Page 4 of Love Bites Extra Hard

His body went still.

My eyes widened.

I’d knocked one of his scales off?

Uh oh.

A tense moment passed.

Should I apologize?

Make an excuse?

Run?

Just how furious was he going to be?

I started with, “I didn’t mean to?—”

He stood and tucked the scale in the front pocket of my jeans. The abrupt but smooth movement made me cut myself off.

He didn’t seem angry. Whatever his emotions were, he had them locked down surprisingly tight.

And his cock had hardened completely. I tried not to notice it, but it was difficult not to.Thatdefinitely wasn’t anger.

Without another word, he pulled my arm over his shoulders, and shifted yet again.

I made a noise of surprise as he grew instantly, hauling me into the air. He twisted just right, and I landed smoothly between his shoulder blades. My arms went around his neck immediately, and I pressed my cheek to his scales. The edges were sharp, but a few little cuts on my face were far better than falling off his back.

I wasn’t afraid of heights, but I gauged the distance between me and the ground anyway.

It was a long freaking way down.

“Please don’t drop me,” I whispered, and he snorted.

I hoped that was supposed to mean,“I won’t.”

If it meant something else, I didn’t want to know.

Talon stepped over to my suitcase.

I wrapped my legs around his neck too, squeaking when I slid a bit. The sharp edges of his scales cut into my arms, cheek, chest, and abdomen. Thankfully, my jeans were thick enough to protect my lower half.

“Careful. Please.” My voice trembled.

There was no way I was going to be able to stay on his back if he actually flew. No freaking?—

I screamed when he launched us off the roof.

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AVERY

Talon’s wingscaught the air, but my eyes were on the world below me. The world I was about to become way too well acquainted with if I couldn’t stay upright.

My ass slid a little with the first flap of his wings, and a little more with the second. I screamed again when I started to slide around the side of his neck, but he turned slightly. The turn righted me, and changed the angle of his neck just a little.

The angle change was an immediate improvement.

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