Reawakening the Dragon (Stonefire Dragons 4)

The difference is that I know what I’m doing.

His beast had just started to ascend when Bram gave the signal for Kai to land.

Even as his dragon began their descent, he grumbled, I have so many more moves to show Jane.

We have plenty of time for that later.

She still hasn’t said if she’s staying or not.

Jane wants to prove herself first. Give it time.

His beast growled. I don’t want to risk losing her.

Kai paused and then replied, I don’t, either. But she needs to do this. Be patient.

With a huff, his dragon concentrated on slowing down their speed and gently landing on the ground. As soon as his wings stopped beating, Jane raced straight for him.

She stopped just in front of him and raised her brows. “Well? Aren’t you going to give me a dragon cuddle?”

Only because dragons couldn’t roll their eyes did Kai not do it.

Still, he lowered his head and Jane hugged his snout as he wrapped his tail gently around his human.

His dragon chimed in. I love dragon cuddles.

You would think she’d choose a different name.

Why? It’s to the point.

Because it’s “cute” and not very dragon-like.

I’m the dragon half and I say it is dragon-like. We should make it an official term

Thankfully, Jane lifted her head and patted his snout, which shut up his beast. She demanded, “That wasn’t so hard, was it?” He huffed and her hair blew out behind her. Jane grinned. “I’m going to interpret that as you want another one.”

She had just hugged his snout again when Bram’s amused voice filled the clearing. “As much as I love watching Kai give you dragon cuddles, we need him to shift back.”

Jane kept her hand on his snout but turned her body toward Bram’s. “Tell Sid and Nikki to look the other way.”

Bram was trying hard not to smile. Kai’s dragon chimed in. She is possessive and loves to give cuddles. There is no way I’m letting her go.

Nikki’s voice rang out, and it sounded as if she were trying not to laugh. “We’ve turned around, Jane.”

Jane nodded and looked back to Kai. “Now you can shift.”

He grunted. Sometimes it was hard to be in dragon form and not be able to talk.

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Once Jane was at a safe distance, Kai imagined his talons shrinking into hands and feet, his tail merging into his back, and his snout changing into his human face.

Before Bram could say anything, Kai strode up to Jane and whispered into her ear, “I’m getting you back later for the dragon cuddles. I thought we’d agreed you wouldn’t say that in front of others.”

Jane raised an eyebrow. “You stated I wouldn’t do it. I never agreed.”

He moved his hand to her arse and squeezed. “I’ll deal with your payback later.” Kai looked to Bram. “Well?”

To his credit, Bram didn’t laugh. “Sid needs to ask you a few questions.” Bram looked to Jane. “Can she come over now?”