Page 23 of To Ignite a Dragon's Desire

He was being nice now, but it was only the beginning. Soon, his true colors would shine through. I just needed to keep my eyes open this time.

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I woke with a start, disorientated and groggy like I was waking from the dead as I tried to pull myself back to the land of the living.

The sun had fully risen and the glow of it shone behind my closed eyelids. A strange sensation made me shut my mouth, feeling the trail of drool dried to my face as I pulled my sticky cheek away from other human skin.

No, no, no.

I pried one eye open.

The masculine chest underneath me was much softer than I’d imagined. But the arm wrapped around my back was just as heavy as I thought it would be.

My other eye opened as reality sank in and I came face to face with Dobby, who was also lying on Lucan’s chest. His jeweled cat eyes watched me with that judging expression he’d perfected over the years.

What happened?

I tried to force myself awake.

My heart pounded as I raised my head, about to ream Lucan for breaking his promise, when I saw how we laid on the bed.

We were way too close to his edge.

I was a starfish, taking up most of the room on the oversized mattress big enough to hold Lucan, but apparently not big enough for my needs.

I couldn’t even pretend he was the one who violated my pillow wall.

This was all on me.

One of the pillows was smashed under my tits like a wedge so that I rested comfortably on his muscular chest and another pillow was beneath my hips, providing the perfect ramp for my leg thrown over his legs. Like I’d scaled the wall and flattened it in my haste to cuddle.

I squeezed my eyes shut as Lucan stirred beside me. If he’d just move his heavy arm, I could sneak away with my shame and pretend this never happened.

No such luck.

He tightened his grip.

I breathed in slowly, feeling a sense of peace.

Sleep must’ve still had me in her grasp, because it smelled so good being this close to Lucan and it was so warm and so soft here in this bed.

If I closed my eyes, I could—

“Good morning, love.” Lucan’s voice was throaty and rough—sexy as hell. “How’d you sleep?”

I tried to pull my leg back to my side and ended up rubbing my core against his hip.

He went ramrod straight.

Blood rushed to all my sensitive areas and I was acutely aware of every place our bodies touched.

There was my morning dose of adrenaline.

“Can you let me go?” I whispered, mortified.

“If you insist,” Lucan teased as he raised his arm.

The cold air was a welcome distraction, shocking me awake as I scrambled off the bed.

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