Page 54 of The Dragon's Mate

But I want him as my mate. Her dragon still sounded confused and uncertain.He said hewas our mate, that he would…

“Oh fuck!” Kaida’s entire body stiffenedand she had to stop herself from smashing her fist through the wet tile. “Themuffin! The goddamn muffin!”

She rinsed clean and shut the shower off,toweling dry and then running her fingers through her wet and tangled hair. Thetea she’d had earlier was swishing around in her belly, making her feel nauseous,and shame was flooding her entire body.

The things she had said and done to the human!

“It’s fine,” she muttered as she yanked herjeans over her hips and then stuck her panties into the pocket. “You wereunder the spell of a love potion and the human knows that.”

She slipped into her bra and pulled hert-shirt over her head, trying not to groan as everything she said to the human lastnight echoed in her head. How many times had she told him she was going tofuck him? Too many to count. She had touched him and kissed him and tried to…

“Shit, I’ll be lucky if he doesn’t arrest mefor sexual assault,” she groaned.

It wasn’t our fault, her dragon growled.

“Why the fuck didn’t you smell the potionin the muffin?” she said.

I was hungry! Her dragon pouted at her like a spoiled child.Besides, all I wantedwas to fuck the human. How was I to know he would try and trick us into beingmates by feeding us poison?

“Oh my God,” she muttered. “One, it wasn’tpoison and two, it obviously wasn’t him. If it was, we would have fucked last night.”

A little tingle of pleasure radiated fromher pussy down her legs at the thought. She stared at her crotch, groaninginwardly as her dragon purred. She wasnotstill attracted to the human.

Uh, yeah, we are.

“Shut up!” she snarled at her dragon beforestomping toward the bedroom door. Now that the potion had worn off, her needto return to her clan was starting. A low buzz at the base of her skull thatmade her brain itch.

She moved down the hallway toward thekitchen, stopping outside of the doorway when she heard her mate’s – no, notmate, thehuman’s– voice.

“How long will it take to kick in?”

“It shouldn’t take too long. Hopefully bythe time she’s finished showering. She didn’t drink the entire cup though, so…”

Kaida’s hands clenched into fists. Wasthis the witch’s doing? It had to be. But why? Moving quietly, she leanedforward and peeked into the kitchen. Bren was sitting at the table and he reachedout and squeezed Elora’s hand.

She stared morosely at him. “When the WWCfinds out about this, she’ll be labeled a dark witch.”

“I’m not going to tell the Witches andWarlocks Council,” Bren said. “She didn’t mean any harm and I’ll talk toKaida, explain to her that -”

“I’m going to tell the WWC,” Elora said.

Bren stiffened. “What? Elora, she’s yourgrandmother.”

“She also keeps trying to drug you with alove potion. It’s illegal and dangerous.”

“I know, but…”

“But what?” Elora crossed her arms overher chest, the crow sitting on her shoulder made a low and raspy caw and nestledit’s face into her neck. “What happened last night was dangerous, Bren. Kaidais a bear shifter and she could have really hurt you.”

“She didn’t,” Bren said. ‘She listened to mewhen I said no.”

Kaida’s cheeks burned as Elora said, “Yeah,but what if she hadn’t?”

“She did. Elora, if you tell the WWC whathappened, Helen will be imprisoned.”

“I know!” Elora’s voice was loud and Kaidacould see tears slipping down her cheeks. “But what choice do I have? This isbad, Bren. I talked to her last night and she-she was remorseful and promised neverto do it again, but I’m not sure I can take that risk.”

“Let me at least talk to Kaida first,” Brensaid. “Then, maybe -”

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