Fire Dragon's Bride (High House Draconis Book 1) by Riley Storm

Author:Riley Storm [Storm, Riley]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: High House Press
Published: 2019-08-26T16:00:00+00:00

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Olivia was thoroughly confused.

“Another option?” she asked slowly. “Like what? You mean calling the authorities? The police. Maybe the CIA? NSA? Who should we call? They only gave me twenty-four hours, so we can’t take too long.”

Aaric frowned. “Twenty-four hours? As of when?”

She looked at her watch, one of the few things she was still wearing. “As of four hours ago.”

“Still twenty hours then,” Aaric said slowly. “Plenty of time.”

Olivia was growing more confused. “More time for what? What is it you’re planning?”

“I’m planning on getting your friend back,” he stated, speaking with a confidence that stunned her.

“These are hired criminals, Aaric. They probably have guns. Training. They’ll shoot you without thinking, I’m sure of it.”

To her surprise, Aaric pulled her close, uncaring of what was on her skin. He kissed the top of her forehead fiercely.

“There are things you don’t know about me either, Olivia. I can help them, trust me on that.”

She rolled her eyes. “Oh, secrets, eh? Is this where you drop your voice and say, ‘I am Batman’ or something ridiculous?”

“No,” Aaric said with a smile. “This is where I pick you up.”

Olivia yelped as he put action to word. “And then I take you to my room, and we shower. Because nothing is going to happen while either of us looks like this.”

“Are you sure this is the right time for that?” she asked as he padded out into a huge hallway, with high arched ceilings that practically faded into darkness, they were so tall.

“Positive,” he rumbled, the word pulsating through her body from the vibrations in his chest. “We’re both covered in ourselves and in each other. We need to get cleaned up.”

“Then will you tell me what’s going on?”

“Unlikely,” he said.

“I don’t like that,” she pouted, her arm around his neck.

Despite that, despite the secrecy, she felt a sense of calm descend over her. To her surprise, Olivia realized she trusted Aaric. That she believed him when he said he could handle this.

“This is crazy, you know that, right? You’re not some armored vigilante. Call the police.”

“After,” he agreed. “But nobody threatens you and gets away with it,” he growled, his eyes staring ahead, doing that strange thing where they seemed to glow even more golden than usual.

Olivia shivered. “What are you going to do to them?”

Aaric didn’t respond right away. When he did, there was a gravity to his voice she’d not heard before. “I’m going to ensure they know to stay far, far away from you, your assistant, and this town. They aren’t welcome here.”

“But what about the factory?” she moaned.

“If Plymouth Falls needs jobs,” he said. “Then I’ll bring them jobs. Me. Aaric Drakon. My family founded this town. We’ll look after it if it’s suffering.”

“Um. Okay,” she said, not sure what else to say to that. “Thank you?”

“It’s my responsibility, there’s no need to thank me.”

Olivia was starting to realize there was a lot more to Aaric than the arrogant exterior she’d thought at first, or the extreme good looks.

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