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    Canary for the Dragon
    Canary for the Dragon
    Canary for the Dragon
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    Canary for the Dragon

    By Angelique Voisen

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    Sky’s a canary prince that’s been kept in a gilded cage all his life. As a breeder for his dying people, it’s his job to find a suitable mate and continue the bloodline. All he wants to experience is a one-night-stand with a stranger he’s attracted to, before someone puts a permanent lock on his cage.

    Rex’s a century-old Alpha dragon shifter trying to make it past each day. Losing his mate tore his soul in half. As a result, his dragon’s broken beyond repair. When Rex meets Sky, he realizes he’s been given a second chance at love. But things are never that simple.

    Sky’s powerful avian family wants their breeder back and Sky’s terrified for Rex. Little does Sky know who the real threat is. When a dragon finds his mate, the hunt never ends until the Alpha claims his mate.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherEvernight Publishing
    Release dateApr 28, 2017
    ISBN9781773392646
    Canary for the Dragon
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    Angelique Voisen

    Angelique Voisen writes LGBTQ erotic romances and likes experimenting with different sub-genres. Her stories are often set in exotic settings and may include blades, fangs, kinky magic systems, and happily-ever-afters. Visit Angelique at www.angelvoisen.blogspot.com

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      Canary for the Dragon - Angelique Voisen

      Published by EVERNIGHT PUBLISHING ® at Smashwords

      www.evernightpublishing.com

      Copyright© 2017 Angelique Voisen

      ISBN: 978-1-77339-264-6

      Cover Artist: Jay Aheer

      Editor: Karyn White

      ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

      WARNING: The unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this copyrighted work is illegal. No part of this book may be used or reproduced electronically or in print without written permission, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in reviews.

      This is a work of fiction. All names, characters, and places are fictitious. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

      DEDICATION

      To my readers, I hope you enjoy Sky and Rex’s story as much as I loved writing it.

      CANARY FOR THE DRAGON

      Angelique Voisen

      Copyright © 2017

      Chapter One

      Rex Striker stood in the middle of a crowded street and let the human traffic walk past him. Five days out of seven he did this, unsure why he stopped in the middle of the sidewalk and listened. Emerald Street to be precise, a pretentious neighborhood located between the high-rise residential buildings only the wealthy could afford.

      A hurrying businessman nearly bumped into him, about to let loose a curse until he glimpsed Rex’s reptilian eyes.

      Sorry, the man muttered. The stranger clutched his leather suitcase close to him and edged away, as if Rex would suddenly turn into his animal form and bite his head off.

      He chuckled to himself.

      Humans never changed, even a century after the Paranormal Peace Treaty was set in place.

      Long ago, he’d hunted humans for sport, simply because they seemed intent on eradicating his kind. They nearly succeeded, too, but Rex didn’t hold a grudge. Best to leave the past behind and move on. These days, he wore a suit himself, a designer brand his human assistant picked out.

      A quick time check told him lunch would end in ten minutes. As the CEO of his own publishing company, he could afford to come back any time he wanted, but Rex relished routine, monotony. It escaped him why he would break iron-clad rules for a chance to hear a canary sing.

      His phone rang, disrupting his moment of contemplation. Rex fished it out from the inner pocket of his suit jacket, about to answer his assistant George, but he froze, lifting his head.

      A bright flash of yellow stood out from the uniform sleek silver and gray profile of the Emerald Tower II. With his superior eyesight, Rex could make out the outline of the tiny songbird, twenty stories above him.

      The animal looked forlorn, wistful. Hah. Rex must be going out of his mind to make that observation. The little bird fixed its talons on the window ledge. Even from here, Rex could make out the little notches scarring the wood, no doubt created by the little bird.

      Fly, little one.

      Rex waited. Seconds turned to minutes. Wind ruffled his face, messing his hair. For a month, he’d stood right on this spot, willing the little bird to spread its wings and escape. Every single time, it gazed out the window but never took the final step forward.

      He shut his eyes to listen for the song. Unlike the shrill noises other birds made, canaries would carry an actual tune. This one had a voice of an angel. Rex could pick out sadness when the notes dipped. The modern world, seemingly always in constant motion, came to halt. Nothing mattered, except the single pure note carried by the wind.

      He sighed, opened his eyes to find the canary finished, staring right down at him. Was it his imagination? Eventually, the little bird retreated. Rex’s phone vibrated again, and he picked up, letting George’s voice drone on, listening with half an ear.

      Yes, tell them I’ll be back at the office soon, he said absentmindedly, cutting George mid-speech and tucking his phone away.

      Rex hired George because the human took his job seriously, sometimes far too much. Rex needed George and couldn’t afford to lose his temper. Out of all ten assistants he’d lost over the years, George had stuck the longest.

      Besides, it was hard to find someone able to take his orders. Rex intimidated normal people most of the time, as if they could automatically sense a predator lurked inside him.

      One more look, but his canary was gone. Showtime over, come the next day. Shoving his hands into his trouser pockets, he whistled on his way back to the office. He walked, because he couldn’t stomach crowded public transport.

      Being squeezed between too many humans would make him start thinking of them as potential walking and talking Happy Meals, dolls he could easily break. Humans were too fragile for their own good, breakable like glass, like that canary.

      Some nights, Rex wondered if that song bird was a figment of his imagination, a sign he would soon fall to the affliction immortals called time. The longer he lived, the more it became harder to cling to his humanity. Somedays, it felt like a mask had been stretched over his real skin.

      Rex knew he needed to form bonds, a mate to tether him back to the real world. But it was not an option after he’d lost his human mate Tim two decades ago. Losing Tim had made Rex a half shadow. He would have followed Tim into death, except Tim had made him swear that awful promise.

      Live, baby. For the both of us. Find someone else to make you as happy as I did.

      Too bad all Rex

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