Page 50 of The Soul of the Dragon

Whether it was her omega status influencing me or the fact she was a fierce woman prepared to endure whatever life threw at her just to survive, she’d gotten under my skin a lot faster than should have been possible.

“Little beast,” I whispered back in a barely audible tone infused with my alpha essence that brushed across her face.

She closed her eyes and her body shifted in my direction. Yeah, she was fine all right. And unfortunately, I was the man who would likely destroy her when I took the amulet she so desperately wanted and returned to my realm.

“So are we going or what?”

I dropped my forehead against hers at the sound of the damned sprite’s voice behind us. “You have the worst timing in the history of timing in all the realms.”

Kitra giggled, and I swallowed down the sound like the greedy fucker I was. Holy hell. That sound grabbed me by the balls and squeezed my cock so hard I half expected to spill my cum right where I stood. I was going to have to make it a mission to hear that sound again before I left. Particularly when I could act on it.

Groaning, I stepped away from her and released her face. The pang of her disappointment as pungent as my own loss searing through my chest.

“I’m not taking the chance in the air with passengers until nightfall,” I announced.

When I looked at the little Sprite she had her face scrunched in disgust. “There is no way you are taking me anywhere near that sky on your weird dragon body. But I do agree you shouldn’t attempt it right now. The Imps working for the King are still out here somewhere and they are sneaky little creatures.”

“They’re not the only ones,” I said under my breath.

That got me a glare from both Kitra and the Sprite. I shook my head, amazed that they expected anything else.

“Enough with the insults,” Kitra harsh whispered in my direction. “We need her help and if that means that you have to be nice to her for us to get it, then youneedto be nice!”

“Fine,” I grumbled. “But if her information doesn’t pan out, then I get to eat her.”

The sprite squeaked and Kitra closed her eyes and shook her head before turning to the small woman. “Don’t worry, he’s not going to eat you. He’s just trying to get a rise out of you. However, please don’t toy with us over this amulet business. You’ve brought my mother into this, and that means something. But anyone who tries to use her against mewillsuffer the consequences.”

The pain in my little beast’s voice pulled at my ice-cold heart. And the conviction in her words may have created a tiny fissure in that ice.

In return, the sprite shook her head and walked away.

“Where are you going?” I asked.

“You can’t fly and we can’t stand here until dark and take the chance of getting caught,” she threw over her shoulder. “So we might as well keep moving in the direction of the falls.”

Kitra shook her head once and then on a deep sigh started after the annoying creature, which left me no choice but to follow.

“How far are the falls from here?” Kitra asked.

“For you? About a day’s journey…”

I tuned out whatever else Sprite rambled on about. I had a lot of thoughts and I needed a moment to process them. I didn’t yet know how I was going to do it, but I needed to find a way to distance myself from this constant pull towards my princess.

And maybe start by stopping referring to her as mine. She wasn’t and couldn’t be.

Mine.The dragon taunted.

Thanks, fucker.

This back and forth between me and the dragon inside me continued for the remainder of the afternoon, and by the time the sun began to set, I was more on edge than ever before.

I was also hot, thirsty and hungry. Which probably meant that she was too.

"We should stop and find food and water before the sun goes fully down." It was already low in the sky and it wouldn't be long now before I could risk flight.

"Fine by me," Kitra agreed.

"Where's Sprite?" I glanced around and found her nowhere to be seen.

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