Authors: Julia Mills
Her Dragon's Fire
Her Dragon's Fire
Dragon Guards [2]
Julia Mills
(2014)
Her brilliant blues eyes and luscious curves have haunted his every thought for over six years. The guilt of his younger brother’s death a weight around his heart, keeping him from claiming the one the Universe has made for him and him alone. Aidan, a fierce Dragon Guardsman, now knows that nothing was as he thought and the woman he believed was unattainable is within his grasp, if only he can keep her safe from those that would use her to hurt him.
Grace is a successful lawyer, seeking justice for those that would otherwise be forgotten. Her incredible strength and intelligence makes her a champion for the downtrodden. When she stumbles into a case that is so much more than she ever imagined, her very life hangs in the balance and the man whose scent sends her heart racing and her temperature rising is the only one that can keep her safe. When she comes face to face with him her life is irrevocably changed.
There are no coincidences. Aidan will do everything in his power, including giving his very life, to keep his mate safe. The Universe does not make mistakes. Grace and Aidan are meant to be together in this life and the next but the forces both natural and magical that are sworn to keep them apart have been a step ahead of Aidan and the Dragon Guard all along. Can these fated mates defy all odds and live the life that is their destiny? Fate will not be denied.
Her Dragon’s Fire
Dragon Guard Series Book 2
By
Julia Mills
Copyright © 2014 Julia Mills
All Rights Reserved
DISCLAIMER
: The characters, locations and events portrayed in this book are a work of fiction or are used factiously. Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental and not intended by the author.
NOTICE:
This is an adult erotic paranormal book with love scenes and mature situations. It is only intended for adult readers over the age of 18.
DEDICATION
It takes village to write a book and this one is no different, without the love and support of all these people and so many more, the Dragon Guard never would have seen the light of day.
Thank you, God.
To the best daughters a mom could ever have. Liz and Em, You are both AMAZING!You make me want to be better! Love you whole bunches!
To Emma Edwards, my writing partner and friend, for reading every part of this book over and over to soothe my neurotic writer’s mind and never telling me to buzz off.
To JD Nelson, who continues to be the greatest mentor and motivator I could have ever hoped for!
To my beta readers, biggest supporters and the ladies that are ALWAYS there to inspire me Tonya Allen, Cindy Barton, Faith Bates, Charlene Bauer, Charlene Cain, Karen Crosby Branch, Rosemary Hendry, Tiffany Lagrone, Sue McGarvie, Lisa Miller, Dorinda Reyes, Jacklynn Sizemore, Robin Smith, Bridget Thomas-Parker, and Alicia Wilson-Barbarini
To all my Facebook friends and family for always being supportive and loving when you really wanted to tell me to shut up and go write!
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I have absolutely the best support system a writer could ever hope for. Here are just a few of the people that made this book possible.
~Linda Boulanger with Tell-Tale Book Covers, You are AMAZING! No matter the project, you bring it to life!
~Lisa Miller with Angel Editing Services, my editor, Thank You for your tireless reading and rereading to find all my crazy spellings and reduce the number of times this southern girl repeats herself.
~Emma Edwards, my writing partner, for reading every chapter of this book countless times before anyone else every saw it.
Table of contents
HER DRAGON TO SLAY
Index of the Words of Love of Original the Dragon Kin
| | Male Dragons |
| | Female Dragons |
| | Young Dragons, either male or female |
| | My Heart |
| | My Love |
| | Sunshine |
| Ta’mo chroi | My Heart Is Within You |
| | My Treasure |
| | Soul Mate |
| | Sweetheart |
| | Mate |
| | True Love |
CHAPTER ONE
So today had been absolutely crazy. Hell, the last six months had been complete madness, but today ranked up there in the top three most insane days. She hadn’t had two seconds to think about anything other than cases, clients, and witnesses. Now that she was facing at least four more hours of rooting through old case files, trying to find the one young woman that could identify and seal a conviction against one of the worst criminals she had ever seen, all Grace could think about was the call she had gotten from her best friend. The importance of tonight’s research was not lost on her, but the call from Kyndel had thrown her for a loop. Tonight’s investigation would require all of her focus. It is the only way to put the
defendant,
not so affectionately being called, ‘The Auctioneer’, away for life. Finding that witness and making sure she was protected was on the top of her To-Do list. There were at least six attorneys, including her, in the office working on this case. They all knew that at least twenty women had disappeared in the last twelve months. But no matter how important, her search would have to wait at least a few minutes. If she didn’t take a second to actually digest all that her friend had shared in that quick, five minute conversation, there was no way she would be able to focus, and her undivided attention was absolutely necessary tonight.
Earlier in the day, Grace had taken fifteen minutes to grab a fresh cup of coffee and a stale bagel, when her cell phone vibrated on the counter. She was so excited to see Kyndel’s number, she didn’t even mind the intrusion on the only break she’d had since 6:45 that morning when she had walked into the office. It had been almost a week since they had last spoken. Now that Kyndel lived God knows where with her new husband and his incredibly large extended family, they spoke almost exclusively on the phone. Hell, she had only actually seen her once in the last six months. It was such a drastic change from the last eight years. And today of all days, Kyndel had called to tell Grace she was pregnant. Pregnant! Grace was going to be an auntie and she didn’t even know where they lived and had only met the daddy-to-be once.
She thought back to how she and her best friend had met. From the moment they had bumped into each other at freshman orientation, Grace had known they would be best friends. It had been a feeling she couldn’t deny. It didn’t matter that they were total opposites. Grace was from the city and a powerful, political family; Kyndel, from the country, raised by her granny, a country healer. None of that mattered. It was an immediate connection that now, over eight years later, she knew was the only reason she had made it through college and then law school. Kyndel may have not wanted to trust Grace at first, but it hadn’t taken much time at all for her to succumb to Grace’s charm.
Yea! Let’s go with charm, not pain in the ass stalking. HA!
she thought to herself. Grace had an innate ability to know when things were right, and she knew her friendship with Kyndel was right from the beginning. They were sisters of the heart and all that sentimental crap.
Yea, you’re not sentimental at all. HA! HA!
Her inner voice was really working overtime tonight.
Kyndel was the one person in the world that didn’t treat Grace like a princess, or only wanted to be her friend because one or both of her parents could further their political or social agenda. The girl from the south with fiery red hair had never even heard of Ambassador Kensington or all of his beautiful wife’s humanitarian efforts. Kyndel didn’t give a shit who she was or who her parents were. She treated her just like everyone else, and after a few short weeks, they were inseparable. Distance couldn’t change
that
, she reminded herself once again. They had even stayed close and talked everyday while Grace was in law school and Kyndel had gone to work for that idiot, Jack Jackson.
Kyndel gave Grace shit about being late for everything and never following through on what she said she would do. Her best friend was not afraid to call Grace on her crap and God knew she was right. She frowned as she remembered the night Kyndel had
met
her new husband, Rayne. Grace had borrowed her car and then true to form, had completely spaced picking her up. Kyndel had assumed Grace was “hooking up” with some random guy, an assumption that bothered her more than she let anyone know. Sadly, her best friend was not the only one who thought she had a guy hidden around every corner, no matter how many times or how vehemently she denied it. So many people over the years had teased her about the same thing that she finally gave up correcting them, even Kyndel. In actuality, she hadn’t been with anyone since the year she graduated from law school. She just had not been able to be with anyone after walking in and catching Derek screwing Mitzi, the local ‘fuck your way to the top’ second year law student. It had been a shock she had never really gotten over. Grace had been so in love with the asshole she probably could have forgiven him for cheating, but when she overheard him tell Mitzi he was only with her to meet her father and use his connections to further his political aspirations, everything she felt for the jerk just died. If all of that had not been enough, right before she made her presence known, he had told the slut that Grace was a ‘spoiled princess’ with a fat ass, putting the final nail in his coffin. She walked away and never looked back, deciding from that moment forward to focus on school and then her career. Anyone that didn’t like it could kiss her ‘fat’ ass. She had even considered changing her last name to completely escape being known as Ambassador Kensington’s daughter, but decided that was overkill. Grace Kensington was going to be an amazing lawyer; she would make sure of that.
