Dragon Warrior by Janet Chapman

Author:Janet Chapman [Chapman, Janet]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Man-Woman Relationships, General, Romance, Fiction, Maine, Love Stories, Time Travel, Paranormal, Divorced Women, Nurses, Single Mothers, Dragons, Paranormal Romance Stories
ISBN: 9781439159897
Google: t9WbPthDg_8C
Amazon: 1439159890
Publisher: Pocket Star
Published: 2011-01-25T05:00:00+00:00

That brought her color up a notch. “And the gifts would stop?”

His grin vanished. “Aw, lass, I am having such fun shopping on the Internet with Janice.” She tossed her purse across the console with a snort, and William couldn’t help but wince. “Are ye sure there isn’t a bullet in the chamber?”

She climbed into the truck and looked down at him. “I’m pretty sure,” she said with a cheeky grin. But she suddenly sobered. “One more question.”

“What would that be?”

“Will you tell me who you really are?”

“Yes.” He saw her jaw go slack and smiled. “But not today. Or tomorrow.”

“Then when?” she snapped.

“When you’re ready.”

“That’s not an answer.”

“You have my word, Madeline. When you are ready, I will tell you everything.”

She sat there fuming at him for several heartbeats, and then her shoulders slumped. She turned away and reached for the key.

“Another thing ye might wish to think about as you decide tonight,” he said, causing her not to start the truck—though she also didn’t look at him. “And that’s if you are prepared to let your bogeyman boyfriend go.”

She looked at him. “He’s not real, William.”

“Oh, I’m thinking he’s quite real to you, and quite safe, because ye feel he can’t steal your heart—at least not as long as ye have it tucked away in a box under your bed.” He canted his head at her. “I tell ye what; how about that if you do agree to my favor, I give you something I hold equally dear, and you can keep it safe for me?”

“What is it?”

He shook his head. “I’m no more ready to open my box than you are to open yours.” He smiled. “Maybe someday we’ll each work up the courage to finally open them together.” Her shoulders slumped again, and he could see her fatigue. “Go home, Madeline, before ye fall asleep,” he said, moving to close her door.

“William,” she said, although she was looking at the steering wheel and not him. “I-I want to say yes,” she said, her voice whisper-soft.

“I know ye do, lass. And I want very much for you to say yes.”

“But I’m scared.”

“I know that, too. But remember, ye have my word that you’ll not find a safer place than in my arms.” That said, he softly closed the door and stepped back.

She stared out at him, and William gave her a tender smile, then turned away and started walking toward the barn. He heard the truck start behind him and stopped at the door just as Kenzie walked out, obviously also having heard the truck.

“I’m seeing, but I’m having a hard time believing,” Kenzie said. “How did ye get her to change her mind?”

William stared at the taillights disappearing up the road, wondering why the devil himself expected a man to settle for possessing only a woman’s body, when even a fool knew her true value lay in her heart. “It’s simple, really. I just opened the gates of hell and walked in.”

Chapter Fifteen

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