Love of the Dragon (Aloha Shifters: Jewels of the Heart Book 5) by Anna Lowe

Author:Anna Lowe [Lowe, Anna]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Tags: Paranormal romance, Werewolf and Shapeshifter, Billionaire Romance, Paranormal Suspense, Alpha Hero, Military Romance
Publisher: Twin Moon Press
Published: 2017-11-06T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Cassandra sat very still as Silas accelerated the car down the highway. He held the gearshift so tightly, his knuckles turned white, and his jaw formed a hard line.

Cassandra peeked in the rearview mirror. “You think Drax will follow us?”

She placed a hand on his leg without thinking, because she needed it — that contact, that warmth. The reassurance that somehow, everything would be okay.

Maybe Silas needed it too, because he gently covered her hand with his.

“No, not really. But he is getting bold, coming to Maui like this.”

He gunned the engine, letting the car rush through the night. Traffic was sparse, and Highway 380 was an open road, hushed but for the hum of the vintage car’s purring engine.

“You mean he’s never been here?”

“I guess he’s never deemed it worth his while.”

“And Koa Point? He won’t attack there?”

Silas shook his head. “Dragons never pick a fight on an enemy’s home turf. They prefer to lure each other out.”

Lure. The word stuck in her mind as the tires raced over the even road.

“Plus,” Silas added, “We have our own watch rotation. Hunter’s on duty tonight.”

She gaped. “All night?”

Silas shrugged. “It helps to have a group of shifters all eager to roam in animal form for a few hours.”

So she hadn’t been imagining soft footfalls or distant howls over the past couple of nights.

“So, no attack from Drax,” she concluded.

Silas frowned. “Not at Koa Point, anyway.”

Another silent minute passed, and the air grew so thick with Silas’s anger and frustration, she could have scooped a handful and tossed it at the scenery blurring outside. Silas hit fifty-five, sixty-five, and was heading toward seventy in a forty-five zone. The car felt twice as fast from her vantage point on what ought to be the driver’s side.

Luckily, the right-hand drive setup gave her access to Silas’s left arm. He’d whipped his jacket off on the way to the car, but his shirt still covered his skin. Now that she thought back on it, he’d been wearing long sleeves all week despite balmy temperatures.

“Let me check that,” she said very quietly.

Silas tucked his elbow against his ribs, keeping it out of reach. “It’s fine.”

She put a hand on his leg. “You can’t be strong for everyone all the time.”

“There is no one else.”

The hard edge in his voice made her want to say, There’s me.

“Just a quick look. Please.”

“No need.”

She sighed. “You know, I once talked Eloise’s cat down from a tree, and it didn’t take as much convincing.”

Silas kept his lips sealed for a long minute before answering. “Black cat?”

She threw up her hands. “You’re changing the subject again.”

“Okay,” he murmured.

“Okay — you’re changing the subject?”

He shook his head and slowly swung his elbow out from his side. “Okay, you can check it. If you want.”

Right. Like it was her hobby to examine burns or something. But she played along. “It would make me feel better. And yes.”

“Yes, what?” he grunted as she gingerly removed his cuff links and folded back his sleeve.

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