Mated to the Fire Dragon by Zoe Chant

Author:Zoe Chant [Chant, Zoe]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Zoe Chant
Published: 2018-07-07T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve: Braeden

Liana called the man who ran the small ice cream parlor a hipster cat shifter.

Braeden still hadn’t figured out what exactly that meant. But he knew that he liked the man, despite his hyperactivity.

Jordan the cat shifter was tall and slim, with a red beard and dark-rimmed glasses. All the ice cream in his shop was handmade, the cream delivered directly from a nearby farm on the mainland. All ingredients were organically sourced and fair trade, a board in his shop proudly proclaimed.

Braeden had once asked Jordan what exactly that meant, and an hour later, his head had been hurting when Jordan was still lecturing him about some strange magic called genetic engineering.

Braeden had no intention of ever asking again, but Jordan’s ice cream was the most delicious thing he’d ever tasted in his life, and that was all that mattered.

Every day, Jordan prepared only a small handful of flavors, the selection changing every day. Which was a good reason to come back every day.

Maybe, once he’d taken out Steele, he and Alyx could spend a week-long holiday on Wing Island. Alyx could get used to the shifter world, they could visit Timothy and Liana every day—and for once, Braeden would be able to test all the daily ice cream flavors.

And that was only the start. He hadn’t even introduced Alyx to the incredible donuts served by Chameleon Coffee yet.

“Vegan avocado black sesame? Hell, yes,” Alyx breathed, staring at a weird green concoction with bits of black in it.

“Are you sure?” Braeden asked, studying it carefully. It looked—colorful. He'd give it that.

“I love interesting food.” Without pause, she pointed straight at another tub of ice cream that looked like simple, delicious, creamy chocolate. “And the bacon dark chocolate.”

“Bacon... chocolate?”

Alyx grinned at him. “Don’t worry. You get to take the boring flavors. That way we can try all of them.”

“I won’t let you steal my banana if it turns out that bacon chocolate is as disgusting as it sounds,” he warned her playfully.

“So speaks someone who’s never tried to combine bacon and chocolate before,” Jordan said, proudly beaming at Alyx, who’d clearly proved herself in his eyes.

He handed her a cone with a scoop each of the weird vegan avocado and the bacon chocolate. Braeden, in turn, got a cone with a scoop of the simple but delicious banana ice cream and a scoop of strawberry basil—which also sounded weird.

But when he tried it, it tasted like sweet, juicy strawberries picked straight from the field, with a hint of something fresh and green.

“That’s why it’s such a great combination,” Alyx said enthusiastically when they sat down on a bench in the sun outside. “See, I knew you’d be able to taste it! The hint of the herbal basil brings out the sweetness of the strawberries. It doesn’t clash, it just gently underlines it!”

Braeden laughed. “It just tastes like strawberries. Like really delicious strawberries.”

“I guess we won’t have you report on the latest ice cream trends anytime soon.” Alyx grinned at him, then held out her cone in invitation.

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