Irina
Alec skidded into the room behind us and swore loudly. Erik’s roar turned into continuous growling. Alec spoke in Russian to him, then he tried Latin. All the while Avery remained unconscious. Erik’s blue human eyes flashed intermittently replacing the reptilian ones.
“Do you want to be rejected?” I asked him.
Erik looked like I’d hit him. Well, Erik never really looked like he’d been hit, but my verbal assault jolted his head back. His eyes cleared.
“Why would that happen?” he asked.
“Avery has a bad history with men. She’s been hurt before,” I said.
“When? Who?” Erik growled, his eyes flashed, and scales rippled across his chest.
“That doesn’t matter right now. If Avery wakes up clutched to your naked butt, she’s going to freak out again.”
“Tell me!” he commanded.
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