Jaguin's Love: Dragon Lords of Valdier Book 8 Read Online Free

his face. “Are you with the military?”
    The man hesitated before he responded. “You are on board the Horizon . You and the other female needed immediate medical attention. I am a warrior, one of the best trackers for my people.”
    “Cuello…,” Sara started to say, stopping when the man took a slight step forward.
    “The male and his companions are dead. You need never fear them again,” the man replied in a calm, hard tone. “I would have preferred to have killed him myself, but Lady Carmen completed that task, as was her right.”
    Sara started when the golden creature nudged her hand. She had forgotten all about it. A frown creased her brow and she trembled. She was fast losing the small amount of strength she had when she first woke. Between the beatings and lack of food, her body was running on empty.
    “What is this thing?” She asked, staring down into the golden eyes. When it first came in, it had looked like some kind of huge cat. Now it looked like the sloth figurines that she loved to collect. “It was a cat a minute ago.”
    “Yes, it can change shape. It knows you like this creature so it wishes to calm you,” the man said.
    Sara’s hands automatically reached out when it leaned toward her and dropped a fabric replica of a sloth. It fell into her outstretched palms. Tears burned her eyes when the creature slowly sank down until it was sitting and stared at her with wide, golden eyes. Her gaze lifted to the man again. This time the soft light shining down illuminated his face.
    “Where… Who… are you?” Sara asked in a faint voice.
    “You are aboard the Valdier Warship Horizon . I am Jaguin, a warrior from the east mountain region. I am… your protector,” he added, taking another step closer.
    Sara could feel Emma’s hand violently tremble. It was a reminder that she wasn’t alone. Her body swayed as her mind tried to comprehend what the man was and wasn’t saying. Her lips parted and her throat moved up and down. She tried several times before the words finally came out.
    “What are you?” She whispered, staring at him with wide eyes. “What do you want with us?”
    The man paused in front of her. She already knew the answer. There were no creatures like the golden one watching her intently. There were no human men that looked like the man standing in front of her. Unless she was in some strange movie set, something very, very strange had happened back at Cuello’s compound, something that involved golden tentacles and bizarre lights.
    “I am an alien,” the man finally replied. “You are my mate.”
    Sara’s eyes widened even further before the last of her strength dissolved. She knew she was done when the darkness that was pushing at her continued to grow. She felt Emma’s hands wrap around her, but there was no way the other girl could hold Sara up.
    “Oh, great. I’m done,” Sara forced out as her eyelids fluttered several times.
    Once again, she felt the rush of warmth surround her. This time, it was soft and soothing but hard and muscular. Her head rolled to the side and her cheek rested against the coarse material of the man’s shirt.
    Out of the frying pan…, Sara vaguely thought as the darkness consumed her.

Chapter 4
     
    Jaguin rolled the small stuffed creature he had replicated for Sara nervously between his hands. He wasn’t sure how to approach his mate. He always thought when he met her that they would instantly recognize each other and everything would be perfect. That was the way it worked for his parents. At least, that’s what his father told him.
    When Jaguin was a youngling, he asked his father how he would know when he met his true mate.
    His father’s reply was short and to the point. “I saw your mother, she saw me, and we knew.  You don’t have much choice. When your dragon and your symbiot want something, there’s no use fighting it. They will make your life miserable if you do.”
    “But, what of mother? Did she feel the same?”