Page 44 of Edge of Darkness

“But he’s ours.”

“How is this going to work, Hudson? You know as well as I do how possessive dragons can be. If Kit is a mate to both of us, are we going to end up at each other’s throats? How in the world are we going to be a throuple? Or am I going to be playing second fiddle to you since you’re older and more powerful?”

“You do know that there are other dragons in three-way relationships, right?”

“Yeah, but are they soul bound?”

“Okay, that I don’t know. But I will tell you this—the three of us will be equal in this relationship. Just because I’m older doesn’t mean my relationship with Kit will be stronger than yours. None of us would be happy with that setup. The bond won’t allow it, either.”

“We hope.”

“No. I believe this fully. Wewillbe equals in this relationship. That, of course, does not mean I won’t be the more dominant one. I am in our relationship. Do you agree?”

“Well, yes. That’s why my reaction surprised me as much as it did. I tried to dominate you.”

“Which is something that is probably going to happen again with Kit, and you’re going to have to be careful with that. Kit is human. They’re delicate and easily damaged.”

“Then we’ll give him our blood and—”

“We absolutely will when he’s ready to take that step, but he will never have the strength or the power of a dragon. Our blood will make him more than what he is now, and he will live as long as we do, but in this instance, he will never be our equal.”

“Gods.” Connie took a big swig of his drink. The liquor burned going down his throat. “We need to talk to Kage. He’s in the same type of relationship.”

“That’s an excellent idea. We’ll do what we have to. But the first thing we have to do is ensure Kit’s safety. Let me fill you in on what I learned today.” Hudson quickly repeated what Kit had said about feeling like he was being stalked.

“So, you’re telling me that Sunday morning Kit felt like he was being watched, and he saw a flash of black hair while he was at the grocery store. That even though Beckett picked up several scents around Kit’s bookstore, there was definitely the scent of a feline shifter.”

“Yes.”

Connie had to suppress a growl. That wasn’t good. “And Saturday night, whilewewere on the Boulevard, we also caught a flash of black hair from someone possibly following us and picked up the scent of a feline shifter.”

“Yes.”

“I don’t believe in coincidences. Do you?”

“Not in the least.”

“Fuck. So, who do we need to kill?” Connie demanded.

CHAPTER TWELVE –KIT

KIT FINALLY managed to clear everybody out of his office, even though it took some fast talking on his part. He needed a minute. So much had happened in the last twenty-four hours he was feeling overwhelmed. More so than normal, actually.

Kit leaned back in his office chair and stared up at the ceiling. Holy shit, he’d met Hudson, the dragon king. His heart had beat faster, and not just because Hudson had scared the absolute shit out of him.

Hudson had called it a partial transformation, and whoa. Kit had never seen anything like that before in his life. Which, now that he knew what he did, wasn’t saying anything.

“And I still don’t know what triggered him and caused that,” Kit mused.

While the partial transformation had been terrifying, Hudson was insanely sexy. Kit’s libido had certainly sat up and taken notice. Had it ever. For crying out loud, he’d wanted to run his hands through all that sexy red hair, then all over that damn fine body.

Kit closed his eyes so he could visualize Hudson more clearly. Lord have mercy, that hair! Kit wasn’t picky—he’d dated men with no hair, short hair, and long hair. But color was a different matter. He freely admitted he had a thing for gingers.

And Hudson smelled so good. Kinda woodsy with a cedar undertone that made Kit think about all the nights he and his family had sat around a bonfire, laughing and joking. It reminded Kit of… home.

The feeling of homesickness swept over Kit, startling him. He was close to his mom and dads, and it had been a while since he’d talked to any of them.

Problem was, he couldn’t share the troubles he was having right then. He’d promised Kage he wouldn’t tell anybody what he knew—and that included his loved ones.

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