"Yes, now that everything seems to be settled, I have to go as well. 
I have many, many things that require my attention, as you can well 
guess," Cynthia said. "Stop by my office sometime soon, B'rand, after 
you get settled-we'll figure out what you can do." With that, she 
turned and left.

  Lenna smiled as she watched her old friend leaving the big cave.
So Cynthia was going to leave it up to her to help this incredible sexy 
man to find a place to live. Oh that's going to be fun, she thought, her
mind already on available apartments close to her own. There was one just to
the left of her and over one, she remembered. The rider who had first
claimed it had moved out and into a bigger one when he had taken a mate.
That's where she would start.  

  As she turned back to the blacks rider she could tell he was talking to
his dragon, something about the baleful expression he wore told her that the
dragon was about to get the upper hand. 
        
        B'rand sighed. Looking at Lenna, he said, "I've got to go to the
feeding grounds. Will you show me where that is, and perhaps where we can stay?"

        Lenna nodded. "Sure, handsome. Actually, you should already know
where the feeding grounds are-you managed to crash your dragon pretty 
close to it," she said with an evil smile.

        "Damn it, I didn't crash him, he did that all by himself!"

        B'rand took off at a fast walk towards the opening. Lenna 
walked with him, the smile still on her face, her hands thrown up 
in mock surrender. "Of course you didn't," she said patronizingly. 

The man with the dark red hair turned around to face her, ready for 
another argument, when she saw his green eyes turn to look back at his
dragon.        

 "Look out!" he cried, grabbing Lenna, diving to the ground, twisting 
so that he took most of the impact. Above them, a huge fireball 
scorched the air. In the aftermath, B'rand could smell scorched hair; 
that had been too close.

Lenna was looking wide-eyed at him. A slow smile spread across her 
lips as she raised up using her elbow for support, wondering what had 
just happened.

"Are you all right?" he asked Lenna.

"Uh huh. Does your dragon do that often?"         

"Only when he's hungry..."

"Only when he's hungry," she stared back at him and raised a 
questioning eye brow. "Yeah right! You had me going there handsome. 
The two of you have quiet an acted going." she laughed, her blue eyes
twinkling, as she settled herself a little closer to the warm, strong 
body beneath her.

"Honey, if you wanted to snuggle up close with me.. all you had to do 
was ask. Believe me I'm tempted, but couldn't you have found a more
comfortable place that this cave."

"You think I set this up?" his voice thundered in the enclosed space. 

"Well I have to admit," she all but purred as she lowered her head 
towards his. "And give you credit for your imagination doll face. Maybe 
I should go ahead and let you kiss me, since you went to all the trouble 
of getting me in your arms."

Lenna knew she was playing with fire teasing the man beneath her, but 
it was fun. It wasn't often that she found time around here for fun. 
With all the work that needed to be done, everyone worked from sun up 
to sun down. By the time work was over for the day, everyone was to 
tired to do more than eat a quick meal and go to bed. In the morning 
things started all over again.

"I don't have to resort to using my dragon to scare women into my bed
sister." he replied, his voice not sounding quite as angry as before. 
She was getting to him.  "The only problem I have is keeping them out 
of it."

"Quite the little stud are we now?" she mocked, her voices taking on 
that sweet tone again. 

Suddenly he moved and Lenna found herself flat on her back pinned to 
the ground with B'rand above her, an amused smile spread across his freckled
face, mischief danced in his emerald eyes as they met hers. 

He had moved so quickly that she hadn't felt it coming. Where, she 
wondered did he learn to move like that. She tried to shift out from 
under him, but he seemed to anticipate her every move and counter it 
with one of his own.

"You know something, sister?" the tone of his voice was a fair match 
for her own sweetness, his smile devilish. "Someone should have taken 
you out into the woods, and giving you the beating you so richly 
deserve. Maybe you wouldn't be such a sassy little wench if they had."

A grin broke out over her face, a soft chuckle escaped from her lips as 
her eyes met his. "Believe me handsome, their were those who tried... 
and failed.  Want to give it a try?"

"Don't tempt me," B'rand mutter to himself as he rolled away and got to 
his feet. 

"Scared to try?" Lenna threw out the challenge.

"Hardly," he replied as turned away from her, to take a look at his 
dragon. "But ask me again after I get my dragon fed and maybe we can 
go a few more rounds." 

"Sure handsome, anything you say." 

<<Blanchie, do you have that buck yet?>> She had a grin still on her 
face as she sent out a thought to her dragon. <<What's taking you so 
long, dear.>>

<I had to find the right one,> the lavender dragon sent back. <I have 
found it now and will be there shortly. Though I still don't know why 
I have to hunt for another.>

<<Just call it a welcome to the warren,>> Lenna said soothingly.

<Forget it, my human.> the dragon laughed. < I know you better. 
You're having fun teasing the man.>

<<You bet!>> 

Seconds later her dragon appeared in the entry way, one large deer 
buck clenched in each claw.

"Dinner is served," Lenna gave a mocking bow as Blanchie deposited 
the black dragon's dinner before him. "Let's just hope Blanchie, that 
the dragon has better manners than the rider. He never did thank me for
looking at his beast."

"One of these days girl," she heard him muttering again. "One of these days."

"Yeah!" she taunted turning around to face him. "You and what army?
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nrpg: well Allen your dragon's been fed : Tag!!!!

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