Free Only For Her Dragon (Dragon Guard Series Book 6) by Julia Mills Page B

Bullshit that he and he alone was going to expose and burn to the ground.
    Pushing back up onto his good knee, leaning forward on his elbows, he finished the slow trek to his pallet located next to the lagoon. Collapsing next to the pool, he grabbed his cup, filled it with water, and drank until his body temperature finally started to return to normal.
    Sitting up and scooting until his back touched the wall, Andrew removed the ancient text from under his shirt. Opening the book, he pulled out the pages with John’s translations and began to review.
    A powerful white witch sworn to the Earth, of long regal lineage made whole by human love, must mate a dragon of royal descent marked by devastating loss and the heart of not one clan, but two. 
    The vibria born of human parents and the last female bred of two dragons lost in plain sight .
    Born to an extinct race, thought to be one but actually two. Both with destinies blessed by Fate, neither knowing the other exists…
    A calling to heal, a hidden nature, a history long forgotten…all protected in the heart of a woman destined to complete a warrior and his beast. The revelation of all she is brought forth from the joining with her mate.
    He searched the back of the book, finding his translations…
    … The gift of love and the hope of a future unlocks her true nature with the surrender of a mate’s heart.
    The page from the ancient grimoire, written in blood and containing the spell that would deliver the forever death, fell onto his lap. He looked at it like it was the Holy Grail and in all actuality…for him it was. It was his secret weapon against the race that wronged him. The race that had forgotten him. The race that had left him to die.
    Andrew held the paper to his chest, closed his eyes, and chuckled.
    This is gonna be good.

 
    CHAPTER SIX
    Charlie had tossed and turned all night, dreams of Aaron fighting a black hooded figure chased her every sleeping moment. There were times it looked like his opponent might take him down, but then she would glimpse his cocky grin and watch the man that was becoming so important to her cut down everything in his path. His raw power was awesome and fueled by the dragon she could feel within him. He not only possessed brute strength, but also an iron will and a pure determination that would not be defeated.
    Reluctantly, Charlie opened her eyes, squinting at the glare. Shards of light shone through the gaps in her light blue blackout curtains, nearly blinding her as she cursed under her breath. Those curtains had been the best investment she’d made during her first year as an intern. Working all kinds of crazy hours, never sure when she’d be able to get back to her bed, she’d learned quickly that even in the bright light of day an hour or two of sleep was a blessing, and her curtains tricked her brain into believing it was always nighttime.
    Not when you don’t shut them all the way, doofus.
    Throwing the blankets over her head, she groaned while rolling away from the offending light. She tossed and turned until her legs were encased in the sheets and she felt like a mummy. Laughing at her own silliness, Charlie threw off the covers, careful not to look towards the window, and stared at the far wall, once again thinking about the man that would not leave her alone, whether awake or sleeping.
    He’s an addiction they don’t have a twelve-step program for.
    After several long minutes, she sat up and threw her legs over the edge of the bed, talking to the room around her. “Might as well get this day started. Wonder how much trouble I can get into?”
    Making her way to the bathroom, she brushed her teeth, took a shower, and threw on a pair of shorts and a T-shirt. She followed the smell of freshly brewed coffee to the kitchen, thanking the Lord above for coffeemakers with timers. Steaming mug in hand, she padded to the deck and plopped into the redwood Adirondack chair, propping her feet on the large terra cotta pot in