Heart of the Dragon

By Jordan L. Hawk

When a dragon makes its new home near his small village, Sebastian is chosen as the virgin sacrifice meant to soothe the ferocious beast. Brave knight Conner, who Sebastian is secretly in love with, would have fought the dragon instead of letting him be sacrificed. Unfortunately, Conner is visiting the king, and no one knows when he’ll return.

Abandoned at the mouth of the dragon’s lair, Sebastian is certain he’s about to be devoured...until the dragon shifts into a very sexy, and very naked, man. Dragon-shifter Kai has an offer for Sebastian: stay the night, and he’ll make sure no one can ever label Sebastian a virgin again!

Sebastian eagerly agrees to a night of passion with Kai. But when Conner comes to save him the next morning, will Sebastian choose the dragon or the knight? Or is there a way for them all to get exactly what they want?

Short story: 8,076 words. Contains explicit sexual scenes between men.

Other books by Jordan L. Hawk:

Hainted
Widdershins (Whyborne & Griffin #1)
Hunter of Demons (SPECTR #1)

• Language: English
• Publisher: Jordan L. Hawk
• Release date: Mar 4, 2013
• ISBN: 9780988564138

Jordan L. Hawk

Jordan L. Hawk is a trans author from North Carolina. Childhood tales of mountain ghosts and mysterious creatures gave him a life-long love of things that go bump in the night. When he isn’t writing, he brews his own beer and tries to keep the cats from destroying the house. His best-selling Whyborne & Griffin series (beginning with Widdershins) can be found in print, ebook, and audiobook.

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Heart of the Dragon

Jordan L. Hawk

Smashwords Edition

Copyright 2013 Jordan L. Hawk

ISBN: 978-0-9885641-3-8

All rights reserved.

Cover art copyright 2013 Jordan L. Hawk

Model photo copyright Raisa Kanareva | Dreamstime.com

This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

Edited by Annetta Ribken

Heart of the Dragon

The town appreciates your sacrifice, Sebastian, said the mayor, puffing through his mustache. The steep climb to the cave had left him winded; no surprise since his normal exercise consisted of nothing more strenuous than patting himself on the back.

Yes, the alderman added quickly. He was tall and thin to the mayor’s short plumpness. It won’t be forgotten. We’ll put up a plaque. Maybe not in the town square, but somewhere nice.

Very nice, the mayor added, nodding rapidly. Well, then. We should probably leave. Before, er, you know.

Sebastian leaned against the heavy wooden post at his back; the manacles around his wrists clanked loudly. Before the dragon comes, you mean.

The mayor and alderman both blanched, as if the word alone would be enough to summon the beast. Glancing fearfully at the sky, they scurried back down the steep, winding path leading away from the old mine on the hill. The mine which was now the lair of a dragon.

Once they were gone, Sebastian pulled harder on his manacles. Perhaps the blacksmith had overestimated the width of his slender hands? The rough edges scraped his skin, but stayed stubbornly fixed around his wrists.

Damn it.

With a frustrated sob, Sebastian slumped back against the post. Knight Protector Conner would never have let this happen. Handsome Conner, with his wavy brown hair and broad shoulders, featuring prominently in most of Sebastian’s dreams of late, would have insisted on finding some other way. But he’d been off on his yearly visit to the king’s court, and no one knew when he’d return.

Maybe it was just as well. Conner would probably have tried to fight the dragon. Which was what knights did, of course, in all the old stories. In reality, they mainly kept the peace in sleepy little villages, which hardly seemed adequate preparation for