Page 1 of Protecting His Treasure

Chapter One

Their first night…

Four orgasms in one night!

She’d really had four orgasms last night. That had never ever happened to her before. Never! Ever! As in, not once in her entire life. Not even close. A Christmas miracle indeed. Sinclair Rose stared over at the dragon shifter next to her, the creature responsible for her multiple orgasms.

Kaede was sleeping soundly. Her poor dragon. She’d worn her virgin mate out last night. Sin suppressed her giggle. He wasn’t a virgin anymore. And he damn sure hadn’t moved like one last night. He literally fucked her all night long. They showered twice. They fucked in the shower twice.

Then they did it a few more times in the bed. She even rode his face. That seemed to be his favorite position. Her favorite had been doggy style. Having him grip her hips as he pounded her from behind had been amazing. It was morning before they finally relaxed in each other’s embrace.

By then, the headboard was broken, the sheets were ripped to shreds, and the windows were shattered from her endless screaming. Needless to say, their first night together didn’t disappoint. Well, technically, it wasn’t their first night together. Smiling, she stared up at the ceiling as she took a trip down memory lane.

Her time in the Frostlands had become even more eventful after meeting her mate, Kaede Oshiro. Their real first night together hadn’t been as pleasant as last night. Not at all. Their first meeting started with him trying to kidnap her and failing. Sin chuckled. He’d really thought she was some damsel in distress that he could easily snatch up.

Not at all. Her mama didn’t raise no weak chicks. To his surprise, she ended up kidnapping his ass. That was the easy part. The hard part came when she tried to torture him. Epic fail. In her defense, it was her first time attempting to torture someone. And it wasn’t like there was a rule book out there with tips on how to torture someone.

Perhaps she should write one. Better yet, she should write one on called, How Not To Torture someone. It would list all the things not to do and all the things that could go wrong when you tried to torture someone. Needless to say, she’d tried it without any background knowledge on how to do it properly.

Things kind of went downhill from there. He ended up escaping, and she ended up tied to her bed. That wasn’t even the worse of it. Though she was eventually able to escape him, she didn’t get far. Before she could flee, those damn shredders attacked and tried to kill her. Their name pretty much summed up what they were.

They had poisonous claws that could shred flesh. And their screech could burst your eardrums. They were not a creature you’d like to meet in a back alley or a dark forest. Luckily, Kaede fought them off. But in the process, her dragon burned her house down, which was why she was now cuddled up in bed with him at the compound.

The compound was sort of a haven for creatures who’d been banished to this plane. The creatures there were kind. Scratch that. Most of the creatures there were kind. There was one succubus bitch who couldn’t seem to keep her eyes off Kaede. Sin could tell the chick was going to be a problem.

If Kaede didn’t handle her soon, Sin would. Though she wasn’t the jealous type, she also wasn’t the sharing type. And this big hunk of a beast next to her was all hers. From the top of his head, down to the bottom of his feet, every tattooed inch of him was hers. That included his sexy slanted eyes and his smooth tan skin.

She couldn’t leave out that rock hard six-pack that looked like it had been chiseled into his abdomen. And that dick. Sin sighed. She could talk for hours about that dick. It was a dick that could make a witch consider giving up magic forever. That’s how powerful it was. And he had a heart of gold.

That was what she liked most about him. Yes, he was a beast, a killing machine. But he was also kind to her. When he stared at her, he made her feel like she was the only girl in the world, in any world. He made her feel treasured. Something no other man, other than her father, had ever made her feel.

It was safe to say that he was a man her dad would approve of. Sin hadn’t planned on falling for her big sexy dragon. Now that she had, she was not about to share one inch of him. Sin reached over and trailed her fingertips over Kaede’s collar bone. Her mate shivered, but didn’t wake up.

Her mate. She really had a mate. And though their relationship started off rocky, she was okay with where it was right now. She actually liked her big sexy dragon. Even though he was resting right next to her, she still found it hard to believe that the two of them had ended up together.

With so many obstacles in place to keep them apart, they’d still managed to find each other. She’d never been a firm believer in fate. She was one of those, I make my own destiny, type of chicks. Yet, she was willing to give credit when credit was due. And fate deserved credit for this pairing.

The man she was meant to be with was banished to this plane sixty years ago. Even when he was on the mortal plane, he still lived on the other side of the world, nowhere near her. The chances of them meeting on the mortal plane were slim to none. And after he’d been banished her, those slim chances decreased to about one percent.

Now she knew why her granny always told her never to lose hope, never give up. She and her mate only had a one percent chance of meeting. Now look at them, both banished to the same plane and lying in bed together. If that wasn’t fate, she didn’t know what it was. The Deciders were probably regretting hiring him to kidnap her.

When they hired him, they had no way of knowing he was her mate. Neither she nor him expected to find their mates on this forsaken frozen plane called the Frostlands. Yet, they’d found each other. That one percent would not be denied. Another Christmas miracle. Never in a million years did she think she’d find the man of her dreams on this plane.

A plane that her little sister’s botched spell had sent her too. And her poor dragon had been here for decades before she arrived. Unlike her, he wasn’t sent here by mistake. He was cursed here. And the curse wasn’t just for him to be banished to this icy plane, he was also cursed never to speak again until he found his mate.

She thought she’d had it bad. He’d had it worse. And because he’d disobeyed The Deciders and didn’t kidnap her, things were only going to get a whole lot worse. The Deciders were relentless in their pursuits. They wouldn’t stop until they had what they wanted. And what they wanted now was her as their prisoner and Kaede dead.

Soon, they would start to send assassins after them. Sin and Kaede had to be ready. The entire compound had to be ready. And this was all Sin’s fault. She was the reason everyone’s life was now in danger. She was the reason everyone was on high alert and fearful of what was to come.

She’d brought trouble to this compound. And any death that occurred while she was here would be on her. Not wanting him to wake up and see her crying, Sin quickly wiped the tears from her eyes. Her mate stirred. Lying on her side, facing him, she closed her eyes and pretended to be asleep.

She could feel him turning over. She attempted to hold her body completely still, but damn near shivered when the warmth of his breath caressed her nipple. What was her dragon up to? Eyes still closed, she faked a yawn and tried to turn over onto her back. Before she could do so, he threw his leg over hers to hold her in place.

Unable to turn over without struggling, thus proving she was awake, Sin decided to go with the flow. What was he going to do next? Waiting was the hardest part. No longer did she have to worry about turning over onto her back. Kaede took care of that for her. Her mate gently pushed her backward.

Sin kept her body relaxed, and her eyes closed. A chill crept over her when he removed the sheet from the lower half of her body. She could feel him moving away from her. Where was he going? Seriously, what was her dragon planning on doing to her while she was asleep?

The answer came when he nudged her thighs apart. He raised her legs slightly and placed them over what felt like his shoulders. Sin wanted so badly to open her eyes. Fuck that. She didn’t even need to open both of them. Just one. She wanted to take a quick peek to see what he was doing.