Page 55 of Tempting Her Dragons

“We will?” Sally asks, and I slide my arm through hers and pull.

“Yes,” I hiss. I try to communicate with my eyes. I will do anything to keep Roxanne happy with me, but Sally looks at me strangely.

“What’s wrong with your eyes?”

“Nothing,” I whisper, forcing her to move. “It was a signal,” I say when we round the corner of the porch.

“That’s what that was,” she mutters. “I thought you developed a twitch.”

“Sally,” I sigh, pushing open the door. “I want to make a good impression.”

“Saph, you already have.” She makes herself at home, plopping down on the cushions, leaning back on the couch. “But I won’t be helping you cook. I made enough food over my life. I’m retired now.”

“Fine. Keep me company while I do.” I open the fridge and nibble on my fingernail. “I wonder what she would want.”

“She wants grandbabies,” Sally informs me loudly.

“I wasn’t asking you,” I say.

“Then don’t ask a question out loud when I’m the only one here,” she says, kicking her feet onto the coffee table and turning on the television. “That woman would eat anything you make as long as you make her sons happy.”

I press my palms to my hot cheeks.

I really hope that’s true because I want to call her Mom.

Chapter Fourteen

Maverick

“Why don’t you go kill the brother real quick,” Mom says when the front door shuts. “I want grandbabies soon. I’ll stay with Saphy.” Baby dragons are rare because there are so few dragons in the world.

“Mom, we don’t know where he is,” I remind her.

“That’s what you address with her statement?” King says, his eyes wide on my face.

“Don’t you want kids?” she asks him, her eyes narrowed.

“Of course I do,” King sighs, looking at her. “It would be a lot easier to do without our mom here.”

“It will be a lot easier if you find and kill the man who’s fucking up the progress,” she snaps back.

“She won’t let us go alone,” I say.

“She has fire inside her,” she says, nodding proudly.

“Yes.” King stares at the house, his fingers sliding around his wrist.

“Shade hasn’t called,” she assumes.

“Not yet.” I put my hands in my pockets, my fingers circling my lighter. “He will when he has news. Until then, we stay here with Saph.”

“You boys can track anyone.” She crosses her arms. “Let’s get this done.”

“Mom, everything changed now,” I say. “We have to think about her.”

“You would be,” she says. “You need to kill him so she isn’t affected.”

“She’ll want to work with us,” King says. “Once we have more information, we can make a plan.”

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