Defender Dragon: BBW Dragon Shifter Paranormal Romance (Protection, Inc. Book 2) by Zoe Chant

Author:Zoe Chant [Chant, Zoe]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-09-15T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Journey

Journey stretched and opened her eyes. A shaft of sunlight fell across the bed, making Lucas’s hair and dragonmarks shine like the purest gold. He slept beside her, arms flung out and blankets tangled around his hips, his breathing steady and deep.

She watched him sleep, treasuring the intimacy of being able to do so. His eyelashes were long and golden, his full lips slightly parted. The long fingers of his left hand were curled around her wrist as if he didn’t want to let go of her, even in sleep.

A wave of love and tenderness rose up in her, as powerful as the passion of the night before. He was a prince and a dragon, but also a man who had risked his life for her and let her see his pain. She couldn’t imagine how any relationship between them could possibly work out, but neither could she imagine letting him go. Just the thought of it made her heart ache.

Lucas opened his eyes. He didn’t seem surprised or alarmed to see her watching him, but smiled up at her as if she was the best possible sight to see upon waking.

“Good morning,” he said, and pulled her down for a kiss.

Like every kiss they’d had, she never wanted it to end. She cuddled up close to him, luxuriating in the warmth of his skin against hers.

When their lips finally broke apart, she said, “I wish we could spend all day in bed.”

“We could,” Lucas replied. “That is, we could spend most of it. I need to go down to the kitchen and find some food. Flying takes a lot of energy. But I could come back and bring you breakfast in bed.”

“A prince bringing me breakfast in bed,” Journey said, laughing, and then sat up. “Never mind. I’ll help you forage. Are you absolutely starved, or can we shower first?”

“Shower first,” Lucas said decidedly.

She smiled to herself at his tone. Unlike other men she’d dated, Lucas obviously preferred to be meticulously clean. She bet she’d never have to remind him to put the toilet seat down.

In the bathroom, Lucas removed his bandages before stepping into the shower. Despite all the magic Journey had already seen, it was still astonishing to see how the raw wounds of the night before had healed into pink weals.

“Will they scar?” Jasmine asked.

“I doubt it. They weren’t very deep.”

She picked up his hand, loving that she could be so free with his body, and traced the little nicks and scars across his knuckles. “How deep were these?”

“Not very, but I got them over and over again. I think eventually my body got so used to them, it decided they were supposed to be there.”

“But what are they from?”

“Bladework,” Lucas replied. When Journey gave him a puzzled look, he elaborated. “Swordfighting, dagger fighting. I practiced every day since I was a boy.”

“With weapons dipped in dragonfire.”

“Sometimes,” he said with a shrug. “And sometimes they were sharp.”

Lucas turned on the shower, holding his hand under it to make sure it was warm before he beckoned her to step in.

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