Dragon's True Mate (Dragons of Mount Atrox Book 1) by Riley Storm

Author:Riley Storm [Storm, Riley]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: High House Press
Published: 2020-11-17T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-One

Trent

He pulled to a halt in front of his cabin, killing the engine and hopping out of his truck.

Up on Mount Atrox, in the heart of his clan’s territory, he didn’t bother locking it. The only reason he put the windows up was because the extreme heat of the morning looked like it was bringing a storm with it.

Reaching into the back of the pickup’s bed, he grabbed a pair of thick paper bags. Bottles inside clinked against one another, the glass easily noticeable as he hauled the oversized load of alcohol into his wood cabin and set it next to the fridge, eyeing it judiciously.

Later, he thought to himself, grabbing a pair of shorts and an undershirt from the clean clothes pile on the couch and heading back outside. He passed several other cabins as he headed up the gravel pathway toward the giant opening in the side of the mountain.

The Atrox clan settlement was a cluster of small cabins spread out over three acres at the base of a nearly sheer cliff face. The cabins themselves were all residential settlements only, meant for sleeping, eating, and living, little more. All the clan-related areas were located underground, in the side of the mountain. That was where Trent was headed now.

To work off some emotion.

Mostly, it was anger. Anger at himself for not being smart enough to know better. For always making the same mistake: failing to see the signs and not knowing when to stop.

Idiot. How could you possibly think that telling Lilly she’s your mate would be a good idea? In what world would that ever make things better? It’s too new.

Correction. It was too new. Trent knew things between them weren’t entirely dead, but that could all change between now and the next time he talked to Lilly. Given time to think, there was a good chance she would tell him it was too much. That she couldn’t give him what he wanted and that she needed to be alone. Without him.

Alone.

Trent was used to it. Unlike some of the Atrox dragons who tried dating, who kept themselves out and among the population on the off chance they might run into their mate, Trent had never had much interest in that. The only one who could capture his attention was his mate.

So when Lilly had come along, seemingly out of nowhere, it had caught him off guard. Unprepared. Truthfully, given his age, that he was only three years out from being forty, Trent had begun to lose hope about finding his mate. When he had found her, he’d been unable to keep quiet with her, and now he may have just pushed her away for good.

Yes, he definitely had some anger that needed working out.

So up the hill he climbed toward the Atrox caverns and, in particular, the workout gym where he hoped to find a partner to spar with. Someone who also needed to burn off some excess energy. He doubted he would have to look for long.

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