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6
Dralle
She was on my mind at all times, all of a sudden.
Although many of my mornings were taken as I had to train recruits for the army I didn’t want to be in anymore, I didn’t care because I hadherin the evenings. We danced, kissed, and ate food, and although it didn’t get much further than that, I knew that it so easily could.
I didn’t want to seal the deal with her until she knew the truth, though.
She was sexy as hell, and anytime I was near her, my body knew what to do with her, but I’d feel like I was starting this on the wrong foot if I lied. Heather deserved to know.
“Take tomorrow off; it’s Sunday,” I told the recruits after I finished running drills with them. Most of them seemed to be doing a good job, but many were just kids. Because women were the largest part of the population of our kingdom, most of our soldiers were women as well. They didn’t have much of a say in it.
I knew what that was like.
The only reason I got this job was because of how good I was at what I did. Being the most enormous dragon shifter meant I could command a certain kind of respect from those who crossed us. We had issues with gargoyles coming from the forest and trying to trash the kingdom when I was a kid. Then some human and shifter conspiracy theorists found us as well.
We had to do what we had to do.
I had no say in it.
Eventually, they found a spell that would wipe memories instead. But by then, I’d spilled so much blood keeping violent people out of the kingdom.
Doing what I was told to do to protect the land from being found out.
I was good at what I did.
I never wanted to kill again, though. Even a whiff of blood seemed to activate that side of myself, though, and I hated it. It felt like I was going to lose control at any time. When I smelled Heather’s blood, it almost-
This isn’t a risk I can take anymore.
Pulling my train of thought off that track, I packed a small bag of clothes to change into when I landed. There were no servants eager to dress me when I shifted back to my human form in Ember Abyss, and I wasn’t going to walk up to Heather naked yet.
Maybe after being a little more honest.
Lifting up into the air was easy, simple. It felt like my body was created to glide and fly, like how I imagine birds must feel. Flying is as simple as running is in human form. A little momentum and I was off. The forest slipped away beneath me, and as I flew, I smelled the air for any threats near the castle. Nothing.
Luckily for me, the garage she worked in wasn’t far from the edge of the forest, and I could reach it without anyone noticing a dragon hovering over a city.
There were no bikes outside besides her motorcycle, which means that her brothers had already left for the day. I knew she stayed upstairs, and I wanted to see what her room was like, how soft her bed was: but I also learned how important it was for me to stick to the plan.
More was at stake than a cruddy date.
As I drifted in and landed, I quickly dressed in the clothes I’d packed. If Heather ever saw me scramble like this to look good for her, I know that she would laugh. I would just have to be careful and never give her the chance to figure it out.
Instead, fully dressed, I knocked on the garage door.
“It’s unlocked,” she hollered.
My blood went a little hot at this, thinking about how unsafe that was for her. I’d noticed several men noticing her during the times I’d checked in on her during the day. It made me want to take them down, crumple them and tell them who she belonged to.
She was my woman.
Someday she’d be thick with my children, but until then, the only way I could protect her was by watching. Nobody else could touch her, or I might go back to my old ways.
Heather was more precious to me than the kingdom.
It was a weird thought to have about a woman I’d only known for about a week and a half, but it felt right. She was my fated mate, the one that all of time and history has led to me meeting. How could I be anything less than overprotective over her?
