Page 57 of Protecting His Treasure

“Where will you be?”

“I’m just saying.”

“I’m just saying… you’ll be here. You promised to never leave my side, dragon. I’m holding you to that. You’re stuck with me forever. So, if I ever run up on a deadly dragon, you’ll be there to protect me.”

“I thought you were an independent woman.”

“I am.”

“Then you need to be able to take care of yourself, Sinclair Rose.”

Sinclair paused playing with her sword. “Are you still mad about that? I told you we can let it be Sinclair Rose-Oshiro.”

“I don’t need your charity. I need you to focus. Where did I tell you to stab a dragon shifter who was trying to hurt you?”

Sinclair rolled her eyes. “In his dick.”

“If you’re not going to take this seriously, I’m going inside.”

“What’s wrong with you?”

“You. You say you want to train but then you play with the weapons and treat them like a toy.”

“Sorry. Damn.”

“I don’t need an apology. I need you to get your shit together.”

Shocked silent, Sinclair watched Kaede storm from the backyard and re-enter the house. “What the hell crawled up his ass and bit his rectum?” she whispered. “Did that motherfucker just tell me to get my shit together?”

She looked back at the house. Now she was mad. They were doing so well, then he had to go and do some shit like that. Part of her wanted to go inside and ask him what his problem was. The other part of her was like fuck him. I’m not talking to his fire breathing ass until he apologizes.

Forget that, she wasn’t going to go home at all. It was her turn to spend the day away from the house. She would go… she would go… find Lee or Marta. Maybe Rhen. What she wasn’t going to do, was go home to Kaede’s crazy ass. Sin tossed her sword onto the back porch and stomped off in search of someone to vent to.

Crazy part was, all she really wanted to do was go inside and hold him.