Page 66 of The Dragon's Mate

She sighed. “I – we can’t. Look, it’sobvious that we’re attracted to each other, but I can’t sleep with you. You’refragile and I don’t want to hurt you.”

“Could you knock it off with the fragilething? I can take whatever you hand out, I promise,” he said.

She skimmed her hands over the bulging musclesin his upper arms. “It’s not just that. I like… control and you’re a cop whichmeans you like control too. We wouldn’t be compatible in bed.”

“You don’t know what I want,” he said. “MaybeI’m perfectly fine with being handcuffed to the bed. How do you know if youdon’t ask?”

“Do you like being handcuffed to the bed?”

Fuck, she was not envisioning a naked Brenhandcuffed to her bed.

Hell, yes, we are.

He grinned at her before pressing a light andmuch too quick kiss against her lips. “A gentleman never kisses and tells.”

Her brain on fire with images of Bren inher bed, she mashed her mouth onto his again. He let her kiss him hard, let herexplore every inch of his mouth until they were both panting and breathless.

He didn’t say a single word of dissent whenshe pulled him away from the desk

He didn’t make one protest when she pushedhim into the leather chair in the corner.

He didn’t utter a solitary rebuttal whenshe straddled him.

She rubbed her pussy against his cock and hefinally made a noise. A low groan that dampened her pussy and hardened hernipples.

She leaned over him and kissed him again, thrustingher tongue into his mouth as she rocked her pussy against his deliciously harddick. His hands slid up under her dress, cupping her bare ass cheeks, his fingersplaying with the silk strip between her cheeks.

“I want you, human,” she said against his mouth.

“I want you too.” He sucked on her bottomlip before sliding one hand out from under her dress. He cupped her breast,his thumb running across her beaded nipple. She moaned into his mouth. Herskin was heating up, a delicious fire of need and want rippling beneath herflesh.

He pinched her nipple and she cried out intohis mouth before kissing him hard. Their tongues dueled for control and when herelented, her desire for him increased until she couldn’t think straight.

“Can we go back to your place?” Shereached between them and palmed his cock.

“Fuck,” he moaned before nodding. “Yeah,let’s definitely go back to my place.”

She grinned at him and he kissed her again asthe door to the office opened. They both froze, staring at Willow as she walkedinto the office with a large grey tabby in her arms.

“Don’t give me that dirty look, Princess,”she said before kissing the cat’s head. “You’re being locked in the office becauseyou keep trying to escape into the back yard every time the door opens. This exileis your own doing and I don’t… whoa…whoa.”

Willow stared wide-eyed at Kaida and Bren,her gaze dropping to Bren’s hand that cupped Kaida’s breast. She backed up, stillholding Princess in her arms. “I am so sorry to interrupt. You two keep doingwhat you’re… uh… doing and I’ll -”

Kaida pushed away from Bren, backing awayas Bren stood up from the chair. “Shit. I’m sorry.”

“It’s fine,” Willow said before giving thema bright smile. “NBD, right? I’m sorry for interrupting. I’ll leave and -”

“No!” Her face burning… fuck, what had shebeen thinking? She couldn’t sleep with a human… Kaida practically sprinted forthe door. “I have to go, actually. Um, I’m sorry, can you let Bishop know Ihad to go?”

Without looking at Bren, she slipped out ofthe office.

Chapter Twelve

Kaida stood at the edge of the trainingcircle. She stretched her arms above her head before reaching behind her,grabbing her ankle and lifting her leg until her shoe-covered heel touched herass. Her muscles groaned a little in protest, but she ignored the slightburning before doing the same with her left leg.

Her dragon paced restlessly inside of her, poutingand whining and hissing at her until Kaida finally snapped, “Enough!”

It retreated. Its feelings were hurt, and shehated that she was upsetting it, but its restlessness and discontent wasdriving her crazy.

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