White Hot (Rulers of the Sky Book 3) by Paula Quinn & Dragonblade Publishing

White Hot (Rulers of the Sky Book 3) by Paula Quinn & Dragonblade Publishing

Author:Paula Quinn & Dragonblade Publishing [Quinn, Paula]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Fiction, Historical
Publisher: Dragonblade Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2017-12-25T16:00:00+00:00


Chapter Thirteen

River didn’t have enough time to process everything Jacob had told her while they waited for the ferry to dock. She was about to meet, quite literally, the father of dragons—the new kind, at least. The kind that could change at will. She was about to meet a man who’d been hatched. She felt a little queasy.

“Will he be able to read my thoughts?” she turned to ask Jacob, standing beside her.

“I’m going to ask him not to,” he said on a low, rumbling murmur.

“And if he refuses?”

“He won’t.”

He sounded sure, but she didn’t want another man in her head finding out things about her without her permission. “Is there some kind of Drakkon law or code he has to follow if you ask?”

He lowered his gaze and his voice. “Something like that.”

She almost didn’t hear him. What was he trying to hide? “Something like what, Jacob?”

“If I—ehm—” He lifted his eyes to hers and, in them, she saw both the Drakkon, hungry for her—and the man, unsure if she was going to hit him. “—claim possession of you.”

She smiled and then laughed a little. “You realize how barbaric and ancient that sounds, right?”

He hooked one corner of his mouth at her.

Right, she conceded. Dragons.

She watched the people departing the ferry. There were about a dozen—tourists here for the day. Most of them were looking behind them at the couple leaving last.

River didn’t know what she’d expected to see when Jacob had told her about the Gold. How does one measure a Drakkon king by human standards? Even with her imagination, she would have fallen short if she tried. Garbed in the splendor of the sun, his hair lit like a gilded gold crown, Garion Gold looked more like a god than a king. His clothes were expensive and cut well to fit his tall, muscular physique. He carried three large backpacks on his broad shoulders and a smaller carrier in his hand.

His wife was no less beautiful and regal with wide, deep blue eyes and a mantle of pearly white hair shot through with bolts of gold piled atop her head in a thick bun. She wore a cable-knit sweater, a shade lighter than her eyes, snug-fitting jeans, and hiking boots.

“She doesn’t look like the kind of woman who can be possessed,” River leaned in to tell Jacob, keeping her eyes on the confident-looking woman on her way toward them.

“They’re life mates,” Jacob told her. “They possess each other with equal measure.”

She looked up at him, forgetting his family. “Life mates?”

Jacob suddenly went stiff. “Sorry. Helena.” He pointed to his head to indicate his sister was speaking to him. River narrowed her eyes and didn’t push it when he didn’t explain. Life mates, huh? It didn’t sound like something a guy who’d never had attachments would take kindly to. She guessed there were some things about being a Drakkon that, for Jacob, weren’t dreams come true. He clearly wasn’t comfortable with commitment. How long would he stay with



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