Page 14 of Dragon in Denial
She cleared her throat. “I’m fine. Come on, let’s get out of here.”
He shook his head. “Tell me how I can convince you to trust me again.”
She rested a hand on her hip and canted her head. “Is this how we’re going to play it? Every time I ask you a question, you counter with one of your own?”
“Technically, neither one of us asked a question; however, I’d like to point out that you’re doing the same damn thing.”
Her lips thinned. “We’re never going to get anywhere like this.”
“I agree. So let’s play nice and maybe we’ll both win.”
Her dragon definitely wanted to play, butnicedidn’t necessarily have to be part of the equation.
Antoinette rolled her eyes.
“Your dragon trying to talk you into it?” Ketu said.
She allowed the smallest of smiles to escape. “Something like that.”
“Good. I like your dragon already. Now, back to these warehouses. Do you think—?”
Antoinette caught sight of movement over his shoulder and lunged forward, clamping her hand over his mouth. The brush of his lips while he continued to try to speak for a few seconds was way more tantalizing than it ought to be.
She grabbed his rock-hard bicep and tugged him forward, wrapping her arms around him and molding her body to his, hopefully giving their hidden audience the impression they were a pair of star-crossed lovers looking for some privacy, and not two dragons scoping out the area, trying to figure out how to destroy the commodity being processed inside. Ketu’s erection began to swell instantly. After a moment, she glanced down between them and then back at his face as she quirked a brow.
“Hey, a beautiful woman basically wraps herself around me, things are gonna happen,” he protested.
“Just any beautiful woman?” Why the hell had she askedthat? She didn’t want to know. She didn’t care. She—
“Actually, no, I don’t think so. Pretty sure it’s you. Ever since—”
She pressed her fingers to his lips to silence him again. “We’re being watched. No, don’t look around.”
He shifted his hips and warmth spread from her belly outward.
“And for the love of the gods,don’tdo that.”
He did it again. She pinched his arm. He chuckled.
“For your information, these guys don’t fuck around,” she whispered. Flirting with Ketu was as dangerous of a game as stalking these dragon’s blood pushers, in her opinion. Possibly more so. The chances of getting burned were certainly higher when it came to her relationship with Ketu.
He pushed her hand away from his mouth. “I’m guessing that ten-foot tall fences topped with barbed wire means this is the sort of place people want to keep other people out of.”
“That would be a logical guess.”
“Okay, how many are out there?” he whispered, suddenly all business.
“Not sure. At least three, but I’d bet more.”
“What’s the best way out of here?”
Antoinette glanced at the darkened sky. “Flying.”
“You sure they’re dragons? We don’t need any humans to catch us shifting.”
She nodded. “I’m sure.”
“All right, you go first. I’m right behind you.”
