Page 32 of Princess Seeks Dragon
“Ohhhh. Oh, God.” I groan and collapse back on the bed. “What’ve I done?
Angela’s scent instantly overwhelms me. Not the smell of the products she uses on her hair and skin, but Angela’s actual scent. I breathe in, and my chest expands. All the tension leaves it in one long rush.
She smells like wind. Like flying.
Because she’s your mate.
Unless there’s a mistake.
“Oh, yes. There’s a mistake. And I made it...”
Chapter Ten: Bound
“Ican give you yournecklace back,” I say, voice timid.
Graham hasn’t said two words to me since we got in the truck. He’s grunted a few times, but he looks like he’s fighting a case of lockjaw.
“I’m sorry, I thought it was a gift. I think I’ve been spoiled by living with rich people. I didn’t grow up that way. Sorry, you must think I’m really... I don’t know what. A mess. You, with your big house and everything.”
“I live in a one-bedroom in California in a town where the crime rate is so high, the rent is often low.Livedthere. I’m not going back now,” he snarls, knuckles white on the wheel.
“Did something bad happen?” I gasp.
“Genovese knows I’m protecting you, and my boss is pissed. I’m fired.” The growl is deeper now, and the knuckles on the steering wheel turn light purples and a net-like pattern of lines pop out on his skin, traveling up his arms.
“Hives?” I squeak. Those are unlike any other hives I’ve ever seen.
“What? Oh, shit!” Graham jerks his hands off the wheel, and the truck jerks off the highway, fortunately into a grassy area along the two-lane road that leads from his brother’s house through town. “You can see that?”
“See what? Hives? Yes, I can see purple hives!” They’re already fading.
“It’s the amulet. Gotta be.”
“Amulet?”
“The necklace. It’s... It’s for protection. It’s been in my family for a long, long time. It’ll stop almost everything—except a direct hit from enemy aircraft. I’m so sorry, Hughie and Herbie.”
