title: Guardian's Beloved Mate
author: Cooper, Jodie B.
description: A short story filled with intense emotion and action throws Guardian’s Beloved Mate into vivid detail.
  Guardian Alexander (dragon shape shifter) is in charge of finding and destroying the nest of vermin known as the Khr'Vurr, a terrorist organization based in Dragon Valley. More than his career is at stake. Twenty years ago, the Khr'Vurr kidnapped Lizzie, his mate.
  Nothing will stand in his way as he searches for his lost love, not even the most powerful Sídhí alive, Lady Sarah Trellick aka Chi’Kehra.
  11,000 word short story
  Snippet:
  Lizzie closed her mind to her surroundings, searching for an escape, a place away from the agony. She dredged up a memory, a memory so precious it had not dimmed in all the years of her captivity.
  She was warm, safe from harm. Curled on her side, her beloved partner for over a thousand years wrapped his muscled frame around her smaller one. His arms tightened around her, cuddling her as if she was the most exquisite piece of treasure. Cinnamon scented breath brushed her cheek as he feathered kisses across her face.
  “Lizzie, my love, you hold my heart. Not even if my synth crystal sings for another will I cease loving you. I am yours until my dying breath.” His words, said on her last day of freedom, kept her sane, gave her hope when despair threatened to overwhelm her.
  The nightly dreams began shortly after her capture - dreams of him curled around her and protecting her - they gave her a reason to survive when all she wanted to do was shrivel up and die.
  Read the series in any order!  Each book is a stand-alone story with re-occurring characters...
  If you prefer to read the series chronologically, then read in the following order.
  -  Christmas in Vampire Valley: Song of the Sídhí #5
  -  Stolen Love: Song of the Sídhí #3
  -  Forbidden Temptation of a Vampire: Sídhí Summer Camp #1
  -  A Dragon's Dream of Love: Song of the Sídhí #2
  -  Vampire's Forbidden Territory: Sídhí Summer Camp #2
  -  Guardian Beloved Mate: Song of the Sídhí #4
  -  Beloved LifeMate: Song of the Sídhí #1