A chill crept over my scalp. Good Lord, where exactly had I gone wrong to make it think something like that?I explained as patiently as I could."Onyx, I'm your master. A master is a master, not a mate."He stared at me. To my surprise, I caught a flicker of anger in its eyes. Its head crept closer and closer, and it looked distinctly displeased."You've always slept with me, and you even give me baths. Now you're saying I'm not your mate just like that?"It kept edging toward my ear until all I could do was lean back."Master, you're not trying to avoid taking responsibility for me, are you?"For some reason, although Onyx had always seemed gentle and adorable, I now sensed something in him that left no room for argument. Then I suddenly remembered what he had said earlier about being an emerald dragon.I turned my head, met his gaze, and looked it over carefully from head to tail.An emerald dragon. It looked exactly like the emerald dragons described in storybooks, and I n
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