Seed of the Dragon: A Paranormal Dragon Shifter Romance by Serena Rose Page B

that he cared about what I thought about the entire situation. It meant that I had a say in what was to happen in the near future. I would do anything I could to protect Michael, like being in a car with his father after five years of silence. I was willing to give up my career to take care of my child, and I hoped that meant something. I hoped that it would go the distance and keep Michael out of trouble and danger.
    I sighed through my nose and let my forehead touch the cold glass of the window for a moment. I felt Michael snore lightly against my side and felt a moment of pride that he was still safe. There was a lot to take in, and I had to believe it after what Shawn had shown me. It was hard to trust him but I had to try, after all whom else could I trust?
    ***
    “Shawn”
    I heard Rachel’s breathing start to even out; she must have fallen asleep. I continued to drive as the sun dipped into the horizon. Soon I would have to wake the two of them up in order to fly the rest of the way, but I wanted them to enjoy at least a little peace while they still could.
    I looked into the rear view mirror to see their faces completely relaxed. Michael was snoring into Rachel’s side while Rachel leaned against the window with her arm as a buffer. I sighed and continued to drive.
    An hour later I pulled to the side of an abandoned farm house. As the car’s engine stopped running, Rachel awoke.
    “Where are we?” she asked.
    “Not far from Dublin now, but we need to fly from here,” I answered.
    It was dark outside, completely pitch black with night.
    “Shouldn’t you sleep?” Rachel asked.
    “I can go without sleep for days, Rachel, don’t worry,” I said.
    “That doesn’t mean you should,” she retorted.
    I scoffed. “There isn’t much choice right now. We should get somewhere safe soon,” I said.
    “Fine,” she said.
    Rachel gently shook Michael’s shoulder. “Michael,” she whispered. “Michael, wake up.”
    “Yes Mommy?” Michael yawned.
    “We need to go,” Rachel said.
    “Go where?” Michael asked.
    “Shawn’s going to take us where we need to go,” she explained.
    “Okay,” Michael said quietly.
    He was really sleepy. We all stepped out of the car and to the side of the barn.
    “This is going to be interesting but we’ll make it work,” I said.
    “Yeah,” Rachel agreed.
    I took off all my clothes and faced away from Rachel and Michael. Rachel held Michael in her arms as he was still half asleep, but I could feel her attentive eyes on me. I began to shift at a leisurely pace, feeling the scales emerge from my skin and my flesh heat up beyond regular human temperatures. I felt fire in my belly and extra appendages grow from my spine.
     
    “Rachel”
    He began to shift as I watched. Michael was still half-asleep but the sight in front of me kept me fully awake. Scales began to surface onto Shawn’s naked form. His bones elongated and grew, wings emerged from his back and a tail from his spine. He grew and grew in form, large and powerful. His scales were a beautiful red, and I imagined they’d reflect light beautifully had it been day. His dragon form was large and powerful; he looked deadly with his long claws and powerful jaw filled with the teeth of a carnivore.
    As he turned around, Shawn’s eyes met mine, they were still the same golden color and very familiar, but the pupil was a different shape. When he blinked, I saw there were two sets of eyelids.
    “No human has seen me like this,” Shawn’s familiar voice spoke from the open dragon’s mouth.
    It was weird because the dragon did not speak, he simply opened his mouth and the sounds came forward, his mouth didn’t pronounce it at all.
    I stood and looked onward with my jaw to the floor.
    “Mommy?” Michael called out.
    I looked down at my son in my arms. He turned around and saw Shawn, his eyes opening wide.
    “Mommy! Look, it’s a dragon!” he shouted.
    “That’s Shawn,” I said to Michael.
    Michael looked at the