Wounded Wings: Dragon Shifter Romance (In Dragn Protection Book 3) by Ariana Hawkes

Author:Ariana Hawkes [Hawkes, Ariana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Luna Negra Press
Published: 2018-05-13T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

Notus

“You have been quiet today,” Notus said to Eden next morning. He leaned against the window pane of her house, enjoying the warmth of the sun on his back, and observed her as she fiddled with the washing machine in the kitchen.

They’d had pancakes for breakfast, which he’d prepared—he wasn’t sure how successfully—following the instructions of a cookbook he’d found in Eden’s apartment. He’d woken up feeling bad for her and he’d wanted to do something to help her start the day on a good note. He’d heard that American humans loved pancakes, so he’d hoped that’d be a good choice. Eden had thanked him and said they were very tasty, but she’d eaten distractedly, and she hadn’t said more than fifty words all morning.

“I’m sorry,” Eden said. “I guess I’m just worried; with a lot of ideas going around my head.”

She left the room and came back a moment later with a basket full of laundry that she loaded into the washing machine.

He watched her idly, wishing he could do something to ease her worries, but he wasn’t sure what.

“Is there something you’d like to do?” He raised an eyebrow.

“No. Not really.” Her words weren’t cold but they weren’t particularly friendly either, and he had the sense there was something else on her mind, besides her worry for her father. Maybe she was mad at him for not being able to save Todd immediately.

Should he ask her if she’d prefer to have Eurus back instead? A pang of jealousy gripped his heart, and his dragon rose beneath his skin, its scales scratching in protest, in perfect keeping with its recent deranged behavior.

The damn animal had given him no peace yesterday. A volcano of jealousy had erupted within him at Eden’s admission that she’d really enjoyed Eurus’s company, and he’d been all black clouds and lightning for a good while, his mind burning with torturous thoughts. What had Eurus been up anyway? He was supposed to protect Eden, not act like a clown or a BFF or whatever he’d done for her to have enjoyed his company so much and be so charmed by him. All day, Notus’s fingertips had tingled with his desire to rip into him.

But eventually, during the long night, he’d managed to bring his stubborn, possessive beast under some control. He had had no right to be jealous, he knew that. He was sure that Eurus had been very professional and kind with Eden—as he always was—which was exactly right. And Eden wasn’t his girlfriend or anything, and his job was to look after her, not himself.

“Eden, would you prefer it if Eurus looked after you? Would that make you feel better?” he blurted out.

“I don’t really mind,” Eden said without raising her eyes from the washing machine. “Whatever is best for the case.”

Hm. What did that mean now? He ground his sharp teeth back and forth, observing her. He’d heard that sometimes when humans said yes, they meant no and vice versa, but Eden wasn’t the type.

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