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again.

The words came to me far more easily than I’d expected.

“I’m ready,” I said.

The End

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The Dragon’s Space Order Bride

Piper Fox

About Dragon’s Bride

Ruby is screwed and not in the fun way. She’s pissed off the prince of vampires and he wants her gone. She’s not sure if that means shipped off to another planet, or dead. Her only escape is to go with the creepo guy with the glowing tattoos and the way too kissable lips who kidnaps her.

If this is Stockholm Syndrome, she’s moving to Sweden immediately.

Ash just found his ticket to buy his freedom and she’s a cute and curvy princess who doesn’t know her head from her delectable rear end. If he can sell her on the black market, he can finally have enough money to break the blood-slave bond and get passage back to his home planet of Dragos.

It's the perfect escape plan. Except for the fact that she lights up the fire in his soul like only a fated mate can for a lonely dragon.

Ruby

Well, that's it. Ruby's life was officially over. Dusted and done. Dead.

Her bratty stepsister was marrying the freaking alien vampire prince and he wanted Ruby out of their lives. Forever. She couldn't show her face in another club, couture shop, or even get into a spa to get her nails done without being booed and hissed at. Not to mention the fact that Vamp Dickhead had cut her off. She couldn't even buy a soy mocha no whip no foam double shot latte.

What, like none of these women had ever tried to trick a rich powerful guy into marrying them instead of their stupid sister? Ugh. They weren't even actually related. Just because Ruby's mother had married Ember's father, for his money no doubt, didn't mean the two girls had to love or even like each other.

Maybe she should have at least faked it. If there was one thing Ruby knew best, it was that love was the most effective weapon she had to get people to do what she wanted. Her mother had taught her that a long time ago.

She was going to use that feeling against her sister's new husband right now. Because there was no way she was moving into the rat-infested public housing when she'd lived in luxury her whole life. She put on her best help-me face and sniffled. "What am I supposed to do? I don't have anywhere else to go."

Roman sat behind his big desk with his hands steepled staring her down. She would not be intimated by him. She would not. "You should have thought of that before you tried to hurt my mate."

Mate. Ew. It gave her the heebie jeebies every time Roman called Ember that. He made it sound like they were animals. Disgusting. Whatever. She knew that meant he would do anything for her sister. His love would be what got Ruby a whole new life away from aliens and their weird matings.

"You know Ember doesn't want you to kick me out. She loves me. I'm her only family in the whole world. She'll be devastated if she never got to see me again." There, that ought to do it.

"Which is why I've told her you're going on an extended vacation to my planet to try and find your own mate. I will not allow you to harm her ever again." He smiled and his sparkling white fangs dropped.

Ruby's heart stopped. Dead. Which was probably good, since a vampire could hear her heart beating and was probably going to drink her dry. She took a slow step back, ready to sprint out the door. Except vampires were faster than sin and there was no way she could get away.

Roman snapped his fingers and two huge, muscled supernatural bodyguards swooped in from the shadows and grabbed her by the arms. They picked her up and she opened her mouth to scream, but one of the brutes slapped his hand over her