The Alpha of Bleake Isle (Dragonkin, #1)

by Kathryn Moon

Better stories in books than in life, I reminded myself. Happier endings too.

Don't be sick. Don't be sick. Don't be sick, I chanted to my rioting stomach. Oh, to be sick on Mr. Evans was a blessing, but on the alpha? I would sooner throw myself off the cliffs.

"He's been insufferably pleased with himself ever since the selection ceremony,"

"Mairwen. Is this not your fist in my chest? You clasped it around my heart, and you now demand every beat it issues."