Fire Maidens: Portugal by Anna Lowe

Author:Anna Lowe [Lowe, Anna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance Hero military billionaire Alpha bodyguard, Paranormal Shapeshifter Suspense romance Madeira, love dragon shifter save her Europe thrilling, psychic revenge Heart man vampire island Europe, exotic romantic Special Forces inherit fortune, temptation true love choose duty Lisbon, Portugal action adult heroines adventure fantasy
Publisher: Twin Moon Press
Published: 2020-02-27T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Laura, like Marco, didn’t say a word throughout the long, winding drive home. He seemed to need the silence, and she didn’t want to pry. And anyway, she’d seen — and heard — enough.

What Dona Leonor hadn’t filled her in on, Paloma did. Olivia was Marco’s ex-fiancée, but she’d left him for a man three times her age — Dom Enrico, one of the richest dragons on Madeira.

“What Enrico was thinking, nobody knows.” Dona Leonor had shaken her head sadly.

Paloma had grimaced. “What Olivia wants, she gets. Marco was lucky to get away while he could.”

Dona Leonor smiled at Laura. “A good thing, too. He finally found his true mate.”

Laura had paled at her words. Who?

But Dona Leonor’s eyes had sparkled. You, my dear. You.

For a moment, Laura couldn’t move, though her dragon didn’t hesitate. Of course he’s our mate.

Deep down, she knew it. But what exactly did one say to that at a cocktail party?

In the end, she didn’t have to, because Paloma went on with more juicy details about Olivia. There’d been countless affairs…scandals…attempts to grab power…

No wonder Marco had hardened with hate at the sight of her.

“I swear the entire island exhales every time she leaves,” Paloma finished, then sighed. “Sometimes, I hate how old-fashioned Madeira is. The men have all the power. But knowing Olivia, that’s a good thing.”

Laura’s new friends also filled her in on Duarte and the Lombardis. She couldn’t blame Marco for looking so furious when he’d exited the study.

Marco shifted gears, and the Land Rover spun around another tight corner. Without thinking, Laura placed one hand on his knee and the other on her gem. She’d never seen Marco so worked up before, but the contact seemed to help him calm down.

Finn and Adriano followed closely, then turned off where the driveway to Marco’s property split. While Adriano and Finn continued one hundred meters to the garage, Marco parked outside the house. It was late, and everyone had agreed to call it a night.

Or so Laura thought. But when she and Marco stepped from the car, they both paused and looked out.

“Gorgeous,” she whispered, taking in the view.

The vineyard extended downslope, where Finn flicked on a light in the guesthouse. Beyond that, the hillside fell away to the sea, an indigo expanse that glittered under the light of a quarter moon.

Laura tipped her head back, taking in the cloudless sky. Marco did too, and their hands brushed.

She held her breath. Over the past days, something had shifted between them, and their dance had been the culmination of all that. Every move Marco made, she’d matched effortlessly, and they had complemented each other perfectly. Of course, Marco had sparked crazy desires in her from day one, but that was a purely physical thing. Now, she wanted him even more — a desire that stemmed not just from her body, but her soul.

She was his, and he was hers. They were mates. Even if she didn’t know all the details of what that

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