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me?”
    She didn’t miss a beat. “Both of us.”
    Her answer stroked his ego. “Just for sleep. The sound of your voice has helped me relax for months. Your warmth and scent should be even better.”
    She searched his eyes. “What do you mean my voice has helped you relax? We’ve barely spoken before yesterday.”
    His dragon growled. Tell her the truth.
    Kai rubbed his thumb against her cheek and decided what the hell. She already knew his biggest secret. “I’ve listened to all of your news reports. And most of them more than once.”
    Her brows came together. “But why? You always acted like you hated me before.”
    “It wasn’t hate. I was trying to keep my distance. You caught my eye the first day I saw you, when you did your interviews. You’re the first female I’ve wanted in a very long time.”
    “How long exactly?” she asked.
    “Years. But even the females I’ve slept with in the past were nothing compared to how much I want you right now.”
    “And how much is that?”
    Kai lowered his voice. “So much that I’m tempted to take you right now, even if it means I can’t ever shift into a dragon again.”
    Jane’s expression softened. “There’s so much more to you than meets the eye.”
    Before he could think about it, Kai winked. “And you’ve barely scratched the surface.”
    Jane laughed and replied, “I’m sure I’ll be doing plenty of scratching before long.”
    He moved his hand and patted her arse. “Tease.” Squeezing her arse cheek in a possessive grip, he asked, “So, will you sleep with me?”
    She held his gaze for a few seconds and then shook a finger at him. “No funny business. You try to cop a feel or worse, and I’m kicking you out of my bed.”
    “Your bed, huh? Mine’s bigger.”
    “Bigger isn’t necessarily better.”
    The corner of his mouth ticked up. “You will sing a different tune soon.”
    When her breath hitched, warmth rushed through his body. After all these years, he might actually have a female he wanted who also wanted him for more than a quick fuck.
    Turning them toward the bed, Kai reluctantly released his grip on Jane’s soft arse and pulled down the duvet. “After you.”
    “No, I sleep on this side, so you go first.”
    He stared at her. “This is my side of the bed.”
    She raised an eyebrow. “If you want in my bed, then you sleep on the other side.”
    With an exaggerated sigh, he moved to the other side of the bed and carefully laid down. “You win this time, but the war has just begun.”
    Jane snuggled next to him and laid her head on his good shoulder. Kai wondered if she’d chosen that side of the bed on purpose, so she could lay next to him.
    Her voice was muffled against his skin. “I’m being easy on you because you’re injured. Once you’re well, the kid gloves are coming off.”
    Smiling, Kai turned his head and breathed in Jane’s scent. “We’ll just see if a mere human can win against a man and his dragon.”
    “Wrong thing to say, dragonman, wrong thing,” Jane murmured.
    At the exhaustion in his female’s voice, Kai leaned against Jane and waited until her breathing was even. Satisfied his female was asleep, Kai drifted off into a relaxed sleep. One he couldn’t remember having in years.

 
    Chapter Two
     
     
     
    As Jane slowly came out of oblivion, she snuggled into the solid warmth at her side. After a few seconds, a large, warm hand rubbed up and down her back and Jane opened her eyes to see Kai’s broad chest in front of her.
    Blinking, she half-expected to wake up from a dream, but as she looked up to meet Kai’s eyes, he smiled and the rumbling of his voice under her palms told her she was awake. “Good morning, Janey.”
    She frowned. “Morning?” Jumping up, she gently slapped his chest. “I was supposed to check your wound and give you more pain medication hours ago. Why didn’t you wake me up?”
    “I’m fine and you needed your sleep.” Rolling her eyes, Jane tried to move from the