She found her reflection, taking in the cant of her hips and the swell of her breasts because of the way she stood straight and confident.The soft, undulating light played over her skin.She could only stare for a moment.“I’m…”
“Beautiful.”
She met his gaze in the mirror, her heart thudding at the way he’d said the word, the way he’d meant it.“I was going to say different.I feel different since you Awakened me.”
“It’s the Dragon.They’re sensual creatures, and now that sensuality flows through your veins.”
Yes, it does.
“So that’s why I threw myself at you?”
“The only reason.”
“Then why did you kiss me back?”
He shrugged.“Caught up in the moment.Let’s get to work.”
She Catalyzed, still overtaken by the transformation.He shucked his pants and became Dragon, too.She charged him, eager to release some of her pent-up energy.If she battered him a bit, all the better, since he was the source of it.She rammed into his shoulder, bouncing back because he didn’t budge.
“Give me what you got, Ruby.”
Sheesh, even in Dragon speak, he could say her name like that.She faced off with him, figuring out her next angle of attack.He lunged beneath her, lifting his head and sending her rolling down his back.She landed off balance but bounded up quickly.
“Good recover,” he said as he swung his head around and pinned her against his shoulder.“As Dragon, your throat is your most vulnerable area.There’s a kill spot just beneath your chin where the scales are thinner.Our enemies know this.Never let anyone near your neck.”
Ruby knocked him back, freeing herself.She swung her tail at him, and he blocked it.The firelight shone and danced on his scales, making him as gorgeous as Dragon as he was as human.
“Do Dragons have sex?”she asked.“I mean, they seem…”
“Horny?”
“Yeah, pretty much.”
He leaned forward, as though to nuzzle her neck, then thumped her instead.“Watch your neck.Dragons would have sex if we let them.It’s one of the reasons you have to be in control before you can even think of finding a mate.You can’t let your Dragon go humping another Dragon.They’ll kill each other.Not intentionally, but throw claws and fangs into a frenzied mating ritual”—he shook his massive head—”dangerous as hell.”
She felt the shiver shimmy all the way down her body.No Dragon sex for you.Because Cyn’s Dragon had some razor-sharp talons and killer teeth.
Curiosity got the better of her.“Dragons have mates?”
“Like all beasts, they seek the right mate.If there’s genuine affection between two Dragons who partake in lovemaking, the beasts take it as being mated for life.They don’t understand the complications that go with human relationships or concepts like irreconcilable differences.”
They moved in a circle around each other, closing in until they were neck to neck, cheek to cheek.
She found herself playfully nipping his neck.“Sorry, that was my Dragon, not me.”
He nuzzled her, an evocative growl coming from his mouth.With what looked like some amount of effort, he pulled back.“Ditto.”
Against her will, she stepped closer to him again.“Our Dragons seem to be hot for each other.”
“Dragons have no sense of right and wrong, only of what they want.Mine doesn’t give a damn that you’re off limits.Time to Catalyze back before they get the wrong idea.”
Suddenly they were human again, side by side, their bare skin pressed together.Their gazes locked.She came to a stop, her chest so tight she could barely breathe.He, on the other hand, was breathing deeply.
“Except it doesn’t go away when the Dragons do,” she whispered.
“No, it doesn’t.”
He clamped his hand at the back of her neck and jerked her toward him, covering her mouth in a hungry kiss.She responded, desire exploding inside her.She was no accomplished kisser, but her mouth seemed to know exactly what to do, her tongue dancing and sparring with his the same way they’d just done as Dragons.
