Her Dragon_An Urban Fantasy Romance by Alexa B. James & Katherine Bogle

Author:Alexa B. James & Katherine Bogle [James, Alexa B. & Bogle, Katherine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Speak Now
Published: 2019-04-09T05:00:00+00:00

11

Ariana

A couple of the dragon council members helped Cash upstairs. While the paramedics took care of him, I slipped off to take a quick shower. I hadn’t realized it until I saw a mirror, but I was covered head to toe in ash. I scrubbed off quickly, threw on a t-shirt that belonged to Cash, and dashed back to his room.

The council members had left, but the paramedics were still fussing. One of them had bandaged Cash’s vampire bite. At least he was cared for and shouldn’t take long to heal.

“Go on, I don’t need anything else,” Cash said, sounding almost cheerful as he shooed everyone from the room. I hovered in the doorway, unsure of whether I was included in his general dismissal.

“Ari,” he said, giving me a pained smile and sinking onto the edge of the bed. “I should never have brought you here.”

I stepped into the room, pulling the door closed behind me. “You better watch out or someone might hear the infallible Cash admitting he made a mistake.”

Cash’s mouth quirked into a rueful smile. “A pretty fucking bad one.”

“Hey,” I said, going to the bed and folding my leg under me so I could sit sideways and face him. I touched his arm. “It’s not your fault.”

“It actually is,” he said with a sigh, running a hand through his lush black hair. “Jett was right. He warned us, and we didn’t listen.”

“Fuck Jett,” I said. “He’s an asshole. And did you notice how he slipped away before he answered any of my questions? Where’s he always disappearing to, anyway?”

Cash shrugged. “He’s a panther. They’re secretive. It’s in his nature.”

“Kinda makes it hard to trust the guy,” I said. “Aren’t we supposed to be a team?”

Cash gave me a funny look. “Who? The clans barely tolerate each other. That’s why we need the Silver Shifter. It’s been too long since we had one. The clans have fallen into…”

He trailed off, wincing as he massaged his shoulder.

“Chaos?” I asked.

He snorted. “Did anything in Maximus’s pack look chaotic?”

“True,” I said, smiling at the thought of Maximus tolerating anything close to chaos. Things hadn’t been exactly friendly since Shira and the pack accosted me in the lodge, but they were far from chaotic.

“I was going to say the clans have fallen into some pretty bad relations with each other.”

“And yet, you trust a guy who openly consorts with vampires?” I asked. “I know the Alphas get along a little better than their clans, but it’s not like you’re golfing with Jett every weekend. How well do you actually know the guy?”

Cash frowned, a thoughtful frown creasing his brow as he gripped that same shoulder he’d been rubbing. “That’s a good point.”

“Are you hurting?” I asked. “I can go and let you get some sleep.”

“No,” he said, catching my hand. “Stay.”

“You don’t want to be alone?”

His lips twisted into an ironic smile. “I’ve spent enough time alone.”

I’d gotten the picture he had plenty of women warming his bed when he wanted them.

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