He thought he lost her decades ago.
Half-demon, half-dragon shifter Ian McCabe is hellbent on getting back the only woman he’s ever loved. When Fiona O’Riley kicked him out of her life decades ago, he thought she was gone for good. Now that she’s back, nothing will stop him from claiming her. But she wants nothing to do with him—or his family.
She’ll do anything to save him.
Fiona knows that Ian is the only male for her. The only way to keep him alive is to stay away from him. But when tragedy strikes and they discover a wicked agenda for the mass murder of humans, they must work together to take down the enemies that threaten everyone. But there’s so much more on the line. As their undeniable desire intensifies, they’re faced with an unbearable choice. If Fiona and Ian succumb to their temptation, mating could be the last thing they ever do.
His brother flipped
open a thin manila file on the desk and revealed an 8x10 glossy of…
Fiona.
Ian blinked once.
Twice.
He stared at the picture, feeling his
entire body heat up. It had been years since he’d seen her. He had a picture of
Fiona, but it was from decades ago and it was in one of his safes—along with
other treasures. That was not a myth about dragons—they loved treasure. Given
her modern style of dress, this was taken fairly recently. “What is this?” His
voice was always raspy, but even more so now.
Rory flicked a glance at Liberty before
looking back at Ian. “This is what I wanted to talk to you about. Finn wants to
speak to this female. She lives on the outskirts of his territory. Not in it,
but close enough. And we needed to know if she is a trustworthy female. I know
you know who she is, but I don’t know
the nature of your relationship.” He stared at Ian questioningly.
Ian stood abruptly. He’d shared almost
every part of his life and history with Rory. Fiona was the only thing he’d
left out of that narrative. He simply couldn’t talk about her. It hurt too bad.
Made his dragon want to take over, to burn everything and everyone to ash.
“She’s trustworthy.” Without saying anything further he strode from the room.
He heard his brother curse softly behind him, but ignored him.
Rory was lucky he hadn’t burned a hole
in the ceiling and just flown out of there. Which yes, was insane, but Ian
wasn’t in control now. He needed to get to the Stavros estate as soon as
possible. The Alpha wolf who ran this territory wouldn’t be happy to see him
since he didn’t plan to call first, but the male could just deal with it.
Seeing Fiona’s picture again had his most primal nature clawing to the surface.
He couldn’t even convince himself that
he’d buried memories of her because it was a lie. He thought of her every damn
day. The woman lived inside him, was his mate. It didn’t matter that they’d
never crossed that final line and mated. That he’d never marked her—that she
was mated to another. Another female would never do for him. Now to know that
she was somehow nearby, close to Finn’s territory… He was going to find out
everything from the Alpha.
Then he was going to see her. He knew
he shouldn’t. She was mated, taken. She’d broken his heart into a thousand
shards and gone off with another male. Another male her family deemed worthy.
Too late he realized she’d done it to protect him, that she’d sacrificed her
own happiness to keep him alive. Or it had been an attempt to—but he didn’t
need anyone’s protection. He would have kept them safe, alive. He just wished
she’d known that, trusted him enough.
Now there was no logical reason to go
to her. Still, he would see her. He had to.
Katie Reus is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Red Stone Security series, the Darkness series and the Deadly Ops series. She fell in love with romance at a young age thanks to books she pilfered from her mom’s stash. Years later she loves reading romance almost as much as she loves writing it.
However, she didn’t always know she wanted to be a writer. After changing majors many times, she finally graduated summa cum laude with a degree in psychology. Not long after that she discovered a new love. Writing. She now spends her days writing dark paranormal romance and sexy romantic suspense.
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