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feel the dragon’s curiosity pique as they moved into the room. “ We should probably leave her be while she’s changing.”
Byrd snorted, ignoring Noah, and slipped into the room. He poked around for a moment before going over and pressing his nose against the unlatched bathroom door. It started to inch open.
“No, Byrd!” Noah argued, forcing his will out, trying to take control away from the dragon.
Byrd stopped and shook his head as if he were trying to silence Noah.
“Leave her be,” Noah coaxed. “ She’s having a rough day already.” He didn’t need to know all of her story to see she was having a hard time. The fight with Daniel and the condition of her clothing were more than enough to prove that.
“Make better,” Byrd argued and nosed the door again.
Noah clench down as hard as he could on the muscles in his legs, and they stopped moving forwards. “ No, Byrd.”
Byrd shook himself again.
“We can make her day better by letting her have some time to regroup,” Noah coaxed the dragon. He could feel the creature’s indecision. Byrd wanted to go in and comfort her, but he was starting to see Noah’s point. “ Just let her be for a little while.”
Shaking himself again, Byrd backed away from the open door. Explore. Turning, he made his way out of Kara’s room and back down the hall.
Noah breathed a sigh of relief as they made their way down the hall. He wasn’t sure what Kara would have done had they barged in on her shower.
“Why?” Byrd asked, picking up on Noah’s thoughts.
“You know, for an old dragon, you sure are naive about things,” Noah complained, but the question hung between them. Letting out another sigh, he explained, “ People like privacy when showering or changing. It makes them uncomfortable when others watch while they’re undressed.”
Byrd thought on this for a moment. “ But Raven not uncomfortable when you watched.”
“That was different,” Noah said meekly.
“How?”
“You were there, you know.” The dragon’s curiosity ate at Noah, and he drew in a frustrated breath as he tried to think of a way to explain it to Byrd. “ We were in a physical relationship. She expected me to watch her undress.”
After a few moments of thought, Byrd paused on the stairs and asked a question that blew Noah’s mind. “ Relationship with Kara?”
“No!” Noah said, stopping the dragon from turning around and going back up the steps. “ We are not in a relationship with Kara!”
“Could be,” Byrd replied.
For one quick moment, Noah shared the memories of Kara holding him down and rubbing her face against the bottom of his jaw. Desire raced through him, pulling a shiver in its wake. He gasped at the powerful response his body had to the memory. “ No,” he panted as he tried to focus on the here and now. So many times, he had teased his dragon coworkers when their instincts had kicked in and they’d made a fool of themselves. Now he understood their claims that they couldn’t help themselves. He had never expected the call of instinct to be so powerful.
“Sure?” Byrd asked, letting the memory of her touch torture Noah.
“I’m sure.” Noah gasped as the feeling subsided. He drew in a few deep breaths before they continued down the stairs to explore the rest of Kara’s home. Relaxing, Noah thought as he let Byrd poke around in the woman’s boxes. He didn’t know how, but the dragon was shielding him from those feelings. If, for some reason, Byrd decided to give in to that call, Noah would be unable to do a thing about it.
***
“Sorry about that,” Kara said, shaking her damp hair back and stepping into the room where she’d left Byrd. She had taken a little longer in the shower than she had intended, but she felt much better now that she was clean and dry again. Pausing, she glanced around. “Byrd?” The little dragon was nowhere to be seen.
Shaking her head, Kara turned out of the room. Of course he isn’t here. He’s
Byrd snorted, ignoring Noah, and slipped into the room. He poked around for a moment before going over and pressing his nose against the unlatched bathroom door. It started to inch open.
“No, Byrd!” Noah argued, forcing his will out, trying to take control away from the dragon.
Byrd stopped and shook his head as if he were trying to silence Noah.
“Leave her be,” Noah coaxed. “ She’s having a rough day already.” He didn’t need to know all of her story to see she was having a hard time. The fight with Daniel and the condition of her clothing were more than enough to prove that.
“Make better,” Byrd argued and nosed the door again.
Noah clench down as hard as he could on the muscles in his legs, and they stopped moving forwards. “ No, Byrd.”
Byrd shook himself again.
“We can make her day better by letting her have some time to regroup,” Noah coaxed the dragon. He could feel the creature’s indecision. Byrd wanted to go in and comfort her, but he was starting to see Noah’s point. “ Just let her be for a little while.”
Shaking himself again, Byrd backed away from the open door. Explore. Turning, he made his way out of Kara’s room and back down the hall.
Noah breathed a sigh of relief as they made their way down the hall. He wasn’t sure what Kara would have done had they barged in on her shower.
“Why?” Byrd asked, picking up on Noah’s thoughts.
“You know, for an old dragon, you sure are naive about things,” Noah complained, but the question hung between them. Letting out another sigh, he explained, “ People like privacy when showering or changing. It makes them uncomfortable when others watch while they’re undressed.”
Byrd thought on this for a moment. “ But Raven not uncomfortable when you watched.”
“That was different,” Noah said meekly.
“How?”
“You were there, you know.” The dragon’s curiosity ate at Noah, and he drew in a frustrated breath as he tried to think of a way to explain it to Byrd. “ We were in a physical relationship. She expected me to watch her undress.”
After a few moments of thought, Byrd paused on the stairs and asked a question that blew Noah’s mind. “ Relationship with Kara?”
“No!” Noah said, stopping the dragon from turning around and going back up the steps. “ We are not in a relationship with Kara!”
“Could be,” Byrd replied.
For one quick moment, Noah shared the memories of Kara holding him down and rubbing her face against the bottom of his jaw. Desire raced through him, pulling a shiver in its wake. He gasped at the powerful response his body had to the memory. “ No,” he panted as he tried to focus on the here and now. So many times, he had teased his dragon coworkers when their instincts had kicked in and they’d made a fool of themselves. Now he understood their claims that they couldn’t help themselves. He had never expected the call of instinct to be so powerful.
“Sure?” Byrd asked, letting the memory of her touch torture Noah.
“I’m sure.” Noah gasped as the feeling subsided. He drew in a few deep breaths before they continued down the stairs to explore the rest of Kara’s home. Relaxing, Noah thought as he let Byrd poke around in the woman’s boxes. He didn’t know how, but the dragon was shielding him from those feelings. If, for some reason, Byrd decided to give in to that call, Noah would be unable to do a thing about it.
***
“Sorry about that,” Kara said, shaking her damp hair back and stepping into the room where she’d left Byrd. She had taken a little longer in the shower than she had intended, but she felt much better now that she was clean and dry again. Pausing, she glanced around. “Byrd?” The little dragon was nowhere to be seen.
Shaking her head, Kara turned out of the room. Of course he isn’t here. He’s
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