reached the bars and I clenched my hands into fists. Where was Sophie when I needed her? She would probably take a hundred cuts from that knife before ever uttering a single word. I pinned Ardan with my meanest glare.
You should really stop using them. In a blink, Steven disappeared from outside the bars, reappearing inside my cell, right before me. I wanted to act cool and badass, but instead, I yelped and stumbled backward, cracking my head against the wall. Pain exploded in my skull, but I was able to shake it off and stay upright. Steven grinned, and I wanted to cut that smug look right off of his face. If I thought my dragon could break through steel bars, I would shift right now, but there was no point.
I was a smallish dragon and steel was definitely strong enough to contain me. I want the magic of a fire druid. Figure out how to get it for me. Oh shit of all shits, I was so screwed. There was no way this could end well. I had rogue power that was threatening to put me in a coma if I used it, and no staff to control it. I tried to control my breathing, but felt on the verge of hyperventilating. Steven grabbed hold of my forearm, yanking me closer to him. My heart jumped to my throat, I feared what he would do to me.
There was an unlocking noise, metal against metal, and the cell door scraped open as the truth witch came inside. You have to teach me something! Why did men have to be so difficult? Just focus on what I ask you and answer out loud. I decided maybe I could talk my way out of this. ARE you a mated dragon? The truth witch glared. He lunged for me and there was nothing I could do but back into the wall and cover my face.
The truth witch threw something yellow and suddenly I was frozen midair, hands over my face. He reached behind him and brandished the glowing red knife. The truth witch rubbed his chin. I could no longer protect myself, so she was going to try. Problem was, I was frozen. Steven looked annoyed. I could see it in his eyes as I peered through my fingers at him.
He was dying to cut me. The truth witch held out his hand, scanning the air before me as my dragon lashed at my body, trying to rip free. We need to tease it apart so we can siphon the dragon magic first. Then I can transfer her druid power to Lord Ardan through a sacrifice spell. Isaac has a plan. Do whatever you can to buy us a couple of hours. I was pleased to find that although my body was frozen, my mouth still worked. He immediately looked at me with interest. Although the prospect of acquiring The Eye intrigues me, I will not trade your life for it.
But if you get it, maybe you can look into the past and find a way to untangle my magic or whatever it is you need to do instead of … instead of experimenting on me. His intrigue piqued. In her prime, in the old days. The sorcerer looked at the druid with mild disdain. It was clear they only worked together when they had to. The truth witch seemed to weigh the question in his mind.
I could go back to a time when something similar to this has been done and learn the technique. Steven mercifully lowered the glowing sharp torture stick.
When the truth witch stepped closer, the spell over my frozen limbs broke. My dragon had calmed somewhat, so I was able to retain my human form. I sagged backward against the wall, taking deep lungfuls of air. Last seen in Fresno, California. Greed shone in his gaze. He runs the black market. We can find him easily. Steven looked at me with mistrust. Within a blink they were gone, poofed out of existence. I slid down the wall into a sitting position. Now that the adrenaline had run its course, a crushing exhaustion came over me.
But no way could I sleep with my life on the line. I waited again but there was only silence. The last of my strength fled then, as tears began to fall down my cheek in warm rivulets. I sat up, dry-mouthed, stomach rumbling and alert. I was running out of time. I did a glimpsing spell on the plane to try to find you, and it knocked me out. I scrambled upright. I furrowed my brow.
Oh God. Creatures that Isaac apparently had friendships with. My mate was crazy, but if it would keep me from getting chopped up I was game.
I knew Ireland was full of tales about mythical creatures, and I knew they liked to drink. Hopefully, if I did manage to make it out of here and fly over this place, any humans who saw me would be intoxicated and think they imagined it. I spent the next twenty minutes pacing my cell. How long had I been here without food or water? Would I even know how to do that when the time came?
My whole body went rigid as I pivoted towards the sound and zeroed in on the tiny Standing between the bars of my large window was … a fairy. Like a legit, tiny, gossamer-winged creature that I expected carried pixie dust. She wore a tiny blue dress, with a bow and arrow slung over one shoulder. I stared with my mouth gaping open. She had a mild Irish accent, which made her even more adorable.
I nodded, mouth still agape. This is what I imagined tripping on acid would be like. But it was real. Without another word, she burst from her perch and flew at me, so fast I barely had time to move back before she was hovering in front of my face peering into my mouth. She was like a hummingbird on Red Bull. All good. Whatever the payment was we would work it out. Logan would pay anything to free me. Without ceremony, she loaded an arrow into her tiny bow and it lit up with blue fire.
I stepped forward, suddenly interested. She loosed the arrow and it crashed into one of the steel bars at the window. The second it hit, the bar disappeared. I grinned, trying to contain my excitement. This freaking tiny fairy was totally breaking me out of here. The window was a high stone arch, but looked only about five or six feet tall.
My dragon was at least eight feet standing. It was going to be a challenge to squeeze through, but I had no other options. I stripped my clothes quickly, feeling my dragon rushing to the surface. The thought of leaving my undies behind for Steven and Ardan repulsed me, so once my shift was complete I clutched the bundle of clothes in one of my taloned hands.
My body bulked out, and my wings were pressing the edges of the cage. She incinerated the final steel bar just as I heard footsteps pounding up the stairs. The fairy zipped through the open window and I was right behind her, running in an awkward T-rex kind of way.
I was just ready to leap from the open sill, hoping I would fit my fat dragon ass through, when I felt a yank on the tip of my wing. I screeched, looking back. Ardan had popped into my cage and was trying to hold me. Without thought I roared, showering the druid in dragon fire, scorching the tip of my own wing in the process. Once I felt the pressure on my wing lift, I leapt.
The stone sides of the open window cracked as I pushed my weight through it, smashing my head against the top of the arch, but I shoved past the pain and resistance and then I was falling. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. Preview — Skyborn by Leia Stone. Alone, on the run, and fighting for her life. Sloane Murphy thought hiking the Grand Canyon alone after graduation would be an awesome adventure.
Until she slips and starts to plummet to her death. Then the unthinkable happens. She transforms into… a dragon. She runs, somehow managing to stay one step ahead of them. Until her luck runs out. Now the hunters have her and they intend to kill, not capture.
Logan Sharp is the last dragon shifter alive. Or so he thinks, until he gets word that the druids are hunting a red headed female. His team takes her in, sheltering her because there is a truth she must learn: if the skyborn die out, then so does humanity.
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What type of people would this book be recommended to? Breiana Anyone that likes, romance, paranormal, fantasy, etc. See 2 questions about Skyborn…. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 4. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Jan 15, Chamonix rated it did not like it.
Hoooooo boy. It's not often I find a book that I hate so much I finish reading it. Not that it was very long or a very challenging read because the writing is horrific. You know why I finished it? Because of this: "Heat uncoiled deep in my belly, bringing a pressure with it that had my legs throbbing. What the hell was going on with my lady parts? It's so bad, guys, so hysterically bad that I had to superimposed on my own reading experience by blocking out Hoooooo boy.
It's so bad, guys, so hysterically bad that I had to superimposed on my own reading experience by blocking out large awful pieces of dialogue. One of the last of her species, special and rare etc. Come on man, just because everyone is fawning over you doesn't mean you get to ignore the people who are trying to save you. The author writes Sloane in a way that is trying to be 'realistic' by describing Sloane as having jiggly bits on her thighs and ass and not being a morning person and having watched a thousand hours of iron chef which makes her so good at cooking???
And you know what? I am all those things in real life but if I was a sexy dragon shifting lady I would have manned the fuck up and learned real quick what my special dragon powers could do. I don't want to read about a lazy, whiny, shitty little maiden in distress. Sure she's got a whole tragic past, dead mom, no dad, homeless living in her care but usually people going through those issues have more guts and street smarts than this ninny.
I finished the book because I LOVE the premises of dragon shifters and I desperately wanted the story to go somewhere despite the awful characterisation. I give the Author some credit for trying her dang little hardest to build some sort of magical world but she explains nothing except lecturing me like 3 times in the book that there are 4 magical races that I honestly don't care about or really comprehend why they exist.
Theres a hot dragon guy and a gay guy and a tattooed guy and girl and a prissy girl and a motherly sort of figure that all instantly warm up to Sloane because she's the only dragon vagina that can save the race of dragon shifters.
I feel bad for dragon guy because it's an end-of-the-world scenario and Sloane is his only choice. Cue magical mating scenario where they bond despite the Author clearly writing at some point that Sloane had read enough YA books about shifters mating magically but that's not how it works in this book but dragons are the exception???? Why even draw attention to this if you're going to contradict it? Leia stone is practically writing about herself and her own beliefs because Sloane goes off on the odd occasional tangent about feminism and rape and lord of the rings tattoos which just makes the writing more stilted.
Sure these are topics that I care about on a certain level but they are not written or handled well. There is a lot of information that I think the author would have loved to have told us but I got the feeling that she was hitting some sort of deadline, or didn't realise the time and effort it takes to write decent prose and desperately wanted to finish the book - And she did; And so did I surprisingly because it finishes by cutting itself off short.
I was so surprised it finished that I almost read the Acknowledgements at the end, wondering where the story had gone. She wrote half a book guys View all 9 comments. Dec 31, Christine rated it did not like it. I don't know what everyone else was reading but this is the worst book I've read last year. Dec 10, Jenna rated it it was amazing. Leia Stone Such a easy read, full of action, adventure and romance. I feel in love with Sloane the moment she opened her mouth.
The sassy attitude that made me laugh out loud. Highly recommend. All sales are going towards building an orphanage in India.
Just shows how beautiful Leia really is. Dec 04, I. Cintron rated it it was amazing. Why is this over?! I need more of this awesome story.
Apr 06, Christa rated it liked it Shelves: kindle-unlimited , ya , , urban-fantasy , so-average-its-ok , dragons. Jun 16, Gianna rated it did not like it Shelves: None of the world building makes sense, the writing could use a really determined editor and ugh, Sloane was a horrible character.
Glad I'm done. Dec 11, Bethan rated it really liked it Shelves: paranormal , series , werewolf-shifter , action , funny , m-f , magic , dragon , insta-love. Honestly really liked this book, and was definitely a nice read! I certainly want to read book two and see where the series goes. The only reason this wasn't a five-star was mostly because of the ending.
While it was good, I felt there could have been a bit more build-up to the key points or things that affect the main character.
So many lovely things happened in the story, I just wished they were a bit more described and less rushed through! I'd much rather have seen a bit more about the start a Honestly really liked this book, and was definitely a nice read! I'd much rather have seen a bit more about the start and the grand canyon, than a whole scene going through cooking breakfast.. Jan 12, Zinzi rated it did not like it. A big no for me! I was not expecting the book to be so bad.
The female MC was beyond annoying!! She was sooo stupidly immature, which makes this book a frustrating read. It could have been better. Will I read book 2? Maybe later this year, but certainly not now. Apr 18, Brian Chambers rated it did not like it. The heroine is a whiny brat and the whole thing reeks of twilight crud.
Even though a few of them might actually be interesting. Apr 06, J. Worthy of a five star binge read!! May 06, taveena kade rated it it was amazing. Poor S This book I feel skipped the whole phase of how she became a dragon. But when you read it , it makes perfect sense because you're learning with her. Defo a good read and lots of action. Jan 02, C. This is a truly gripping story from the first page. Looking forward to the next book. Feb 17, Paula marked it as unfinished. I bit to much YA for me.
Nothing wrong with the story or writing. Mar 17, Coco. V marked it as to-read Shelves: freebie. Feb 07, Emma rated it really liked it Shelves: favourites , shifters , bear-shifter , dragon-shifter , magical-powers , 4-star , fae-sidhe , contemporary , animal-pet , humour. Feb 05, Prerana rated it liked it Shelves: ya , paranormal. Where do I begin?
I was actually looking through the Divinicus Nex series because it has been 4 years since the last book came out, and I had forgotten the synopsis when I stumbled upon something I had never seen before. In the table of the genres it can be considered as, there was something called "Reverse Harem.
As soon as I clicked on it, I knew I loved it. Obviously, I'm not into reverse harem erotica. That is not up my alley. I don't reall Where do I begin? I don't really read erotica at all tbh.
But I loved the idea of a girl and her pack of good guy friends, just like Dragon Marked or Divinicus Nex.
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