Dragon Heartstring by Cross Juliette

Author:Cross, Juliette
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Juliette Cross
Published: 2016-10-25T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

Rain poured down outside the clinic while I alphabetized new files. As much as I loved my Aunt Asheera, I had to get away from her and clear my head. She’d faced me with an unwelcome reality.

Demetrius Cade was my mate.

I could hardly wrap my mind around it. And yet I knew she was right. The dragon always knew. And mine wanted to claw right out of my chest and snatch him every time he came close to me. He made me want like I never had before. I’d had other lovers. And it was always a gentle, pleasant coupling. That isn’t what I wanted with Demetrius. I wanted to lay myself bare, to do anything for him. Anything to get his hands on my body, his mouth on my skin. To get him inside of me.

Any misgivings I had about him before simply melted away when confronted with this new reality. My dragon would only choose the best man to be my mate.

Is he worth it?

Of course he was. I would take him despite the scorn we might have to endure from the haters of the world. I’d take him if every person we knew exiled us from their lives.

But he was Demetrius Cade. Heir to the Cade empire. Son of the corporate king of Gladium who was known to despise Morgonkind. It was highly unlikely Demetrius would make the same sacrifice for me.

When I slammed one file down too hard, the papers slipped out the side and onto the floor. “Damn it!”

I let out a frustrated sigh, went around the counter, and knelt to pick up the papers. The door opened and closed on a rumble of thunder. I looked up to find the man on my mind standing there in the flesh, drenched from the rain that had soaked through his white button-down now clinging to his broad chest. He said nothing. Just stood there in the doorway, staring down at me, dark eyes hooded in shadow.

I stood, leaving the papers on the floor. The air charged with electricity as my dragon amped up my heartrate and adrenaline to a steady thrumming through my veins.

He turned his head over one shoulder and flicked off the lights. “Working late?” He bolted the door.

My pulse pounded faster. “I needed to come into the office.”

He closed the blinds on the left side of the door. “Why?” He closed the ones on the right.

“Because I needed to do something. Keep my mind busy.”

He turned and stalked toward me. “What was on your mind?”

I backed up till my bum hit the desk. I gripped the edge. “You know what was on my mind.”

He stood inches before me, rain dripping from his black locks. “Say it, Shakara.”

With his scowl in place and jaw clenched tight, he waited. I lifted one hand and traced his lips with the tip of my finger, rain water sliding down my finger to the underside of my wrist. I shivered. He opened his mouth, so I slipped my finger inside.

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