to look at him and noticed how very beautiful he really is. His long sandy brown hair, which was now wet and out of place all around his face. He had the most kissable lips, hell even the five O clock shadow he had going on was sexy too. I guess that meant he’s been stressing and something was bothering him.
He was smirking now “If they look that kissable to you Veronica, then please don’t hesitate to kiss them.” I looked up from his lips and he now had his eyes wide open staring straight at me. His eyes are never human, which was fine with me. I was starting to get used to them.
I looked back down at his scrumptious lips and let my tongue trace around mine. “I can’t…I don’t…What is wrong with you? One minute you want to stay away from me, and then the next you want me to be all over you? I swear if I didn’t know any better I would say you are a tease.” I turn my face quickly back up to the sky ignoring his stare.
“I am no tease Veronica; I just don’t want to hurt you. I am a dragon, can you not understand that?”
“I do understand, but do you think I care at this point? It is already too late for me to stay away from you especially since we are bound. It’s not like I can get rid of the tattoo Liam.” I am fuming at this point and I could feel my chest rising and falling really hard like I was about to combust. I was tired of holding in my feelings and staying quiet. I was different now, and there was no way to explain it. It kind of scared me because I was never this bold, courageous person who went around kissing dragons. Finally something good was happening to me and I would be damn if let something come along and mess it up.
I got up from the grass and start to undress “Whoa, let’s not get ahead of ourselves there.” He said getting up as well, and looking at me with wild eyes.
“Oh my God Liam, really? You didn’t make me want to drop my panties that fast for you. I just wanted to go for a swim” Yeah right, who am I kidding? I really do want to drop my panties whenever I am around him, but he does not need to know that. Crap! I forgot he can read minds.
He chuckled and then puts both hands on his waist while watching me strip down to my underwear. “Stay out of my head before I kick your ass.” I push past him and I could feel his eyes burning holes in the back of my head. “And stop checking my ass out as I walk away.”
He laughs out loud “Now who is in whose head?” he asked.
I jumped inside the lake and the water was warm. Liam followed right behind me still wearing his boxer briefs. We started swimming slowly around each other and he was looking at me.
I decided that this would be the only opportunity I would probably get to ask him questions. “Tell me about yourself Liam. I want to know something about you. Do you have family?”
“We are born to a human woman, but she almost always dies during child birth. The male dragon who has impregnated the female tells the White Guardian’s about the female and they bring her here to Dragconia to see through the birth. My dad was a Black Dragon but he was killed a very long time ago. I have no siblings because there can only be one dragon birth to each human, since it’s rare they survive the first pregnancy there is never a sibling unless the female has twins.
“We live a very, very long time and the only way we can die is if we are killed by another dragon. There are about three Black dragons alive including myself. I took this job as a Guardian because I didn’t want to be mated with someone. So I spend my time protecting humans by taking cases. I never knew it would go in this direction though.”
I stare at him for which feels like an eternity, but is only mere seconds “What do you mean, what is so different this time?” He suddenly looked up at the sky like he was thinking of how to get the words out, but he only attempted and came closer to me in the water. I felt his hands go to my waist under the
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