by Ruby Sirois
Her arms tighten around me, and her body stiffens, stills—then she gasps, cries out, and her whole body shudders against me. My tongue never stops its movements against her nipple, and I suck a bit more of her flesh into my mouth. I hold her tightly against me as she falls apart in my embrace.
“This isn’t something I’d normally do,” she says at last. Her body is limp and languid, her voice husky. “Any of this, all of this. But that was—oh, that was unexpected, so I have to admit—I haven’t come from that since before I had surgery,” she says. “It was always an easy way for me before that. I thought all the sensation was gone afterwards, but with you—“ she takes a deep breath. “There’s just something about you that brings something out in me. You must have some kind of a magic touch.”
She takes my mouth hungrily, her tongue dancing against mine, as if the floodgates within her have broken open and years of pent-up need have just now been allowed expression.
Her body is still quivering against me. I wrap my arms more securely around her, willing my body heat to warm her. She sighs and melts into me, the softness of her curves accommodating the hard angles of my body against hers.
“You taste so good, and that music—mmm, I heard it when I came. It made it so much more intense somehow.” She pulls back, gives me a shrewd look. “Is that your gift?”
“Music? Oh, I’d say so.” I don’t add that it is the air I breathe, the water in which I swim. Music is my lifeblood.
“You didn’t tell me you were a witch.”
A witch? I open my mouth to protest. My siren song trills.
“I’m not exactly a witch, näckrosen—but if you’re asking about gifts, I do practice magic. And music is my strength.”
“Not the only one, I’m sure.” She laughs a little, and I smile down into her eyes. “It must be very powerful, if even I can hear it.”
“Indeed. But most can’t.”
The only others who’ve ever heard my song are other dragons, and of those, only my brothers.
Because, like all water dragons, the one my siren song is truly meant for is my hoarded mate.
If I had any doubts left lingering about her, they are gone now.
Glossary and Swedish Pronunciation Guide
In Swedish, emphasis is not limited to any one syllable as there is in English. Equal emphasis is placed on multiple or all syllables. R’s are preferably lightly rolled on the tip of the tongue.
Google Translate has a pretty good free “Listen” feature if you want to hear things pronounced. Set it to Swedish unless otherwise indicated.
Names (in approximate order of appearance):
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Emelie Odenberg - ehm-eh-lee ooh-dehn-beryeh - the g in Odenberg is soft and pronounced like a short yeh sound with no diphthong.
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Ragnarr Thoringr - rangnyahrr toohr-ing-rr - the g in Ragnarr is soft, similar to the gn sound in lasagna. The th in Thoringr has a hard t sound like in took, not a soft th like in through. The g in Thoringr sounds like ing like in cooking followed by an r sound, lightly rolled. On Google Translate listen function, refer to Swedish for Ragnarr and Norwegian for Thoringr.
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Thor - toohr (not thore)
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Linnea Eklund - linn-knee-ah eeak-loond
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Pernilla - pehr-neel-lah
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Peter - peeyeh-tehr
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Anna - ah-nah
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Fröja - froeya
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Eiríkur - eye-ree-koor (oo as in moon) (Norwegian pronunciation)
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Malin - maahw-lihn
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Hjalmr - yahl-mhr
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Annika - ahn-knee-kah
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Pelle - peh-leh
Glossary:
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Din ödla - deen oed-lah - a derogatory term for dragons; literally, you lizard
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Fy fan - fee faahn - an expletive, used in a similar manner to god damn it.
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Fy helvete - fee hel-veh-teh - an expletive, stronger than fy fan.
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Gamla Stan - gahm-lah stahn - the oldest part of Stockholm, Sweden; literally, Old Town
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Häx/häxan - hex-ahn - witch (Plural: häxarna - hex-ahr-nah)
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Häxan min - hex-ahn meehn - witch of mine
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Häxjävel/häxjäveln - hex-yeah-vehl/hex-yeah-vehln - derogatory term for witch; fucking witch (plural: häxjävlar/häxjävlarna - hex-yeah-vlahr/hex-yeah-vlahr-nah)
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Ja - yaw - yes
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Jodå - yoo-dah - yes indeed; emphasizing a positive stance or statement, usually in response to a negative or doubtful one
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Lilla häxan - leell-ah hex-ahn - little witch
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Nej - neigh - no
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Tredje Kronan - treeyh-djeh krooh-naahn - Ragnarr’s member’s-only club; literally, The Third Crown
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Skål - skoal - “cheers” as in before drinking.
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Stortorget - stoor-tohr-yet - the oldest city square in Gamla Stan; literally, Big Square
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Östermalm - oes-ter-mahlm - the richest, most exclusive part of Stockholm
Also by Ruby Sirois
Deal With Her Dragon, book 1 of Thor’s Sons Crave Curves, is available exclusively to Amazon Kindle Unlimited.
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Landing Her Dragon, book 2 of Thor’s Sons Crave Curves, is on preorder exclusively on Amazon Kindle Unlimited.
Release date: 25 September 2020.
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Curvy and the Canid: A Wolf Shifter Fairy Tale Retelling is available exclusively on Amazon Kindle Unlimited.
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Slaying Her Dragon and Enchanting Her Dragon,
books 3 and 4 in the Thor’s Sons Crave Curves series, releasing in 2021.
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About the Author
If you ask Ruby Sirois, there’s nothing sexier than a huge, muscular alpha male taking what he wants—especially when a sassy woman with curves for days is involved!
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Just make sure you’ve got a fire extinguisher handy… things are about to get HOT.
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What can’t Ruby live without? A few of her favorite things include the gorgeous Swedish viking she calls her man, skinny-dipping in the Stockholm archipelago, dark chocolate, a nice bottle of her own homebrew, and chatting romance with her fans. You know… just the finer things in life.
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Acknowledgments
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