by Mina Carter
He nodded. “Name it. Anything you want.”
“Naked.”
He blinked, surprise flaring in his eyes before it was followed by a heat so intense it made her shiver in need.
“Princess, be careful what you say.” His voice was low and full of warning. “If I get you naked in my bed, nothing will stop me from taking you. From taking what’s mine and my dragon’s. Just holding you like this… it’s enough to seriously test my control. Don’t push me any further if you don’t mean it.”
“But I do mean it,” she whispered, lifting up on her elbows so she could reach his lips and kiss them. His shirt fell away, revealing her body clad in just the thin shift. She didn’t care. She wanted him to see her now, reveled in the dark need in his eyes as his gaze swept down her. Slowly she slid her arms free of the garment, helping him slide it from beneath her until all she wore was the see-through shift.
“I’ve been locked up too long. By Goranka, by magic and by my own fears,” she reached up to run her fingers through his hair, loving the feeling of the soft strands against her fingers. “This is my choice… You are my choice, and I-I love you,” she said, her voice firming up as she looked at him. “I love you. I choose you. Help set me free?”
He growled, the sound filling the air around them, but she wasn’t scared. Instead, she smiled as she lay back and opened her arms to him. She welcomed his weight as he crushed her to the bed and claimed her lips.
His kiss was hot and domineering, branding her mouth with his as he explored the shape of her lips. She murmured in pleasure, the sound turning to a gasp as he nipped at her lower lip, holding it captive between his teeth. At the sound he moved, taking advantage to thrust his tongue into her mouth to find hers, sliding and stroking until she moaned in pleasure.
His big body moved over her, her thighs parting automatically to allow him to settle between them. Large hands roved her figure, teasing and caressing as they explored.
“Scales, princess, you’re so tiny,” he gasped against her lips. “And I want you so much. I’m scared of hurting you.”
“You won’t. You couldn’t,” she promised him, the need to touch him filling her. As he’d shucked off his shirt to cover her, he was naked to the waist and she used that to her advantage, sliding her small hands over his broad shoulders and then down, teasing each line of muscle that marked his cobblestone abs. At her touch he sucked a breath in, a shudder racking his big body, and she wondered at the power she held over him. Her touch had done that, reduced him to shivers.
She reached lower and his hand shot out, capturing hers. His eyes blazed a warning. “No further, princess, or tonight will be a hell of a lot quicker than you deserve.”
She swallowed and nodded, a little thrill shooting through her at the latent power in his grip. He wouldn’t hurt her, she knew that, but his strength thrilled her.
No words passed between them as he moved closer, claiming her lips again as he swept a big hand down her body. His fingertips skated over her erect nipple, rolling the silken fabric over the swollen nub. With a wordless cry, she arched, offering more of herself and he growled. Bunching his hand in the soft fabric, he tore it away leaving her naked beneath him.
“Gods, princess, I’ve dreamed of seeing you like this,” he gasped, his big palm cupping her breast. Pleasure coursed through her as strong fingers played with the beaded peak, heat and fire arrowing down to her clit as he did.
Bending his head, he took the nipple in his mouth and sucked. She cried out, driving her hands into his hair to hold him to her as he suckled. Her body came alive at his smallest touch, yearning for more. Yearning for him.
A whimper broke free as his other hand smoothed down her body, flirting with the curve of her waist before tracing the seam of her body and thigh.
“Open up, princess,” he whispered against her nipple. “I can smell your need. Let me bring you pleasure before I make you mine.”
Biting her lip, she parted her thighs, exhaling on a soft sigh as he slipped two broad-tipped fingers between her pussy lips. Their groans, feminine and masculine, mingled in the air as his fingers came away slick with her juices.
“Hot and wet for me.” He nipped her nipple lightly, making her jump and shiver before he laved the small hurt with his tongue. “But I think you need to be a little more ready before I fill you with my cock.”
Her breathing caught as he rubbed her clit, collecting her juices to smooth them up and over the small bud of pleasure. Unlike the night before, he wasn’t slow and gentle, building up her pleasure layer by layer. Instead, he rubbed and circled ruthlessly, driving her pleasure higher and higher.
She whimpered, her hips rocking against him as she chased the feeling, felt the tension build. She needed more, needed everything he could give. And he gave it, sliding two thick fingers deep within her. Pumping and stroking until she cried out in need.
“That’s it, princess,” he murmured in encouragement as she moaned, her head thrashing on the pillows as she got closer to the edge. “Give me your pleasure, come on my hand, on my fingers and I’ll make you mine.”
The words and the added pressure of his thumb on her clit broke the spell. A scream welled up as her pleasure broke and washed over her. Her hips jerked convulsively against his hand as he continued to fuck her with his fingers, and she didn’t think it would ever end, wave after wave of ecstasy assaulting her.
As they started to die down, he moved. She pouted as he slid his fingers from the grip of her pussy, but his soft murmurs reassured her as he moved them in the bed. His bigger body bracketed hers from behind as he urged her to her hands and knees in front of him.
The rustle of fabric and the sudden heat of his skin against hers told her he’d removed the rest of his clothes. And that wasn’t all. As he moved, the thick, hard bar of his cock fit against the grove of her ass. She bit her lip at the size and length. He was huge. Surely that wouldn’t all fit inside her…
As though he felt her nerves, he pulled her too him, his lips nuzzling under her ear in reassurance. “We’ll go slow. I’ll be gentle, princess. I promise. Just relax and let me make you feel good.”
His hand slid down her body, sliding between her thighs again. She parted for him automatically and, even though she’d only just come, as soon as his fingers brushed against her, pleasure and anticipation rolled through her blood.
“That’s it,” he breathed, upping the pace until her hips rocked automatically against his hand again. “You’re so beautiful, so hot and wet… I want you so much it’s killing me here.”
She turned, seeking his lips and leaned into him. She trusted him with her body, to do with as he wished. His touch sent fire and need through her so intense she couldn’t bear it, but she knew she needed more. Something that only he could give her. The need took over and she rocked backward, parting her legs further in invitation.
He took it, a slight growl in the back of his throat that only made her wetter, and moved. The thick head of his cock pressed against the entrance to her body and he pressed, slowly, inward.
She gasped, holding still as her body parted around him. He didn’t get more than an inch before a barrier stopped him and he stilled. Biting her lip, he made her gasp with the small hurt and thrust his tongue into her mouth at the same time he pressed hard against her clit, seating himself balls deep in her body with one hard thrust.
She cried out at the sudden hurt, the sound lost in his mouth, and he held still, his cock pulsing in the tight sheath of her pussy. Within seconds the ache dissipated, leaving behind only a delicious fullness and, after a few moments, the overwhelming need to move.
Fearful of hurting him, she tried to stay still, but found it impossible. Without meaning to, she rocked her hips and then froze as he groaned against her lips.
“Oh, shit…” she tore her mouth from his to apologize. “I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to hurt you.”
His chuckle and quick, hot kiss was unexpected. “Fuck that, princess, you didn�
��t hurt me. Far from it. That feels too fucking good to be true.”
A small grin curved her lips. She truly did have this big, powerful male in thrall. She rocked her hips again, adding a little swivel this time, and the pleasure drew a sharp gasp from her lips. “What, like that?”
“Just like that. Tease. If we’re playing that way…”
With a growl, he hauled her back, hard arm locked around her waist. He pulled his hips back, her eyes crossing as the retreat of his cock stroked nerve endings that had never been touched before. Then he thrust back in and she thought she would pass out with pleasure.
“Gods, you feel so good.”
He started to move, faster and faster, holding her to him as he worked his cock in and out of her. She whimpered, arching her back to press her hips against him, her smaller hands wrapped around his wrists where he braced himself over her on the bed.
The room filled with the sounds of their joining—her softer moans, and his deeper, masculine groans. Each stroke of his cock and press of his hips against her ass drew the knot of pleasure between her thighs tighter and tighter until she cried out, reaching for him.
“I got you, my love,” he whispered, covering her body with his. “Come for me. Give me your pleasure and I’ll give you mine.”
The words finished her and, with a cry, she came, shattering apart around him. As she did, he roared and drove his fangs into her shoulder as he too reached his climax. His mouth pulled on her shoulder even as his cock pulsed in her depths, claiming her with blood, seed and sex to bind their dragons and souls together.
Forever.
Epilogue
A month later
“Calan! Cal! Can you see me? Look!”
Calan smiled at the excited mental shout from his mate as the shift magic cleared in front of him. Where his beautiful princess had stood a moment before, there was the most delicate little lilac dragon he’d ever seen.
For a moment he was struck dumb, and tears filled his eyes. A month after their mating, Saskia was barely recognizable as the quiet mouse dressmaker he’d first met.
Under his care and with the love of not only him but his cousin, the queen, and the support of the rest of the council, who’d adopted the little woman as easily as they’d taken Joseph’s hedgehog lady under their collective wing, she’d blossomed. Her confidence levels had increased beyond recognition and rather than fading into the background all the time, he’d actually found her teasing Sawyer the other day.
But the one thing he hadn’t been able to do was to get her to try and shift. She’d been so scared of her dragon for so long, so convinced by what she’d been told—that her dragon was unstable—that he’d begun to despair of ever seeing the gorgeous creature in front of him.
And she was gorgeous. His dragon roared with approval. Tiny, even in dragon form, her shoulders were barely higher than his head, and iridescent lilac scales covered a slender draconic body with wings so sheer they looked ethereal.
“Do I look okay?” Large violet eyes in an exotic, almost feline face watched him with worry in their depths. “Do I look… right?”
He smiled and stepped forward, letting go of the barrier between human and dragon. Within a heartbeat his own scaled form burst free from his human skin and two steps later he’d wrapped himself around his princess.
“Princess, you look wonderful. Beautiful. And you know what you look the most like?” he asked, twining his neck around hers to bring his forehead to hers.
“No, what?” she blinked, the soft summer breeze rustling her wings.
“You look like my life, my treasure and most importantly… my mate. I love you.”
She smiled, leaning into him and closing her eyes. He felt her happiness along their soul link and in that moment, his life was complete.
The dragon duke had his princess.
Forever.
The End
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