Dragon's Joy: The Dragon Shifter's Mates Christmas Novella by Eva Chase

Author:Eva Chase [Chase, Eva]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781989096246
Publisher: Ink Spark Press
Published: 2018-11-13T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

Marco

The light from the chandeliers glimmered over Ren’s dark hair as I spun her in a gentle circle in time with the music. All around us, my kin were dancing on the floor now cleared of dining tables, but I felt I could say without a doubt that not one of them compared to my mate.

I pulled her back to me and tucked my arm around her waist. We swayed with the graceful strains of violin and piano, the sort of refined classical piece that made even the snobbiest elitists among my kin perk up. Ren beamed at me, some of the strain I’d seen in her earlier gone from her face now.

She shouldn’t have been worried. In the past year and a half, she’d gotten to know my people and their whims awfully well. Every element she’d chosen for tonight had been perfectly tailored to their tastes. I’d heard their exclamations as the staff had brought out each of the dinner’s delicacies; I could see the pleasure they were taking in the party in every expression around me, even if some tried to keep a poker face.

Oh, my kin would be talking about the Christmas celebration that our dragon shifter had orchestrated for the whole rest of the year—while looking forward to the next one. It really couldn’t have turned out better.

Her part of it, at least. Mine—that remained to be seen.

“It seems like the dinner has gone over well,” Ren said.

I smiled, dipping and turning her, careful of her balance in her current front-heavy state. “Understatement of the year, princess. Anyone you hadn’t won over before today I expect is ready to kiss your feet now.”

She rolled her eyes at me, but they shone even brighter at the same time. “I can’t imagine many felines ever lowering themselves to foot-kissing.”

“Possibly I was speaking in metaphors,” I allowed. “Don’t argue about it. Tonight was a triumph, Ren. Your triumph.”

“It’s not over yet,” she said, with a sudden glint of mischief. She’d kept quiet about whatever she’d been setting up with a few of my staff—sworn to secrecy—over in the immense greenhouse attached to the mansion, where anyone visiting the estate could blow off steam in their feline forms without worries of being spotted by humans in the wilds beyond.

“When do I get to hear about this secret plan of yours?” I asked, leaning close enough that my nose grazed hers.

Ren grinned, apparently unswayed by my powers of seduction, formidable as those generally proved to be. “You’ll see when everyone else does. Don’t you like surprises?”

“Not particularly,” I said.

She tapped my chest. “Curiosity killed the cat, isn’t that what they say?”

“Oh, if I have to wait, I suppose I’ll survive the suspense.”

She eased closer to me again, and as the song petered out, I closed my eyes and just enjoyed the feel of her body next to mine. Her body and that of our daughter so soon to come contained within it.

Straightening out affairs in the shifter realm after

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