Dragon Lord by Kaitlyn O'Connor

Author:Kaitlyn O'Connor [O'Connor, Kaitlyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2010-03-14T05:00:00+00:00

She took his hand and guided it over her belly and between her thighs. “Right around …there.”

He settled beside her, propping his chin in one hand. “There?”

“Mmmhmm. That’s the spot alright.”

Chapter Thirteen

Jorell sent Audric a questioning glance as Simon stopped on the promontory and stared out to sea. Audric frowned and shook his head slightly. It had been weeks since Simon had taken up the vigil that had been a constant in his life before Riana, and he wasn’t certain what to make of it himself.

Simon had seemed more relaxed, more like his old self every day, and he’d begun to believe, for the first time in years, that there really was a chance that Simon would recover from the crippling blow he’d been dealt. He was never going to be the same as before, Audric knew, but close would have satisfied him, vengeful would have been satisfactory--anything was better than the broken shell he’d been.

He didn’t know what had happened between Simon and Raina that night. He’d been sure Simon had finally completely lost his mind, but something certainly had and not the something he’d feared.

He hadn’t thought so at the time. Mostly he’d just been relieved that Raina had emerged from the ordeal apparently unscathed, but, unlike the first time, they hadn’t holed up in Simon’s room for days on end, with Tedra bringing trays of food up to them at every meal. They’d left Simon’s apartment the next morning, both of them seeming completely satisfied, and gone their separate ways.

He hadn’t known what to make of that either, especially when Simon had dragged her into his room the very next evening.

He didn’t seem to be as obsessive as he had been at first, which had been a great relief, but he’d discovered that was only a surface façade. The obsessive possessiveness was still there. He was just hiding it--from Raina. He obviously didn’t give a damn whether they knew about it or not. In fact, he made damn sure Audric knew it. He hadn’t threatened to pound him into the dirt for even looking at Raina, hadn’t told him to stay away from her, but one of the others always shadowed them when they were together. Raina seemed to be oblivious, but then she wasn’t used to looking over her shoulder.

It made him uneasy that Simon had enough of his wits about him to use cunning to guard his possession. That required premeditation. The other had just been gut reaction, unnerving, but not unexpected.

A little unexpected, actually. He’d thought when thaw finally set in Simon would have a hard time dealing with the emotions he’d locked away for so long, allowing them to build toward explosion. He just hadn’t expected an explosion of that magnitude.

“What news of home?” Simon asked presently, sounding perfectly calm.

Audric exchanged a glance with Jorell.

“What sort of news do you mean?” Jorell asked.

“The state of the realm,” Simon retorted dryly.

“Brooding violence,” Audric said. “After the attempted revolt several years ago failed, Jaelen lost what little sense he had.

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