Mated to the Water Dragon (High House Draconis Book 2) by Riley Storm

Author:Riley Storm [Storm, Riley]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: High House Press
Published: 2019-10-10T04:00:00+00:00

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It was impossible to ignore the way she felt pressed against him.

Victor tried, however, because he wasn’t sure he was ready to go down that path again. After Elizabeth, there had been a couple of others. Attempts by his hurting brain to try and get back out there, to put the past behind him.

It hadn’t worked.

Now he had something else, something that was all of a sudden startling to feel a little more real, a little more tangible than those, and while it was exciting and intriguing, it was also terrifying. Could he put himself back out there?

That’s assuming Cheryl is even thinking that. She probably just thinks it was a kiss and nothing more. After all, she didn’t want anything more, like she said.

His brain had already forgotten that she’d said she didn’t ‘know’, not ‘no’, too busy was it circling, examining everything, trying to dig deep and figure it out.

The walk across the lawns out back of Drakon Keep seemed to stretch on forever, and yet be over in an instant. Victor couldn’t decide on whether he wanted the moment to last, or if it would be better to just get it over with.

“Do me a favor and grab the door handle?” he asked as they approached a small door set into the stone wall.

“You can put me down, you know,” she teased. “I must be getting heavy by now.”

Victor rolled his eyes. “You weigh no more than a feather to me. Besides, you’ve had a rough afternoon. I don’t mind carrying you.”

Trying to sound calm, internally his heart was racing. Right now, he was carrying her against him, holding her aloft with ease, and ensuring that she wasn’t bothered by any other part of his anatomy. A part that, if she started walking, would surely cause a distraction.

If I could just focus on something other than her touch, her presence in my arms, maybe I could get it to go down, he growled at himself as the door opened and they slipped inside.

“Is this all part of the dragon aspect then?” she wanted to know. “You’re super strong?”

“Stronger. Faster. Heal quicker. All of that, yes,” he said, wondering why he’d never hesitated to tell her the secrets of his kind.

“That must be nice,” she said, leaning her head into his shoulder, eyes wandering the ceiling as he walked them down one corridor and then another.

The soft padding of the carpet underfoot meant it was perfect for helping him move quietly through the Keep. There weren’t many occupants, but the last thing he wanted to do right now was explain to Aaric or Francis what was going on. He didn’t want to subject Cheryl to any further scrutiny. Not after everything she’d endured.

He only breathed a sigh of relief when they were standing in front of his quarters, having evaded everyone. Again, with Cheryl’s help, he got the door open and took her inside, laying her down onto his bed. He immediately crouched next to it, hiding his nudity from her eyes.

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