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are in your dragon form will it?”
    Her patience finally snapped. “No.” She turned away from him. “We do not
    make love in our dragon skins. As dragon shifters we hold keenly to our humanity.”
    “And yet, you live part of your life as a dragon.”
    “You know not of what you speak.” She gazed down at the floor—suddenly,
    staring right into his eyes made her feel vulnerable. She had never felt so close and yet so estranged from a person. Mustering her courage, she looked up briefly at him.
    “I know enough. You’ve given me a sickness. Thanks for that. You were
    supposed to protect me. Fat lot of good, that was. Instead of protecting me from the fire—you’ve thrown me into the bloody pot!”
    She whirled back on him. “You just don’t get it, do you?” Looking to the ceiling she gave a frustrated sigh. “The Fates mock me! They have given me a man like you to spend the rest of eternity with! If we aren’t cautious, we will end up destroying each other!”
    “Eternity? Now don’t go jumping to any conclusions. Steady on, there.”
    “You are an immortal wizard, are you not?”
    “The last time I checked—yeah.”
    “Then, when we finally give in to the Mating Fire you will be mine forever.”
    “I don’t like the way you word that—you’ve put it like I’m going to be your first course.”
    She laughed. “Well, I tell you, you’ll enjoy the afters. You are the most
    irritating, most obnoxious man I’ve ever met. You put some of my friends from back home to shame.”
    “I take that as a compliment.”
    “Good.” She closed her eyes, trying to curtail the rioting emotions battling inside of her. She had to breathe before she set something afire.
    “Those candles over there just lit on their own. I swear I didn’t do it.” He raised his hands up in a gesture of submission.

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    “That’s me. I’m overheating.”
    “Oh, okay. Well, maybe you should make a fast getaway out the back door …
    there isn’t room for you to transform in here … I’ll be squished.”
    She resisted the temptation to smile. Sweat beaded on her forehead. “Aren’t you feeling it?”
    “I’m randy most of the time—so don’t worry, I can deal with it. A good cold
    shower should just do the trick for both of us.”
    “As our bond forges more and intensifies, I guarantee you won’t be able to deal with it. You’ll be trying to rip my clothes off just as much as I’ll be wanting to tear your clothes off.”
    “And on that note … where are your brown beans? I’m starving—I need to eat
    something soon, unless you’d like me to conjure some food up.”
    “No. You don’t need to use magic. My world doesn’t revolve around calling
    upon dragon magic—I know how to live like a human—it would seem far better than you do.”
    “Hey, don’t go pissing on my living like a mortal skills. We wizards and witches are given strict schooling in the ways of the humans. In order for us to blend in—we have to fit in. I love rugby, football, and crisps. I hang out in the pub and have a pint now and then, and I go to the cinema fortnightly.”
    “Well, I stand corrected. Come with me, I have everything you need in the
    kitchen.” She stared at him. He hadn’t budged an inch. “I promise, I will not bite you.
    Follow me.”
    “I have no problems with that, this way I can admire the view being behind you affords me.”
    “I know you don’t like me—could we just call a truce and try to get through the next few months?”
    “Months?” He stopped in his tracks. “I’ll be able to finish the spell in a fortnight at the most.”
    Her heart fell. “Only a fortnight? You are a fast worker.” Her voice dropped to the merest of whispers.
    “Only when the fate of the world hangs in the balance, of course I do—I’ve lost countless nights of sleep trying to perfect the incantation—I’m not going to drag it out if I can help it. I can say, though, that in bed, I