Fire's Edge

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What was wrong with him? Dragons’ mates were found among human women who showed dragon sign, not among female-born shifters who were already dragons themselves. A dragon and his mate’s soul-deep connection was forged in fire when he turned her. Every dragon prayed and waited for the day he’d meet his mate, a craving that went deeper than every other instinct they were born with. His dragon was making no sense, wanting to claim this woman. They wouldn’t be able to bond if he tried it.

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What was wrong with him? Dragons’ mates were found among human women who showed dragon sign, not among female-born shifters who ...

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Calm down. Calm the fuck down.He was right that she needed to. But how the hell was she supposed to do that when her boys had been threatened and she was supposed to be mated to that slimeball who wanted to “tame her fiery spirit?” She wanted to scream her horror to the world, but that wouldn’t do her any good, either.

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Calm down. Calm the fuck down.He was right that she needed to. But how the hell was she supposed to do that when her boys had be...

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-You saved our lives. Do you think we want to repay that by putting you at risk like this?
-I have to run anyway,” she pointed out softly. -But even if I didn’t, it’s not about owing each other anything. This is about standing strong for the people we love. That is what a community is about. It’s not the laws, or the leaders, or even the need to barter and trade. It’s about living your life with someone beside you who says nothing is going to hurt you or take from you or threaten you. Not while I’m around.
Elijah and Lyndi.

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-You saved our lives. Do you think we want to repay that by putting you at risk like this?
-I have to run anyway,” she poi...