The Bronze Dragon's Baby (Shifter Dads Book 5) by Chant Zoe

Author:Chant, Zoe [Chant, Zoe]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Zoe Chant
Published: 2020-03-06T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12: Santos

Santos drifted awake with a strange, double-edged sensation.

On the one hand, he felt fulfilled in a way that he never had before. Complete, like he’d been looking for something for a long, long time and he’d finally found it.

On the other hand, he had a sense of buzzing urgency in the back of his mind, a growing anxiety, a fear of—something. Something happening.

He was already frowning when he opened his eyes, and turned to—

To the empty side of the bed. Athena had gotten up.

But he’d expected her to be there. He’d felt like she was there, in fact; he’d been so sure that when he looked over, she’d be right there.

He still felt like that. Like she was right with him, right here, even though the room was empty.

His dragon made a discontented noise. Where is our mate?

Santos sat bolt upright.

Our mate.

The words echoed in his head, and suddenly it was like everything that had happened that day clicked into place and made sense.

Of course. Of course. Of course he’d woken up when she broke in. Of course he wanted to help her. Of course he’d been so drawn to her, so full of the need to be with her, support her, give her what she needed.

Of course he’d wanted to make love to her immediately, something Santos had never really done before—he’d always wanted to date a woman for a little while, get to know her, before falling into bed.

But he hadn’t needed to do that with Athena, because he’d known her from the moment he saw her. It had just taken his brain a little while to catch up.

Mates.

Santos realized he was smiling. Grinning. He’d known something was special about Athena, and now he knew why. They were mates.

He wasn’t going to have to say goodbye to Athena when she was done here in Oak Ridge. Send her off with little Olivia to live out the rest of her life. She’d stay here, or he’d go with her, or they’d figure something out—

And he’d get to see Olivia grow up. Help raise her. Be her dad, which wasn’t something he’d ever quite realized he wanted this badly, but he absolutely did. Being Olivia’s dad seemed, all of a sudden, like the most important thing in the entire world.

But that anxiety was still there, buzzing in the back of his mind. He frowned. What was he anxious about?

It took him a long minute to realize that it wasn’t his anxiety at all.

It was Athena’s. Athena was out there somewhere worrying. Fearful.

He was up out of bed in a second, tugging on his jeans, but foregoing a shirt or socks, hoping that she was still in the apartment. She felt close.

He stepped out into the hall, and saw her right away. She was in the living room, silhouetted against the window, bright sunshine behind her as she paced back and forth.

She stilled when she noticed him, looking wide-eyed across the room at him as though he was some large animal who’d appeared unexpectedly from the underbrush.

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