A Mate to Treasure (Dragons of Mount Aterna Book 1) by Storm Riley

Author:Storm, Riley [Storm, Riley]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: High House Press
Published: 2020-03-06T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-One

Emma

She could feel her eyes getting droopy.

It wasn’t overly late, but they had stopped for some food. Then checking into the hotel had seemed to take forever as Asher spoke with the manager about something. By the time they got up to her room, she was growing exhausted. So very tired.

The idea of sleeping was both appealing and also terrifying. It had been a long time since she’d slept anywhere but her own bed. In her own house, where she was comfortable and knew all the noises, creaks and groans of her grandfather’s place.

Except, I wasn’t even able to sleep there last night. Nowhere makes me feel comfortable anymore.

Nowhere except for within Asher’s arms. It was the solution to her problems, but she just had to work up the nerve to ask him. That was a whole different issue, because if she went about it the wrong way, he would get the wrong idea, and that was what she wanted to avoid entirely.

She needed sleep. Eyes closed, completely passed out to the point she didn’t care if she snored or drooled. As long as she was asleep. Her body was practically screaming at her. The lids of her eyes were stinging from too much use. Her brain was feeling mushy and light. A little loopy even.

Maybe that was why she couldn’t bring herself to ask Asher.

“Are you going to be okay here?” Asher asked as she pushed open the door to her room and wandered inside.

“Why, where are you going?” she wanted to know. “So eager to get away from me?”

Real smooth. Way to just open up dialogue with him about your crazy need. He’s totally going to want to help if you keep chirping him.

Asher eyed her suspiciously. “Well, I thought I might, you know, go back to my place. Perhaps get some sleep. Try to come up with a new way to track down whoever has my treasure. I kind of want to get it back. I’d thought you would want me to as well. Are you backing down on your settlement?”

“Absolutely not,” she mumbled through a yawn, throwing up a hand to cover her mouth a few seconds too late. “You broke my grandfather’s house.”

Emma flopped down onto the bed. It was firm, but not too uncomfortable. Considering that there were precisely two hotels in Five Peaks, one of which was little more than a motel, she hadn’t been holding out hope for much in the way of luxury comforts. But it was clean, somewhat spacious, and would do for…however long it took Asher to get his treasure back.

She sighed. “Treasure.”

“What?” Asher was leaning on the wall near the door.

“You do understand that I find this a little ridiculous still, right? We’re on a treasure hunt. What are we, pirates from the 1500s? Arrr, matey! Ahoy! Land-ho! Scupper the sails, lower the mizzen, batten down the hatches. Fifteen degrees to starboard!”

Asher’s mouth dropped open a little as she went on. “You watch far too many pop-culture movies on pirates,” he finally pronounced when she was done.

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