To Claim a Silver Curse: An Enemies-to-Lovers Dragon Shifter Fantasy Romance (Bound by Flame) by Isabella Khalidi

Author:Isabella Khalidi [Khalidi, Isabella]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-05-24T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER

6

Beads of water trickled down her naked flesh, her muscles loosening as Nyra continued to wash herself.

She had debated bathing fully clothed but then realized how absolutely ridiculous it would be. Had the menacing warrior wanted to take advantage of her he could have done so a countless number of times already. He could easily hold her down with one hand. They had been alone for half the night and there would have been no one to stop the giant of a man from having his way with her had he wished it so.

As much as he was the savage that she recognized him to be, he could also be surprisingly gentle. A hint of some deep rooted pain lay hidden in those magnificent blue eyes of his, a longing that seemed to appear in a flash when he stared deep into her eyes before vanishing once more, making Nyra question whether it had been there to begin with.

The voice of reason in her head seemed to be severely conflicted. It was more than obvious that she should have been using this time while alone and unguarded to find a way to escape instead of having a leisurely bath, but for some fucked up reason she couldn’t bring herself to care.

Where would she go, anyway?

There was no one waiting for her. No one that would wonder where she had gone. Sure, Margot might think of her once in a while, but Nyra had already said her final goodbyes to the cook, making peace with the high possibility that she would die in this dragon slaying mission one way or another and hence never see Margot again. And the Captain–well, he would most likely assume that the beast had eaten her once she failed to return in one piece.

There was also the undeniable pull between Nyra and her captor that she couldn’t ignore. If she were to die soon, she might as well indulge in her carnal urges, and who better with than that brooding chunk of raw masculinity.

With those thoughts in mind, Nyra had stripped out of her clothing, laying them out to dry on some rock on the side, and got to cleaning herself.

It felt good to wash the dirt and grass stains off her flesh, to allow the warm water to cleanse away the slight apprehension that she had felt ever since leaving the tavern. Which was another confabulation in itself, that instead of fear and trepidation, Nyra felt alarmingly safe and protected in her captor’s presence, as if the gloomy male had instilled a sense of calm in her, never once doubting his intentions and sincerity to never harm her.

“He made his intentions clear, alright,” she muttered to herself, wringing her hair, replaying every moment since their encounter in the inn.

“Did I, now?”

She spun around.

Her breath hitched.

Ah, shit.

Her smug captor was standing at the edge of the pool, shirtless, his chiseled torso on full display. Wide shoulders bursting with strength and a chest and abdomen so perfectly

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