A Mate to Embrace (Dragons of Mount Aterna Book 4) by Riley Storm

Author:Riley Storm [Storm, Riley]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: High House Press
Published: 2020-05-10T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty

Grace

Grace took her time to reply.

She watched his face, looked deep into his eyes, trying to gauge…something. She didn’t know what. Everything was a mess right now, her mind a whirlwind of thoughts.

What did she say, what did she tell him? Braz had just opened himself up to her, so purely and thoroughly, that she was stunned speechless. His timing was less than ideal, but when was a good time to say something like that?

The best time to plant a tree was a decade ago. The second best time is today.

She smiled to herself as Braz’s metaphor came back to her.

The truth of it, which she hadn’t decided whether she was going to tell Braz yet or not, was that Grace had been feeling a little similar. The walk over to the hotel by herself had revealed something she’d not expected.

I missed him.

Grace had found herself wishing Braz was walking at her side. Talking, quiet, it didn’t matter. She would have enjoyed his presence. Would have preferred it, even, to going on her own.

She’d spent a couple of minutes sitting on her bed, contemplating everything, before she’d heard something out in the hallway. In that time, the question that had revolved around her mind, over and over again, was ‘I am making the right choice?’.

Try as she might, she’d been unable to convince herself either way.

“I hear you,” she said, knowing she had to say something to Braz. “I won’t deny that there’s…I don’t know. I don’t not care for you. But it’s been a long time Braz. I’m not certain I want to rush into anything either.”

“I understand,” he said. “Come back with me. Stay in the guest room at my place. I’ll keep my distance as much as you would like. We’ll hang out, we’ll talk, and we’ll see how we feel.”

She was tempted.

Could this be it? The moment life has been leading me toward? I have to make a choice now. I don’t have to choose Braz permanently, but if I’m going to ever explore whatever it is between us, now is the time. If I say no now, it’s over. Done.

What would happen if she said no? Nothing, she decided. Grace would go to bed, head back to Kennewick Falls tomorrow, and she could mostly resume her life as she knew it. Maybe in time she would even forget the whole dragon business.

Ha, unlikely!

Okay, scratch that. Flip the question around. What would happen if she said yes?

The possibilities that flowed forth from that option were many and myriad, and she couldn’t truly distinguish them from one another. That alone told her almost everything she needed to know.

One option gave her choices, possibilities.

The other did not.

“Okay,” she said quietly, not trusting herself to speak at a normal volume.

“Yeah?” Braz said, brightening.

“Yes,” she repeated with a bit more conviction. “Let’s go.”

“Okay,” Braz smiled, his face rife with nervous fear.

Stepping away from the door as she exited, he walked alongside her, carefully maintaining his distance.

“Let’s take the stairs,” he said, reaching out to stop her from pressing the button to summon the elevator.

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