Stranded with the Cajun (Captured by a Dragon-Shifter Book 3) by Michelle M. Pillow

Author:Michelle M. Pillow [Pillow, Michelle M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: The Raven Books
Published: 2015-11-09T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 9

“No. I cannot give you a ride to Plantation Inn. You need to stay away from her, Drake,” the sheriff stated firmly. “She knows your secret, and she wants to expose you. Don’t give her more ammunition to do so.”

Drake stood, arms crossed, as he stared at the man. He did not believe Lori would try to harm him. Even now, he felt as if she was a part of him. The touch of her skin was imprinted on his body. The smell of her stayed in his nose. The sound of her echoed in his head. Watching her drive away had been agony, and he wanted to get her back. “Others know and—”

“Drake, listen. She’s not one of us. She’s an outsider. I managed to delete the photos she took of you, but you have to be more careful. I told you about cameras and the internet. All it takes is one online rumor to go viral, and people from all over the world will be down here trying to find the lizard man. It will become a fuck fest of new-age paranormal investigating assholes.”

“I don’t know what that means.” Drake trusted the sheriff. The man had never lied to him. There was much about Earth that Drake had yet to learn. Still, he couldn’t see Lori causing him problems. She might not want to be his wife, but surely she wouldn’t try to intentionally harm him.

“It means your quiet life here will be disrupted. It means we’ll have hundreds of idiots out in the swamps trying to catch you. If you think drunk rednecks on the water popping off shots at the shoreline is bad, wait until they start hunting you for real.” The man sighed heavily. “About six years back, some kid staged a photo of a ghost in an abandoned home over on Bebette Road, made up some legend of the Bebette monster with directions on how to find it. We still get trespassers out there. Last winter, a group broke in to the wrong home and was almost shot by the owners. Two winters ago, a couple idiots got lost in the forest, and we had to send out search parties. One stupid picture, and now I have a lifetime of headaches.”

“And idiots on the swamp looking for me means more accidents,” Drake concluded.

“Yes. If you think tourist season is bad, you haven’t seen anything. These idiots will start fishing for gators, trying to find you in the water.”

Drake frowned. “That’s not good.”

“No. Not good. Idiots will get themselves eaten, and suddenly outsiders will call for all alligators to be put down like it was the animal’s fault. There are a lot of people who owe their livelihood to hunting the swamps. It’s a delicate balance.”

Drake frowned, understanding the implication of what the sheriff was trying to tell him. If he went to see Lori, it could be the end of everything he’d come to know on Earth. It seemed preposterous that love could

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