Zi Mei sat stewing on the bed in the bedroom. Cursing the infuriating old dragon. Does he have to keep reminding her about the blasted contract? It was not something anyone could easily forget. Signing over your body as a baby making slave to a three thousand years old dragon shapeshifter is not something one could forget in a jiffy. Her heart ached at the way he mentioned it coldly mere moments ago. Did she mean nothing more than a vessel to carry his heirs?
Forget it, Zi Mei! He has already warned you that he doesn't believe in love. You are just being silly to fall in love with him. Stupid, stupid woman, she admonished herself. Still, her heart twisted at the thought. She needed to think about something else other than Thorin and their complicated relationship.
