Page 56 of Scaled Hearts

“I was just thinking about Kara.”

“Mmm,” he kisses his way up to my jaw. “Are you worried?”

I sigh. “Yes. I don’t want her to get worse.”

“She won’t. That Lotus will keep her curse contained for now.”

It makes me frown. I hate that my sister still has to suffer, even if she technically isn’t getting any worse.

As if sensing this, Angurus kisses my cheek.

“There is another dragon that I know of that may have a better understanding of curses like your sister’s.”

I turn my head to look at him. “Really?”

He nods. “He’s more well-versed in the apothecary. Much more than me, anyway. I will seek him out for you in hopes that it will help find your sister’s cure.”

I turn fully in his arms in order to cup my hands around his cheeks. I pull him down into a kiss.

“Thank you,” I say softly.

He claims my mouth again hungrily. His tongue pierces through my lips to explore every inch of my mouth. I moan into his kiss, letting him suck on my tongue and grab at the loose shirt he’s wearing.

His hand slides down to cup my ass and squeeze it between his fingers.

He pulls back from me roughly.

“Come inside.”

My eyes flutter open. “But, Kara…”

“She went down to the market. We have plenty of time.”

I don’t argue with him. Instead, I let him grab me and throw me over his shoulder in order to carry me inside. I duck my head under the doorway, grabbing the side of it to push it closed behind us.

Angurus wastes no time and strides over to the bed, dropping me down onto it. I slide backwards and spread my legs, my dress parting at the side where he’d cut the slit up in order to show off my brand. He’d done that with all of my dresses the second we’d settled in.

In fact, it was the first task he’d given himself.

I can see his impressive length pressing up against the seam of his pants. It makes me bite my lip in anticipation and rub my thighs together at the wetness that collects there.

“I can smell your arousal,” he growls, crawling over me.

His hand finds the side of my dress, pulling it apart to expose me to him. I’ve gotten accustomed to being naked underneath my dress. There is no point in wearing undergarments because more than once has Angurus gotten impatient and simply ripped them off of me.

So now, I don’t bother.

He lets out a satisfied noise when he sees me bare already and fists his hand in the material at my bust. His fingers tug on the laces that hold my dress together, deftly untying them and freeing my breasts from their constraints.

It makes me moan and lean my head back.

I know he wants to taste me. His eyes tell me that he wants to lick every inch of me and mark me with love bites as he goes on his way. My body shakes from anticipation from it, I want to feel those perfect lips of his on every part of my skin.

He pushes me down onto the bed and grabs my thighs to turn me longways on the mattress. He holds them back against my chest, giving him a nice view of me and how wet I am for him. He licks his lips while staring down at me.

“Do you want to taste me?” I ask in a husky voice.

His only answer is another growl before he’s leaning down and running his tongue flat against my wetness.

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