Connor: House of Wilkshire ― Paranormal Dragon Shifter Romance

by Kathi S. Barton

  Connor spoke quietly into the phone. He didn’t want to upset anyone. He would surely hate to tell this man that all his family had been killed. As he was put on hold, the man spoke more to Roxanna.

  “Can you tell my wife that I loved her very much?” Roxanna said that she more than likely knew that already. “I...we were having a tiff about something silly when the car crashed into us. I don’t want her to think about that forever. It was nothing. I was silly for telling her she should have sat down more. She would know she needed that better than I would, wouldn’t she?”

  “I’m thinking that she’ll love you all the more for worrying about her. I know that I would if I were in that situation.” The man nodded. He and Roxanna both looked at Connor when he hung up the phone. “Are they all right? Please tell me they are?”

  “You have a seven pound six ounce little girl. She’s gotten herself a broken leg, but otherwise is just fine and dandy. Your wife is in recovery, receiving the few stitches that she needed to heal up her arm. The nurse told me that had you not thrown yourself over her and your daughter, they both would have been much worse off. You died saving someone else.” He nodded, and then cried. Connor’s heart broke for the man. “Sir, because of the sacrifice that you gave to your family, you may go there and see them both. The baby, she might even see you.”

  “No, I don’t think that I will.” Roxanna figured out something before Connor could, and told the man that his daughter would not see his injuries. “Then I think I will. I think I’ll tell her how much I’m going to be watching over her. I can do that, right? Even if I can’t, it’ll be nice to see her and my wife just one more time. Yes, thank you so much. I’ll go now to say my goodbyes. Thank you both so very much. You’re the best.”

  The man disappeared after that. He would end up in the hospital nursery to see his little girl. Then after that, he’d be able to see his wife. It was the best feeling he’d had in a long time in helping out someone on the other side.

  Chapter 5

  Rocky didn’t know what to do with all this wealth. She loved the house and all the things in it, but there was just too much for her to deal with right now. Besides, she wanted Connor in a way that made her think that she was some kind of nymphomaniac or something.

  “You’re not.” She looked at Connor, who was standing next to the doorjamb and staring at her. “You were concentrating so hard on something that I thought I should look. I’m very glad I did. I’ve been thinking about you naked in my arms for some time now.”

  “What if I’m not any good at sex?” Connor asked her why she’d think that. “Well, for one thing, I’m sure that you’ve a lot more experience at sex than I do. I’ve had it. A couple of times anyway. When you’re as broke as I am, you don’t have time to go out and meet other people.”

  “I can see that. But I have to tell you, Roxanna, just the thought of seeing you beneath me, holding your naked body to mine, makes me as hard as stone. I think that you could just touch me and I’d come all over you.” She smiled at him. “You’re the most beautiful creature I’ve ever seen. You know that, don’t you? I already love you with all of my heart. I cannot wait to spend the rest of our lives together.”

  “We can’t have children, can we?” He moved to her, bending on one knee, and looked up at her. Telling her that he was sorry was all the answer she needed. “My heart broke for the man today. I didn’t want to tell him that they were both gone. I was so happy for him that I wanted to hug and kiss him. You’ll never feel that feeling of knowing that I’ve delivered you a healthy and wonderful child.”

  “No, but that doesn’t mean that we can’t have children brought here for us to raise. There are plenty of children in the world that have no parents. Or have parents that, for one reason or another, can’t raise them. We could do that.” Rocky asked him if he would be all right with that. “Yes. So long as you’re happy, then I’m on top of the world. As long as you’re by my side, then I can do most anything. Raising a child with you would be the most amazing thing in the world, I think.”

  “I’d like that.” Connor picked her up and cradled her in his arms. Kissing him on the mouth as he turned to leave the room, she smiled at him. “You could certainly make me all fuzzy inside doing shit like this.”

  “Such a romantic.” He laughed as they headed up the stairs. “The bed came while you were out today. It was all I could do not to find you and bring you home to test it out. We’re going to have fun breaking this sucker in, don’t you think?”

  She looked at the bed from the doorway. “Christ, Connor, that’s the biggest bed I’ve ever seen. Where the hell did you get that?” He told her that he’d had the faeries enlarge it so that they could have some fun on it. “Please tell me that you didn’t tell them that. They’ll think I’m a pervert or something.”

  “I hope you are.” Connor dropped her on the bed, and as she bounced a couple of times, she laughed again. “Now, how would you like to do this? Me inside of you after copious amounts of foreplay? Or—and this one I like—me inside of you after copious amounts of foreplay?”

  She pretended to consider it. “I was thinking that I could suck your cock until you’re ready to burst, then you could fuck me after copious amounts of foreplay.” Connor was suddenly naked. “Oh yes, I like this magical shit. It’ll make things so much easier on us.”

  Taking his cock into her hand, she watched his face. He was holding onto the bed post while she lowered herself to the floor after sliding off the bed. Smoothing her hand up and down him, she was excited to make him want her. More so, she was just excited.

  Licking him from crown to root, she cupped his balls gently in her palm. They were warm and heavy. Not being rushed as she had in the past, Rocky took her time going over every inch of him. Connor’s thickness. The way the veins along his shaft were almost pulsating in her hand. Taking his head into her mouth, she moaned when she tasted the precum on him.

  “Christ, Roxanna, you’re making me insane.”

  She wanted him insane. Wanted him to need her as badly as she did him. Taking him deeper into her mouth, she gagged just a little when he pushed past the tight muscles at the back of her throat.

  Moaning after getting over the first tightness, he growled at her. Connor continued to fuck her throat, and there wasn’t any way she was going to stop him. It was both heaven and hell, but more than that, she loved the sounds that he made as he enjoyed himself.

  When Connor suddenly pulled from her mouth, she pouted, but only for a second. She found herself up on the bed with her knees under her. Being filled this way, with Connor slamming his cock so deep into her pussy from behind, she screamed when she came. There wasn’t any way that she could have held back.

  He fucked her relentlessly. Her body was abused by his hands as he held onto her ass. His hands moved over her ribs, her breasts from beneath. Each new place he touched her, Rocky came over and over.

  When he yanked her up by her shoulders, she didn’t open her eyes until he commanded her too. In front of them was a large mirror, big enough that she could see them both, watch his balls as she moved back and forth. Connor cupped her breasts in his hands and squeezed her nipples. Even as he bit her throat, nibbled at her ears, she couldn’t stop watching his every move.

  “Come for me, love. I want to watch your face as you come with me deep inside of you. While my hands mark you. Come for me, Roxanna, and I will fill you with all that I am.” She didn’t think she had enough in her for another climax. He’d taken her so many times already. “Come.”

  The command took her breath away. It also brought her to the peak that she thought for sure her body couldn’t handle. When he pushed her back to the bed, fucking her hard, she felt him. Felt the moment that he released deep inside her body.

  Connor continued fucking her this way, easing his body in and out of her. When he leaned over her and bit, none too gently, into her shoulder,
she didn’t have the strength to either push him off or even to get upset with him.

  Closing her eyes, not sure that she could move anymore, Rocky felt the bed move, the mattress under her give when Connor moved her around. The blanket over her warmed her cooling body; his body next to hers was the best thing that she could have had.

  Waking sometime later, she reached for Connor, not sure if he’d be there or not. When he kissed her hand and told her that he had her, she was sure that there were not any sweeter words a woman could hear. He had her. And he did too.

  Rocky didn’t know what time it was when she woke the second time. The room wasn’t as dark as it had been the first time. Since the curtains were drawn, it was difficult to tell if it was early morning or afternoon. Rolling to her side, she smiled at Connor, who was not only up and dressed, but had a tie on as well.

  “What time is it?” He told her it was just after ten in the morning. “I don’t think I’ve ever slept that well in all my life. You’re a very good elixir for that.”

  “Thank you ever so much. To answer your question from last night, if you were any better at sex, I’d be dead. It wouldn’t matter if I was an immortal or not. You would have drained me to death.” Rocky told him that she loved him. “I’m in love with you too. And in mentioning that, would you like a big wedding?”

  “Oh. I guess I never thought of that. I don’t know.” He told her what he thought. “Okay, I can see having your sister and her family here when we do it. But until then, how do we handle people knowing that we’re living here?”

  “Are you a prude?” She laughed when he asked her that. “I should have known the answer to that from last night. It’s fine that we’re here together. I’ve had someone that works at the courthouse file all the paperwork needed so that we’re legally married. That’s the way most of us do it anyway. We’ll only have a small gathering of people here so that my sister can be a part of an after party. Is that all right with you?”

  “Yes, of course. I’d very much like that.” He kissed her on the nose and stood up. “You’re leaving?”

  “We both are as soon as you get a shower and dress. You remember you can do that, don’t you?” She told him that was why she was marrying him. “Oh good. I knew there had to be a better reason than just loving me. Get a shower and meet me in the kitchen. I hope you’re not one of those every meal in the dining room sort of people.”

  “No way. You remember how I was living, don’t you? Speaking of which, I need to get my things from there. There isn’t much, but I do have a few pictures and some files that I need.” Connor said that they’d already been picked up and were brought here. “Oh, well that’s great. I can get back to work.”

  “You don’t have to if you don’t want. I mean, I don’t know what you do, but if you’d like to quit, we have plenty of money to keep us in a very nice living style.” She told him what she did. “Holy snapdragon, Roxanna, that’s a wonderful idea.”

  “It wasn’t mine. I mean, helping people find their roots is something that a man asked me to do for him. He was looking for a long dead relative to ask him about a deed to the land. After I figured out how to do searches with the dead, I started working on family trees for anyone that wanted it. I mean, it’s like I have a direct route to their entire family right at my fingertips.” She looked at him with a cocked brow. “Holy snapdragon? Seriously?”

  “Yeah, well, it just popped out. My great grandmother used to say it all the time. I think it was before the word fuck came around.” They both laughed, and when she got up, he slapped her across her naked ass. “Hurry, my dear, before I join you in the shower and we don’t get anything done.”

  It took her a while to get out of the shower. The hot water was endless, and the spray was perfect in that it hit her right in the middle of her back and shoulders. Having several shower heads was like she was being hosed down from all sides and above.

  Getting out, she found that she had a toothbrush and all kinds of other products to use. Deodorant and powder. Smiling, she thought that it was the sweetest thing that he’d thought of her before she’d moved in.

  “Lady Roxanna?” She looked at the small faerie that she’d met yesterday. “Randal, miss. I’m to see if you wish to have any breakfast. The lord is having a very large repast. Is there anything that you do not like?”

  “I don’t eat. I mean, I love it, but it’s not really good for me. I don’t want to grow to be a huge house or anything like that.” Randal said that the other ladies of the family had said the same thing. Then he told her that she’d not gain an ounce so long as she lived. “And that’s a long time, too?”

  “Yes, my lady. You are as immortal as Lord Connor is. A true immortal.” She wasn’t sure what that meant, but was happy about the situation. “Would you like to have hot biscuits with your breakfast then?”

  “Hell yeah, I would.” Randal laughed with her, but she could tell that he wasn’t sure what she thought was so funny. “Would you tell Lord Connor that I’ll be down shortly? I just want to do something with my hair.”

  “Here, my lady. I can do that for you.” He only touched her hair. Not only was it dried, but he had pulled it up into a nice bun that she enjoyed wearing. Looking in the mirror, she fell in love with the style. “Do you like it?”

  “I love it. It’s so pretty and out of my face. I like the feel of long hair when I dress up, which isn’t all that often, but I hate it when it gets all in my face. Thank you so much, Randal.”

  He bowed and told her that he’d be awaiting her in the kitchen.

  Another mental note that she’d have to talk to Connor about was how she rewarded the faeries. She knew that they got paid somehow. Rocky had seen them in the kitchen talking about the bounty of flowers. But she wanted to do something special for them. Something to make their day.

  ~*~

  Sara was just going into the grocery store to steal herself a couple of steaks and some other things that she needed when she found herself standing in a large room with nothing there but a dais and a chair. Not sure what was going on, she started looking for a door that she could leave by.

  “There isn’t one.” She looked at Bryce and asked her what the fuck was going on. “You are here about the misdeeds that you’ve done since becoming a learned witch, Sara Dawn Smith. That is your name, isn’t it?”

  “How did you figure that out? I mean, no, I’m Sara Davidson.” Davidson came in from behind the dais that Bryce was sitting at. “Where the hell have you been, Father? I’ve been so worried about you.”

  “You told us that he was dead. That someone came in and killed him.” Sara hated to be reminded of her lies. It was difficult enough to keep up with them, but when someone started to repeat them back to her, it just really pissed her off. “Sit down, Sara Dawn Smith.”

  “You don’t have to say my entire name every time. Just Sara. I like that better than all that other shit. And you didn’t answer me. Who told you my full name?” Bryce told her. “No, my parents couldn’t have told you that. They’re both dead.”

  “Yes, they are. By your hand, as a matter of fact.” Sara didn’t bother denying it. She knew for a fact that there wasn’t any way that Bryce could have spoken to her parents. “I’ve talked to them at great length, as a matter of fact. Your father, so you know, is extremely disappointed in you. Your mother—well, she said that she never thought that you’d amount to anything after you nearly killed that little boy in first grade. Timmy is doing so much better, in the event you were going to ask.”

  “I wasn’t. I didn’t do anything to anyone.” She smiled at Bryce. “I’ve been plotting against you. I’m going to take over your position and get Davidson’s and your books from you.”

  “It’s never going to happen, I’m afraid. You’re going to be sentenced. Then after that, you’ll either be destroyed or you’ll spend the rest of your days, without magic, in a special pris
on that has been built for you.” Sara asked why she’d not have her magic. “Because I deem it so. So, are you ready to begin your trial?”

  “Whatever it takes to get you off my back. I’m sure that both of us have a great many things to do that are being taken up by this sham of a trial.” Bryce didn’t say anything, but looked at Davidson. “He’s not allowed to serve as witness against me, Bryce. Or did you forget that little rule?”

  “I’m using a new set of rules.” Sara said that wasn’t fair. “Oh, but it is. Had you bothered to look at your mail, you would know that there is now a new set of rules governing witches like you. The kind that weren’t born with any magic of their own, but steal it from others. Of course, you do know that you can’t take from lesser witches. Nor can you kill a human that has done nothing to you other than to be nearby. You’ve broken those rules even without knowing the new laws. I’m going to tell them to you now.”

  “They don’t apply to me.” Bryce asked her why not. “As you said, I haven’t looked at them, so I don’t have to follow them.”

  Bryce just smiled at her. “So, you’re willing to be tried by the old rules, are you?” For some reason that felt like she was being set up for a trap. Going over the rules that she could remember that she’d broken, Sara also knew what the punishment was for breaking them. “Well, Sara Dawn Smith?”

  “Christ, do you get your jollies from saying my name like that?” Bryce smiled at her again. “Yes, by the old rules. I know them as well as you do, I’m betting. And there isn’t enough that you think you have against me to make it so I will be killed. Get on with it.”

  “These are the rules that you broke as a part witch. You took magic from seventeen witches that were lesser than you. You’ve murdered twenty-four humans that— Oh wait, that’s for your second trial.” Sara asked her what that meant. “Old rules or new, you will be tried again after this one for what you did to humans while in pursuit of becoming a stronger witch. That one is on the books for everyone.”