Dragon Seduction (Crimson Dragons Book 2) by Amelia Jade

Author:Amelia Jade [Jade, Amelia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-01-09T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Four

Kylie

“So you’ve been telling me the truth this entire time,” she said as Corde’s eyes finally flickered open and registered awareness.

He frowned, looking at the sheets of his bed and then the light sky outside. “You’ve been waiting to use that line all night, haven’t you?”

Kylie laughed lightly, both at his comment and in relief that he seemed to be okay. “Three days, actually.”

Corde bolted upright. “I’ve been out three days?”

She winced as he slapped a hand to his head and began to sway before slowly sinking back into the bed.

“Why wasn’t I out for four?” he complained.

“Unfortunately, you didn’t lose your sense of humor in the attack,” she muttered, knowing he’d be able to hear her.

“I didn’t lose it, and I didn’t lose you. It was a good day.”

She blushed. “And I didn’t lose you either, Corde. Though it was touch and go there for a bit.”

He kept his eyes closed, but she saw his cheeks turn a little pink. That was enough for her; she wouldn’t embarrass him too much. Yet.

“And the Outsider?”

“It got away, we think. But not before you hurt it. Badly. We found chunks of it all over the place after the concrete hardened and cooled. It hasn’t been seen since.”

A smile crossed his tired and sunken face. “Yeah, I blasted it pretty good, didn’t I?”

Kylie nodded. “Yeah, yeah you did, Corde.”

“It’s because of you, you know,” he said, his voice already sounding weaker.

“Me? I didn’t do anything.”

“You cared,” he said softly. “You showed me the power of the heart. I always fought with anger before, and when I needed power the most, it failed me. I failed the people who relied on me, because I refused to accept that I cared. That they cared about me. You’ve made me see otherwise.”

“I do care, Corde. A lot.”

He smiled. “Me too.”

Kylie reached out from the chair next to the bed and grabbed his hand. “Corde?”

“Yesss?” his voice was getting a little slurred, and she knew he was probably going to pass back out again. It was now or never.

“Corde, I…” the words caught in her throat.

He smiled. “I know.”

She frowned. “No. Dammit, I’m not letting you get the upper hand on this. I love you, Corde,” she said, uttering the words at long last.

His eyes popped open, graphite-gray orbs focusing on her with sudden vigor.

Kylie’s jaw dropped. “Were you faking that?”

“I love you too, Kylie,” he said, giving her hand a squeeze. “You are my mate.”

Then he collapsed back into sleep, punctuated by a snore that threatened to shake the glass.

“You’d better not sleep like that regularly,” she said under her breath. “Otherwise we’re gonna have trouble. Real trouble.”

Corde snored again, announcing his disdain for her threats.

Kylie just smiled, eyes lifting to the ceiling.

Oh boy, and to think, he was all hers.

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