9
Gabriel
I swoop Tabitha into my arms and carry her in the direction of her chamber.
“Where are we going?”
“To your chamber.”
She kicks her pretty feet. “Nope. Not happening. We just made a deal.”
“I wanted you naked in that bedroom waiting for me when I got off work. I wanted to think of you lying on the bed, bare, ready, and impatient for me.”
Her laugh is throaty. “You’re ridiculous, dragon. The most ridiculous man I’ve ever known.”
Do I detect traces of affection in her tone? Certainly, it’s there in the way her arms twine loosely about my neck. She’s comfortable in my arms, being carried by me.
“I can’t have you running about my castle naked. That is not acceptable.”
“I’m not naked, I’m in your robe. Which is quite comfortable, by the way. But if you want me in clothes, you
