Page 75 of Dragon Exposed

“So, how do we get out of this? And how quickly can we get a shower in? I feel like I’m covered in sewage and greywater.”

“Do you think you can shift again, and try your hand at flying? Or do you want me to carry you? It’s the easiest and fastest way we have out of here.” He looked me over, as if he wanted to memorize my naked body, even though he’d seen me like this more than I could count now, and I was sure he’d have me naked a million times more before the fates took us apart again.

“Can we just… I don’t know, take a cab? I know it’s not going to be as fast, but I’m still trying to wrap my head around all of this. I was just a dragon. Now I’m probably going to be just as hunted as you are.” I ran my hands through my hair, letting it fall again loose and wild over my shoulders. “Not that I’m complaining. It was…amazing, being a dragon. I want to fly with you, but it’s a lot to handle all at once.”

He reached out, wrapping his hand around my wrist, and pulled me in against his chest. “You were incredible, my mate. I want to teach you everything. I want to watch you soar through the clouds, over the seas, anywhere and everywhere you want to go. Let me carry you back to the hotel, and I promise, as soon as you’re ready, we’ll tackle it all together.”

I hugged him close, letting my fingertips dig into his back, holding onto him tight. “What happens if I’m not your mate? If there’s some other woman out there who’s meant to wear this necklace?”

“It’s yours, Izobelle, as much as I am.” He kissed my forehead and then pulled back slightly to look at the pendant with a frown. “I don’t know what happened to it, or why it won’t light up, but whatever the case may be, you’re not getting out of this mating that easily.”

I shook my head at him, even as I wanted to move back in against his chest. I didn’t want out of this mating. I couldn’t stand the idea of another woman touching Levi, of being intimate with him, of someone else by his side, taking on vampires and witches and everything else that his world brought.

“Is that what you want? Do you want an out, Levi?” I bit my lip, nervous about his answer.

“If anyone else ever tries to touch you, if anyone else even dares to look at you like this, ever again, I will rip them limb from limb, heartstone or no. You’remine, Izobelle. Mine to fuck, mine to claim, mine to love.” He growled it out, his fingertips digging into my waist hard enough that I was almost worried he’d lose control and those dangerous talons of his would puncture my skin.

“Good. Because you’re mine, and I’m not going to be any more lenient on anyone who tries to touch you.”

With a grin, he stepped back, leaving me to watch as he shifted in the small clearing, changing from the sexy, devilishly delicious man I got to call my own, into a huge, hulking, truly exquisite beast. His scales swirled in green and purple, just like his eyes did when he fought to hold onto control, and his body was full of graceful lines and proportions.

If it weren’t for the fact that we were still out in the middle of Central Park, alone, standing where anyone could find me, naked, with only a dragon’s wings to hide me, I could’ve spent hours looking at him.

If I didn’t know any better, I’d think you were growing aroused by me in my dragon form.

I’d be lying to us both if I claimed that the power he had, the grace, the strength, didn’t make me a little curious. It wasn’t like I wanted him to mount me as a dragon, but knowing that he was mine, in both forms, that I could now shift with him, was beyond exciting.

And I’d been aroused from the moment he threatened to kill anyone else who touched me. If that made me a little twisted, a little fucked up, then it was just par for the course for me. It wasn’t like I’d lived a particularly normal life.

“Take me back to the hotel, Levi. Let’s wash the sewer off, and then I just might let you fuck me on the balcony while we watch the sun rise.”

A rumbling growl erupted from deep in the dragon’s belly as the sound was echoed in my head as a sexy as sin groan.Fuck, mate, you’re going to make flying difficult. I should tease you, keep you on edge for hours, for such a mouth.

“Maybe I should just show you what else I’m good at with my mouth.” I licked my lips and smirked at him. “Don’t make me wait.”

With a huff, he sprang into the sky, leaping above the tree canopy before he spread his wings, circling a few times, gaining air.

Uh, Levi?

He dipped low, scooping me up in his talons, before he projected into my head,What, little mate? Did you think I would dare leave you wet and wanting? I’m not sure I can even wait for us to be clean. It’s been too long since I’ve had you on my tongue.

Fuck me, he was too hot, too much to handle. It didn’t help the ache between my thighs to hear him project all sorts of dirty thoughts, putting ideas in my head about all the ways we could make good use of our suite.

Just as soon as we got there.

He swooped low, setting me gingerly on the roof, before he landed nearby, shifting almost as his feet touched down, as if it was somehow easier to slow that momentum at his smaller size.

“Uh, Levi, we still need to get down into the hotel. And I’m not walking the halls naked.”

“Who said anything about naked?” He grinned as he retrieved the clothes he’d been wearing earlier. He handed me his black button-up shirt before pulling on his black pants.

There was no way, even with how broad his chest was, that I’d be able to fully button the shirt over my breasts, and I felt a little bad about completely shredding the bra and panties I’d been wearing, but with the way he was staring at me as I got as situated as I could in his shirt, I didn’t really care.

I hadn’t really expected to be able to make it through a shower without his hands all over me, or his cock filling me, but with the fire burning in his gaze, I wasn’t entirely sure I would even make it back to the room before he was inside me.

“Fuck, Izobelle, even without it lighting up, you have no idea what seeing you wear my heartstone is doing to me.” He reached down, adjusting himself in his slacks, as he licked his lips. “I’ll kill Tabitha for ruining our chance at seeing the proof of the fates.”

“Not if I kill her first.” I ran my finger down the silvery chain, to where the pendant had settled into my cleavage. “But tonight, you’re all mine. I’m all yours. No one, nothing else matters.”

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