If she wasn’t careful, she feared he could talk her into absolutely anything. She grasped his wrist and took a step back. “Taite. I know you’ve been waiting a long time and I fully understand your impatience, but I need some time to get to know you before I can do this. Please?”
“How much time?”
***
It had been days since he had ordered Walter from the castle. So many days, Graeme suspected it might really be weeks.
The joke had been in poor taste, but he hadn’t expected the ghost to actually leave, let alone stay away so long. Graeme grudgingly admitted to himself that he actually missed the meddling little miscreant.
He’d even gone so far as to ask Martyn and Thora if they knew Walter’s whereabouts. They’d had no idea, but weren’t concerned in the slightest. “He’ll turn up when you least expect him,” they’d said.
He was just about to climb into a hot bath when Walter proved them right.
“You’d best get your clothes back on and come with me, my lord. I have a wonderful surprise for you.”
“Walter, I’m warning you. If this is another attempt to set me up with a wife, I’ll banish you from the castle for the rest of eternity.”
“Hurry. Your surprise is waiting at the front gates.”
Against his better judgement, Greymoor put his clothes back on. He would go to the gate, but he refused to hurry. He sauntered through the castle and took wicked delight in the frustration that furrowed Walter’s brow.
“You’re going to slow. Trust me, you will regret wasting so much as a second.”
He would regret nothing, and if the little toad didn’t shut up, he was going to turn around and climb into that bath.
Curiosity got the better of him, however, and he sped up to a brisk walk. Best not seem overly eager.
He was almost at the gate when he stopped short. It was her. She looked radiant. More beautiful than he remembered. “Is she a ghost, Walter?”
“No, my lord. She’s as real as you are. But tread carefully. These past years have been hard on her and she has scars—both inside and out.”
White-hot rage bubbled up in side him. “I’ll kill the bastard who hurt her.”
“Right now, my lord, she needs you to love her more than she needs you to kill for her.”
Just as he was about to go to her, a small child peeked out from behind Freya’s skirts and his rage became almost uncontrollable.
It was one thing to know she’d been raped. It was something else entirely to see the evidence standing before him. He closed his eyes and willed himself to calm down.
“Before you tie yourself in knots. The child is very much yours. There is no mistaking those Penrith eyes. Now, go to her, my lord. She’s terrified you will reject her. I’ve spent a very long journey trying to assure her that you still loved her, no matter what.”
Graeme didn’t need to be told twice. He ran to her as fast as his legs would carry him and wrapped his arms around her. “Freya, my love. It’s really you? This isn’t a dream?”
“It’s really me, but if it’s a dream, it’s the best dream I’ve had in forever.”
Graeme was reluctant to let go of Freya for fear she’d disappear, but there was a persistent tugging on his trouser leg. He pulled back a little and looked down to see Walter spoke the truth. There was no mistaking those Penrith eyes. He lifted the child into his arms and smiled wide. “Hello, my lovely. I’m your papa.”
Three Months Later
Graeme trailed his finger down Freya’s breast and circled the nipple before he placed his hot mouth over it. She arched her back as he sucked hard. She loved everything he did to her. He only ever brought her pleasure. He had been right when he said it would never hurt again. And with every thrust of his cock, she felt whole.
He released her nipple and looked deep into her eyes. “What are you thinking, my love?”
“You complete me.”
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ICE
By Skye Jones
Heat rating: 4 m/m/f menage
When a tough, ice-cool, cage fighter meets her match in two hot as sin dragon shifters, the sparks fly.
Ice is a tough cage fighter who has spent her life closed off and mostly alone. As a child, she experienced moments where she burned others with a mere touch. These strange experiences terrified and confused her, but she knows if she keeps her emotions under control the burning doesn’t happen. This iron self-control has made her a fearsome opponent in the ring.