Bad Dragons: Special Edition Complete Series by Terry Bolryder

Author:Terry Bolryder [Bolryder, Terry]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-10-27T18:00:00+00:00

Byron

Byron scratched his head as he walked down the hall to Anna’s room to check on her. Part of him rankled at having to check on a human. He didn’t know how to be reassuring or nurturing. He didn’t know how to make her feel safe.

He couldn’t promise to be some kind of awesome protector for her. That wasn’t who he was.

He’d run back to yell at Van because he had almost ruined all their planning, all of their selling themselves as potential mates.

He hadn’t been doing it because he was worried about Anna or moved by the tears in her eyes.

Most likely…

He put his hands on his hips as he stared at her closed door, wanting to do anything other than face her tears. Just the thought of it made him uncomfortable. Neither he nor Van was used to being around someone with tender feelings.

Byron had been raised to be competent, not kind, and Van had been… Van had been…

A bit ruined.

Byron and the other dragons should have known something was wrong when they were younger. When Van was always muttering, always looking half crazed.

They hadn’t known he was being tortured, forced to have visions. They’d just thought he was a braggart and fallible.

But what did any of it matter now?

Van was who he was, Byron was who he was, and Byron needed to calm down the dragon heart.

To calm down Anna.

He winced as he thought of those hazel eyes.

Then he knocked on the door. “Anna? Can I come in for a second?”

Nothing. Not even a sniffle.

“Anna, I talked to Van. He was just being stupid. He won’t do that again.”

Nothing.

Byron bit back a growl of frustration. “Look, if you want to sleep in my room…” He winced because of course she wouldn’t want that. Dammit, after this, it would be impossible to get her to do anything but beg to be back with the other dragons. “It was only a kiss…”

He felt like shit the second he said it because she should have had a choice.

“Fine, stay in there, then,” Byron said finally, resting his fist on the door. He felt utterly helpless. He hadn’t helped Van. He hadn’t helped Anna. He’d always seen himself as strong and capable, but when it mattered, he was just a jerk.

A jerk Anna couldn’t trust, even when she was scared and sad.

And that’s when he realized part of him had been looking forward to holding and comforting her.

It would have been nice to be needed for once.

He stepped forward, resting his forehead on the door. “Look, I’m going to protect you. From now on, okay?” He didn’t know why he was promising her that. To himself, he sounded stupid. “I won’t let Van do anything like that again. I promise.”

Still nothing. What did she want from him?

“Dammit, or anyone else,” Byron said, trying to remove those fearful eyes from his memory. Never wanting to see her look like that again. “I’ll protect you from anything. Just open the door and talk to me.

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