The Dragon Collective (Lochguard Highland Dragons Book 8) by Jessie Donovan

Author:Jessie Donovan [Donovan, Jessie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Mythical Lake Press, LLC
Published: 2021-05-19T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

The next morning, Cat watched as Lachlan slept and debated slipping out of bed to get a sketchpad and a pencil.

The early morning light created wonderful highlights and shadows, accentuating his jaw, his nose, and even his brow.

She didn't like the lines etched into his forehead—no doubt from worry or stress—and yet they were a part of him that she wanted to include as well.

The lines were probably something she never would've noticed so clearly if not for her artistic eye.

Her dragon's sleepy voice said, Just draw him already. He wouldn't say no, or care if you did.

She didn't think so. But with the frenzy over, the ease of their own little bubble had popped, and she was still trying to figure out how they worked together.

Sex and attraction weren't a problem. But matings and love required a lot more than that.

Her beast sighed, but before she could say anything, Lachlan spoke with his eyes still closed. "I can feel you staring at me."

She smiled. "Now who's the one with supersensitive senses?"

He blinked open his eyes and his blue gaze found her own. "Unless I was deaf, your little sighs would've let anyone know you were nearby."

She frowned. "I wasn't sighing."

His lips curled upward slightly. "Aye, you were. At least five times that I heard. Who knows how many before that, when I was still sleeping."

"Well, you snore a wee bit."

"And that doesn't embarrass me at all." Before she could think of what to say to that, he reached over and touched her cheek. "I love your wee sighs, and your growls, and even your snorts. You give your emotions so freely. Don't ever change that, lass."

And just like that, her irritation faded. "I always wished I could hide them when I was younger."

"Aye?"

She laid her head on his shoulder and snuggled against his side. "You've met my siblings. Ian was always the best at hiding things, although Connor can when he wants to as well. I love them all now, but we're really close in age, the lot of us, and when we were younger, we all tried to find weaknesses to torment each other. Needless to say, Emma and I were the easiest targets."

He played with her hair. "What about Jamie?"

"Jamie was the youngest, and even if we're all close in age, he's still a good five years younger than me. By the time he could come up with ways to get back at us, I was a teenager."

"And not long after, you couldn't be a child any longer."

Maybe it should surprise her that Lachlan pieced it all together so quickly. But her human was clever and observant, and she rather admired him for it. "Aye. Once my dad died, I couldn't think like a sister any longer. I was more a guardian, of sorts. At least until my mother finally came out of her depression, then it was more like a partnership to raise them."

He continued to stroke her hair a few seconds before asking, "What

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