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a dragon bites a human, they can turn into a dragon. Normally, it only
happens between my kind and their human mates.
She glanced at the bite wound again and saw it was angry and red. It
wasn t the shape of a human mouth, but four large puncture wounds, each
the size of a pencil. He had bitten her, and now she was going to die or
become a dragon like him. She didn t want to become a shape-shifter, and
she wasn t ready to leave her life behind. Tears came to her eyes. How could
you do this?
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He took her into his arms and held her close. She took in his scent and
the warmth of his skin.
Being so close to him, the fury melted away because he hadn t done it on
purpose. She had scratched him up pretty bad, but he wasn t showing any
signs of it. Just as the burns on his body had healed.
I m sorry. He kissed her lightly on the forehead. I never meant to
hurt you. I only wanted to keep you with me. That part is true. You belong
with us.
Elise shook her head. Drake said the doorway between our worlds is
going to close tomorrow night. Even if I could go with you, I m still going to
die because of the venom.
He smoothed the hair from her face. Not necessarily. I can keep the
effects of it at bay. If you come with us, you might turn in our realm.
I need time to think about all of this. Thinking is hard when I am
around you, and being around both of you is worse. You were fighting
because of me. You love him, and he loves you. This thing between you and
I might only be a fluke. How are you really sure that I m your mate? He
doesn t believe I am. I won t drive a wedge between the two of you because
you ve suddenly became infatuated with me. Even if I did survive and you
get me back with you, your affection for me could end, and then I m
screwed.
This is not some infatuation. And there is another way to prove that
you re our mate. It s more involved than what you would be used to. It
bonds us completely together. Within the ritual, if we weren t meant for one
another, then it wouldn t work. It s how I got the second mark on my
shoulder, the tail under the three claw marks. The mark only comes together
when we are meant for one another. If not, then the mark doesn t appear. I
know it would with you. It s a joining of souls, almost. I can t explain it right.
There are no words for it. It s been known to do wondrous things.
He ran his hands down her back. She pressed her face against his chest
and listened to the heart beating underneath it, slower than hers was. His
palms rested against her back, and she felt the coolness of his healing power
flowing through her. It helped clear her head, but the need to get away and
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think overcame her. She had to find a spot where the two men weren t and
then decide what she was going to do.
I need time to think. Away from the both of you. I m sorry. She pulled
away from Oran and rushed past Drake, who was wearing only a pair of tight
jeans. She bumped into him, but kept on going. In her room, she changed,
slipped downstairs, grabbed her keys, and went outside to her car.
Halfway across her lawn, the neighbor s dog started yapping at her, and
its tags jingled as bounded across her lawn toward her.
Cosmo, come here, you naughty boy. It s time for your bath. Mrs.
Richardson came out dressed in an apron that covered her entire front. She
had galoshes on her feet and her hair done up in a shower cap. Her hands
were enclosed in yellow rubber gloves. It seemed she was ready for the
plumbing to explode in her house and not to wash a tiny six-pound
Pekingese. When her neighbor noticed Elise was outside, she stopped in her
tracks and smiled.
Hello, Mrs. Richardson. Elise forced the smile.
Her neighbor s smile turned into a snicker. I saw a police car outside
your house earlier. Is everything okay?
You know damn well it is, you crazy old buzzard. Of course. Thank you for
your concern. False alarm.
Really? It seemed the officer had another male friend of yours that was
naked on your lawn again this morning. Such indecent behavior. I m sure
someone called the authorities because they didn t want such riffraff around
their children. He could have been a pervert or something.
Elise clutched her keys harder and gritted her teeth, trying not to explode
on this woman. Nope. Just my other friend s boyfriend. He came over last
night. We all had way too much to drink, and then we had an orgy on your
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