Page 20 of Obsession Under the Southern Stars

Oops.

But… the mating thing.

He was still staring at me when I focused on him again.

And his eyes were still burning with fire.

“What do we do now?” I whispered.

His chest rumbled again, but he didn’t answer.

Apparently he wasn’t a man of many words.

He finally withdrew his hand from my skin.

The moment he did, a wave of warmth rolled through me. It felt like I’d stepped outside on a hot summer day, and was just standing in the sun.

It was… uncomfortable.

Had Elodie mentioned that? I didn’t think she had.

Jasper rose to his feet.

What was I supposed to do? Just watch him leave? Let him go? He obviously wasn’t interested in me, and I?—

A shriek escaped me when he grabbed me by the waist and threw me over his shoulder. The motion was smooth enough that it didn’t hurt at all, but it scared the shit out of me.

He tugged my dress down my ass roughly, then held the fabric down over my butt. Though his hand felt kind of nice there, and the summer-day feeling vanished when he was touching me, I didn’t know what to think

Or what to do.

“What are you doing?” I called over his shoulder.

The man didn’t say a word as he carried me into the forest, away from the music and lights.

Or as he set me down on my feet two minutes later, away from the rest of the party.

My eyes widened as he stripped out of his suitcoat and tie.

Then unbuttoned his white shirt and dropped it on the dirt with the rest of his clothes, exposing skin dripping in elegant, black-ink tattoos.

Then stepped out of his pants.

He didn’t seem keen on answering a single one of my questions, so I didn’t ask what he was doing again.

I did hold up my hands and take a step back when I saw the massive erection he was sporting, though.

Holy shit, Elodie wasn’t kidding when she said supernatural dicks were big.

But dragons were protectors.

They didn’t hurt people.

So I didn’t think he was going to attack me. But still…

My fears vanished when he rolled his shoulders back, and shifted.

My lips parted as a gigantic silver dragon replaced the attractive man. He barely fit between the trees.