Kiss of Fyre by Cara Bristol

Author:Cara Bristol [Bristol, Cara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Cara Bristol
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

That went well, the dragon said.

Yes, it did. T’mar whistled through his teeth.

Did you smell? She desires us.

Yes, she did. The heady fragrance of warm honey wafting off her had been as obvious as her anger, the combination of the two particularly heady. He could also detect she had no interest in Henry. They hadn’t had sex.

He still needs to die, the dragon said.

Fortunate for the male, he hadn’t been in Helena’s quarters or he would have been toasted on the spot. Inexplicably jealous himself, T’mar wouldn’t have stopped the dragon, but since his anger had cooled after smelling Helena’s arousal for him, he hesitated to put an innocent man to death. We’ll see.

You promised.

He’d find a way to make it up to the dragon. In the meantime, he would prove the human was not their mate by taking her, and, in the process, relieve his own itchy preoccupation. He didn’t understand why she aroused him when his other concubines did not, but after he sated his desire for the human, life would return to the way it should be.

Our mate is not quite ready for us. We must woo her.

Arguing would waste energy; the dragon would discover the truth in time, but he wasn’t wrong that Helena would require some coaxing. How do we woo her?

We must show her we like her. We should bite her. Female dragons love it.

She is not a dragon.

She is! She has fyre. She is our dragoness!

He shifted a little closer to man form and pinched the bridge between his nose and forehead. For some reason, the gesture seemed to bring him a measure of calm when negotiating with the stubborn dragon. Biting won’t work in this case, he said.

A gift, then.

Hmm. Not a bad idea. What do you suggest?

Princess Rhianna says females enjoy receiving flowers.

You gleaned a lot of information from K’ev’s mate.

Like I keep telling you, I pay attention…what are flowers?

I believe they are the sexual organs of plants, he explained.

Very appropriate, then. Where do we acquire them?

Earth was the only planet he knew for sure that had them. Elementa didn’t. Neither did Draco. I’ll come up with a gift. Leave it to me.

Can I trust you not to screw it up?

He let the insult slide. Sometimes you had to pick your battles. He intended to win the war, and if he had to have sex with a human, well, he’d do it, and think of Draco. He hurried to his quarters where he kept a small stash of treasure. He’d find the perfect gift to impress her.

* * * *

Helena waffled all afternoon whether to refuse to see Prince T’mar—or whether to go and voice her displeasure. She’d conferred with Patsy and Henry, but the two were split.

“Go,” Henry urged. “An opportunity like this is why you came, isn’t it? You have a chance to build bridges.”

“Don’t go,” Patsy advised. “Since he makes you nervous, you shouldn’t go.”

“He doesn’t make me nervous…exactly.” He pissed her off. Annoyed her. Surprised her. Even…impressed her.

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