Dragon Mates Box Set by J.K. Harper

Author:J.K. Harper [Harper, J.K.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Pronoun

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The fan blew with desultory effort in the middle of the living room, doing little more than to stir around the oppressively hot air. Southern California was gripped by a heat wave the likes of which hadn't been seen in well over a decade.

"It's fine, corazon. Leave it. The heat's not that bad."

Gabi aimed a vicious glare at the broken air conditioner set in one window of the room. It had fizzled to a stop shortly after dinner last night, leaving the house hot and uncomfortable until the unspecified time this morning the cheapest repair guy she'd been able to find would be able to get here. She glanced at the clock on the wall as she pulled her hair away from her sweat-sticky neck. Already past 11am. She'd called twice this morning, but the guy said he was running around town fixing other broken units. They would just have to wait their turn.

Pasting on a smile as she glanced at her grandmother, trying to conceal her concern, Gabi tried cajoling her yet again. "Mateo's place has air-conditioning, so does mine. You know it won't take long to get—"

Her grandmother, stubborn as anyone in the family, held her slightly trembling hand up toward Gabi. "The repair company said they will be here soon. They will. We just have to wait. Stop worrying about me."

Gabi turned away and headed toward the kitchen to pour them each another glass of iced lemonade, shoving a sweaty hank of hair off her face as she went. She also needed to hide what she knew was her troubled expression.

Abuela was dying. Gabi knew it, her grandmother knew it, everyone in the family knew it. Oh, it wasn't going to happen tomorrow, or the next day, or likely even the next month. But they had exhausted their options for treatment, and all she was getting now was what her insurance still covered. Which, frankly, just wasn't enough.

Gabi had nothing left to offer but hope in an attempt to keep her own spirits up as much as she could for her grandmother.

She only broke down when she was alone. She couldn't afford to show anyone the complete failure she felt like.

Everson had fired her the same morning she and Shane had realized that the Santa Maria had been ransacked of her treasure. Gabi may have made a horrifically stupid bargain with the devil that was UTEI, and she may not have mentioned it to anyone, but never in her life had she been an outright liar and she wasn't about to start then. She'd called Everson and told him everything straight up, trying her hardest to keep her voice from shaking as the memory of Kai's flat, dead eyes still haunted her.

She knew Everson had been almost overwhelmed by his disappointment in her. He told her he would still write her a good recommendation when she started looking for another job, but he would also tell the truth about why she had been let go from the

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