The Dragon's Bidder (Tahoe Dragon Mates 3)

"You got it," Natasha stated and turned away to make the drinks.

Ashley's gaze fell to Wes's lips. She wondered what the combination of man and whiskey would taste like.

Wes cleared his throat. "Careful, Ashley. You're all but begging me to break every rule there is and kiss you."

She met his gaze again. But instead of amusement, his pupils flashed between round and slitted, heat filling his eyes.

Damn, had all of Wes's bickering and challenging over the years hidden something else?

Natasha put the drinks down, and Ashley shook her head to clear it of such thoughts. She plucked out some money and paid for the drinks.

Wes growled, "I can pay for myself."

"Not tonight." She leaned in, picking up her drink and whispering to his ears only. "Tonight, you're my date, so I'm footing the bill."

"I have no say in this, do I?"

She smiled. "None. You know how stubborn I can be."

"Better than anyone," he murmured.

She laughed and motioned toward his drink. "Well, you're about to see another side to me, too—the competitive part. We're going to play either pool or darts. Your pick."

Swiping his whiskey from the bar, he asked, "Which are you better at?"

"Darts."

"Then darts it is." He leaned closer, his scent invading her nose. "Because it'll be that much sweeter when I win."

The words brought up another image, one of him winning control when she was naked and under him.

And Ashley pressed her legs closer together, hoping he couldn't tell how damn sexy that was to her.

But then his pupils flashed faster and she knew he'd scented her.

Taking a sip of her drink, she leaned away from him and walked toward the section with the dartboards against the back wall.

On impulse, she added an extra swing to her hips and could feel Wes's gaze on her ass.

The responsible thing would be to win at darts, down her drink, and end the night early.

However, as she took another sip of her uber strong drink, she decided that wasn't going to happen. She wanted to make the most of her one and only night with Wes Dalton.

If she could get them somewhere private, then there were a few things they could do without fully breaking the rules set forth in ADDA's guidebook.

But she needed to get Wes relaxed enough to agree. One drink would do nothing to him, with his fast dragon metabolism. Which meant she'd have to try and do it some other way.

And so her latest challenge began.

Chapter Three

Wes watched Ashley’s body sway as she walked away, his dragon growling and pacing inside his head at the sight. His beast said, She's inviting us to claim her. Can't you see it?

Just because she's attracted to us doesn't mean she's going to throw away everything she knows to sleep with us.

Then take her away from this bar. If we fly to one of our secret spots, no one will know what happens. And true, we can't kiss her mouth, but there are plenty of other things we could do. Like lick that sweet honey between her thighs.

He resisted groaning. Don't tempt me, dragon.