Bound By Fire and Lies (Hidden #3)

Breathe…

“Breathe through it, Ruby. Your Dragon is waking up. Bring it in.”

“Hurts. Hurts so bad,” she managed to say.

She thought for sure she was on fire, but he was holding her close, enduring the flames, too.

She saw it then, behind her closed eyelids.

The Dragon was deep red with streaks of white, its scales glossy.

It lifted its head, stretching its neck and releasing a stream of fire from its mouth.

Then she was moving, faintly aware of her skin rubbing against Cyn’s. The hunger washed over her in great waves. She pulled him closer, his chest against her cheek, the rub of his sprinkling of hair chafing her jaw.

“Control, Ruby,” he whispered, when he should have shouted it.

She shook her head, her mouth sliding against his skin.

He lowered his head, his voice hoarse. “Ruby.”

She looked up at him, the embers wild in his eyes, and pulled his mouth down to hers. His hands tightened on her, fingers tangling in her hair. She sucked on his tongue, then nibbled on his lower lip. Things she had never done before, never thought to do.