Page 55 of Dragon's Rejected Mate

“You’re my knight in shining armor, again.” She smiled. “You saved my life.”

“What happened up there?” he asked.

“I saw that the clouds were coming in and decided to head home. They came out from behind the trees and accused me of being a shifter.”

“What did you tell them?”

“I played dumb. I told them that I had no idea what a shifter was. I insisted that I just enjoyed snow shoeing and that I was out on the mountain for some exercise. They kept telling me that I was a shifter, so I told them that since they were accusing me of being one, then they had to be one,” Jamie said.

Luke laughed and said, “I bet that went over well.”

“One of them got offended and told me that shifters were an abomination and that all shifters had to be killed.”

She pointed to one of the chairs at the table that had a plate and a glass of orange juice in front of it. Pulling a pan off the stove, she put it on the trivet that was between their seats. She handed him a spoon.

“I hope that you like stir fry.”

“I love it. I’m starving.”

They ate in silence for a couple of minutes. Luke was glad to see that the traumatic events of the day hadn’t affected her appetite in any way. She was a tough woman, which made her even more attractive.

“I hope that their disappearance doesn’t make things worse for the shifters,” Jamie said. “Although, to be honest, I don’t know how it could get much worse.”

“Shh. Never say things like that and tempt fate.”

“You’re right. I take it back,” Jamie said, smiling.

“I hope that it won’t escalate things, but you never know. It won’t be too long before the Faisons and their crew figure out that they are missing a couple of men,” Luke said.

He knew that he should tell Dillon right away about what happened, but he was really tired.

“Sit there while I take care of everything,” Jamie instructed.

Luke discovered he wasn’t as tired as he thought he was after Jamie put the leftover food away and washed the dishes.

She walked over to him and straddled his leg. She wrapped her arms around his neck and hungrily pressed her lips to his.

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Jamie

Jamie grabbed Luke’s hands and said, “Let’s go in the other room.”

He followed her to her bedroom.

She smiled as she unbuttoned his shirt and tossed it into the chair. Jamie’s tongue flicked out as she tasted his chest. Then, she trailed kisses across his pecs.

“You are incredibly sexy,” she said.

Jamie unbuttoned his pants and pushed them and his underwear down to his ankles. He kicked off his shoes and stepped out of his clothes.

“Lay down on the bed,” Jamie ordered.

Luke did as he was told. Jamie quickly undressed and walked over to the bed, hardly believing that she had the courage to take charge.

She knelt down at the foot of the bed and massaged his right ankle, and then gently placed a kiss where her hands had been. Jamie moved up to his calf, her fingers gently pressing into his muscles.

“You are a little tight here,” she said.

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