Bella couldn't understand why he was so surprised when she had said no. She'd never been one for playing with things that were dangerous, she usually tried to avoid it at all costs. As he began to explain, she couldn't help but listen, as though his voice was pulling her in. Bella tried not to freak out as his hand grabbed her, sending a warm tingle through her arm, it was different unlike the way it had felt when he'd touched her before. Bella couldn't understand... there was no shivers or goosebumps, just a warmth, that was almost... loving? Bella dismissed it as her imagination, and the flame dragon went onto her hand she got a second of searing heat, but then it was as though it self-soothed. Bella was astounded at how it hadn't marked her in the slightest. She had seen earth fires where people had been burnt nastily, sometimes even killed. She shoved the thoughts from her mind... it wasn't something she wanted to think about right now. She felt the pricks and nips from the flame dragon and giggled slightly, then stopped and looked at Lucien. "Sorry" she murmured and then resumed looking at the dragon which had moved back across to his hand. She could hear something, but she couldn't hear it quite as well as she wanted to.