Page 14 of Sass Me

CHAPTER FIVE

A Cold Bath for a Hot Dragon

Steele was anythingbut fine. Physically, his body was recovering rapidly, thanks to his dragon and Fleur. He’d defeated death, and now he needed to protect and claim his mate. She was his. He knew that now, and he was shaken by power of what that meant.

His true mate, a gift from the First Dragon and his mate, the White Witch.

He never expected to find her. His Wyvern Jakob Zeleny had found his true mate recently and the entire dragon community had gone bat-shit bonkers over it.

Dragons had taken many human companions and lovers for centuries and those unions had produced thousands of dragon sons. Not since the First Dragon had a dragon had a true mate.

Until Jakob, and now Steele.

Jakob’s power had increased to well beyond that of any other dragon alive, but his soul was now tied to another, making them both vulnerable in ways the entire dragon community was trying to sort out.

Steele had felt the surge in power, and the crippling vulnerability tonight. Now his soul, his dragon, and frankly his libido, were crying out to claim Fleur.

The sooner he could bite her, mark her, claim her and bed her, the better.

He still held her hand tight to his chest, along with his shining shard. He would give it to her, give her his soul, just as soon as he claimed her.

He wrapped the ends of the cord around her fingers. “Little flower, can you tie this around my neck again?”

“Yes, what is it? Why did the black dragons want it?”

He released her hand just long enough for her to reach around his neck and knot the broken cord.

The dragon part of himself practically purred at having her arms around him. It pushed him to rub himself all over her. He would do that and so much more.

“They are demon dragons, and I don’t know why they were trying to take it. But, I’m glad you rescued it, because it is quite literally a piece of my soul.”

She gasped and her eyes widened, the green looking deeper, richer than before. “Your soul? But, how?”

He closed his eyes for a brief moment and inhaled her floral scented skin and hair. He could hardly wait to see what her pussy tasted like. “I’ll explain it all after we get you back inside. There could be more demon dragons lurking.”

Aric butted in before Fleur could respond to him. “How many of those damned things are here?”

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