Throwing her head back, she fought the need to lose herself in the moment. To belong to her mates. She shouldn’t. She had good reason to be angry with both of them. “I don’t think—”
“Don’t think.” Nadir dropped to his knees before her. His hands slid into the side slits of her gown, cupping her thighs—and rubbing over her scales. Sensation shot straight from there to her pussy, and her inner muscles fisted on nothingness.
“Oh, Goddess,” she breathed.
She won’t save you from us. The black dragon dragged his tongue up the pattern of her scales, kissing, sucking, and caressing her flesh with his mouth. Her body bowed, and she choked on a breath.
“Does it feel good, Katryn?” Tarkesh brushed his lips over her nape. “Do you want Nadir to slide his tongue inside you? I can tell you from experience, he is very skilled.”
Nadir chuckled, and her gaze met his. His showed triumph, possession. Defeat ripped through her. She wouldn’t win. She wanted them too much. Betrayed by her own heart and body. “I hate you.”
No, desert blossom. You love Tarkesh, and soon you will love me, too. That wicked tongue played over her scales, making the wetness that pooled between her legs slip down her thighs. He caught a drop with his tongue, sucking it with relish from her skin. She had been right. The rasp of his goatee on her scales made her want to scream. It felt so good, so hot, so right. Tingles erupted over her body, and heat built fast within her. Goddess, it wouldn’t take much more. She was already close to the edge of orgasm.
“Why?”
Because I want your love. I want all you have to give and more.
Tarkesh dipped his head to kiss her arm, to nip at the scales there. Too much, with both of them touching her sensitive flesh. She couldn’t take it all in.
And Nadir always gets what he wants. As do I.
Then they both bit her scales, dragon fangs extended to pierce her. She screamed, the sensation pushing her higher and faster than she’d ever gone before. Her pussy clenched wildly, and a shriek ripped from her throat. She felt her own fangs slide out, and she hissed.
Nadir moved up her thighs, jerked her knees over his shoulders, and thrust his tongue into her moist pussy. One of Tarkesh’s arms caught her from behind, held her against his broad chest, and she hung weightless between them. Her body twisted in midair as she bucked against Nadir, fighting to get closer to the hot slide of his tongue. She shuddered, desperate for more. Tarkesh’s free hand fondled her breasts, pinching her tight nipples while Nadir’s lips closed over her clit and sucked. Her hips arched, and she came apart in their arms, another reptilian scream ripping from her.
Tarkesh kept up a wicked litany in her ear, his words pushing her orgasm farther. “We bring out the dragon in you. And we’re not done. We’ll make you come again and again and again tonight. You’ll have no doubt when we’re through about how much we want you in our harim. No one else will do.”
“Please. I can’t—” She couldn’t think, couldn’t stop, couldn’t control any of this. Panting for breath, she watched them both extend their claws and slice through the lacings on her mating gown. Tarkesh tugged what was left of it over her head while Nadir lifted her onto the bed.
“Now you can watch us.” Nadir flipped Tarkesh onto his back and came down on top of him. They kissed each other with animalistic ferocity. She could see their cocks rubbing together, exciting each other. Tarkesh’s hand slipped between them to stroke down the length of Nadir’s dick. They both groaned.
“Oh, Goddess.” Flames licked at her veins watching them pleasure each other. Her fingers dropped between her legs, stroking over her slick, swollen flesh. She bit her lip. She closed her eyes, but the image of them was burned into her memory. Flicking a nail over her clit, she jolted at the harsh sensation. Her hips lifted. Orgasm made her blood roar in her ears, made the muscles in her belly tighten.
“Let us do that.” Tarkesh laughed and moved her hand away from her pussy. She moaned at the loss, but want throbbed through her when he sucked the juices from her fingers. Slowly.
Nadir’s hands bit into her thighs, stroking across her scales as he jerked her into his lap. She gasped as his hard, hot cock slid into her pussy. He was so big it almost hurt, but she loved it. Her eyes slid closed as his length worked inside her. She was so wet. He arched her forward, and Tarkesh’s hands slid down her back between the globes of her ass. “I have something for you. Oil that will make this even better for you.”
His finger probed the pucker of her anus, slid in easily with the oil. It took only a moment before her eyes flew open. Hot pleasure slammed into her, but with it came a burn that wouldn’t ease. She whimpered.
A grin flashed across Nadir’s face. “It’s almost painful it’s so good, isn’t it?”
“Yes.” Her hips twisted, grinding Nadir deeper into her pussy. Her fingers curled into his shoulders, dug into the scales on his flesh. He groaned, and his cock twitched within her. She moved faster, trying to make the burn stop. Then he froze within her, and she gasped out, “Don’t stop. Please, don’t stop. I need more.”
“You’ll have it.” He pressed against the small of her back, arching her body. Tarkesh’s thick cock pushed against her anus, pressed inside her, stretched her until he was seated to the hilt within her. She was so full, so tight. Her breath dragged into her lungs. Tarkesh drew away, and Nadir ground forward. They started a hard, fast rhythm. She was always filled with one of them. Nadir drew one of her nipples into his mouth, biting it gently.
Tarkesh sucked at the sensitive skin at the back of her neck. Goose bumps exploded down her body. She loved it—she loved the way the two of them could play her so well. The drag of their hard flesh in hers, filling her, made her twist in their embrace. Tarkesh dipped to the side, biting the scales on her arm. Her sex contracted reflexively, and her fingers clenched on Nadir’s scales. They all groaned.
“So tight,” Tarkesh breathed. “I love the feel of you.”
So hot and wet, Nadir echoed in her mind, moving to focus his attention on her other nipple. He rotated his hips on the next thrust, grinding against her clitoris.
Then they both slammed into her at the same time, and she screamed. It was enough to tip her over the edge into orgasm. The muscles in her thighs tensed, and they each kept up a hard, bouncing rhythm that sent her spiraling higher and higher. Nadir froze, his fingers digging into her hips to pull her tight to his cock. He erupted within her as Tarkesh pushed into her from behind. He ground his pelvis against her ass and came inside her. She sobbed as it shoved her over into orgasm again.
Forgive us, both of her mates’ voices whispered through her mind. I love you, added Tarkesh.
Yes. Don’t leave me alone. Her head bent back over Tarkesh’s shoulder. I love you, too. Tears tracked down her face as her orgasm went on and on. Her body shuddered, twisting under the endless lash of pleasure as aftershocks rocked through her. Her breath dragged out in ragged sobs, her control slipping through her fingers, and then the world went black as unconsciousness dragged her away.
She woke to two males in dragon form curled around her. Their tails lay over her legs, twined together with each other. She didn’t wake them but took a moment to mull over the events of the day before. The deep connection she’d experienced last night. Were all dragon matings so intense? Lucky dragon women. Her heart squeezed when both weredragons settled closer to her. Reaching out, she smoothed her palm down their scaled sides.
More, Nadir demanded sleepily, but he heaved a slow sigh and fell back asleep.
She gave a soft giggle. If she’d thought things had progressed quickly with Tarkesh, she was woefully unprepared for Nadir. Where Tarkesh had been a slow burn of sweet need, Nadir was like throwing flames onto dry brush. Explosive, hot, irresistible. Each fed a different need within her. The need to be cherished, the need to be possessed, to belong. Oh, sweet Goddess.
Nadir was right—she would soon lose her heart to him as well. Unlike with Tarkesh, she didn’t even try to
resist. It was right. It felt good. It was the only thing that had fit since she’d come to Harena. Joy ballooned in her chest, and anticipation of the future spread through her. When was the last time she’d looked forward to the future? Not in a very long time, if ever. Not for as long as she could remember. The future had always been so insecure, so uncertain. She slid her hands down each of their backs, a grin tugging at her lips.
Are you going to remain there all day? Yola’s snide tones echoed inside her mind. She jerked upright, an arm crossing over her breasts.
“What are you doing in here?”
Yola’s small black eyes narrowed. “Be careful what tone you take with me, dragonling. Get up. You are expected to be in the council chambers today. The matriarchs wish to take the measure of you. Don’t disappoint me.”
Careful not to disturb her mates, Katryn stood up on the bed and stepped over the silver dragon. She tugged on her robe over her nakedness. She wasn’t ashamed to be nude, but she didn’t want to show a scrap of vulnerability to this woman. “On Vesperi, newly mated couples are given several days to enjoy each other before reassuming their duties.”
Yola harrumphed. “That is not the way of dragons. You must forget your life among the tigers. They are nothing to you now. You must strive to become a true dragon, Katryn.”
Katryn clenched her teeth to bite back a sharp retort at that. If being a true dragon meant being like Yola, she was uninterested in the position. Yes, she really disliked the matriarch of her family. That could prove a problem. She smoothed all expression from her face when Yola cast her a sharp glance. It was a game of politics. Everything was. Always negotiating, always uncertain where she stood. She’d played this game her entire life on Vesperi and had excelled at it. She just had to learn the rules on Harena. “I will do my best, Matriarch.”
And once she knew the rules, she’d know how to break them and get what she wanted. But curse Yola for stealing even a small part of her bonding night. Her shoulders straightened, but she couldn’t help a last glance at the two male dragons curled up on her bed. What she wouldn’t give to rejoin them and wake them for more of what she’d experienced last night. Then a wide smile curled her lips. She had the rest of her life to enjoy them.
Chapter 8
“She is unhappy here.” It had been nearly two weeks since they had mated, and Katryn seemed to like it there less and less every time she was called to the council chambers to spend time with her family. It worried Tarkesh a great deal. Their mating had been going so well. Katryn accepted them more each day, and they loved the sharing of her and each other. She trusted them—he could feel it in his bones. Everything had turned out as he’d hoped. Better. Katryn completed their union, and he loved her deeply.
“I’d noticed she’s having trouble adjusting.” Nadir lounged across the end of the bed the three of them shared each night.
“Yola rides her too hard.”
“Yola is being very lenient with her compared to others in her matriarchy. Though there is something to be said for being ridden hard.” His hand slid down Tarkesh’s stomach to grasp his cock. His hand slid up and down the shaft.
“I just—” Tarkesh hissed low and groaned at the conflicting sensation. Anger at Yola, desire at Nadir’s touch. “We need to take some action here. I found her crying yesterday.”
“Katryn?” Nadir paused, his hand cupping the sacs at the base of Tarkesh’s dick.
Tarkesh’s fingers caught Nadir’s and worked both their hands up the length of his cock. His hips arched into the hot caress. He gritted his teeth. “No, the other female we’re mated to. Of course, Katryn. I’m telling you she isn’t happy here, and she isn’t going to adjust. She’ll simply learn to be silent in her unhappiness. I have no desire to see her broken.”
“No. That is…an unacceptable option. What else do you have in mind?” Nadir bent to run his tongue around the head of Tarkesh’s cock.
Tarkesh moved down until he could take his mate’s dick into his hand. “I’m not certain.”
“That’s helpful.” Nadir groaned when Tarkesh tightened his grip on the base of his cock, the hard length darkening.
“You find a solution to the problem then.” He lost track of the conversation as Nadir’s skilled mouth and hands worked his flesh over. Just rough enough to push him right up against the edge of orgasm. The hot wetness of his mate’s mouth on him was more than he could take for long. He loved being sucked hard, and Nadir knew it.
“Be silent and put your mouth to better use.”
Tarkesh chuckled, flipping so he could take his mate’s cock into his mouth, and so Nadir could suck him fully between his lips. He hummed on the length of Nadir’s cock, and his mate’s hips arched hard to push his dick deeper into his mouth. He groaned, raising himself to tease the head of Nadir’s cock while his hand pumped the shaft in hard, fast strokes. Nadir groaned on Tarkesh’s cock, and Tarkesh couldn’t hold back a hiss at the vibrating sensation. Goddess, but that was good.
Nadir’s long finger swirled around Tarkesh’s anus, toying with him, taunting him. Tarkesh pushed his hips back, forcing the finger inside his ass. Nadir pushed deep, moving in and out, faster and faster. Tarkesh sucked the black dragon’s dick inside his mouth hard, just as he knew his mate liked it, shoving the head against the roof of his mouth. Nadir bucked beneath him, coming in hot spurts down Tarkesh’s throat. Tarkesh groaned, his own orgasm slamming into him with the subtle force of a Gila beast. He jetted hard into his mate’s mouth, sucking the last of his mate’s cum from his softening cock.
He climbed off his mate to lie on the bed. Nadir rolled onto his back, propping one arm behind his head and crossing his ankles. He ran his free hand down his goatee—his usual pose for thinking. “We could take her away, become renegades from society, and never have to deal with any of it again.”
Tarkesh snorted and sat up to face him. “And we’d also be hunted until they killed us and our fiery little desert blossom. Not to mention the fact that we would need to rob others in order to survive. Tell me that is an option you find acceptable.”
The black dragon waved that away. “Calm yourself, Tark. I was only jesting. I—”
“I am not. I do not like to see her upset.” His hands fisted against his thighs.
“Nor do I.”
Tarkesh heaved a sigh. “Taking her away would be a good option if it didn’t require criminal behavior.”
Nadir sat up. “That’s it.”
“What’s it? I just said it wouldn’t work. That’s no kind of solution to anything.” He shrugged, hopeless anger welling up inside him. There had to be an answer to this that they could all live with, but he’d been rolling it around in his mind for days and had come to nothing.
“No, we take her away. To Vesperi. As the new ambassadors.”
Tarkesh huffed a breath and flopped back in the bed, propping himself on one elbow. “They’ve already chosen a new ambassador.”
“I can get them to change their minds, to decide we are a more suitable option. Besides, Curind has as much intelligence as the rear end of a Gila beast. He is a political appointment because of his matriarchy, nothing more.” He flashed a dark, wicked grin. Tarkesh smiled back. He knew that smile. It was the one Nadir always used before he managed to convince someone to do something that was not in their best interest. He could remember a number of matriarchies in outlying settlements that were left wondering what had happened to them when Nadir set his mind to treating with them.
Would Nadir be happy walking away from a life in which he had found so much success? “Are you certain you are willing to do this? Give up everything you know and go to the tiger world? We could hate it there as much as Katryn hates it here.”
The black dragon lifted an eyebrow at him. “You know my feelings on this, Tarkesh. They have not changed. I will do whatever it takes to keep us together, to protect my mate. That now includes Katryn, but the sentiment remains the same as it always was with you.”
“And you
are ruthless about it. Katryn is correct about that.” He grinned.
Nadir’s broad shoulder lifted in a negligent shrug. “Whatever it takes.”
He laughed outright at that. “So you’ve said.”
“The question, my mate, is whether you are willing to make such an enormous change for her.”
Tarkesh plucked at the saltwater silk coverlet for a moment, thinking before he looked up and met Nadir’s gaze. “I want what I have always wanted, to see my loved ones happy and near me. I will also do whatever it takes to make that happen. If Katryn needs to be on Vesperi to be happy, then so be it.”
“You’re certain? Once I make these arrangements, they cannot be unmade.” Nadir lifted a knee and propped his elbow on it.
Tarkesh held his mate’s dark gaze. “I’ve considered this problem for days. I can find no better solution that does not leave us hunted outlaws than the one you’ve suggested. I would never dishonor myself or either of you by choosing the path of a renegade.”
“Nor I. That’s settled then.” Nadir threw his legs over the side of the bed and rose, reaching for his pants. Tarkesh enjoyed the view of his mate’s well-formed ass. He grinned.
“Shall we tell Katryn?”
Nadir glanced back at him. “Where is she?”
He rose as well and shrugged into a robe. “I’m not sure. She was visiting with Adriana before the council meeting, but that is soon to convene. Let us meet her there.”
“Excellent.” Nadir curved his fingers around the back of Tarkesh’s neck and drew him forward for an easy kiss.
“I’ll negotiate a new treaty with the weretiger clans.” Curind, the pompous dragon who would leave with Varad and Mahlia in the next few days to take her father’s position as ambassador to Vesperi, spoke in a booming whine that scraped over Katryn’s already frayed nerves. Yola had been her usual obnoxious self all day. That Tarkesh and Nadir had joined Katryn a few moments before had served only as a marginal help. These sessions were torturous. And she would have to put up with them every day for the rest of her life. Goddess above.
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