Sacrificed to the Dragon: Part Two by Jessie Donovan Read Free Book Online Page A

have I done now to deserve that look? Is my vomit, caused by your baby by the way, offending your sensitive dragon nose?”
    He growled. “No. You’re ill and my dragon doesn’t like it.”
    She’d been civil in front of the children, but she decided to let loose in a quiet, steely voice. “Oh, that’s right. Only your dragon cares about me because I’m breeding. You are perfectly all right to ditch me at the first scent of pregnancy.” She waved toward the students. “Go eat your lunch, Tristan. My time is up, so I’ll leave you alone for today.”
    She moved to leave when Tristan’s hands clamped around her upper arms. “I will see you home.”
    She gave a pointed look at the grip on her arm and back to his face. “Why? I can walk, and you made it clear that I’m on my own. I fulfilled my end of the sacrifice contract by conceiving and I don’t need your protection. If something happens, Samira or Liam will help me.”
    As soon as she mentioned Liam’s name, Tristan’s pupils flashed to slits and back again. “You shouldn’t be asking another male to look after you.”
    Aware of the children, Melanie kept her anger to a restrained whisper. “You gave up any claim as to what I do or who I ask for help the instant you snuck out and left me alone in that bed.”
    “I have my reasons for doing that, but you wouldn’t understand.”
    She narrowed her eyes. “If this is about what happened to your mother and sister, I know about that.”
    His fierce look grew fiercer. “Who told you?”
    “All that matters is that I know. And while focusing hatred on all humans might seem like a fine idea to you, it’s useless, Tristan. And I would think you’d see that if you only gave me a chance.”
    “Giving you a chance would mean being near you. As long as I remain with the children, my beast’s need to claim you is replaced by a need to protect the young. If I meet with you anywhere else, even in front of others, my dragon will push to the forefront and seek you out.” He leaned down until his breath was hot on her ear and whispered, “My inner beast is already attached to you. I guarantee that if you let me fuck you even just one more time, I won’t be able to keep my dragon away from you as I’ve been doing the past week. And you remember what happened the last time my dragon broke loose, and that’s just a glimpse of what could happen.”
     
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    He was trying to scare her away from him. For himself, or because of his dragon’s throbbing need to claim her, he didn’t know. As he waited for her reply, he was overly aware of her womanly scent filling his nose, making him hard all over again. He was tempted to lick her ear, but he had just enough self-control to stop himself.
    Take her home. Care for her. Protect her. Let the other dragon watch the children.
    His dragon was starting to demand more than just sex; the beast wanted to look after her.
    Fuck, that wasn’t good. The attachment was getting stronger, and after the last half-hour of watching Melanie deal with the children before being sick, even the human-half of him was starting to wonder if he’d been too harsh on her.
    Melanie turned her head to look him in the eye. “Before I let you fuck me again, Tristan, I want to meet your sister.”
    His dragon hummed. The female wanted to fuck him. He wanted to claim her harder. They needed to do anything to make her theirs. Next time she wouldn’t think of leaving.
    Tristan gritted his teeth, ignored his dragon, and focused on Melanie’s request as he said, “My sister likes humans even less than I do.”
    “You’re really going for the gold with your compliments, aren’t you?”
    He growled, his arousal dimmed by anger. “This isn’t a laughing matter. They beat my sister within an inch of her life, and if my mother hadn’t succeeded in distracting the human dragon hunters, my sister would’ve been raped and butchered for parts just like what had happened with my