Windy City Dragon by Genevieve Jack

Author:Genevieve Jack [Jack, Genevieve]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Sabrina re-formed in Tobias’s bedroom and toppled into his arms. Dematerializing during the day was mentally and physically draining, but she’d had to get out of there. As abandoned as the zoo seemed and as much as she’d taken precautions by sending her human shadow on a wild-goose chase in advance, someone might have been watching. And while she should have stopped kissing Tobias and pulled away, she couldn’t bring herself to do so.

“Whoa,” he said, catching her in his arms. “You shouldn’t have done that. Not during the day.” His eyes darted around the room.

“No shit.” Her eyelashes fluttered. “Couldn’t stay. Someone might see.”

She leaned heavily into his chest and he rearranged her in his arms. He was still wearing his winter coat, a heavy, camel-colored cashmere, soft and cool beneath her cheek.

“I’ll be fine in a minute,” she said.

He held her tighter. “Take your time. You’re safe here. Raven has wards around the place.”

“I’m surprised I got through.”

“They only keep out those with malicious intent. You must not want to kill me.”

“Not at the moment.” Her eyes drifted to his lips.

She blinked. The bed was made. Everything in its place. Same Tobias. “Did I tell you the last time I was here that this room is exactly what I expected it would be?”

“What does that mean?” Tobias laughed. “What did you expect?”

“It’s… meticulous. Like when you do surgery. Everything in a row. Neat. Orderly. Thought out for practicality. Just like everything else in your life.”

“My bedroom is meticulous?” The corner of his mouth twitched.

“Impeccably made bed, white walls, shiny dark wood, clean lines, not a speck of dust on any of the furniture…”

“I like things clean.”

“You like things perfect.” She straightened and took a step back from him. “I’m not perfect, Tobias. I never will be. Right now my world is a mess. I’m being followed, forced to quit my job, made to live underground and lead a coven of vampires.” She swayed on her feet and took a deep, cleansing breath as the tears threatened to come.

“You’re perfect to me.” Tugging off his hat and gloves, Tobias stripped out of his coat and reached for hers. She let him remove her it as if she were a child.

“I shouldn’t be here right now.” Pulling off her hat, she ran her hands through her flattened hair and tried not notice the way his biceps stretched the sleeves of his white dress shirt. She failed miserably. The open collar revealed a deep recess between his neck and collarbone, the muscles of his chest and neck pronounced enough in that small window to cause her insides to turn electric and alive. With his coat off, his heady cinnamon-almond scent pervaded her senses.

“I might as well tell you, Raven warded your place as well.”

“I thought I told you not to do that.”

“I didn’t do it; Raven did.”

She gave him a withering look.

“I’m sorry to go against your wishes, but I couldn’t leave you unprotected.” He shook his head. “It was enough of a burden to leave you alone.

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