Waking Tamara
Blurb:
The apocalypse has been and gone.
Generations have passed.
The old world wakes up to a future they never imagined.
Indra answers a mating call and is plunged into his future. He’s drawn to a beauty frozen in the past. He wants more than a kiss when he wakes her. But he has to have patience.
Gazing into Indra’s eyes, Mara is instantly smitten. One surprise after another has her believing in fairy tales. But there are no princes in her story, only dragons.
Believing in dragons isn’t the hard part. Even becoming a dragon brings her more pleasure than she’d ever dreamed. But being told she’s becoming a parent without her consent.
Nope.
Indra has some groveling to do.
Excerpt:
Indra was magnificent in the daylight. His dark scales shimmered with different shades of green and brown. If you didn’t know he was there, he blended into the earth and surroundings. She licked her lips. If she didn’t know it was Indra, she’d be wet-her-pants scared right now. “Now what?” As a dragon, he was a bit intimidating.
“Now this.” Mischief sparkled in his eyes. He leaped and grabbed her. Then set her in the IBC container. His talons hooked through the metal grating surrounding what was left of the white plastic tank. He soared up and Mara’s feet slid.
She quickly sank down to sit against the container wall. She used Indra’s pants to cushion her bottom. From the shape it was in, she would have to agree that plastic didn’t degrade. She doubted anyone was still producing them. Which meant this container was close to a couple hundred years old. Maybe. The date stamped into the plastic bottom was 2007. Ironically, a number five recycling symbol was also pressed into the bottom, yet it was still around. Her race had done their best to destroy their world without even trying. Hopefully, they would do better this time around.
She really wished she had a way of telling how much time had passed. Nine generations would indicate a minimum time of around one hundred eighty years. If you counted twenty years as a generation. Her brain hurt thinking about it.
Mara laughed to herself. It didn’t even matter in the scheme of things. It wasn’t like the waking up of a few hundred people from before the apocalypse would rebuild the world.
She felt it would be a huge culture shock for the majority of those they were waking. Then, once they met shifters, their world would be turned on edge. The dragons had no intention of going back into hiding. It didn’t seem like the wolves would either. She had to wonder where the population percentages stood.
The basket stopped moving and jarred her slightly as it hit the ground. She threw Indra’s pants out of the basket and stood.
Indra shifted and lifted her out and dressed. “Thanks. Let’s get the corn in the basket.”
They leaned over and started tossing the ears in the plastic container. It was tedious. Mara and Indra groaned and stretched out their backs.
Indra pulled her in for a hug and tugged her off the ground with a bit of a shake.
“Oh.” Her back cracked. Mara dropped her head forward onto Indra’s chest. “Thank you.”
“We should get back. Hopefully, they found your dad or your brother.” He squeezed her, then tilted her face toward him. “Or we could stay here for a while.” His lips descended on hers.
Her knees wobbled, and she leaned against him to keep from falling. “That sounds nice.”
“Just nice?” He chuckled against her lips. “I must not be doing it right.”
“Are you done yet?” Randy’s voice pulled a groan from Indra. “I came to help, but I see nothing I can help with.” He wrapped his arms around both of them.
Indra shrugged him off, baring his teeth.
Randy just laughed.
“We might as well go.” Mara climbed over the container wall and wiggled down among the corn.
Indra tossed his pants at Randy and shifted, stirring up the dirt and chaff in the area.
“Dammit, Indy.” Randy ran and leaped into the container just as Indra lifted it into the air. “Fly, Indy, fly!” He whooped and burrowed next to Mara.
She chuckled and shook her head.
“So, are you boning my cousin?” He wagged his eyebrows. “Tell me all.”
Indra growled above them and Randy snorted.
Mara dropped her head into her hands. This flight couldn’t land soon enough.
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