Talia POV
My heart hammered inside my rib cage. I have never done anything close to this daring, but when it was with Alan, I felt like the most confident person in the entire universe. I felt beautiful in my skin, and he made me feel like I was the most precious being alive in the world. I guess the mate bond affected us that way.
We ate the food he had prepared for our picnic. Before leaving, he kissed me, and we made out all over the blanket under a tree. We stopped because he promised me to wait until we were back in the cabin. I knew that if we were intimate, there would be no turning back.
He shifted into his dragon without picking anything up, and I climbed into his neck. He flew, as promised, straight back to the cabin. I wondered how we would get the car back, but then I rea
