Page 53 of The Dragon 2
The man looked at them as they continued to grow. Petals shimmered in frost-touched spirals. Sharp-edged and lovely. They became clearer and finally she understood that they were not simply blooms, but ice roses, sculpted from magic.
He put his view back on her. “Very pretty. Have you done that before?”
“I didn’t mean to. . .” she whispered. “I don’t know how I did that.”
But he didn’t look surprised.
Not even a little.
Instead, his gaze dropped back on the ice roses with hunger.
While the ice bloomed from her, it was his heat that called it forward. And Sol was suddenly realizing that he knew which parts of her pulsed magic.
“I’ve dreamed of a moment like this but never did I think I would get it.” He raised his hand and moved it toward the ones near his feet.
Next, he crouched and extended two fingers.
She should’ve stopped him.
She didn’t.
He touched the nearest bloom.
It didn’t shatter.
It melted.
A dark groan left him. “Mmmm.”
Petal by petal, the roses dripped into the soil with a slow sensual hiss. Steam curled around his knuckles like breath.
And her body responded. A slow, traitorous heat bloomed in her core. She clamped her thighs together.
What is this?
Her nipples tightened against the fabric of her dress.
Oh no.
The rest of the roses melted with him, as if theyobeyedthe heat in his skin. And something inside her melted too—unseen, unbidden, and all too wet.
He looked up then, those golden eyes glowing with unspoken knowledge. His lips curved.
Not a smile.
A pure knowing.
“You have no idea what you are yet, do you? But you will soon. . .”
“I. . .am going.” She backed up some more. “And you will be leaving in the other direction.”
He stood.
Heat rose around her. It licked at her ankles, coiled up her spine. The chill she’d wrapped herself in trembled and then faltered.
“Unfortunately, I cannot leave you here.” There was no humor on his face. "You have been in the wrong place for too long. It is now time for you to come with me, little one."
She shook her head. "I am not going anywhere with you."
