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me! Stand down! That is an order.”
    Dominic gave one last swing at the wall and stepped back. Samael didn’t stop pushing the boundaries. There was no time for this. The need to calm Jason and make him realize what he was doing forced her back.
    Razor sharp teeth, half the size of her arm, slashed toward her as she neared him. The thought that Dom was right and she wouldn’t be able to reach her other half only made her angrier. This wasn’t the way it was supposed to be. Already, she couldn’t summon him like she was supposed to be able to do with one of her creations. If she couldn’t reach his beast on top of everything else, it only told her one thing, her collector was failing in its responsibilities.
    Studying the snaps of the dragon’s thick jaws, she calculated what movements she made that caused him to attack. Taking a step to the left, she watched the head lunge down toward her. Side-stepping his quick reactions, she quickly moved the right.
    “Jason, you’re so gonna feel this in the morning. Sorry, baby, but I’m afraid you leave me no choice. You need a master, and it seems the only way I’m going to win you over is to beat the living shit out of you. I don’t think me killing you with kindness is going to really work on your dragon.”
    Marcella changed from her dress to a pair of jeans, a tank top, and a pair of steel-toed boots. Jason watched her wearily as he paced the few feet the chains allowed. Pulling back her hair in a ponytail, she walked forward, slowly.
    “All right. Right, left, which way do you want it, Jase?”
    The dragon reared its head back and dove. Quickly jumping to the side, Marcella kicked as hard as she could, landing her foot right on his nose. A hiss poured out of Jason’s mouth while he shook his head back and forth.
    “If you blast me with fire, so help me, I swear I will come back from the dead a thousand times to beat the fuck out of you. Either way, you will bow to me, Jason. You have to. I can feel how important this is to Marcianna. Our future could depend on you taking orders from me in this form, and it has to start now.”
    A growling roar filled the room as fire raced toward the stone ceiling. The moment red glowing filled the dragon’s cat-like eyes, Marcella felt panic. “I’m assuming this isn’t good. Fuck, that looks really scary. All right, I’ll make a deal with you. Bow your head to me, and I’ll walk away and let you finish your change all by yourself. I’ll know Jason is indeed in there, and he’s listening. But if you don’t, then this time I’m going to punch you with everything I got. Now, I know it doesn’t sound like much to a big ol’ dragon like you, but I guarantee you’re going to feel it.”
    A snarl filled the room. Marcella almost didn’t have time to jump out of the way before Jason’s head was sliding to the side to knock her off her feet and turn her into lunch. Jumping, she caught the side of his snout, sending her flying across the room. Stone tore into her arm as she slid across the floor. Unfortunately, she noticed she was his territory, and it didn’t take him long to notice, either.
    “Oh fuck, oh fuck.” Marcy crawled backward just as the edge of his teeth tore into her leg. Screaming, she kicked at the side of his face with her other boot. Catching him in the eye, the dragon jerked. She quickly moved back to where he couldn’t reach.
    “I can’t believe you just did that, Jason!”
    Blood and a stinging sensation raced down the length of her calf until she thought she was going to pass out. She’d be lucky if any of her leg was left under her knee. Good thing he only clipped her, or else the thing would be completely gone.
    Screaming broke through her shield, and she saw the men rushing forward. Quickly, she put up a new one. Damn it, she was running out of time. Pulling up her pants, she watched as the blood flowed out freely.
    “All right. I’m done playing games. If you don’t want to play fair, well,