The Dragon Finds Forever by Painter Kristen

Author:Painter, Kristen
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sugar Skull Books
Published: 2017-02-21T00:00:00+00:00

“This is going to be tight.” Monalisa squeezed next to Van in the small spot between him and the arm of the oversized chair. Oversized, yes, but still a chair.

“Is good.” He scooped up her legs and swung them over his.

“Your knee!”

“My knee is fine. You weigh very little. I know this because you told me.” He smiled and put his arm around her. “Are you comfortable?”

She snuggled into the crook of his arm. “Yes.” Believe it or not. She’d never been this intimate with a man before, but being with Van felt so right. Too right. The kind of right that was going to leave her miserable for months. But she would endure that pain in exchange for having these sweet memories of what could be.

He found the movie on the list and hit play, then set the remote aside and leaned back to watch. His hand settled on her thigh, a few inches above her knee. It was heavy and warm and felt possessive in a way she didn’t mind at all.

If this was what being in a relationship was like, she prayed someday she’d get to experience it again. And get to hold on to that relationship for more than a few days.

The movie was fast-paced, funny in spots, full of action and snappy lines. She and Van reacted alike, laughing together, tensing at the same time, even gasping in unison once. He adjusted his arm around her shoulders so that he could thread his fingers through her hair. He played with the strands, twisting them around his fingers. It was a blissful sensation and one that threatened to cause her to drift off. Just when she thought she might, his hand moved to her shoulder and stayed there.

They spent the rest of the movie wound around each other like that. Snug and content. It was perfect.

Then he went oddly still in the last few minutes before the credits started to roll. She picked her head up and looked at him.

He was asleep.

She smiled, understanding completely. The crackling fire had made the house toasty, and the chair was like a giant leather-covered marshmallow. Being snuggled up had made her a little sleepy too. Or maybe it had been the beer. She kept her voice low. “Van?”

But there was no response. Except from Grom, who sat up and yawned, then gave her a look she was coming to recognize as him needing to go out.

“That makes two of us,” she whispered.

She climbed out of the chair, careful not to wake Van, and went to the door. Grom followed and trotted outside when she opened it. “I’ll be right back for you, promise.”

She shut the door quietly, then jogged upstairs to use the bathroom herself. When she came out, she saw the light on her phone blinking. Her father. Who else?

Ignoring the phone until later, she went back downstairs and out onto the front porch to check on Grom. There was enough moon and starlight to see him rolling around in the leaves.

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