Mated to the Dragon: Mated to the Monster by Ross Ava

Author:Ross, Ava
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Enchanted Star Press
Published: 2024-04-15T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

Mazie

Icouldn’t hold back my yawn—the fifth in the past twenty minutes.

“I’m keeping you up when you need to sleep,” he said. “We haven’t talked about that yet.”

Asher was home, which meant I couldn’t sleep in his bed any longer.

“I’ll take the sofa,” he said.

“It’s a loveseat, not even full-sized.”

“It’ll be fine.”

It was much too small. Even if I slept on it, I’d spent half the night worrying I’d roll off the side, the rest of the time cursing the short-sheeted bedding, my feet jutting from the bottom. I’d end up propping them up on the armrest. And I was short; I couldn’t imagine how it would be for Gravor who was so much taller and broader than me.

I stood, looking down at him. I still couldn’t believe he was back in my life, that he wanted to be with me.

Five years ago, we’d jumped into something fast, and one might suggest it had been a huge mistake, though I’d never see my son in that way. Asher made me feel complete. I couldn’t imagine not being his mom.

I hadn’t been with anyone since Gravor.

“Would you . . .” I shook my head. I shouldn’t push this. Gravor felt so fragile. He’d taken off, and I didn’t want to make him feel unsettled enough to do it again. “Never mind.”

“We could share your bed,” he said gruffly.

I stared into his gorgeous eyes. Did I see a future there?

“I’d love to hold you tonight, Mazie,” he said, standing. “That’s all.”

We stood close together. Much too close. We’d touch if I leaned forward.

“I don’t need or want anything else,” he added quickly. “This isn’t to pressure you at all.”

The thought of lying in his arms all night made my bones melt.

“I’d like that,” I said.

“Mazie.” He stroked a strand of hair off my face, nudging it onto my back. “While they held me—tortured me—there were times when I felt like someone was with me, telling me to hold on, that there was more and if I could just wait it out, I’d find paradise. I think that was your soul calling out to mine.”

Some women would’ve seen this as a line, but that wasn’t Gravor. Other women would’ve felt it was too soon for him to tell me something like that. Still others would’ve said that this could never last, that it would burn out and we’d come to hate each other.

They’d all be wrong. I’d seen from the start that he was destined for me as much as I was meant for him. I knew this to the marrow of my bones.

I took his hand and with a soft smile, led him into the kitchen, where I turned out the light above the stove. I kept hold of him, and he followed me as I turned off the lights in the living room and made sure the front and back doors were locked. When we started down the darkened hall, he let go, only to place his hand at the small of my back.

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