Her Captive Dragon: Howls Romance by Marianne Morea

Author:Marianne Morea [Morea, Marianne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-02-11T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

“You’re right, Hannah. You deserve the whole story.” Aggie nodded. Picking up the bottle of merlot, she swirled what was left, eying the amount at the bottom. “First, we’re definitely going to need more wine, and while we’re at it we should think about what to do for dinner.”

“I’ve got two bottles of wine in the closet,” Hannah replied, getting up from the couch. “Christmas gifts from library patrons. That should get us started. As for food, we can always order take-out.”

She opened the hall closet and took a shiny silver bag tied with a red ribbon from the top shelf. “Jackpot. It looks like a good cabernet,” she said, untying the gift bag.

Grabbing the corkscrew from the end table, she put both the bottle and the opener on the coffee table.

“Are there good take-out places that deliver near here?” Aggie asked. “I’m famished, and I know Soren must be as well. Shifters have very high metabolisms. It why Sam and I were so grateful for the food you’d bring.”

Hannah turned to the old woman, astonished. “Sam is a dragon?”

“Yes.” Aggie’s face broke into a blush. “He gave up so much to be with me all this time. I told you I had a rock solid love, once. Our love wasn’t ruined by my mistake, but it ruined the life we could have had. Sam gave up everything to be with me in exile.” Her eyes took on a million-mile stare.

Soren cleared his throat. “It should not have been, Dracosarra. I take full blame for your life of pain.”

“I had Sam with me. The elders and your family imposed my poverty and my exile, but they could not impose their will on Sam. At least I had that. We had that.”

Hannah didn’t know what to say. “Uhm, there are plenty of decent places to order. Sandwiches, pizza or Chinese would be the fastest, and the restaurants are all on Grub Hub. Click. Order. Done.”

“What is Chinese?” Soren asked.

Aggie answered. “Asian food from the country of China, it’s the third largest country on Earth. The food is wonderful and there’s usually a lot of it, too.”

“Good. Order that, then.” He nodded with a grin. “My appetites have been shackled far too long.”

Heat rose in Hannah’s cheeks at his double meaning. “I’ll get my iPad.”

With the food situation settled, Soren opened the wine, and handed the bottle to Aggie.

She topped off her glass and then settled back in her chair, thinking. “The best place to start is at the beginning,” Aggie said, keeping her eyes on Soren. “We need to tell Hannah the circumstances that got you into your predicament.”

The muscle in his jaw tightened. “Hannah already knows what happened. She doesn’t need the details.”

“Oh, yes I do,” Hannah replied as she put out a tray of cheese, crackers and sliced fruit. “Food’s ordered. It’ll be about forty-five minutes, so we can snack on this in the meantime.”

Sitting down, she tucked one leg under her butt, and then reached for a handful of crackers and cheese.

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