Chapter 3
LUCIAN
I slept long and deep, possibly the most satisfying sleep I’d ever had in my life. Never before had I felt so content, so at peace. For the first time ever, all the missing pieces in my heart seemed to be there, whole and complete.
All of it felt like a dream, too surreal to be true. And I would have doubted the whole night had occurred until I rolled over and Katerina’s luscious, warm body pressed into mine.
I didn’t want to let her out of my sight for fear she might disappear. She could have snuck away in the middle of the night but chose to stay. That had to mean something.
Gazing down at her beautiful face and with her dark curls lying across my pillow, my inner dragon stirred. Once I’d returned to the wedding for the reception, I had somehow found the strength to
