“If he traveled as far as the human village.” Leo cocked his head, his gaze intense. “Should I roar with jealousy?”
“No.” Liza never hesitated in her reply. “I believe he’s an innocent victim in this situation, as much as we are.”
Leo nodded.
“Enough about Martinos,”his dragon whined.“Get to the enjoyable stuff.”
Leo barked out a laugh.
“What?”
“My dragon wants to cease the chatter and have sex.”
Liza grinned, and Leo stared. He was coming to love her radiant face. Her sunny smile and the dimples that dug into either side of her mouth. She sashayed closer and placed her cool hands on his chest.
Her fingertips stroked across his tattoo, and a dragon purr echoed through Leo’s mind.
“By all means,” Liza said, then the teasing went out of her. “I hope Joanna is okay.”
“You said your friend and sister would look after her.”
“Yes, but Tony has legal rights because he’s Joanna’s father. Tony will seize the opportunity and make it difficult for Cherry and Rena. My daughter will be caught in the middle.”
“I’m sorry, my lodestone.” Leo drew her against his chest, his hand cupping her head. Her lips grazed his chest, right over his tattoo. His dragon released another rumble of a purr.
“We’ll figure something out. Let’s rest for a while,” she said.
They stretched out together on the grass, which was even softer than he’d imagined. Now that he’d slowed down, the hammering blows his brother had landed on Leo’s body ached. Fatigue weighted his muscles, but lying next to Liza soothed him. He reached for her face and guided their mouths together. Their slow kiss sent lazy satisfaction through him while his dragon cheered. The kiss started unhurried, but his dragon’s excitement and Liza’s proximity had Leo deepening the caress.
Their tongues tangled, and hands roamed with intent. He savored her silky skin beneath his palms, the catch of her breath when he mapped her body. He entered her, stroking into her hot core until they both gasped and strained for release.
The very second he climaxed, Leo felt the solid click within him.
Beneath him, Liza gasped and froze, her fingertips digging into hips.
“Leo?”
“Yes, my lodestone.”He answered her in his mind and waited in breathless anticipation.
“Leo,” she whispered.
“Talk to me in your mind.”
Leo and his dragon waited again.
“Can she hear us?”His dragon ran out of patience.
“I’m not going crazy. I can hear you, and is that your dragon?”Liza sounded hesitant.
“Yes. Yes. Yes!”His dragon whooped, and Leo felt his tattoo battering his ribs in a weird dragon boogie.
“Well, this is a cozy threesome.”This time Liza’s thought held teasing and laughter.
“We’re one,” Leo whispered. “I’d heard tales of soulmates, and I suspected you were the one for us, but when nothing happened, I doubted the old stories.”
“Can we talk whenever we want without others hearing us?”
Liza shifted position and peered up at him, her expression intent.
