Loving the Dragon: Helen Hardt Vintage Collection by Hardt Helen

Author:Hardt, Helen
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Hardt & Sons
Published: 2022-04-19T00:00:00+00:00

12

Wow.

The man was striking. Light blond hair, long, in a ponytail, and striking blue eyes. Or were they green? Slightly taller than Aidan, and longer and leaner, but strong. Definitely strong. Kristen could tell by his build. And oddly, a dragon tattoo…only his was a black dragon with a golden eye.

An odd current ran between them. Different from what she felt around Aidan, but present. Definitely present. He was attractive in a different way. More refined—and more dangerous.

Kristen cleared her throat. “May I help you?”

“Yes, you can, Kristen.”

He knew her name. Strange. Then again, not so strange She looked down at her name tag.

“I’ll be happy to help you with anything you need. Are you looking for something in particular?”

“Do you have any books on dragons?”

“Yes, we have a few. They’d be in the mythology section. Here, follow me.” She emerged from behind the counter.

A strange sensation overwhelmed her. Not quite lust, not quite…honestly, she wasn’t sure what it was. She wanted to be close to this man. Yet she didn’t want to.

The strangest feeling….

“Here we are,” she said, finding the dragon books. “If you don’t find what you’re looking for, I can always order anything out of the catalog for you.”

The man picked up a book. “What can you tell me about his one?”

“I’m not an expert on mythology of any kind,” Kristen said, “but that’s a pretty popular one. We sell a fair amount of that title.”

“Does it cover the Highland dragons?”

“The what?”

Had she heard that term before? No, she couldn’t have, but it resonated within her. As a sort of…truth. What were the Highland dragons?

“The Highland dragons.”

“You can certainly look in the table of contents or the index. That ought to tell you.”

“I want you to tell me.”

“I’m afraid I don’t know anything about the Highland dragons. I’m sorry.” She turned, wanting to head back to her desk, but unable to move her feet. “Feel free to look around.”

With herculean effort, she picked up one foot and made her way back across the floor to her desk.

A few minutes later, the blond man came to her desk with two books. “I’ll take these.”

“I’m so pleased you found what you wanted.” She rang up his purchase.

“Oh yes, I found what I wanted.” His firm lips curved upward. “And the books too.”

“I beg your pardon?”

“You, Kristen. I found you.”

“I beg your pardon?” she said again.

“Will you have dinner with me?”

Dinner? But Aidan…

Of course, they didn’t have a relationship or anything. They’d only been on one date, and they hadn’t been intimate yet.

She both wanted to accept this offer of a date, and at the same time she didn’t want to accept. What was wrong with her mind?

He smiled. “Are you going to stand there with your mouth hanging open, or are you going to answer me?”

She clamped her mouth shut. God, she must have looked like a halfwit. She hoped drool hadn’t oozed out.

Why not? It wasn’t like had any kind of commitment to Aidan. Though he’d been driving her crazy for months.

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