Dragon Bound

His head jerked up. He had one of the most startling and unwelcome thoughts of the last century.
Am I a boyfriend?

He rested his cheek against her head and rubbed her back. “I am cursed with a terminal case of curiosity,” he said. “I am jealous, selfish, acquisitive, territorial and possessive. I have a terrible temper, and I know I can be a cruel son of a bitch.” He cocked his head. “I used to eat people, you know.”

There was only him, the destroyer of her world, and she hung on to him with everything she had

In the series of surprises he had encountered since coming aware of her, he came to another first in his long bad life as he discovered reverence

“Look at you,” he murmured, almost to himself. “You’re a baby, nothing but a moment, a heartbeat.”

“There you are,” a deep, quiet voice said. “I’ve been waiting for you.”