Chapter 14 Fire licked through Drago as he parted Carly’s legs, opening her to his touch. Her responsiveness to him solidified his certainty that she was his mate, the one destined to stand by his side as his partner. The red threads of their connection danced along his fingertips and across the inside of her thighs. Drago’s breath made the threads swirl in delicate circles. The heat from his breath drew a moan from Carly and she shifted impatiently under his hands, her hips slightly rising off the bed. Following the line of red threads, Drago slid his fingers through the soft, tight, brown curls covering the triangle of her mound. He was rewarded when her legs opened wider. Sliding his other hand up under her, he pressed a hot, open mouth kiss to her left thigh before he nipped it. “Oh

