Page 79 of Dragon in Boots

She exhaled. “Your arms are so perfectly muscled that the first time I saw them, I wondered if they had implants. Then there are your abs.” She visualized each ripple and the smooth golden skin. “I’m actually pretty speechless when it comes to those. Maybe the best way to describe them is by saying what I’d do to them. If you were here right now, I’d slather them in baby oil, take off my panties, and make you lie down so I could just rub my clit against them like an erotic washboard.”

“Wow. That’s pretty graphic,” said a deep voice behind her.

“Dash?” She spun around. “Ohmygod. It worked!” She covered her mouth.

He looked better than she remembered with his stunning blue eyes and pouty sex-lips framed in a wash of light brown stubble. The way his broad shoulders stretched his black T-shirt, making the fabric caress his round pecs, was hypnotic.

“Well, don’t stop on my account. Tell me more. I’m hungry.” He flashed a charming smile, crossing his muscular arms over his chest.

How does he look so alive right now? So hot.

Unsure how much time she had, Jac decided to cut to the chase instead of ogling him more. That Sky woman had kept fading in and out that night at Damien’s hotel.

“Did it hurt when he ate you?” she asked. “Are you in pain? I tried to get a new body for you, but then my egg hatched and burned the place to the ground. But don’t lose hope; I’m not going to stop until I find a way to help you. Oh, and I killed Heebie. Shithead.”

“Jac, slow down.” Dash walked up to her and pressed a warm hand to her cheek.

Her heart rushed. “I can feel you.”

“And I can feel you.”

“How?” she asked.

“Well, for starters, that.” He glanced at a dark stain on the stage floor next to the candles.

“What is it?”

“A portal.”

It took a second for the meaning to click. “A demon portal? Here in the club?”

“Did I not mention that this place is built over one?”

No, he hadn’t, but that explained the weird vibes. “Is that why I keep smelling something burnt?”

“Up until now, it’s been closed for a year, but they do have a distinct odor regardless.”

What was he trying to say? “Is it open again?”

His charming grin turned into a full-blown smile. “I don’t know what happened, but right when Heebie killed me, the portal opened up, and I was sent back to my realm. I got to see my family again, Jac. My sister and parents, even my fifty cousins. Gods, I missed my mother’s homecooked praise. It’s delicious. Reminds me of childhood. Anyway, they wanted to throw a big admiration feast, but I had to get back here. To you.”

Was she dreaming? Was this really happening? “You’re here. You’re really here. With a body.” She ran her hands up and down his arms, soaking in the smooth, warm skin.

“The portal isn’t just a doorway. It gives us a new human form when we come through.”

“You’re back.” Her prayers had been answered. She couldn’t believe it. After all the tears and worrying and taxing her brain to find a solution, here he was.Like it was meant to be.Her heart soared.

He dipped his head and kissed her hard. Her entire body lit up with waves of heat. The connection between them washed through her, filling her body with a sense of rightness, desire, and more importantly, love. It had not been wishful thinking. What they had was real.

I so want to feed him right now and admire him with my naked body.

“Ouch! Hot!” He broke away. “I’m going to have to teach you how to control yourself, dragon.”

Her lips felt like they were on fire, and her arms were bright red. “What’s happening?”

“You’re getting aroused, and it’s turning into heat.”

Nothing like this had ever happened with Stanley. Then again, she’d never felt like this with him. “Do you know what to do? Because I can’t not have you.”

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