Dragon My Heart Around by Marianne Morea

Author:Marianne Morea [Morea, Marianne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kindle Worlds
Published: 2017-05-30T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

“You’re right, Camille. You deserve the whole story.” Gerri nodded, picking up the bottle of merlot from coffee table. She swirled what was left, eying the amount at the bottom.

“First, we’re definitely going to need more vino, and while we’re at it we should think about what to do for dinner,” the older woman said.

“I’ve got two bottles of wine in the closet,” Camille replied with a nod. “Christmas gifts from library patrons. That should get us started. As for food, we can always order take-out.”

Getting up from the couch, she walked to the hall closet and opened the door. Reaching up, she took a shiny silver bag tied with a red ribbon from the top shelf. “Jackpot. It looks like a good cabernet from Napa,” she said untying the gift bag.

Grabbing the corkscrew from the end table as she walked back, she put both the bottle and the opener on the coffee table.

“Are there good take-out places that deliver near here?” Gerri asked. “I’m famished, and I know Ryker must be as well. Shifters have very high metabolisms.”

Camille gave the older woman a quizzical smirk. “This is the Upper East Side, Mrs. Wilder. Not Uzbekistan. There are plenty of decent places around. Sandwiches, pizza or Chinese would be the fastest, and the restaurants are all on Grub Hub. Click. Order. Done,” she replied. “I’ll get my iPad.”

“What is Chinese?” Ryker asked.

Gerri tilted her head. “Asian food from the country of China, it’s the third largest country on Earth. The food is wonderful and there’s usually a lot of it, too.”

“Good. Order that, then.” He nodded with a grin.

Camille chuckled. “Leave it to me.”

With the food situation settled, Ryker opened the wine and handed the bottle to Gerri.

She topped off her glass and then settled back in her chair, thinking. “The best place to start is at the beginning,” Gerri said, keeping her eyes on Ryker. “So, we need to tell Camille the circumstances that got you into your predicament.”

The muscle in his jaw tightened. “Camille already knows what happened. She doesn’t need the details.”

“Oh, yes I do,” Cami replied as she put a tray of cheese and crackers and sliced fruit on the coffee table.

Sitting down, she tucked one leg under her butt and then reached for a handful of crackers and a couple of pieces of cheese. “Food’s ordered. It’ll be about forty-five minutes, so we can snack on this in the meantime.”

Camille poured herself another glass of wine and settled back with her food. “Go ahead, Mrs. Wilder. I’m all ears.”

“First off, I want you to understand the only reason I’m telling you any of this is because if you choose to go with us to Nova Aurora, I don’t want you going under false pretenses. Full disclosure is something I value, especially in my line of work.”

Camille nodded. “I appreciate that. Forewarned is forearmed.”

The matchmaker agreed. “Good. The first thing you need to know is shifters are not an anomaly of nature. They aren’t the next evolutionary step, nor are they originally from Earth.

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