Page 37 of Bite Me

Jada knew too. It knew things about her, wanted her and her soul.

With anyone else he’d be suspicious. If his head was on straight he would have already questioned her to find out everything about her connection to the beast.

Maybe he’d been played by a masterful succubus to get what she needed. Some sex and blood, and now she could go running back to her coven, or the black dragon.

“How long till the dragons get here? I’m a disaster area.” She tried patting down her hair.

He liked seeing it all messed up. “Just a few minutes. Fleur is waiting for you.”

The way she’d come apart only after she let go, quit trying to be in control of all the pleasure, he didn’t think she faked that.

The alternative poked at his psyche like a spear gun. She didn’t want to be mated to him and was ignoring everything that had happened between them.

That hurt, but not enough to give up.

She was the one person in the world made especially for him, brave and beautiful and so smart.

Ky didn’t deserve such an incredible gift. He’d do his damnedest to be what she deserved.

She was his mate no matter what. But, he needed to let her come to him, make the decision that she wanted to be with him.

They were good together, better together, and he had to show her. He wasn’t sure how he was going to do that though.

Fleur met them halfway down the hall and dragged Jada away. “I think I have exactly the right thing for you.”

Jada shot him a look over her shoulder that said she wasn’t so sure about letting Fleur play dress-up doll with her.

Ky rejoined Steele in the living room and Jakob arrived a few minutes later.

“Got here as soon as I could. Damn that flight across the Atlantic sucks. Thank the First Dragon for the wind or I’d be sunk in the middle of the ocean.”

“Nah, bro, my blues would have pushed your tired ass here.” Ky clapped Jakob on the shoulder, glad to see him. He’d have some insight into this mating business.

The first time the AllWyr council had met Ciara, Ky’d have sworn she hated Jakob’s guts.

Now they were disgustingly kissy face every time he saw them together.

Jakob had won Ciara over after he’d kidnapped her, held her captive, and married her without her consent. Which all sounded pretty damn bad.

All Ky had done was suspect Jada of stealing Cage’s soul shard.

She’d been fierce in the battle yesterday, and damn inventive with the lack of weapons at her disposal.

He’d be dead right now if she hadn’t smoked so many of the demon dragons. When Jake and Dax arrived, he’d have her take charge of developing the plan to defeat the black demon dragon. She knew the most about that thing.

But she was a succubus. What if she had stolen Cage’s shard? She knew things the rest of them didn’t about the demon dragons and the black beast. She could be working with them.

Letting her be in charge would put them all at risk. It would also show her that he had faith in her. He hoped she see it that way, trust him.

Jada came into the room wearing a deep blue shirtdress that emphasized the ring of blue around the outside edge of her dark irises. The sight of her in his color took his breath away, locked it up, and swallowed the key.

“Hi.”

Yep. That’s all he had. No words for how stunning she looked.

She quirked one side of her mouth into a smile and looked at him sideways. “Hi.”

His mouth wanted the next words out to be about going back to their room and seeing how good she looked with the blue dress unbuttoned and pushed off her shoulders, so he could see her mark and her tits.

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