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fondled him, her sexy body writhing against his.
    He could lift up her skirt and thrust inside her right now, and she’d welcome him.
    Dammit, no. Not like this. Not on the verge of losing his control, when he was certain that being inside Kadence would throw him over the edge.
    It was more than protecting his identity, than coveting what was inside her.
    He needed to… Lok frowned. He craved more than this from her, but she wasn’t his. She was a human. Complete with free will and feisty temperament.
    Right. Lok shoved off the wall. His cock jerked at being wrenched from her sweet warmth, but intimacy between them wasn’t supposed to happen like this.
    He stuffed himself back inside his jeans. Kadence’s sweet panting filled his ears. Something had overcome both of them, a powerful connection, but he was powerful too.
    “I’m sorry. I don’t want you…like this.” The mumbled words didn’t seem like enough. Kadence sank to the floor, drawing her knees to her chest and wrapping her arms around her legs.
    Only a crazy man would reject her, and he certainly wasn’t enjoying the insanity.
    “I didn’t mean to take it that far.” Crouching beside her, he searched for a way to fix this mess. He’d sought Kadence’s trust, and desperately hoped he hadn’t fucked that up.
    “Kadence?” She was gazing blankly, not focused on anything. He leaned forward and brushed aside a lock of her flaming hair. She didn’t move, not even a jolt at his contact.
    This wasn’t good. Though he’d been able to withstand the haze, she’d obviously succumbed to it. He hadn’t wielded his powers over her, so that left only one explanation:
    Kadence did this. The energy inside her had seized control, drawing them together like two electric charges desperate to create a spark together.
    Hell, they almost had.
    Better to sleep it off. He scooped her into his arms and carried her to the bed. Tucking the blanket around her, he sighed and headed for the armchair.
    Not supposed to be like this. The nagging thought wouldn’t leave him be. He’d never owned a flaming pearl, but he’d seen them before. Had surveyed them with their masters, with more than envy in his perusal.
    Once a dragon claimed his pearl, and it accepted him as its master, the bond could never be broken. That was the only thing preventing dragons from killing each other over the treasures.
    A flaming pearl embodied in a human was an entirely different conundrum. Dragons didn’t take mates.
    Humans did. If Kadence accepted him as her master, his entire future would be altered. After sampling her sweet taste, he couldn’t imagine sleeping with anyone else, but as a dragon…
    Monogamy just wasn’t their thing.
    Neither could he continue on if he forsook her to another. It would only be a matter of time before another dragon came across her and claimed—
    Fuck no. His fists clenched, his skin bristling.
    Kadence is mine.
    ***
    Kadence moaned and flipped onto her stomach, nuzzling her face into the plush pillow. A tingling fluttered through her veins, making her shiver with…lust?
    Whoa. She shot up onto her elbows, scanning the room. No morning light crept through the slit in the drapes. Darkness enveloped the room, but she spotted a figure asleep in the armchair.
    Lok.
    Heat flushed her body, stealing her breath. Why was he such a gentleman, taking the chair instead of insisting on sharing this comfy bed? She snorted. Don’t care. And yet… Her tongue swiped across her lips, a heat lingering on her skin, almost as if—hell no. Lok hadn’t kissed her, or well, she hadn’t kissed him.
    Or groped his massive—
    Nah-uhn. That definitely hadn’t happened. Right? If it had, he’d be in the bed beside her. Because what kind of man would reject her so very obvious offer?
    Lok, that’s who. Ugh . Kadence groaned and pounded a fist into her pillow.
    I don’t want you…like this.
    His words echoed inside her head. What the hell did that mean? Exactly what had