Page 36 of Izzy

"Bye, Evan."

Evan sighed. "Are you sure about this guy?"

Todd nodded. "I think he's my mate."

Izzy still had a hold of Todd when he started around the counter.

Evan cursed and ran out of the room.

As soon as they were alone, Izzy put Todd on the counter, so they were eye-level with each other. "I don't like him."

"He's my ex."

"That explains why." He'd never been jealous of anyone before Ulises and Todd. Surely that was a sign of something. Izzy was afraid to unpack why though.

"Who and what are you?"

"I'm Isaac Graham. Everyone calls me Izzy. And I'm a dragon shifter."

"Todd Harmen. I'm human." Todd seemed confused. "It's weird but I feel completely comfortable with you. After only five minutes."

"It's because we're mates. You feel the connection." Izzy leaned in, sniffing Todd's neck. His scent was intoxicating.

"Do you know about Fated mates?"

"Like Seryn and Mitchell?"

"Exactly like that, sweetheart."

"I know a little. Like how Seryn bites Mitchell when he needs blood." Todd shuddered and touched his neck.

Izzy moved his hand and growled when he saw the scars. "Who did that to you?"

"A vampire. He's in prison now." A vampire in the human prison system would live a miserable life. He was as good as dead if Seryn was the one who’d put him there and Izzy had a good idea who it was. He already knew the story about how Mitchell and Seryn had taken out the biggest fighting empire in the entire country.

Izzy kissed the scars. If he could make the scars disappear with his kiss he would. "You're never going to have to experience anything like that again."

Todd hugged Izzy. "You'll bite me, though. Right?"

"It'll feel good. And it doesn’t have to happen right now." Nor should it happen anytime soon. Not until Izzy figured out his feelings about finding Todd and those he had for Ulises. "We have some things to talk about first."

"Like how I can't fuck things up for myself again." Todd rest his forehead on Izzy's chest.

So Izzy wasn't the only one who had to unpack something. "And about how the guy you were talking about with the ex-boyfriend…" Izzy nearly choked on his own jealousy when he said the last word. "…Is someone I have feelings for."

Todd met his gaze. "Ulises? You and Ulises…"

"Yes. Ulises. Me and Ulises? Not so much anymore. You're not the only one who has a knack for fucking things up."

Todd blew out a breath on a chuckled. "Oh my god. We are a mess already. We just met."

Izzy chuckled. "Just wait. It gets better."

"How?"

"I'm in a biker gang. And when I say gang, I mean it. I do shit I don't really want to tell you about."

"Like Seryn."