Page 16 of Jurassic Measures
“Feeling what?”
“It’s okay, Jason, your body is responding to mine. It takes longer for full-blooded humans to feel the bond.”
“The bond?” Why wasn’t I leaving?
“I told you your scent, the second I smelled you I came alive inside. You didn’t understand what I was going through…What I go through in your presence. You’re only now feeling it. As mates our bodies will respond to each other. It won’t always be intense like it is right now. But you’ll sense me before I enter a room, and we will be connected in ways you could never imagine.”
I didn’t know why it was my first thought but I said it anyway. “Will I turn into a dinosaur now?”
He chuckled warmly. “No, Jason.”
“I don’t know if I want this, Landry. I do know for a fact I’m not thrilled that my own body is a traitor though.”
“Your body and mind are at odds.” He pressed a hand to his chest. “I’m more animal, I suppose you can say. But for the first time ever my mind and body are at peace, they agree.” He inched closer but thankfully didn’t touch me. “You need time, but you also should get to know me. How about a date.”
“I thought that’s what this was supposed to be?” I rolled my eyes because even I thought that was ridiculous.
“No, this was more me showing you who I really am. Let me take you out for real.”
I needed to jack off badly and all I could think about was how if I went out in public with Landry, I’d embarrass myself. “I…umm…”
“I understand, your body, right?” I nodded. “How about a private date or two, just us. I won’t touch you unless you want me to…or more to the point, ask me to because make no mistake, Jason, I know you want it.”
My dick twitched, Landry’s gaze flicked to my crotch…yeah, I needed to leave.
“It’s Friday. Take a day and on Sunday we will have our first official date.”
He wasn’t asking but in that moment I didn’t really want to be asked, I needed him to tell me how to navigate this.
“Okay, Sunday.”
“I’ll text you a time and place unless there’s another appointment you have for that day?”
“No, I usually just do laundry on Sundays.”
“Perfect.”
He moved past me toward the door. A cloud of his sent lingered and yeah, I was going to come if I didn’t leave right now.
“Take care of yourself, Jason.” Landry quirked a brow.
“Yeah…uh, you too…See you Sunday.”
No man moved quicker than I did in that moment. I knew he watched me as I went to the elevator and I refused to make eye contact. I rested my head against the elevator wall and took a deep non-Landry breath once I began descending.
I’m so screwed…and wasn’t that the problem. I really wanted to be screwed.
CHAPTER EIGHT
I spentthe entirety of my Saturday researching dinosaurs, namely elaphrosaurus. Words like carnivore, Jurassic period, Africa, swam through my head. Then I saw that they reproduced by laying eggs and I froze.
“Brings a whole new meaning to the question, what were you hatched…wait, was Landry hatched?” I added it to a list I was making of questions I wanted to ask him.
I skimmed many articles and all stated no head had ever been discovered, which was what Landry had told me. They were fast dinosaurs and relied more on that than on strength.
As I scanned illustrations I understood what Landry meant that some were very close to what the elaphrosaurus looked…look, like. Of course, I was sucked into a rabbit hole and while a large part was fascinating, I also realized the trust Landry put in me was immense. If the world knew that he existed…that maybe more of them did, they’d likely be hunted, captured.
Sleep didn’t come easy for me that night. Visions of Landry laughing invaded my thoughts, and I could swear I smelled him right beside me. When I did doze I was plagued with nightmares of him being chained, experimented on…humans fighting over the worth of his head.
