Courage and the Dragon (Redwood Dragons Book 9) by Sloane Meyers

Author:Sloane Meyers [Meyers, Sloane]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-08-05T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Zoe stood outside her cabin in the early morning light, running a pre-flight safety check on her broomstick for the tenth time. She’d already eaten a quick breakfast of cereal and sliced bananas, and had repacked her backpack after carefully drying all her soaked clothes with a drying spell. Now, she was out here under the guise of getting ready to leave, when really she just wanted to avoid speaking to Grayson.

She didn’t know why it had freaked her out so much when she woke up to find him curled up next to her in bed, his arm gently draped over her as his chest rose and fell with his dreams. Perhaps it had been in that moment that she realized that what was happening between them amounted to more than just a quick fling. It was more than just a physical passion, more than just an itch to scratch.

She’d realized this the first night she and Grayson had given in to their desires on that bearskin rug. Her heart had warmed in ways she’d never felt before, and the next day she hadn’t been able to tear her thoughts away from Grayson even for a second. She’d gone to take an obscenely long shower at the campsite just so she could get away from him. She spent the whole time convincing herself that he didn’t have feelings for her beyond a purely physical passion, and she had come to peace with that. But walking in to their cabin and seeing that he’d cooked such an amazing dinner set her heart to racing once again. She thought that surely he was going to make another move on her after dinner, but he never did. Instead, he settled into a separate bunk, and proceeded to interrogate her—again!—about why she never wanted any special recognition for her exceptional work as a soldier.

Zoe knew then that she and Grayson couldn’t work. They were too different, and besides, he hadn’t even mentioned sleeping with her. It hadn’t meant anything to him. She told herself once again that there was nothing there, and forced her mind to go quiet so she could sleep. Then, she’d woken up to find him in her bed and promptly freaked out.

She couldn’t handle this up and down. She needed to take her own advice and focus on the important work of her mission, and only on the mission. She was here to find the dragon ruby, not to find a boyfriend. She was here to help the people of Falcon Cross, not to indulge in lovemaking and be distracted by a dragon shifter. Even if that dragon shifter was the most handsome man she’d ever met.

Zoe was running her safety check for the fourteenth time when Grayson emerged from the cabin, his expression neutral. He was dressed, and his backpack was already slung securely on to his back. He did not give any indication that he was surprised or disappointed by the fact that Zoe had already been gone from the bed when he woke up.

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