Purple Protector

Published by: eXtasy Books

Author : Catherine Lievens

ISBN :978-1-4874-4329-0

Page :148

Word Count :43190

Publication Date :2025-06-02

Series : Eiloren Clan#3

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Category : Coming Soon

BrandsExtasy Books
Product Code: 978-1-4874-4329-0

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When life gives you a one-time opportunity, grab it with both hands.

When Aaron is offered the opportunity to interview the king of the Eiloren clan, he can’t say no, even though he has no idea what he’s doing. He’s fascinated by the dragons, and in particular by one of them—Birch, a massive dark purple dragon.

Birch notices the human, but he’s too busy protecting his king and best friend to have time for one-night stands, let alone relationships. Aaron is tempting, but Birch knows better.

When Aaron is attacked, Birch volunteers to protect him. Everyone knows who’s behind it, but there’s no way to prove it, even though they’re a danger to both Aaron and Killian’s throne. Aaron proves himself impossible to resist, though, and when Birch falls for him, he knows that he’ll do everything in his power to protect him.

He might just have to.

Aaron wouldn’t say that the best thing that had happened to him was his best friend breaking her leg, but it was a close thing.

“I promise I’ll be fine,” he told Lucy as she fretted on the other side of the phone. He hoped he wasn’t lying to her.

“Are you sure? Because no one’s asking you to do this.”

Aaron stopped packing and frowned at the wall. “Really? Because I thought for sure that I heard you asking me to do this.”

There was a pause before Lucy answered. “Yeah, all right. I’m asking you to do this. It’s an opportunity that no one else has. I’d love to go, but with my leg, I’m pretty sure that I’d actually die.”

“They have healers and doctors, too.”

“My doctor threatened to tie me down if I went. Besides, you know how you’ll get there, right?”

Aaron swallowed. “On dragon back.”

He wasn’t sure if he was excited or terrified of that part. Part of him couldn’t wait to see what it was like to fly on a dragon, but another part could only imagine himself splattered on the ground. What would happen if he slid off? He’d have to hold on, but the dragon who would carry them wasn’t like a horse. He or she would be a person, and it was hard to imagine holding onto them. It felt intimate, and Aaron wasn’t entirely comfortable with that.

“You’ll be fine,” Lucy reassured him.

“You don’t know that, although I guess that if I die, it’ll be doing something I enjoy.”

“Maybe you won’t enjoy flying.”

“I do not need you to scare me, Lucy.”

“I’m not trying to scare you. It’ll be great. You’ll see.”

Aaron wasn’t so sure about that anymore, but he didn’t have a choice.

When Lucy had called him in tears because she’d broken her leg, his first thought had been to go to the hospital. That wasn’t why she’d been calling him, though. No, she’d called because she had a unique opportunity that she had to pass on because of her leg.

Lucy was supposed to visit a dragon clan palace. She had interviews planned with the king and his consort. She would stay with the clan for a bit and write about what it was like. She also had interviews planned with several humans who lived there already.

No one else would do it. Lucy had snagged the only opportunity, and she hadn’t wanted to waste it when she’d gotten hurt.

That was where Aaron came in. He knew that the only reason he was going was because Lucy had vouched for him. She was a serious journalist, but he had a blog and wrote puff pieces for a magazine. They weren’t in the same realm of existence professionally, and he wouldn’t be packing if it wasn’t for her.

“I’m still not sure I’m the best person to do this,” he said. It wasn’t the first time he tried to change her mind, but no matter how many times he pointed out that she could find someone better suited to the job, she hadn’t changed her mind.

“You’ll do fine.”

“I’m not you. I don’t do this kind of serious research and everything.”

“You always complain that you want to do more. This is your chance to do it, so you’re not going to bail on me.”

She was right. He wouldn’t bail on her, even though he was convinced he wasn’t good enough for any of this. She’d asked him as a personal favor, and he’d said yes. He would keep that promise.

It wasn’t like he didn’t want to go. He’d wanted to since the news had come out that dragons could shift into a form that was close to a human’s. He wanted to talk to dragons. He wanted to find out about their lives and the war they’d been waging against each other. He already had dozens of questions written down, although he wasn’t sure which would make it into his interviews.

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