“Is he?”
Antoine agreed. “Yeah, he is the one they want. I’m just his friend, along for the ride. I’m sorry you keep getting dragged into this.”
“It’s okay.”
“Well, it’s not.”
Cassandra changed the subject and shook her head in disbelief. “I can't believe that you guys are dragons. I thought that they were mythical creatures. I had never heard of them actually being humans, too.”
“I'm not human, Cassandra. And Nathan isn’t a dragon.”
“Then, what are you? What is he?”
“I'm a dragon, and I'm a man. Nathan turns into a wolf. We are what are called shifters. We shift from one form to another.”
“Like a werewolf?”
“Sort of. Shifters can turn into anything, and I just happen to turn into a dragon. I know some that turn into bears, panthers, or lots of other things.”
Cassandra just couldn't believe it. She did have a million questions to ask, but it wasn't the right time. She’d had enough for the day. Between their lovemaking and the attack, the dragon knowledge, it was all just too much. Her brain was fried and all she wanted to do was lay down and go to sleep, for a very long time.
“I'll answer anything you want to know, Cassandra. All you have to do is ask. I can’t imagine how shocking all of this is to you.”
“Maybe later, Antoine. I just want to lay down somewhere and go to sleep.”
“Do you keep thinking that tomorrow everything will be different?”
Cassandra didn't want to admit it, but maybe that was the case. Maybe the reality that she found herself in was so overwhelming, that the idea of it all being a dream was starting to sound better and better. What if she could just wake up the next day and everything would be different and better? What if Antoine would be a man again and they wouldn't be running for their lives, narrowly escaping being burned alive, twice? Would that be so bad?
Chapter 14
Antoine
They got to Nathan’s, and Cassandra basically passed out as soon as he showed her where the bed was. Nathan kept apologizing, but Antoine wasn't really listening to him. He was more worried about Cassandra and how differently she was acting. She seemed out of it, and when Antoine said something to Nathan about it, he just explained that it was probably her way of dealing with it.
“You overloaded her human brain. She is definitely taking it better than I have seen some people take it. It's a lot to find out that everything you thought you knew, was wrong. I would imagine it's going to take a little time for her to get used to the idea of it. You're just going to have to give her time.”
“What if I don't want to give her time?”
“It doesn't really matter, does it? The fact is that she needs it. Just go slow with her and try to keep her out of this chaos.”
“Well, if I would stop being attacked, it probably would help things out. That's twice now she's almost been burned alive. I don't really know how to spin that into something good. Do you?”
“No, not really. I do know what you're going through, though, really I do. You seem to forget that I went through something very similar not too long ago.”
“I know, but it was easier when you were going through it, Nathan. It was worth it, though, wasn't it?”
Nathan agreed immediately.
“I wouldn't change any of it for the world, but there were definitely some moments that I had to consider if I was making the right choice or not. It was not an easy path.”
Antoine shrugged. “It doesn't matter if I've made the right choice or not with her. She is mated to me now. We are together for life. You know how that works.”
“Is that what you want, though?”
Antoine agreed that it was, without any hesitation. He wouldn't have let it happen, let his dragon take over, if he had been against it. There were ways to fight it, he could have left her there. He could have done a lot of things to stop it, but Antoine let it happen.
“So, you really did mate with her? I thought you were just going to bang her?”
