Page 64 of The Dragon's Mate

“Sorry for scaring off a potential date orsorry for leaving so abruptly this morning?” he said.

“You’re going to date the human?” Hervoice was a low growl.

Bren shrugged and her dragon pouted like ayearling banned from flying.

“Are you dating her or not?” she demanded.

“Well, considering you just scared the bejeezusout of her and made it seem like we had sex last night, probably not,” Bren said.

She glanced around the yard. “Keep your voicedown.”

He grinned at her. “Don’t want anyone knowingthat the big bad bear was taken down by a love potion, huh?”

She didn’t smile at his teasing and histone turned somber. “Hey, I’m kidding. What happened was no big deal, all right?”

She shook her head, her embarrassment atthe things she had said and done to him returning with a vengeance. Her needto apologize again was overwhelming. She glanced around the yard a second time.Most of the guests were shifters and, no doubt, could hear everything she andBren said if they chose to listen.

“Can we talk in private for a second?” she asked.

“Sure.”

Bren followed her into the house. She’d beenat Bishop and Ava’s new house a handful of times and she navigated her way tothe spare room that Bishop used as an office. Bren shut the door behind them.She moved to the desk and traced her fingers across the framed picture of Bishopand Ava and Lila that was sitting next to Bishop’s laptop.

Bren joined her. He leaned against the deskand crossed his arms, pulling the material of his shirt taut across his chest.

Kaida looked away, her heart thudding andher dragon purring like crazy. Fuck, why did she have to be so attracted tohim? Why did she have to remember exactly how he tasted, how he sounded whenhe moaned?

She took a deep breath and made herself lookhim in the eye. “I wanted to apologize again for last night.”

Irritation flickered across his face. “Iwish you wouldn’t. It’s not your fault you ate a love potion laced muffin. Infact, it isn’t either of our faults. It’s the fault of a crazy but well-meaningwitch who lives across the hall from me.”

“I guess,” she said, “but I still need tosay sorry for the unwanted advances.”

“You know damn well they weren’t unwanted.”

She flushed and her gaze dropped to hismouth. God, his lips were so… inviting.

Those inviting lips curled up into a smile.“If I didn’t know better, I’d think that maybe you were lying when you said youweren’t interested in me.”

“It was the love potion that made me do andsay those things,” she said.

“Oh yeah? So that’s not sexual tensionradiating between us right now?”

She lifted her gaze to his. His blue eyeswere dancing with humour and a smile crossed her face.

“You know what I think?” he said.

She shook her head as he leaned a little closer.God, he smelled so fucking good.

“I think you liked kissing me.”

“Of course, I did… love potion, remember?”

“Was it all love potion?” he said as hebent his head. She could feel his warm breath on her lips and when she partedthem, he made a low sound of need that sent shivers down her spine.

“All love potion,” she lied.

“That’s a shame.” He straightened, anddisappointment covered every inch of her body. “Was there anything else or arewe good now?”

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