His dragon flicked his tail, as if reminding Gregor of their earlier conversation. Gregor answered, “If my junior doctor on Lochguard had examined Nikki, she would’ve cleared her. I just like to be extra careful.”
“I know what happened to your mate, Innes, and I’m sorry. But Nikki is strong and young, with no history of complications or even ill health. If your other doctor would clear her, then don’t feel guilty about doing the same.”
He’s right, his dragon said. Let’s help Cassidy.
After taking a deep breath, Gregor replied, “What did you want me to do?”
~~~
Sid watched as her dragon weaved them between the trees. Her beast had been wandering the forest for nearly an hour. While dragons circled overhead, Rafe’s scent had vanished.
She knew that Bram wouldn’t give up on her so easily, but she kept that thought tightly guarded so her beast wouldn’t pick up on it. She had no bloody idea if she could even keep a secret without proper training, but she was going to try.
Their stomach rumbled and her beast murmured, “Food. I need food.”
Extending an arm, her fingers extended into talons. Not wanting the shift, Cassidy banged
against her prison. I know where we can get food.
The beast paused before saying aloud, “Where?”
The clan has food. She paused and decided to add, Gregor will feed us.
Yes, our mate. He will feed us and then I’ll fuck him.
Sid decided to keep appealing to her dragon’s baser instincts. Yes, food and lots of fucking. Find him. That means in human form as the frenzy can only be completed when human.
My male, not yours. I want him.
Then go.
Her dragon hesitated. Not that Sid could blame her—they were strangers, after all. She also had no idea how much her beast had learned about Sid during her twenty-plus-year confinement.
Seizing on what might be her only chance, Sid recalled Gregor’s naked chest, brushing his blond chest hair, and drinking in the view of his chiseled muscles. Her dragon started humming, so Sid went further and visualized the peek she’d had of Gregor’s cock back on Lochguard all those months ago.
Heat raced through her body as her beast took the combined images of Gregor’s naked body and visualized them straddled over him and riding him hard.
She should stop her dragon, but deep down, Sid wished she had the chance to do exactly as her beast wanted.
Wait, what was wrong with her? It must be the effects of her dragon’s lust seeping into her own thoughts. She couldn’t allow the mate-claim frenzy to happen.
Right before her beast had them coming in their vision, the faint trace of a familiar male scent drifted into the air.
Gregor.
The movie stopped in her head and her beast sniffed the air. He’s here. Forget food. I want to claim him.
Sid had hoped to use the need to claim Gregor as a method to get back to Stonefire. If he were really in the woods, she feared for his safety. An out-of-control dragon could be rough, or so she’d read in a few reports in the past. Fracturing a penis wasn’t completely ridiculous.
Well, if it came to it, Sid would do whatever it took to make sure her beast didn’t hurt Gregor.
Just as she stood inside her prison and readied herself, a shirtless Gregor stood in front of them. “Hello, lass. Looking for me?”
~~~
Gregor barely noticed the cool spring air as he spotted a wild-eyed Cassidy standing about ten feet away. He’d found her.
His dragon hissed. Of course we did. Stop doubting me.