A Dragon's Honor by Dahlia Rose Page A

find the stronghold and see for ourselves what is going
on. You are to stay here until we return.”
    “Hawke,
you can’t protect me all my life because of some misguided promise to my
mother!” Raul roared.
    “Maybe
not, but I can sure as hell try,” Hawke growled. “Aki, Lleau with me; Raul, you are to stay put.”
    “That
is so not fair, Hawke, and you know it,” Daisye said.
    “I
know I’ll pay for it later, but I have to do this. He’s not thinking
straight…and…I have to keep him alive,” Hawke said, casting his gaze to Raul.
“No matter what the cost. I can take your hate, but I cannot take lighting the
flame on your funeral pyre. I won’t.”
    “ Lleau , Aki, help me out here. Talk some sense into him,”
Raul pleaded.
    Aki
shook his head. “ Lleau and I have to defer to Hawke.
His word goes.”
    “Damn
all of you,” Raul snarled and strode towards the bedroom angrily. The door
slamming made Raven flinch.
    “Go
to him,” Daisye said gently.
    Raven
glared at all three men. “You are so wrong to do this.”
    With
that, she went to the bedroom door and slipped quietly inside. Raul was pacing
back and forth like a caged tiger. He was furious and hurt and each emotion was
written all over his face.
    “They
did this to me. I can’t believe they put me on—how do you say it ?— the sidelines!” He turned and faced her. “I’ll not
stand for it. I am a warrior of the court, the same as them. I will not be
treated like this. I’m going, and that’s final.”
    She
rushed in front of him and placed her hands on his chest. “No, Raul, no, not
like this, not angry, and you’re not thinking straight.”
    There
was a knock on the door and she cracked it open to Daisye .
“Hey, the guys can’t go right now. The visibility is completely gone due to the
storm.”
    “Thanks, Daisye ,” Raven said and closed the door again.
    She
turned to Raul and his face was set in a stubborn line. “See, they’re not going.
We all just need to breathe and we can approach this again in the morning.”
    He
shook his head. “I’ll head out as soon as it lets up and beat them to it.”
    “No,
Raul, please, no,” Raven begged and kissed him once, then twice. “Stay with me,
love me, be with me right now.”
    “Raven,
I—”
    She
cut his words off with her lips before looking into his emerald eyes. “No, just
you and me, nothing else from the outside world for a little while.” She wanted
him to lose his anger, burn it off, and if it was with her then it was perfect.
At least he wasn’t out there putting himself in danger. Raven worked at the
sash of his robe and kissed him hungrily. She was terrified she would lose him
to his anger and the things that waged a war against them all.
    When
he took over the kiss and pulled her hard against his naked body, nothing else
mattered. Raven wanted him to sink into her and forget it all just for a little
while. She barely heard the sound as he ripped her shirt down the middle and a
moan escaped her lips as he cupped her breasts with hot hands. Raul’s entire
body seemed to be super heated as if the fire of his anger and passion was
erupting out of him. His hands skimmed down her body to her skirt, and she felt
the flimsy material and the buttons give way under his grasp. He ran his hands
up her hips and between her legs cupping her sex and Raven moaned in pleasure.
    “The
bed, baby. My legs feel like jelly,” Raven whispered urgently.
    “You
wanted me hot and bothered. You wanted to tempt the dragon and now you have it.”
Raul fisted his hands in her hair and kissed her hard. “You’ll take it all and
scream my name before I’m done.”
    She
bit her lip as a moan was wrung from her when he slipped his fingers inside her
and pushed her up against the wall.
    “Come
for me, Shaloh .
Give me your essence,” Raul growled.
    He
was relentless as he took her over the edge not once but twice until she could
feel herself sliding to the floor. Raul lifted her up and