effectively stop whoever is using it from exposing our kind. We’re all in danger.”
How could she refuse to help him when he had taken on such an important task? “I don’t see how I can be of help to you, Damek. I can’t control my powers.”
When he just sat and looked at her for a minute, May finally got it. “Oh! I see. You think that I am your mate and that if we…um, get together, I’ll have control and be able to help you.” She shook her head with a sigh. “What happens when we kiss and you find out you’re wrong?” May leaned forward and narrowed her eyes. “What will you do then? You’re not betting on a sure thing here, you know.”
“If I’m wrong, I could still use your help. Even if the plants don’t survive, at least I will have found them. Who knows?” He held his hands out, palms up. “I just might find some dormant seeds of some extinct plant while I’m here. I refuse to believe this is all a waste of time.”
“Do you really love searching for extinct plants? It seems as though it would be boring and tedious.” May tilted her head and met his gaze. Could it really be possible that she had met a man who loved nature as much as she did?
“Of course I do.” He reached out and took her hands. “I’m the Earth dragon. I am tied to the entire planet—as are others like me.” He smiled at her as the car came to a stop. “I think we were meant to be together, but there is only one way to find out.”
Yes, there was and it was past time that she stopped making excuses. When had she changed her mind about him? Somehow, she’d suddenly decided that she wanted to be his mate.
Leaning forward, May closed her eyes, pressed her lips to his, and waited. With a feeling of loss and regret, she looked at him and blinked. “You know,” she said holding her fingers to her mouth, “I’d actually come to terms with the fact that you were right.”
“And now you’re disappointed?”
May didn’t trust the look in his eyes. He looked like he wanted to laugh. “What?”
“Perhaps we should try again, little one. Only this time, open your mouth and your mind.”
“It’s a waste of time.”
“Just humor me. You said you had begun to agree with me. Perhaps we didn’t do it right the first time.”
“Maybe.” She bit her lip, reached up, and twisted her hair. “I really don’t know much about kissing. I guess I could have done it wrong.” She shrugged. “It’s not like I go around kissing every man I’ve met.”
“You have never kissed a man before today, have you?” Damek asked shrewdly.
“Of course I have.” She scowled at him.
“Your father and your brothers do not count, May.”
She pursed her lips. “How did you know?”
“Because you kissed me the way a woman kisses her father.” He winked. “The last thing I want is for you to look upon me as a father figure.”
“Oh.” May felt her face heat up and looked down at her hands in her lap.
Reaching out, Damek placed two fingers under her chin, lifting it so she would meet his gaze. “That is nothing to be ashamed of, little one.”
For once, she liked that he called her that. It made her feel feminine and special. May licked her lips, tucked her hair behind her ear, and tilted her head. “So, how does a woman kiss a man who isn’t related to her?”
May knew she was asking for trouble, but for once, she wasn’t going to play it safe. She may never have kissed a man, but she was sure her secret was safe with him. Her bad girl image with the family would stand and she would still have saved herself for her husband. She knew it was a contradiction, but she didn’t really care. Whose business was it? No one’s but hers and the man with whom she would spend the rest of her life. Suddenly, she hoped that man was Damek. It didn’t matter that he was a big man and that it was most likely big men who had killed her parents. All that mattered was that he seemed to understand her like no one else ever
How could she refuse to help him when he had taken on such an important task? “I don’t see how I can be of help to you, Damek. I can’t control my powers.”
When he just sat and looked at her for a minute, May finally got it. “Oh! I see. You think that I am your mate and that if we…um, get together, I’ll have control and be able to help you.” She shook her head with a sigh. “What happens when we kiss and you find out you’re wrong?” May leaned forward and narrowed her eyes. “What will you do then? You’re not betting on a sure thing here, you know.”
“If I’m wrong, I could still use your help. Even if the plants don’t survive, at least I will have found them. Who knows?” He held his hands out, palms up. “I just might find some dormant seeds of some extinct plant while I’m here. I refuse to believe this is all a waste of time.”
“Do you really love searching for extinct plants? It seems as though it would be boring and tedious.” May tilted her head and met his gaze. Could it really be possible that she had met a man who loved nature as much as she did?
“Of course I do.” He reached out and took her hands. “I’m the Earth dragon. I am tied to the entire planet—as are others like me.” He smiled at her as the car came to a stop. “I think we were meant to be together, but there is only one way to find out.”
Yes, there was and it was past time that she stopped making excuses. When had she changed her mind about him? Somehow, she’d suddenly decided that she wanted to be his mate.
Leaning forward, May closed her eyes, pressed her lips to his, and waited. With a feeling of loss and regret, she looked at him and blinked. “You know,” she said holding her fingers to her mouth, “I’d actually come to terms with the fact that you were right.”
“And now you’re disappointed?”
May didn’t trust the look in his eyes. He looked like he wanted to laugh. “What?”
“Perhaps we should try again, little one. Only this time, open your mouth and your mind.”
“It’s a waste of time.”
“Just humor me. You said you had begun to agree with me. Perhaps we didn’t do it right the first time.”
“Maybe.” She bit her lip, reached up, and twisted her hair. “I really don’t know much about kissing. I guess I could have done it wrong.” She shrugged. “It’s not like I go around kissing every man I’ve met.”
“You have never kissed a man before today, have you?” Damek asked shrewdly.
“Of course I have.” She scowled at him.
“Your father and your brothers do not count, May.”
She pursed her lips. “How did you know?”
“Because you kissed me the way a woman kisses her father.” He winked. “The last thing I want is for you to look upon me as a father figure.”
“Oh.” May felt her face heat up and looked down at her hands in her lap.
Reaching out, Damek placed two fingers under her chin, lifting it so she would meet his gaze. “That is nothing to be ashamed of, little one.”
For once, she liked that he called her that. It made her feel feminine and special. May licked her lips, tucked her hair behind her ear, and tilted her head. “So, how does a woman kiss a man who isn’t related to her?”
May knew she was asking for trouble, but for once, she wasn’t going to play it safe. She may never have kissed a man, but she was sure her secret was safe with him. Her bad girl image with the family would stand and she would still have saved herself for her husband. She knew it was a contradiction, but she didn’t really care. Whose business was it? No one’s but hers and the man with whom she would spend the rest of her life. Suddenly, she hoped that man was Damek. It didn’t matter that he was a big man and that it was most likely big men who had killed her parents. All that mattered was that he seemed to understand her like no one else ever
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