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in his head, impossibly innocent for a woman who looked at his cock like it was something good to eat. It was impossible to stand there and be upset with her when she spoke to him in that tone. “That is why you came to the village, to claim me before Dirk and Magna could.”
“You should do more than fear me,” he growled, growing agitated at the mention of the human males. Perhaps he should go back and roast them after all. “I'm the dragon protector of your village. You should be terrified.”
Instead of showing the fear he was trying so hard to illicit in her, she simply cocked her head to the side inquisitively. “Why? A dragon protector protects. He doesn't harm.” She smiled at him then, a warm, genuine smile. “I'm completely safe with you.”
She had to be kidding. The things he was imagining doing to her would have curled her toes and sent her running as hard and as fast as she could go away from him. She was too much of an innocent for his sexual appetites.
“You have no idea what you're playing with, woman.” His voice was harsh, almost angry. “What I require in a mate you couldn't possibly handle.”
The moment the words left his mouth, he regretted them. Uryn had never regretted anything in his existence up until that point. Hurt. Intense hurt flashed in her eyes before she turned her head away.
“Well, I guess you're damned because you're stuck with me.” She didn't hesitate, but lifted her head and walked toward the castle encrusted with ornate jewels where he made his home. Even that didn't surprise him as much as what she did next. With every step she took, she shed her clothing. One piece at a time, until she walked away from him, hair brushing her ass with every sway of her hips. Not once did she look back at him.
Uryn swallowed, his cock throbbing like mad with every beat of his heart. There was no way he was going to be able to resist her. Her body was too tempting, too beautiful. Everything male inside him cried out for her. His mate. He found himself following her as she made her way unerringly to his bedroom. All the while, she didn't seem aware he followed her. She took her time, familiarizing herself with her new home while her generous hips swayed in a slow, hypnotizing rhythm. His hands curled and uncurled at his sides as he watched her, falling deeper into her trap with every second. Women had always been that for dragons, a trap. It was the reason the curse had befallen their world in the first place.
There was no way out for Uryen now, and he knew it. He wanted her, had to have her. Would have her. What little rational sense he had left might warn him away, caution him to be careful, but he knew Fate would have her way. All of him belonged to this tiny woman with courage and heart that put natural-born dragons to shame.
At the top of the carved staircase, Sippora turned and looked at him over her shoulder. Uryen shuddered at the vision she made: part innocent maiden, part siren, all goddess.
“Are you going to claim me, or will I have to take you?”
She couldn’t know that was a challenge, a dare. She couldn't know how well it would work. But she was about to find out.
 
 

Dragon Claiming

Chapter Four
              
 Instinctively, Sippora knew this was the most important moment of her life. She'd always envisioned a wedding with all the finery. But that was when she’d planned on being mated to a human.  Now it all seemed trivial; her mating today would be unlike any she could have ever foreseen. The only thing that mattered was seducing her dragon protector into giving himself to her. His reluctance was palpable, but she was determined to push through. He wanted her—she could feel it down to her soul. Yet for some reason he was holding back. In her mind, she'd made the same commitment to him the second she'd climbed onto his back. Once she started down a path, Sippora always finished it.
Looking around the room, she realized he had exotic tastes. There