Son of the Dragon King (Alpha Male Shapeshifter Romance)

By Jessica Miller

Striving scientist Jen is brokenhearted. Meanwhile, her colleague Jack is looking for a wife. An office party brings them together. But what's supposed to be one night of unadulterated fun turns out to be a night that will change Jen's life forever. 

Surprisingly, Jack continues to woo her even after their one night stand. She eventually finds herself falling for him… that is, until she goes to his house and discovers something terrible about him. The next thing she knows, she is brought to a remote community—of half-human half-dragon creatures! 

Pregnant with the Dragon King's baby, Jen is trapped in an unfamiliar territory, surrounded by monsters. As she gathers evidence about them, eventually planning to escape and expose them to the public, she slowly gets to know them better. Little by little, she finds herself falling deeply in love with Jack and making real friends among the dragon shifters. 

Wil she still go ahead with her plan to expose the dragon shifters once the baby is born? Will love reign and make her embrace life as the Queen of the Dragon King? 

**Complete short story, no cliffhangers.**

• Language: English
• Publisher: Jessica Miller
• Release date: Nov 8, 2018
• ISBN: 9781540112057

Book preview

Son of the Dragon King

CHAPTER 1

It had been a year . She was certainly over him.

She stared blankly at the blinking computer screen in front of her, unable to concentrate on anything as thoughts of her ex-boyfriend Brian flooded her mind.

Today would have been their 3rd anniversary. They would have planned something special, like spending the night at the beach and having a candlelit dinner by the shore. She should have been walking barefoot in the sand, happy and contented as she held hands with the man she loved.

Suddenly, she shook her head vigorously in frustration and annoyance, her shoulder-length brown hair flying in all directions.

Shut up, Jen. You’re way over him! He’s a thing of the past. 

She felt stupid imagining such things. He was long gone, and in fact she had just gone a full month without checking his social media accounts or and looking at their old photos... or at least, digging them up. She’d actually buried those in her backyard.

But throughout the past week, she’d been dreading this day – the day which would have officially marked three years together. She knew the power of this day alone would be enough to drive her back to misery. She should have been more prepared. All she’d planned was to bury herself in her work, but she found she could not do that because her mind kept drifting.

Earth to Jen Smith! somebody called from behind her, making her whip around in surprise. It was her good friend Melissa, a lab assistant like her at the Barrington Research Center.

Hey, Mel, she said, forcing a smile. The sadness in her hazelnut eyes, though, gave her away.

Melissa gave her a disapproving look. What were you thinking about just now? she asked, her eyes narrowing in suspicion.

Jen immediately raised her hands in apparent surrender. Guilty as charged, she muttered. Then sighing, she said, Sorry I couldn’t help it.

Melissa’s expression turned to one of concern and sympathy. I know it’s hard not to think about him, but you’ve got to keep yourself distracted with other things. That jerk doesn’t deserve any more of your attention or thoughts! He treated you like garbage, Jen. Or do you want me to remind you again of the sordid details?

Mel! Jen protested. Of course not. Then sitting up straight and squaring her shoulders, she smiled again and smoothed her shiny brown hair, showing off her small beautiful face. Okay, let’s go. What did you have in mind?

Well... Mel started. For one, we can go check out that dragon shifter skeleton fragment that they recently uncovered up in Alaska...

Jen stood up at once, her face filled with shock and awe. Oh my gosh! They didn’t!

They did, her friend confirmed. The DNA matches the previous one they found in the same area. But this recent bone actually makes up part of the wings!

Wow, Jen breathed. So they’ve brought it in here?

Yes, Mel answered, lowering her voice. Bernard just called me to let me know.

Jen laughed. Pays to date the head archaeologist huh?

Mel laughed too, but her bright blue eyes were twinkling. She flipped her long blonde hair over her shoulder and strutted out the door of the office. Come on, Jen!

Jen followed her out into the pristine white hallway. As they walked together, they discussed the recent discoveries over the last year involving dragon shifters. The existence of these half-human half-dragon creatures had been established and proven some years ago. But they were believed to have become extinct around 12000 years ago. However, the newest unearthed remains were unbelievably dated in the 1800s!

This is really exciting, Mel said, talking animatedly. I mean, what’s going to be next? Are we going to find bones that are just ten years old?

Jen’s eyes widened. Would that mean that there are still some dragons lurking in our midst?

Mel grinned. Yeah, that would be awesome.

Or scary... Jen whispered, picturing a monstrous dragon hiding in an alley and suddenly attacking people. She shuddered.

She was so lost in her thoughts that when they rounded the corner, she almost crashed into someone else. Looking up, she found herself staring into the intense gray eyes of one of the lab managers. She immediately blushed. Oh, I’m sorry!

The slightly older man standing in front of her looked harsh for a moment. But upon seeing her face, his