Page 57 of Surge of Fire

I hold still. I hate that he smells so good. I hate that I love that I’m dripping with his cum. There’s something… erotic about it.

This must be a dragon thing.

“We’re acting like this because of what we are now, but I’m telling you we’re not having sex again.”

“Because some guy who bangs you but doesn’t want to identify your relationship will have a problem with it?” he grumbles.

I finally manage to take a step away from him, and his hands drop at his sides into fists. “You wouldn’t understand, so let’s stop talking about it. I just wanted to make sure we’re on the same page.”

He leans in, eyes intense. “We’re not.”

I release a shaky breath and cross my arms in front of my chest again, this time to keep from reaching out and touching him. “We… we need to talk about the green dragon and what comes next. I was going to head out of town and call my… friends to make sure they were okay, but maybe with the two of us, we can handle the green dragon.”

He smiles in a way that’s far too cocky. A way that makes me want to lick him. “I already handled the green dragon once. I can probably handle him again.”

“So, we should head back?”

His smile fades. “No, you and I should head for base, get their help, and figure out the limitations and strengths of what we can do.”

As soon as he makes the suggestion, I know what I need to do. “No. I’m going to go back for my friends.”

He frowns. “That’s the wrong choice.”

“I don’t care.”

“You won’t be safe on your own.”

“I don’t care.”

He inhales sharply, takes a step toward me, then away. “My people are trying to take down the green dragon right now. We don’t want to become their new targets. Let’s get to base, tell them what’s going on, and I can encourage them to go secure your friends.”

“No.”

His eyes narrow. “You’re being stubborn.”

“Maybe.”

His jaw ticks. “You know I’m not going to leave you, so you’re forcing me to make a bad choice to help people who don’t matter.”

“I didn’t say you had to come.”

Even though I may just shift and head back to town, I turn and start walking, deciding to make my point. He’s right. With him at my side, with two dragons against one, there’s no reason not to go find Aydan and Granger.

He catches my wrist from behind, and I glance back at him. “If I help you get your friends off this mountain, I want your word that you’ll return to Specter Inc. with me.”

I pause. It feels like I’m making a deal with the devil. But the truth is, if he’s planning on turning himself into these people, they can’t be that bad.Can they?

Promises don’t come easy to me. This one struggles to leave my lips, some deep sense within me knowing that if I give my word, I have to keep it. “Deal.”

He grins. “Okay, let’s go back. Not walk. Fly. And I’ll do everything in my power not to mount you.”

I hesitate, and his grin falls away. “I don’t want to ever be forced.”

He grows serious. “It’s my natural instinct, but I’ll fight it. Just talk to me like you did before. Remind me that I’m human.”

I nod. “Okay.”

He pulls me a little closer and tries to kiss me, but I look away, Aydan’s face burning in my mind. I know I don’t owe him my loyalty, but everything I’ve done with this man feels like a betrayal to him. No matter how hard I try, I can’t shake the feeling.

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