Katie MacAlister - Aisling Grey 03 - Light My Fire by Tse Family

Author:Tse Family [Family, Tse]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2010-12-24T00:42:14.430000+00:00

I struggled with my dark thoughts. If it wasn't Gabriel who pushed me, then who had? And why had Gabriel let Fiat rescue me?

"Yes, it is, isn't it?" Drake stood up to retrieve my hand, pulling me beside him as he took his seat again.

"Jealous?" I asked Drake, rubbing my thumb across his palm.

"I am a wy vern, mate. Wy verns do not get jealous."

"No, we get even." Gabriel winked at me as he sat down.

I made a face. "Yeah, but evidently you don't know how to hang on to a mate once you've found one. What was all that business about mates going along with the job, not with the wyvern?"

"Oh-ho," Gabriel said, laughing. "You told her about that? You're a braver man than I thought, Drake."

"He didn't tell me. A green dragon said something about it earlier. I am having major problems believing something so sexist and archaic is actually true."

"Believe it; it's true. It's not really that big of a deal. There is lusus naturae, after all. It's not like a mate can't be taken away from a wyvern through a direct challenge for him or her."

"Yeah, but at least in that case it's the mate who is wanted, not the job. In the first case, it's more of an afterthought. 'Won a wyvern's position? Here's your sept credit card, your key to the wyvern's washroom, and your complimentary mate.' Well, sorry, guys, this girl doesn't go in for wyvern swapping."

"No one is asking you to," Drake said dryly, his fingers stroking mine. "Nor am I in any danger of losing the position of wyvern."

"You could still be challenged for her," Gabriel said, a mischievous look on his face.

"Why are you doing that?" I asked him, leaning into Drake's side. The events of the day had finally started to sink in, and I was left feeling boneless with exhaustion.

"Doing what?"

"Teasing Drake like that."

"Who says I'm teasing?" Gabriel asked, taking a sip of the dragon's blood Drake had evidently poured out earlier. I nudged Drake for a sip from his goblet, needing the strength the fire of the drink brought me.

I frowned at Gabriel. "I say you are. We all know you're not going to challenge him for me. For better or worse, I'm in love with him. I've accepted him as my mate. I'm committed to the sept."

"Nothing says you couldn't change your mind."

"I'm saying." Drake was silent while I spoke, con-tently sipping from a silver goblet. I transferred my frown to him. He gave a martyred little sigh and got up to get me a glass of my own.

"Besides, you wouldn't want a secondhand mate, would you? I thought wyverns had more pride than that."

The teasing smile faded from Gabriel's eyes. Drake handed me a glass and sat down beside me, wrapping one arm around me.

"Unfortunately, I don't have much of a choice. My sept is cursed. Mates are not bora to silver wyverns— they must be taken by some other method."

"Some other method being ... ?"

"Lusus naturae is the most common," he answered, his eyes flat.

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