Dragon's Heart Read Free

slim, tight body that was made for fucking and lips that begged to be kissed, he was everything Mick wanted in a guy.
    But in the past, each time Mick had tried to make the moves on Lester, Lester had always pulled away, which was strange because Mick was good at reading other people and he could tell Lester liked him, too. So why in the hell was Lester refusing him? Unless he didn’t think he was good enough for Mick or something, an idea that was just as crazy.
    Mick followed Brian to the library that also served as Brian’s office. Brian went behind the massive desk in the centre of the room and sat down.
    Motioning to one of the chairs in front of the desk, Brian said, “Sit, this may take a while.”
    So it was going to be a marathon chat, just as Mick had suspected. He sank down in the seat and made himself comfortable. “What do you want to talk about, sir?”
    “I think it’s pretty obvious, since he just rode in on your back,” Brian answered with a little smirk. “Just like old times, huh?”
    “Yeah, only this time we don’t have to worry about Lester getting a beating for not doing his chores properly when he comes back home,” Mick bit out angrily.
    He realised he probably shouldn’t have said that since he was talking about Brian’s dead parents, but years of pent-up anger had burst loose and it’d just popped out.
    Much to Mick’s surprise, anger flashed through Brian’s eyes, but it wasn’t directed at him. “To say that our parents were less than kind to my youngest brother would be a vast understatement. That’s one of the reasons I didn’t blame him for leaving. I would have sent for him sooner, but I know this place only holds bad memories for him. The only reason I’m forcing him to return now is because of the asshole sorcerers who would kill him on sight.”
    “Do you really think that he can tap into his powers?” Mick asked. “In all the time I’ve known him, he hasn’t shown a hint of having any magical abilities.”
    “Trent seems to think that with some proper training that can all change. Apparently he isn’t the only one, since the sorcerers have suddenly put a bounty on Lester’s head.”
    “How much is it?” Mick asked.
    Brian gave a sardonic smile. “Let’s just say it would have made our dearly departed father so proud to know that one of his sons was worth so much.”
    “Your mother, on the other hand, probably would have turned him in for the cash,” Mick countered.
    “Faster than one could sayPrada . ”
    “Is Trent really going to work with Lester?” Mick hedged.
    “Of course. Why wouldn’t he?”
    “I know how some people can be when it comes to half-breeds. I don’t want Lester to have to work with somebody who is going to treat him like crap.”
    Brian cocked an eyebrow. “Since when did you have any say in it at all?”
    Since the first time I held him in my arms while he cried when we were just kids. From the moment I realised that he was more than just a friend to me. Since I love him even though I know that I can never have him as mine, because bastard or not, he’s royalty and I’m just a common soldier.
    “Lester and I go way back and are pretty tight. I would just hate to see somebody hurt him,” was all Mick said.
    “Trent knows all about Lester’s history and he was just as appalled by it as we were.”
    “What do you mean appalled?” Mick said. “If you, Duncan and Nicholas were so upset about it, then why didn’t you ever step in and try to protect him when you were kids?”
    Mick knew he was bat-shit crazy to be speaking out to his leader this way, but he couldn’t help it. All he could think about were all the beatings and verbal abuse Lester had gone through. If there had been anything that the other three could have done to stop it, and they hadn’t, then that made them just as guilty as their parents.
    “We did,” Brian said. “But every time we spoke up, they would only double Lester’s punishment. So we learnt