Since Gabriel's brother, Brent, died he has become a man with nothing to live for and not a thing to lose. A firefighter by trade he doesn't care if he lives or dies. If the sun doesn't come up in the morning so be it. But being a firefighter and a dragon shifter is the perfect combination and no matter how hard he tries he can't seem to push himself too far. His life has swirled into a repetitive cycle that he fears will go on forever until he happens to save a woman from a fire. When she finds him at the fire house and asks him out to dinner as a thanks he soon finds that both of them are in the mood for something other than food. He decides to take a risk and reveal to her what he truly is, but he is afraid of how she will react. Will she run away screaming or will their fiery passion overcome? *** Standalone short story, no cliffhangers. ***

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