[Dragonfire 02] Kiss of Fury by Cooke Deborah

Author:Cooke, Deborah [Deborah, Cooke,]
Format: epub
Published: 2010-01-18T09:12:01+00:00

Chapter 12

Donovan was shocked.

He’d expected Alex to faint when she touched him, but she was made of sterner stuff that that. He was impressed by her resilience, but that didn’t mean he was going to fulfill her request. He couldn’t help thinking of Olivia.

Again.

He hadn’t cared about Olivia’s response when he’d taken the Dragon’s Tooth to her, but still it had been disturbing to watch her mind unhinge.

He always changed shape quickly, as quickly as he could manage the deed. There was something about a slow and deliberate change, of hovering between forms, that was almost impossible for the human mind to accept. Olivia’s reaction, Donovan had learned since, was perfectly typical.

He would not repeat his past with Alex.

For any price.

“No,” Donovan said flatly.

“Yes,” Alex insisted. “I need to see this.”

“You’re wrong. You don’t need to see anything.” He caught her by the shoulders and spun her around, changing shape with lightning speed while her back was turned to him.

“Cheat,” Alex said when she saw what he had done. Her lips tightened with anger, but she wasn’t insane.

That worked for Donovan in a big way.

He forced himself to recall that they’d just worked together to finish a Slayer and that was a good thing. He felt his usual postfight euphoria. He was more than ready to celebrate in the time-honored tradition.

Wine.

Women.

Sex.

Lots of sex.

He didn’t imagine that Alex had any doubt what was on his mind, given that he was standing in front of her in his underwear. It was easy to remember what they’d been doing when Tyson arrived.

He was more than ready to find out whether the firestorm could be thwarted.

All he had to do was get them both out of the conservatory. That and disperse Alex’s annoyance with him.

She folded her arms across her chest and glared at him. “You did that on purpose, so I couldn’t see you change.

Don’t tell me you’re shy.”

Donovan felt a flash of irritation. “I’m not going to show you the change, and that’s all there is to it.”

“Why not?”

“You don’t know what you’re asking of me.”

“I do.” Alex nodded. “The Wyvern showed me her change.”

“Then you’ve seen it already.” He looked around the conservatory, ready for a change of subject. “How are we going to get out of here, anyway?”

Alex pulled something out of her pocket, her lips drawn in a tight line. She stretched out her hand and Donovan was shocked to see the Dragon’s Tooth on her palm.

“How’d you get that?” he demanded.

“I took it, so it wouldn’t fall out of your hand. The point is that I have it and that you want it back. Guess what my terms are?”

Donovan was infuriated by the idea. “I am not going to shift in front of you, no matter what you say.”

Alex looked as if she were summoning an argument, but there was a sound of a car engine outside. They froze as one.

Was it the police?

Or was it Alex’s brother? There were no sirens, so Donovan knew what he’d put his money on.

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