Dragon's Baby
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As his lips moved lower, she pulled her shirt over her head, moaning when Keegan’s mouth trailed over her rigid nipples, pushing her bikini top aside. He gently gnashed at her, and Kristy felt a rush of heat between her thighs. He peeled her bottoms off, casting them aside as he turned her onto her side, her back to his chest.
Kristy melted against his muscular frame, mewling softly as his fingers found the cleft between her legs. She arched her back against his hardness, wiggling her cheeks as Keegan manipulated the throbbing button between her legs with one hand, the other caressing her right breast.
Keegan’s breathing was heavy in her ear, and Kristy grew wetter with every stroke of his hand.
“Take me,” she begged. “Keegan, please, take me…”
Keegan chuckled, and the sound alone was enough to bring Kristy to the brink as she pushed harder against his member, willing him inside her.
Slowly, he guided himself into her slit, rubbing his hard shaft against her damp core before abruptly thrusting himself inside her.
Kristy yelped, goosebumps overtaking her skin, but the noise was hidden under the cover of thunder.
Keegan’s fingers pinched playfully at her nipple, and Kristy moaned again, knowing that she would climax in mere seconds.
They fell into a rhythmic dance, using the storm as their beat, Keegan’s movements long and deep inside her core. His mouth suctioned against her neck, and Kristy felt a slight nip as she released against him, crying out in pleasure.
“Good girl,” Keegan whispered, tightening his grip against her body, reaching up to lace her arm around his head.
Kristy trembled as the pleasurable sensations still pulsated from her center. She noticed Keegan’s movements became harder, more defined, and she felt her release build up again. She was so wound up that it only took a few thrusts from Keegan’s hard shaft inside her to make her cry out as she approached her climax at the same time as him.
Keegan groaned, his hold becoming vice-like, and Kristy felt herself filling with his scalding seed as she released once more, his own body shaking in sync to hers.
Kristy tried to melt herself closer to him, but she was sure she had never been closer to anyone than she was to him in that moment.
They silently gathered themselves, their quivering subsiding, and Keegan carefully slid out from her. Kristy fell onto her back and stared up at him in wonderment.
“What are you doing here?” she breathed. “And… what…?”
She didn’t know how to finish her thought, but she could tell by the expression in Keegan’s blue eyes that she did not have to elaborate.
“I should ask you the same thing,” he answered dryly. “What in God’s name are you doing out here? Why didn’t you tell anyone where you were going?”
“The Swedes knew where I was going,” Kristy replied defensively. “And the weather reports didn’t call for heavy rain tonight.”
“And thank God that the Swedes knew,” Keegan told her sternly. “You should have known better than to come out here alone, anyway. It’s the first rule of kayaking.”
Kristy couldn’t help but laugh. “Everything you know about kayaking, you learned from me,” she reminded him, running her hands across his naked chest. She bit on her lower lip and stared up at him. “But how did you know to come looking?” she insisted. “You’re not an employee.”
I’m not sure what you are anymore, she thought to herself. She wasn’t worried—just curious and intrigued to learn about Keegan. She wondered if Jeremy knew his secret, and if there were really others like him, like Sylvie had said.
Keegan shifted his eyes away, and Kristy could see a glimmer of embarrassment in his eyes.
“I know you don’t see us as anything more than a casual thing,” he said gruffly. “But when you’re away at school, I miss you. There is no one else when you’re away, and I feel protective of you when you’re here.”
Kristy sat up and studied his face, her heart hammering in her chest. “You mean… you follow me?” she gasped. She waited for a spark of anger to follow, but to her surprise, she found herself flattered to realize it was true.
“I have always looked out for you,” Keegan replied. “Ever since you were a child. But you blossomed into this incredibly intelligent, beautiful woman, and I could not stop keeping an eye on you. I’m sorry, is that… is that weird for you?”
It was not. In fact, it was the most comforting thing Kristy had ever heard in her life.
She reached up to touch his humiliated face, placing a gentle kiss on his lips.
“It’s not weird for me,” she quietly answered. “I’m glad you’re here.”
“I will always be here for you,” Keegan said. “Like I’ve always been.”
They stared at each other, unspeaking.
After a moment, Keegan cleared his throat. “About the other thing,” he began, but Kristy shook her head.
“It’s unimportant right now,” she murmured, laying her head against his chest. She was beginning to feel hypnotized in the wake of their lovemaking and the crashing waves of the shore. His heartbeat was strong and quick, adding to her sense of tranquility.
It didn’t matter what he became on a full moon, or whenever he shifted into the wolf Kristy had seen. He was still the same man she had lusted after since she was a young girl.
Keegan brushed a strand of hair out of her face, kissing the top of her head.
“So,” he started. “I have been thinking…”
Kristy hummed in response.
“Maybe we should tell Jeremy about us.”
She whipped her head up and gaped at him. “Really?” she whispered. “You really want to do that?”
He nodded. “I want to be with you. In my mind, we already are. There is no reason to hide it from everyone else anymore.”
Kristy eyed him, biting on her lower lip. She would be lying if she said the thought of being with him didn’t fill her with happiness, but was she ready to tell her brother?
The same fears she’d had regarding their relationship before still existed, despite Keegan’s confessions.
“Does Jeremy know you’re a…?” She let her sentence die, unsure of what was the appropriate word to use.
“Lycan?” Keegan finished for her. “No.”
Kristy’s mouth dropped open in shock.
“What?” Keegan laughed. “I don’t tell him everything.”
She closed her mouth, a small smile forming over her lips.
What have you got to lose? she thought. You finally got the boy you’ve always wanted, and he is your fearless protector.
Kristy snuggled back against Keegan’s naked body and nodded.
“Yes,” she breathed. “Let’s tell the entire world.”
She felt Keegan relax against her, and she realized that he had been worried she would refuse. It amused her to think he wasn’t as fearless as he seemed to be.
Dawn brought the end of the storm, and Kristy woke up, lovingly gazing at Keegan’s face.
It still seemed like what had happened between them in the cave had been a dream, but as his blue eyes fluttered open, she saw that it had not been.
“The rain stopped,” she told him.
He nodded. “It usually does,” he replied, smiling.
Kristy sighed deeply. “We better get back before they do send search and rescue out for us,” she muttered, grabbing for her sodden clothes.
“You’re probably right. I imagine they were probably out all night looking for you.”
Kristy groaned suddenly and looked at Keegan in despair. “Crap!”
“What?”
“I have to tell the Swedes that I didn’t find their ring,” she said, remembering why she had come to the cave in the first place. “And what’s worse is that if it was at the sandbar and I missed it, the rain probably washed it away by now!”
Keegan snickered slightly.
“What’s so funny?” Kristy demanded. “I don’t want to tell them I couldn’t find it
! I feel like I’m going to spend the entire day grovelling for forgiveness, even though it’s Inga’s fault for bringing the stupid thing with her in the first—”
“She found the ring.”
Kristy stared uncomprehendingly at Keegan. “What?”
“Inga found the ring in her bag,” he repeated. “She had apparently put it there for safe-keeping and forgot. It was only until they got back that she remembered.”
“What?” Kristy cried again. “You have got to be kidding me!”
Keegan laughed and shook his head. “Nope.”
Kristy didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.
But as she looked at her lover, she knew she was exactly where she was supposed to be, and she did not regret it for an instant.
Maybe what I owe Sven and Inga is my gratitude, she thought.
It was exactly then that Kristy realized that it was actually possible for people to be as happy as the newlyweds had appeared to be; after all, she was experiencing that same happiness in that moment.
THE END
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