Black Dragon

What is an assassin to do when she finds herself protecting her mark instead of killing him? She sends him to Del Fantasma, where she hopes her old friend Cody will take care of him until she can resolve the mess she’d gotten herself into.

Will her Vampiric abilities be enough to keep Remi Dragonsblood alive? Or will the dragon shifter’s seductive charm get them both killed?

Excerpt : Unedited.

“So he wants you dead, too!”

The man had a knack for stating the obvious that never ceased to amaze her. Rolling her eyes, she took a deep guzzle of her beer. “Yes, me too. So since this might be my last visit to Del Fantasma and as my innocent decided not to appear how about you mix me an Evil Barman for old times?”

Cody laughed and walked behind the bar. “I think a Black Dragon is more your type of drink, Nerezza,” he told her with a nod of his head.

Turning, she saw red when Remi Dragonsblood stepped out of the employee’s only section. Cody had lied to her. “How long has he been here?”

“Since about three am. Imagine my surprise when he tells me you sent him here.”

Fuming, she turned her back on the dragon and faced Cody, allowing all of her anger to show. “You were going to tell me when?”

“Not until you proved to me he wasn’t in any danger from you. It seems, Athalda, that the dragon knows you better than I do! He had no doubt that you meant him no harm.”

Athal…he knows my true name! Panic gripped her, for someone to know her true name, put her in their… “How long have you known?”

“Does that really matter? You’re safe at Del Fantasma, Nerezza. Except that you have a dragon behind you glaring at me with murder in his eyes that you need to deal with.”

“This isn’t over!”

He leaned over the bar and tucked a flyaway strand of hair behind her ear. “It never is with you, but I will miss your persistence. Now go before my bar catches on fire.”

Turning towards the dragon, she was shocked to find steam coming from his nose. Looking into his eyes, she saw them blazing a bright red never moving off of Cody behind the bar.

“Oh, and Nerezza, a word of advice, Dragon’s mate for life and that dragon has chosen you.”