It wasn’t a good idea. I wouldn’t have guessed I would be as attracted to him when he was dampening down his dragon aura and I didn’t feel the usual tingle of his power crackling over my flesh. But those eyes of his were still appealing, and it was hard to forget that he was risking his reputation and maybe his family’s standing to protect me from his peers. Why would he do that? We’d fought together, yes, and maybe bonded in a way, but I wasn’t one of his kind. Surely, I’d been more of a pest to him than a loyal ally.
That made me feel like a heel and want to apologize to him for giving him a hard time. He was putting his assignment on hold to be here in another state with me, keeping Marador away. His family wouldn’t approve, and if Marador was paying attention, he might figure out the
