Treasure Lane Dragons: Complete Series (BBW Paranormal Dragon Shapeshifter Romance) Read Online Free

brow at her. He had a long face, a strong nose and high cheekbones that hinted at the beast that was hidden within. Everything about him screamed power, speed and ruthlessness. She didn’t want to admit it to herself, but the man was hot .
    Of course he’s hot. He’s a dragon, after all, Gemma thought to herself, suppressing the snicker that wanted to crack her lips.
    „Teeley, Gemma Teeley,“ she offered, trying her best to stop undressing him with her eyes.
    It was harder to do than she thought it would, though, what with how his broad shoulders bulged out of his black silk button-up and how his slacks clung to his thick muscled thighs. The paparazzi had not done the man justice – he was built like a Greek god, and suddenly it became very easy to understand why every single model and actress in Hollywood was drooling all over him. He showed up in the tabloids with a new girl or two every week, and Gemma had started wondering if the damn dragon had some magic she wasn’t aware of.
    It turned out he did – being mouthwateringly gorgeous, in that dark, gloomy kind of way.
    „Gem. A pleasure. Devon Bluewing,“ he said, a slight smirk perched on his lips. She wondered how his lips would taste if he kissed her, and the makings of a blush wanted to creep on her cheeks. Hell, she didn’t even mind the nickname.
    No, behave! Gemma told herself sternly.
    „Mister Bluewing, I...“
    „Call me Devon,“ he interjected, keeping his blue eyes on her. It was like being stared down by a wild animal – she knew she could make a run for it, but it wouldn’t really matter. He would catch her anyway.
    “Devon,” she started again, reluctantly liking the way his name felt on her tongue. “I’m here today because I feel I have to tell you that the new bounty rule you set on Gold Valley isn’t fair.”
    Like someone had flipped a switch, his casual, almost warm expression turned stony and cold in the flash of a second.
    Oh no. Not good, she thought, keeping herself from gnawing on her lower lip. Now he was really looking at her like he was going to eat her up, and not in the good but the bad way. The way that ended with her in a box, sent to her parents as a pile of ash. Still, she persisted, ignoring all the klaxons screaming in her ears, and trudging onward, determined to get through her little monologue before he cooked her like a marshmallow.
    “Gold Valley can barely deal with the old requirements set by your father. He knew that, which is why he hadn’t raised the amount for so long. We’re just barely coming out of the recession now, and the jewelry market is only beginning to bounce back from the hit it took, so I feel like it’s really unfair that you… “
    “Stop,” he said, motioning at her like she was a gnat buzzing around in his peripheral vision.
    Her words got stuck in her throat, and Gemma frowned. She hadn’t noticed before, but she was trembling a little. Not out of fear, but the adrenaline that coursed through her veins, knowing that she was standing in front of the man, whom she knew as the giant dragon, flying over her house. Just looking at him made her feel vertigo, thinking of him flying so high, his huge wings carrying him into the clouds, higher and higher… Gemma felt a bit woozy at that mental image.
    She might have had a teensy , tiny, completely unnoticeable deathly fear of heights. Having a conversation with someone, who could take her into the stratosphere and then drop her to her death, was not something that soothed her phobia in any way, shape or form.
    “How long has your family lived in Gold Valley?” he asked, turning his back to her and walking to one of the windows that provided a clear view of the valley. It was dark outside, and she could barely make out the flicker of lights down in the valley. One of those lights was her home.
    “Six generations.”
    “Good. Then your family was here when my grandfather Dominic still ruled, and they know that the Bluewing dragons have