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she stole glances at
him. And how could he forget the soft pink that colored her cheeks
and stole his breath away. He could have easily spent hours just
staring at her.
    She wasn’t a beauty by any sense of the
traditional views, but she was easy on his eyes. Her soft, brown
hair looked as if it had been styled short and left to grow out.
Too short to pull back, and too long for the cut. Physically, she
was built as he would expect a farm girl to be. Long and lean. She
was probably much stronger than she appeared. He couldn’t remember
if he had a favorite type of girl, but she just became it. The
dragon bit of him curled around in contentment at the idea of
keeping her.
    He slammed that thought down before the
roots could grow any more than they already had. There were more
important things to worry about right now. Like finding out who he
was. For all he knew, he had a girlfriend somewhere. That thought
made him pause. No, he didn’t have a girlfriend, but that didn’t
mean he had time to get one now. No, he needed to concentrate on
finding out who he was and remembering that important thing he was
sure he’d forgotten. Later, there would be time to pursue other
interests. And, oh boy, would he enjoy that pursuit.

 
     
5
     
    Opening the door, Terra slid into the car
with her bags. She glanced over at her dragon man resting in the
seat. He had tilted his head back against the headrest and closed
his eyes. Sound asleep. Terra smiled at him. Damn, he was good
looking. And that little bit of stubble on his cheek made him that
much hotter. Balling her fingers in the bags, she resisted the
urge to reach out and feel the coarse hair.
    She shook her head, trying to clear it. What
in the hell had come over her? Sure he was hot, but she’d met a lot
of good-looking guys. That didn’t mean she wanted to crawl into
their laps and lick their faces. It had to be all the excitement
and mystery that went with him. Yes. That was it. She was
just turned on by the whole idea of what was going on. A strange
man without a memory. And naked to boot! She just needed to get her
hormones under control so they could solve his problem.
    Reaching out, she patted his leg. “Hey.”
    He drew in a deep breath as he woke up from
his nap.
    “Here.” She held out the bags for him to
take.
    It took a second for his brain to kick into
gear and take the shopping bags from her.
    An amused smile slid across Terra’s face as
she let out a soft laugh. “Listen. I know this trip to the bar is
important to finding out who you are, but it’s starting to get late
and we’ve both had a really long day.” She didn’t know how it
showed on her, but she could see how the day had worn on him. “What
do you say we grab a pizza and find someplace to hole up for the
night?” Her stomach rumbled just thinking about food.
    A smile spread across his face. “Sure,” he
answered. “I think food and some rest would be a great idea.”
Taking the bags, he pushed one of them to the floor.
    Terra nodded and started the car up as her
dragon man rummaged through a bag. “So, what do you like on your
pizza?”
    The man looked up from his search and
considered Terra’s question. “I don’t know.” Concern crossed his
face as he tried to remember. “I guess just get whatever you like,
and we’ll go from there.”
    Whatever I like? Terra’s grin
widened. “All right. One anchovy and jalapeno pizza coming up.”
    A look of disgust crossed the dragon man’s
face. “Fish? On pizza? Please, no.”
    Terra laughed. “All right. How about a large
deluxe with everything?”
    “Now that sounds reasonable.” He nodded.
“But you had better make it two.”
    She glanced at her passenger curiously. “Two
larges?” She could feel his eyes run over her as he evaluated
her.
    “Better make that two larges and a
medium.”
    This drew Terra’s full attention. She turned
and stared at him openmouthed. “Are you planning on putting away
two full pizzas by yourself?”