C.D. Gorri

A holiday assignment turns into so much more for this grumpy Wyvern.

It’s the holiday season, but instead of snowboarding and doing shots of cinnamon vodka off his favorite bartender, Jasper Wessex is given the assignment from hell—literally.
Protect a woman on the run from a minor Egyptian Demon--um… who the what now?
He wants nothing more than to pass on this nut-ball case till he opens her file. Struck dumb by her picture, his Wyvern scratches against his skin. He can’t resist the owner of those flashing blue eyes.
Carolina Moore is in danger. Home from an archeological dig, she’s brought back a seriously unfortunate souvenir--an ancient Egyptian Demon who thinks she is his property!
Luckily, she has a friend who has contacts with the mysterious Wyvern Protection Unit. But what can she do when her protector poses more of a threat than the Demon she’s running from?


Wyvern Protection Unit

Yes. He still wanted her. Arousal and attraction hung between them, but there was more at stake here than physical need. A lot more.


“You know, there are all sorts of supernaturals in the Garden State. From Jersey Devils to Thunderbirds, but I don’t know if they’ve ever been treated to the funny farm special like me and my brothers. You called us princes, Daeja. Why?”


“Because you are a prince, Revolko,” she whispered, tears flooding her petal pink eyes.


He would never tire of the ever-changing shades of rose that filled her irises, reflecting her mood, he imagined. Heliodore would give anything to be around long enough to discover what each color meant.


He'd been lucky enough to grow up with a real example of what true love was like. Arthur Wessex had adored his wife in life and even after her untimely death. Their relationship was a shining example for him and his brothers.


“What can I do to ease your mind?” she asked, and he saw she was in earnest.


Chapter Sixteen