Persuading the Dragon (Stonefire British Dragons Book 12) by Jessie Donovan

Author:Jessie Donovan [Donovan, Jessie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Mythical Lake Press, LLC
Published: 2020-05-13T17:00:00+00:00

Ivy's nervousness had faded quickly with the school children. True, some asked difficult questions about why she was there or if she had any family. Not to mention more than a few hovered at the edges of the room, wanting nothing to do with her. However, those who'd queued up to talk with her had made her day.

Well, more like her year considering she'd been unconscious for nearly that long.

All of the questions, plus Nikki joking with some of the students about Ivy, had lowered her guard. It was almost impossible for her to believe an entire school had coordinated to trick her.

Which meant her last major doubts about the dragons being the monsters she'd been taught they were faded.

No, she wouldn't trust just anyone. But she could at least look around, observe, and judge for herself.

Dr. Rossi would probably have some fancy words for that realization.

Zain stopped in front of a door and grunted. "We're here. Are you sure you're not too tired?"

"Why, afraid they won't allow me in the same room as the students? Being an enclosed area and all, I could pick them off one by one," she drawled.

"No, you have dark circles under your eyes and you look haggard. That's why."

Zain visibly winced at his words. Could it be regret?

No, he'd made it clear that he didn't like her. Which was fine, but she wasn't about to let him ruin her day. "Well, this haggard human can handle looking over some notes and discussing chemistry with another being who understands it."

He searched her eyes a second before he said, "Before we go in, let me say this—I don't purposely try to be mean to you. It just happens."

She shook her head. "I'm not sure that makes it any better. After all, if I can try to shift my entire world view about your kind, you can at least try to be nice to one human."

The words surprised even Ivy, but she wasn't going to apologize for them. Jane, Emily, and Nikki had all repeated how she needed to stand up to Zain. And while there was zero chance of anything romantic happening between them—his hatred was too great—she could put the dragonman in his place a few times if it meant he'd be nicer to her.

His pupils flashed, reminding her of the beautiful red dragon ascending into the sky and an idea formed. "And you can start by letting me a have a private viewing of your dragon once I've rested and can go out again. I need to practice not flinching or showing fear, and it'll make you learn restraint because I'm fairly certain your clan leader wouldn't like you eating me as a snack."

He cleared his throat. "We don't eat humans. Cows or deer are much tastier to our dragon forms. And before you go off about us stealing them, we have our own farms stocked with those beasts, and more."

Interesting. That was something the Dragon Knights had never mentioned to her. Although she had to admit, it was hard to picture a dragon farmer or rancher.

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