The Red Dragon's Baby by Zoe Chant

Author:Zoe Chant [Chant, Zoe]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Zoe Chant
Published: 2019-03-08T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11: Katie

Shapeshifter. Ronan was a shapeshifter.

And he thought she was his mate.

Could she believe it? Did she dare believe it? What if he was wrong? He’d said that they’d know after they—she was assuming that he’d meant after they had sex.

She tried not to find his hesitant euphemism charming, and failed utterly.

But what if he was wrong? What if they slept together—which her entire body was yearning for; more than her entire body, even. Her entire being longed to be as close to this man as possible, to get right up with him and have his beautiful, kind, strong self intermingling with her.

But what if they did it, and then it turned out that they weren’t mates after all? Then she wouldn’t just have halfway-fallen—all the way fallen?—for the first man she stumbled on, she would’ve slept with him, too.

And it shouldn’t matter. She was a modern woman; she could sleep with men if she wanted.

But after Victor, she’d vowed she’d take her time from now on. Not let any more men charm her right into bed.

But Ronan wasn’t trying to be charming.

And he’d even said—they didn’t have to. He wasn’t trying to pressure her at all.

“What if I wanted to...take some time?” Katie asked, although the words hurt to even say out loud. “Wait and see. Maybe leave and come back.”

Ronan closed his eyes. “I don’t want you to leave,” he said, painfully honest. “It’d hurt to see you go. But I want you to be sure. I want you to be comfortable. I don’t want you to be afraid. Please, Katie, take all the time you need.” His eyes went to the door. “Do you want me to leave now, to let you think it over alone?” he offered.

“No!” Katie almost yelped.

A smile started at the corners of his mouth. But all he said was, “Okay,” settling back into place.

God. This feeling in her chest—it was too big to be wrong. It felt like it went down all the way to the ground. Further. To the center of the earth, like Ronan was the gravity anchoring her to the floor right now. The thought that he might walk out and leave her alone had been like the earth quaking underneath her.

“Okay,” she said softly to herself. “Okay.” And she stepped forward and reached up to pull him down into a kiss.

He made a pained noise deep in his chest and immediately caught her in his arms, deepening the kiss until they were tasting each other’s mouths. He was earthy and masculine, and the scent and the taste of him enveloped her, made her feel more anchored than she’d ever felt in her life.

“Katie,” he said, deep and rough, and caught her mouth again.

God, he was huge. She pressed up against him, wanting to soak up some of his strength into her own body.

This kiss lasted, and lasted, until Katie’s body was on fire. His stubble was rough against her cheek, his shoulders wide and muscular under her hands, and it was all sending liquid heat through the pit of her stomach.

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