Guardian Dragon: Paranormal BBW Dragon Shifter Romance (Paranormal Shifter Romance) by Molly Hart Page B
Authors: Molly Hart
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make the deal with them? What were you thinking of?" She asked sadly, exhausted from all the emotions shooting through her.
"I thought I’d be able make a quick turnaround with the money," he whispered, staring at his feet.
"When do we leave?"
"We have up to the end of the week. I just need to get some few things ready for us," he said, giving her a reassuring look that he knew was going nowhere with her.
Unable to make any other words come out, she turned and left for her room. The last time her brother had borrowed money from the wrong people, she had to sell the last of their late parents’ valuables in order to settle the debt.
Frank was the only family she has left, no matter what she couldn’t abandon him, or he her. They had lost their parents when they were teenagers and Frank was the eldest at age sixteen, he refused to let them be taken to any foster home. He had pulled every stunt he knew to keep them off the government radar and at the same time, he found a way to put food on their table. It wasn't until when they both turned eighteen individually that their late parents’ attorney released the meager inheritance their parents left for them.
She could understand that every street smart stunt that Frank pulled was because he wanted them to be able to afford to live comfortably. When they had moved to the capital five years ago, she was able to get a small shop to rent cheaply, in which she sold gift items. However, between then and now, her shop had run down. She couldn't afford to pay the bills and all her capital for the business was gone. She had been the one providing food, clothes, rent, all the other bills, keeping her brother out of trouble as much as she can. Not that she was complaining, but it really hurt her to be losing so much at the same time.
***
Alexis stood in the shadows in the garden she had hid in. She didn't dare come out. She couldn’t say for the life of her why she had convinced her brother to let her attend the king’s engagement party. She had always wanted to attend, but all her fantasies of how the party would be like were just fantasies and nothing more.
She stepped deeper into the shadows as she saw a tall, suited man walking towards her direction. He looked like he just walked out of Greek mythology. His body was perfectly carved with muscles, wide shoulders that supported and balanced his height.
She stopped short when her back hit a tree. Perplexed, she knew she had nowhere to turn.
She instantly recognised the man as the king as soon as she could see his facial features more clearly.
"Hello, hope I didn't startle you?" asked Lucas as he came upon a strange, gorgeous woman hidden in the garden
"No sir," she answered.
"What's your name?" he asked, looking closely at the woman.
He realized just how beautiful she was, with delicious curves that were bound to keep his hands very busy, if he laid hands on her. She wasn't rail skinny like 95% of the women he was used to. No.... she was curvy in all the right places, with her height almost reaching his shoulder and her hair tied up in a knot. Her lips beamed at him as she looked up at him.
"Alexis May, your Highness," she said, not knowing how best to greet royalty. She stretched out her hand for a handshake.
He smiled as he took her hand and brought it to his lips. He placed the softest kiss on the back of her hand, his eyes twinkling mischievously. "Call me Lucas," he said, refusing to break eye contact with her
"That's not proper," she whispered, still deeply mesmerized by his intense gaze on her.
"Maybe, but call me Lucas as I call you Alexis."
"Okay... Lucas."
His smile widened at the sound of his name on her lips.
"Come, let's find a place to sit," he said, pulling her along with him, his touch and heat doing so much to her.
"Shouldn't you be at your wedding?" she asked, puzzled.
"Engagement party and no," he answered uninterested.
"But it’s your party, you are the groom."
"It's their party and
"I thought I’d be able make a quick turnaround with the money," he whispered, staring at his feet.
"When do we leave?"
"We have up to the end of the week. I just need to get some few things ready for us," he said, giving her a reassuring look that he knew was going nowhere with her.
Unable to make any other words come out, she turned and left for her room. The last time her brother had borrowed money from the wrong people, she had to sell the last of their late parents’ valuables in order to settle the debt.
Frank was the only family she has left, no matter what she couldn’t abandon him, or he her. They had lost their parents when they were teenagers and Frank was the eldest at age sixteen, he refused to let them be taken to any foster home. He had pulled every stunt he knew to keep them off the government radar and at the same time, he found a way to put food on their table. It wasn't until when they both turned eighteen individually that their late parents’ attorney released the meager inheritance their parents left for them.
She could understand that every street smart stunt that Frank pulled was because he wanted them to be able to afford to live comfortably. When they had moved to the capital five years ago, she was able to get a small shop to rent cheaply, in which she sold gift items. However, between then and now, her shop had run down. She couldn't afford to pay the bills and all her capital for the business was gone. She had been the one providing food, clothes, rent, all the other bills, keeping her brother out of trouble as much as she can. Not that she was complaining, but it really hurt her to be losing so much at the same time.
***
Alexis stood in the shadows in the garden she had hid in. She didn't dare come out. She couldn’t say for the life of her why she had convinced her brother to let her attend the king’s engagement party. She had always wanted to attend, but all her fantasies of how the party would be like were just fantasies and nothing more.
She stepped deeper into the shadows as she saw a tall, suited man walking towards her direction. He looked like he just walked out of Greek mythology. His body was perfectly carved with muscles, wide shoulders that supported and balanced his height.
She stopped short when her back hit a tree. Perplexed, she knew she had nowhere to turn.
She instantly recognised the man as the king as soon as she could see his facial features more clearly.
"Hello, hope I didn't startle you?" asked Lucas as he came upon a strange, gorgeous woman hidden in the garden
"No sir," she answered.
"What's your name?" he asked, looking closely at the woman.
He realized just how beautiful she was, with delicious curves that were bound to keep his hands very busy, if he laid hands on her. She wasn't rail skinny like 95% of the women he was used to. No.... she was curvy in all the right places, with her height almost reaching his shoulder and her hair tied up in a knot. Her lips beamed at him as she looked up at him.
"Alexis May, your Highness," she said, not knowing how best to greet royalty. She stretched out her hand for a handshake.
He smiled as he took her hand and brought it to his lips. He placed the softest kiss on the back of her hand, his eyes twinkling mischievously. "Call me Lucas," he said, refusing to break eye contact with her
"That's not proper," she whispered, still deeply mesmerized by his intense gaze on her.
"Maybe, but call me Lucas as I call you Alexis."
"Okay... Lucas."
His smile widened at the sound of his name on her lips.
"Come, let's find a place to sit," he said, pulling her along with him, his touch and heat doing so much to her.
"Shouldn't you be at your wedding?" she asked, puzzled.
"Engagement party and no," he answered uninterested.
"But it’s your party, you are the groom."
"It's their party and
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