Dragon Lover: A Dragon Kings Novella by Donna Grant

Author:Donna Grant [Grant, Donna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Donna Grant, Dragon Kings, paranormal romance, 1001 Dark Nights
Publisher: 1001 Dark Nights Press
Published: 2023-01-09T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Kendrick paced and then sat before pacing some more. Esha had been withdrawn all evening. He wished he’d found some words to ease her concern, but that was more Merrill’s department. His friend always had a pep talk at the ready and somehow always knew what to say. Kendrick didn’t have that gift, and this was the first time he wished he did.

Seeing Esha so troubled bothered him. Mainly because he liked her. A lot. He appreciated her cleverness, her wit, and her loyalty—not to mention her dedication to her people. She knew her strengths and how to use them, but she also knew her weaknesses and had learned how to work around them. To top it off, she was, hands down, the most exquisite being he had ever seen.

He remembered the moment of fear in her eyes when he shifted, but it hadn’t lasted long. Since then, she had been open and friendly. He had looked close for any deception in her words or actions, but he had found none. Her demeanor and voice had held empathy when he told her about his history. And while he might have only briefly seen her fight, she had been magnificent. If a King couldn’t be there to aid him, he couldn’t imagine anyone else by his side.

It was no wonder he liked her.

As for the pull he felt toward her…he didn’t deny it, nor had he stopped thinking about what her lips might taste like. But he wouldn’t act on it—even after seeing desire sparking in her eyes that morning. The Rangers might not be celibate, but he wasn’t a one-night-stand kind of lover. He liked to take his time and get to know his partners. And that could take weeks or months. And with Esha, he knew he would want it all.

If there were even a chance of that, he wouldn’t hesitate to woo her. To turn on all his charm and seduce her, little by little. He knew they would be good together. She clearly felt their attraction. Her look that morning had said as much.

Perhaps he was being too hasty in disregarding it. Why not take a single night? Their attraction was strong—very strong. Kendrick couldn’t remember feeling something quite so acutely before. The more he was around her, the more he heard her voice, saw her smile, and looked into her golden-amber eyes, the more his yearning to know her—body and soul—grew.

Just thinking about Esha made heat flood his body now. His fingers ached to have her in his hold. His hands tingled as he remembered holding her lithe form earlier underground. He recalled how she had fit perfectly against him, how she had gripped him as if he were the only thing keeping her standing. It was the most vulnerable he’d seen her—a proud warrior elf who had battled her darkest fears. He wanted to make sure she never felt that way again. He sought to be the one to protect her. An elf who didn’t need his—or anyone’s—protection.

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