Dragon's Flame by Jory Strong

Author:Jory Strong [Strong, Jory]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Jory Strong
Published: 2016-03-22T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

Hours later Saffron glanced up at the sound of another crew rolling in. In eighteen minutes it’d be three a.m.

The firefighters coming through the food tent were exhausted but jubilant. They had one hundred percent containment. It was a miracle in dry conditions and after years of drought—or it was magic.

That word still had the power to speed her heart. Given Sabra’s fascination with tarot cards and belief in charms, there’d been plenty of exposure to the idea that magic existed, but it’d never featured prominently in Saffron’s thoughts until Taine.

And there was another word that had the power to speed her heart, and wet her panties, and cause her chest to tighten with worry, then a hint of panic.

He was out there somewhere, close to the fire. In danger, a danger she understood.

The way he said sorcerer, always with a hint of aggravation, made her fairly certain he wasn’t one. But he must be able to wield some type of magic. It seemed like that’d be a requirement for joining Supernatural Ops and being an IRE agent.

But possession of some type of magical ability didn’t mean Taine couldn’t be hurt or killed. It absolutely didn’t mean he knew his way around a fire—despite the T-shirt.

And damn it, thinking about him in that Got Fire? shirt made her ache and want and worry even more.

She served up a meal to a soot-faced firefighter, felt a twinge at being support, slopping food instead of being on the fire line.

The food hit his plate a little harder than necessary. She flashed the tired firefighter a smile of apology.

This—these feelings, the ones that didn’t have anything to do with her not being on the fire line—were exactly what she’d tried to avoid.

She didn’t want to worry about a man with a job that took him into danger. She didn’t want to one day be destroyed by a knock on the door and bad news.

Sure, her mother had survived that destruction and found the courage—eleven years later—to date again, to risk her heart with a man who worked as a San Diego County sheriff. But that was totally irrelevant.

Saffron served up more meals.

A little while later another vehicle drove in from the fire. She looked toward the tent entrance, chest tightening, tightening, finally relaxing when Taine entered.

He was fine. Better than fine.

She studied every inch, mentally undressed him and found him perfect.

A little swagger became part of his walk as he came straight toward her.

Saffron rolled her eyes but couldn’t contain the smile. Not when she was heating up the closer he got, not when his gaze promised he knew exactly how to address the fire blazing between her legs.

“Find anything?” she asked, forcing her mind away from what she wanted and onto what might need to be done.

“Nothing to act on. We’re off duty until there’s information to work with. Ready to go?”

With the fire contained, and plenty of other support staff on hand, she wasn’t needed.

“I’ll let them know I’m leaving,” she said and a few minutes later they were in the sedan.

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