Dragon's Complete Desire: The Killington Dragons (Paranormal Romance) by Meg Ripley Page A
Authors: Meg Ripley
Tags: Fiction, Romance, Contemporary, Paranormal, Adult, supernatural, Short-Story, alpha male, Anthology, demons, Angels, Marriage, Occult, Shifter, dragon shifters, collection, devils, Erotice, Two Books In One, The Killington Dragons
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get some sleep before taking care of everything tomorrow. If Arach wants me to stay with you, that means that whole time, so I'm going to go pack while you sit here and figure out the sleeping arrangements.
Vivian sat down hard in the chair beside her as Cade stepped out of the room, shifting instantly back into the dark green dragon as he made his way down the corridor. She stayed in the same position until Cade came back in the room. He had a leather satchel around his neck and he stared at Vivian expectantly from the doorway. When she didn't move, he made a sharp gesture with his head and stepped backwards out of the room, the massive size of his shoulders and folded wings making it impossible for him to turn around to leave.
Vivian stood and followed him, feeling more of a pull toward him the longer they were near each other. When they made it outside, Cade led her to a large open area to the back of the house and lowered his neck to the ground. Vivian tilted her head questioningly at him, unsure of the meaning behind the gesture. He waited for a few seconds, and then lifted his head to approach her. She shivered slightly as he came up beside her, close enough that his smooth, warm skin brushed against her leg, and then she felt him tuck his head behind the backs of her thighs. In one swift motion, he flung her into the air and onto his back.
She grabbed at his shoulders, gasping as her body landed between his wings. Cade lifted his neck to nudge her so her thighs parted and she slid backwards a few inches to a spot where she felt more stable. Without any more hesitation, the dragon beneath her lifted, his leathery wings stretched to either side of his body, and they soared up into a sky just beginning to pale with the first streaks of early morning sunlight.
The air around her felt cooler and Vivian closed her eyes to let it stream across her face. It smelled fresh and dewy, the smokiness of the close stone room gone. After a few moments the smooth movement of Cade's body through the air lulled her and the adrenaline of the night's revelations seeped out of her. Vivian bent forward to rest her head on his strong back and breathed in the scent of sage as sleep gently took over.
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The feeling of Cade landing on the ground jostled Vivian awake and she sat up, nearly losing her balance and sliding from his back as she briefly forgot where she was. A pastel sunrise was coming over the horizon, pouring light over the dew-tipped grass around them. Vivian swept one leg over his back to join the other and jumped down with as much grace as she could muster, staring around them at the still, empty country club lawn.
"Why are we here?" she asked.
She turned back to him and was startled to see Cade had shifted. He stood close enough that she could see the streaks of color across the honeyed background of his eyes and her breath caught slightly in her throat.
"You were sleeping and couldn't tell me anywhere else to go. This is the only place I know outside of Killington."
"You never leave?" she asked, her voice softer than she had expected it to be.
Cade shook his head slowly.
"I was born there. Most of us stay there our entire lives. We aren't exactly…trusting of humans."
"Why? You seem to be the ones that would be more dangerous."
A slight, sarcastic smile curved his full lips.
"We might have claws and fire, but at least we dragons don't offer up our young as peace offerings."
Vivian gave him a quizzical look.
"Isn't that exactly why Arach and Aurora are together? She told me that their fathers promised them to each other before she was even born."
"She was born to be his. You saw them. Did they look like they were oppressed and forced to be together?"
Vivian remembered the look on Aurora's face as she led Arach out of the room, and shook her head.
"No."
"No, they didn’t. They looked like they couldn't wait to get each other's clothes off." Cade stepped up slightly closer to her and Vivian felt a
Vivian sat down hard in the chair beside her as Cade stepped out of the room, shifting instantly back into the dark green dragon as he made his way down the corridor. She stayed in the same position until Cade came back in the room. He had a leather satchel around his neck and he stared at Vivian expectantly from the doorway. When she didn't move, he made a sharp gesture with his head and stepped backwards out of the room, the massive size of his shoulders and folded wings making it impossible for him to turn around to leave.
Vivian stood and followed him, feeling more of a pull toward him the longer they were near each other. When they made it outside, Cade led her to a large open area to the back of the house and lowered his neck to the ground. Vivian tilted her head questioningly at him, unsure of the meaning behind the gesture. He waited for a few seconds, and then lifted his head to approach her. She shivered slightly as he came up beside her, close enough that his smooth, warm skin brushed against her leg, and then she felt him tuck his head behind the backs of her thighs. In one swift motion, he flung her into the air and onto his back.
She grabbed at his shoulders, gasping as her body landed between his wings. Cade lifted his neck to nudge her so her thighs parted and she slid backwards a few inches to a spot where she felt more stable. Without any more hesitation, the dragon beneath her lifted, his leathery wings stretched to either side of his body, and they soared up into a sky just beginning to pale with the first streaks of early morning sunlight.
The air around her felt cooler and Vivian closed her eyes to let it stream across her face. It smelled fresh and dewy, the smokiness of the close stone room gone. After a few moments the smooth movement of Cade's body through the air lulled her and the adrenaline of the night's revelations seeped out of her. Vivian bent forward to rest her head on his strong back and breathed in the scent of sage as sleep gently took over.
****
The feeling of Cade landing on the ground jostled Vivian awake and she sat up, nearly losing her balance and sliding from his back as she briefly forgot where she was. A pastel sunrise was coming over the horizon, pouring light over the dew-tipped grass around them. Vivian swept one leg over his back to join the other and jumped down with as much grace as she could muster, staring around them at the still, empty country club lawn.
"Why are we here?" she asked.
She turned back to him and was startled to see Cade had shifted. He stood close enough that she could see the streaks of color across the honeyed background of his eyes and her breath caught slightly in her throat.
"You were sleeping and couldn't tell me anywhere else to go. This is the only place I know outside of Killington."
"You never leave?" she asked, her voice softer than she had expected it to be.
Cade shook his head slowly.
"I was born there. Most of us stay there our entire lives. We aren't exactly…trusting of humans."
"Why? You seem to be the ones that would be more dangerous."
A slight, sarcastic smile curved his full lips.
"We might have claws and fire, but at least we dragons don't offer up our young as peace offerings."
Vivian gave him a quizzical look.
"Isn't that exactly why Arach and Aurora are together? She told me that their fathers promised them to each other before she was even born."
"She was born to be his. You saw them. Did they look like they were oppressed and forced to be together?"
Vivian remembered the look on Aurora's face as she led Arach out of the room, and shook her head.
"No."
"No, they didn’t. They looked like they couldn't wait to get each other's clothes off." Cade stepped up slightly closer to her and Vivian felt a
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