Saber by Kate Rudolph

Author:Kate Rudolph
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kate Rudolph

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At first, Saber wanted to capture Boar for the wrong he’d done to Ranger. Now he wanted to do him harm for daring to intrude on Saber’s time with Mirage. Of course, there was no guarantee that the disturbance at their campsite was the work of the human slaver.

But Saber feared it was.

The place befouled deliberately. No animal would act like that. A human would. Especially a human like Boar, who had no respect for anyone but himself.

“Most of our things appear to be okay. I’ve gathered them off to the side.” Mirage nodded to where she’d piled their packs. “What should we do?”

Saber should have never let his guard down. For a moment, he had forgotten his purpose in this mission. He’d let himself fall into the charm of his betrothed and care only about her. Why should he worry about Boar when he had a woman to seduce?

And he was a fool.

Boar could have struck at any moment.

They were lucky he’d only fouled their campsite.

This was why he hadn’t wanted Mirage along on the mission. She was a liability. What if Boar found her alone? What if he hurt her?

Saber would make sure his end came swiftly and painfully.

“I need to track him.” His mind was already on the hunt, and fire churned hot and wild inside of him. He wanted to unleash a breath of destruction. He’d burn this planet to the ground if it meant tracking down Boar.

“Perhaps you should investigate the campsite first,” Mirage suggested quietly, resting one hand on his arm and turning him towards where they’d stayed the last two nights. “I wouldn’t want you to get all worked up if this is really just some animals.”

They’d have to move either way. It wasn’t safe here anymore. They might have been dragons, but even dragons were vulnerable in their sleep.

"An animal that wears shoes?" But his betrothed was right. He needed to investigate closer. “Stay there,” he told her. “There might be traps.”

“I already—” She cut herself off with a sigh and stayed put.

She wanted to fight him on it, he was sure, but some protective instinct was riding close to the surface and he couldn’t quite fight it. He needed to protect his ma—not mate. Of course not mate. She couldn’t be.

But she was his woman, his responsibility. And he was going to return her to Vemion in one piece.

And then he’d wed her and take her to pieces in his bed.

Confident that Mirage would stay in one place, Saber searched the campsite for signs of who or what had disturbed them. There were a few predatory species that called the planet home, but most predators would be wise enough to stay away from dragons.

There was a deliberateness to the mess that suggested someone with the capacity for logic. The area where they’d slept was disturbed, along with their firepit. Every place they’d touched seemed to be touched by their interloper.

Saber breathed deep, but he didn’t smell anything other than the existing mess.

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