Free Jorden: The McCade Dragon –Erotic Paranormal Romance by Kathi S. Barton Page B

circumstances surrounding it. I don’t trust easily, if at all, and my son is my entire world. What I’m trying to say is, I don’t know what to do about you and your family, or what it is that you want from us.”
    “What is it you think we want for you to do?” She told him she had no idea. “All right, that’s fair enough. But can I tell you what I want? What I’d like to see happen between us?”
    “You want to fuck me.” He shook his head. “Come on, you’re not going to sit there and tell me you don’t want to have sex with me. I might be a little rusty when it comes to sex, but I know when someone wants me.”
    “I do want you. Badly as a matter of fact. All I can think about is laying you out on my bed and feasting on every single part of you. Then when I’ve had my tongue on every single part of you, I want to start over. I want to bury my cock deep into you, fill you with all that I am, and have you scream out my name while I do so.” Jasmine shifted on her seat when he touched his fingers to her cheek. “No, Jasmine, I don’t want to merely fuck you, I want to make love to you. Make love with you. Bring your body to peak with all that I am, not because you’re a woman, but because I want you to belong to me.”
    Tears filled her eyes at his soft words. They were kind and loving. She was sure that he meant them too, that he’d not been just telling her things that he thought she wanted to hear. Kris had done that all the time, and she’d hated it.
    “I don’t know how to be what you need.” He asked her what it was she thought he might need. “I don’t know. I’m not sure. When I was married the first time, even before we were married a full two days, he told me that I wasn’t what he wanted in a bed partner. And that he’d never loved me, only saw me as a means to get what he wanted from his mom. He cared for me, but he’d never love me, he told me. And if I hadn’t sort of forced his hand that first night we were together, I’m pretty sure that he wouldn’t have ever had sex with me.”
    “From all accounts of Kris that we were able to find, he wasn’t a very good man. I mean, he might have been had his mom not messed with his life, but he should have taken better care with you and Gavin. Money, it seems, was more important to him than simply seeing that he had responsibilities that had nothing to do with his sexual preferences.” She nodded and looked away. “Jasmine, Gavin will never feel like he’s not important to me. I’ll provide for you and him like he’s my own child. And any we might have later, if you wish, they will only know him as Gavin, their big brother. I want him to carry my name, be a McCade, not because I’ve married his mom—and that is what I want more than anything—but because I love you and him enough to make sure the world knows it.”
    “I don’t know what I want or need right now other than to be safe. And Gavin will need to know that you’re not just saying pretty words to get his mom in the sack. He has to trust you more than I do right now.” He said he understood that. “Can you? Can you know what it’s like to not have any idea if the next person that comes around the corner is going to try and kill you? That every time Gavin isn’t in your sight, you wonder if he’s safe?”
    “Yes.” She stared at him. “Gavin might not be of my body, but he’s like a son to me already, and will be if you consent to it. I know this is too soon, that you’re still trying to get your feet under you, but I’m in love with you.”
    “No, that’s not possible. You just.... It’s just the need to have sex, that’s all. You’re a man that needs to have sex, and that’s all you’re feeling right now.” He stood up but didn’t move. She was worried that she might have hurt him in some way. “I’m sorry, Jorden, I really am, but I’m slightly overwhelmed right now and I don’t know what way is up.”
    “I want to take you to my bed and