A Dragon's Heart: (Dragons of Paragon - Book 1)

by Jan Dockter

  Tori squealed in delight, “I would love that.” He laughed.

  She said, “I just need to go buy something to wear.”

  Aldain almost choked on his food. “Seriously Tori? You brought an entire clothing store with you. Are you saying with all those clothes, there is nothing you could wear?”

  Tori aimed a deadly stare at him that shut him up. “For your information, Dain Kincaid. I have nothing Scottish to wear. I want to find something from here that matches the occasion. If it is money you are worried about I do have my own. If it is a bother to you, trust me, I can drive any kind of car.” With that she threw her napkin down and stormed outside.

  Cade and Becca said at the same time. “Dain?”

  As he sat there thinking he could have handled that better. “Well I called her a midget. That was a nickname I picked for her, she felt it was only fair she have one for me. Dain, is it.”

  Becca pursed her lips. “Is there anything else we need to know? Any more surprises?”

  Aldain shook his head no. “That is about as exciting as it got. She didn’t like me calling her a midget sooo.”

  Becca looked at him questioningly, “Um why would you call her something like that?”

  Aldain had to think quickly. He didn’t want to lie but he didn’t want Becca to know what really happened. “Well let’s just say she wanted to go somewhere I disagreed with and she didn’t take it well.”

  Becca shook her head. “Yep sounds like Tori. She doesn’t like being told no.”

  Aldain couldn’t agree with her more. He excused himself while he said he wanted to go outside and apologize to her. He wasn’t quite sure what exactly he said to set her off but he would apologize anyway.

  When Tori got outside she found herself heading towards the loch. She didn’t run but she did power walk. She wanted to put as much distance from that insufferable man as fast as possible. God, he acted like her wardrobe should last her the rest of her natural life. She knew she had more clothes than most, but she loved to buy things she liked. Some she had hadn’t been worn yet, but she was sure an occasion would come up where she would be able to wear them.

  While she stewed, and called him some extremely unflattering names under her breath, she arrived at the loch sooner than expected. She found a tree close by and sat under it. The night sky was beautiful and the air smelled of heather and was so much cleaner than in Boston. The sound of waves lapping against the shore soothed her. She was enjoying the solitude when she heard footsteps coming her way. She scowled as Aldain walked slowly towards her. “I am sorry Tori. Please forgive me. If you want to buy new clothes I will take you, and I will pay for them, money isn’t an issue. I will buy you whatever you want; I didn’t mean to sound miserly. I am a man, who until recently has lived alone. I don’t understand some things important to a woman, but with you and your sister here I am sure I will learn. Please give me a chance to make it up to you.”

  Tori’s heart softened at the stricken look on his face. “Well I guess I can understand that. Okay, apology accepted and so is your offer to take me into town and buy me anything I want,” she held out her hand to shake on it.

  Aldain had a different idea. He knelt next to her and lowered his lips to hers. She stiffened slightly, but as he deepened the kiss her body started to relax. She put her arms around his neck and pushed her body closer to his; she heard a moan escape his lips. Heat coursed through him as he felt her body next to his. She felt so small as he put his hands on her hips. He lifted her onto his lap with his erection rubbing against her pussy. There was no way she could mistake him wanting her. He wanted her to know what she did to him. Tori wiggled around on his lap causing another moan to escape him.

  They both lay down on the ground. There was no blanket but the grass was thick and lush so none was needed. As Aldain was attacking Tori’s tongue with his own, he slowly started taking off her halter top. Tori responded in kind. She started unbuttoning his shirt at the same time. She has never felt this way before; she felt a fire in her body she never experienced before. Her heart was beating so fast it felt like it might beat out of her chest.

  Flinging her top to the ground Aldain moved his lips to her breasts. She gasped as she felt his mouth cover her nipple. He lathed it with his tongue, sucking gently as his other hand was working its way down her pants. They were sweats so all she had to do was raise her hips as he slid them down and off. When she got his shirt off, she ran her hands over his chest. Solid muscle met her hands; she grabbed his nipple and gently squeezed it. She heard him suck in his breath as she sucked it into her mouth. She ran her tongue over it then gently blew on it; she watched it harden immediately.

  She kissed his chest from the front then to his sides and back. Her hands were busy getting his pants off as she gasped at the size of his erection. It was huge! Thick, long and iron hard. She grabbed it through his underwear, squeezing it hard as he got off the last of her clothes. His hands were moving down to her womanhood. He ran a finger through it; he could feel the moistness coating his finger.

  He stopped and looked at her. Tori could barely speak. “Why did you stop?”

  Aldain looked intently into her eyes. “Are you sure about this Tori? Because if not I can stop now, but once I start again I won’t have the control to stop myself. I want you more than you could possibly know but I need to know you want this too. I don’t want there to be any regrets if we do this.”

  Tori looked at him with desire in her eyes. “I have never been as sure of anything in my life. I want you, I want to feel you inside of me. Please Dain, make love to me!”

  He didn’t need to be told twice. He lowered his head between her legs. His tongue found that little nub that he knew could bring her to the greatest of heights. She was holding hold his hair, pushing his head closer to her sweetness. His tongue was working magic! Her body felt like a tightly coiled spring.

  The heat started to spread throughout her body. Aldain put a finger in her moist channel and started to move it around until he found her secret spot. He worked it like a fine instrument. Before she knew it her body started to shake and convulse. She arched her back and screamed his name as she kept pulling his hair. Aldain quickly covered her mouth as her body was still quivering from the intensity of her orgasm. She sighed with contentment.

  Aldain smiled and said, “Oh no, we are far from being done. He put his body over hers. She felt his manhood rubbing against her. He put it right over her opening and they both moaned as he slowly entered her. He was spreading her walls to become accustomed to his girth. He pushed steadily, slowly until he completely filled her.

  Tori had never felt so full. Aldain slowly started to move back and forth, the wetness from her filled pussy coating him. He wanted to take it slow the first time with her but his dragon instinct kicked in. His dragon was having none of it. He grabbed her hips as he started to speed up and rammed his steel rod into her. With each thrust he pulled her hips towards him burying himself deep inside of her. Tory moaned as she felt him filling her, she could feel him touch deep inside her womb.

  Both of them were gasping for air. Their bodies were making slapping sounds against each other every time Aldain filled her. He finally stiffened and with a moan, Tori felt his hot seed fill her. The feeling caused her to orgasm with each stream his body emitted. Her body arched as she felt him spilling his essence deep within her womb.

  He was spent, Aldain felt like he had just run a marathon. He came as close to what he thought heaven was like as he had ever been. He gathered her in his arms and kissed her gently. He could feel her heart beating as hard and fast as his own. What he just experienced with Tori was something he had never experienced in all his long years with any woman. The love he felt for her poured out of him. She was his and his alone; she was made just for him. His soul connected with hers as they intertwined together during their shared orgasm. Whether Tori knew it or not, Aldain would do whatever it took to make her fall in love with him. He couldn’t imagine life
without her.

  After Tori could find her voice, she looked at Aldain and said. “Oh, My God! I have never experienced anything like that in my life. What was that? How could we be so intense after knowing each other for such a brief period of time? I actually feel like I have known you all my life.”

  Aldain knew what they experienced; it was the rendezvous of two soul mates coming together. Their souls intertwining with each other. The delight of their souls reuniting after such a long time apart. He wanted to tell Tori all this but felt it was too soon. She may not understand right now and he had so much more to show her, so much more he wanted her to learn. But he wanted her to learn it at a pace that would benefit her and the growth of their relationship.

  As he was holding her, he kissed the top of her head. “I don’t know lass but let’s just accept it for what it is and worry about the whys later.”

  Tori looked at him with a slightly confused look to her face. “But that is just it Dain. I can’t accept it for what it is because I don’t understand what ‘it’ is.”

  Aldain smiled, “How about this then, it was beautiful, it was intense and something I have never experienced before. It was and is something special that neither one of us has felt before. So, let’s work on seeing where the rest of this goes? What do you say? I would love nothing more?”

  Tori sighed and smiled. He had a point. She was determined to find out what it was they had. She knew it went way beyond lust. She knew she felt something for him and she could tell he felt something for her too. They both stayed under the tree, basking in the afterglow of their lovemaking. Each deep in their own thoughts, watching the stars twinkle in the dark night sky.

  Tori turned towards him. “How is it that you live in a castle? You said it has been in your family for a long time.” Aldain told her as much as he could without letting her know he was from a dragon shifter clan.

  Aldain inherited the castle when his father died. When his father died, his mother couldn’t stand to keep being reminded of the life she spent with him there. The memories were too painful for her. She insisted on living in a cute little cottage near Inverness. She had found it when she was visiting a friend not long after her husband died. When he died a part of her died with him. When a mate dies, if the bond is tight, there is a good chance the other left behind will soon follow. Aldain was afraid his mother would be right behind his father; she had told him the only thing keeping her alive was the son that they shared. He looked so much like his father her heart ached every time she saw him. But she loved him and wasn’t ready to leave him alone; especially since he hadn’t yet found his mate.

  Dragon shifters lived very long lives but they weren’t eternal. His father lived to be several hundred years old. The oldest dragon shifter known had lived to be a thousand years old. His mother was five hundred and her age in dragon years would be comparable to forty in human years. She was still a beautiful woman. Dragon shifters aged like humans until they hit eighteen then they aged very slowly. Aldain looked around twenty-eight in human years but he was a little older than that, closer to 150, which was considered very young in dragon years. His father was one of those dragons who decided if he couldn’t find his mate, he would remain alone but then his mother came along. Aldain was an only child but he had plenty of playmates so he never missed having siblings.

  His father was also the head of the dragon shifter clan. When his father died, that title went to Aldain. He was also on the council that consisted of different factions of paranormal or magical beings. It was hard for him to be both clan leader and council member so he had his best friend Malcolm MacMurray be his second in command of the clan, who was doing an excellent job of overseeing things. Aldain went to visit once a month to make sure there were no problems and to let the clan know he was still their chief and always had their best interests at heart.

  His clan was living at Isle of the Sky. He was born there and lived there most of his childhood. His father then had his castle built close to Edinburgh because it made sense. There always seemed to be some kind of skirmish going on between dragon shifters and other kinds of shifters. The heads of each clan made Edinburgh their main meeting place, it was considered neutral ground. During these skirmishes, all the clan heads would meet to decide if any rules were being broken and try to get the warring factions to come to some kind of an agreement that would benefit both sides. There was always fighting over land as the clans got bigger. His father did what Aldain did. He put someone he trusted in charge of the clan on the isle, namely Aldain, which left him free to attend the meetings in Edinburgh. Aldain gave Tori the watered-down version of course.

  Chapter Seven

  They walked back to the castle, hand in hand during the early morning hours. Becca looked out the window and saw them in the distance and a smile crossed her face. She couldn’t think of a better man to help tame her sister. She knew Tori would also keep Aldain on his toes. She wished she had thought of having her sister come out sooner. She hoped with all her heart that things worked out between them. She would just have to watch and see.

  Becca was also going to tell Tori about her being a vampire before she went to bed tonight. She practiced how she was going to tell her and nothing she tried sounded right so she was just going to tell her the truth and hope for the best. Becca walked with Tori to her room. Becca asked her if she had a few minutes to talk to her before she went to bed. Tori told her she would love to talk to her. She suggested Becca go get her nightclothes on too, that way they could lie in bed like they did when they were little girls telling each other their secrets. It seemed a lifetime since they had done something like that. When Tori finished changing Becca was knocking on her door. Tori hugged her and they both got comfortable on the bed. Tori raised her eyebrow waiting for her sister to tell her whatever it was she wanted to say.

  Becca nervously cleared her throat and smiled at Tori. “I have something I need to tell you and you might find it hard to believe but please let me tell you the whole story before you interrupt me okay? It is going to be hard enough without you interrupting me every minute. You can ask me questions when I am done.?” Tori couldn’t imagine what it was she was about to hear but she promised to keep her mouth closed until Becca was done with her story. Becca proceeded to tell her that Cade was a vampire and how she met him. How he had saved her from a rapist and killed him using his vampire strength. She told her about having to go in front of a council to be accepted.

  Becca didn’t tell her what kind of beings made up the council but she did tell her about Monique being the head of the vampires. She told her how Monique was so opposed to her that she had Alex, another member of the council try and kill her. The only thing that saved her was for Cade to turn her. She also told her that Aldain knew the story but didn’t feel it was his place to tell Tori. He left that up to Becca. When Becca was done, she looked at Tori waiting for her to say or do something besides stare at her with huge saucer shaped eyes.

  Finally Tori said, “So let me get this straight. I have a brother-in-law who is a vampire who turned my human sister into a vampire to save her life?” Becca shook her head yes. Tori then said,” Prove it!”

  Becca blinked, “Excuse me.” She said in a shocked voice.

  “Prove it. I want you to show me you are a vampire and not just telling me some outrageous story, “said Tori.

  Becca wasn’t expecting this. She smiled at Tori and as she did her teeth slowly elongated into fangs. Tori scooted away from her, “Holy shit! You have fangs!”

  Becca reached out to her sister. “Hey Tori don’t be afraid of me. I am still your sister and you know I love you. I just have a few added features that’s all. Cade and I don’t go around sucking people dry. We live off animal blood or blood from the hospital blood bank. If Cade didn’t turn me I would have been dead. How would you rather have me…. dead or a living vampire?”

  Tori’s mind was whirling. She decided the love she had for her sister outweighed the fact she was now what
some people would call the living dead. But the part that mattered to Tori was the ‘living’ part. The more she thought about it the more she came to terms with it. In a very weird way knowing Becca could kick some major human ass made her feel a little safer. “Becca, I love you no matter what you are. I am glad you told me and we will talk more about this. I have so many questions. But right now, I have to try and wrap my head around this and try to sleep.” They hugged each other and Becca left feeling so much better knowing her sister finally knew the truth about her. She was glad she didn’t have to keep making excuses to her for not going out in direct sunlight. She sighed and padded off to bed where her fated mate was waiting for her.

  Aldain and Tori were heading to Edinburgh the next day for her shopping trip. As much as she tried to sleep, all Tori dreamed about was Aldain; knowing he was close by made sleeping impossible. As soon as the sun came up she took a luke warm shower. That seemed to help calm her nerves while heading to Edinburgh.

  Tori was enchanted with the scenery as Aldain told her stories of historical events that took place along the route they were driving.

  When they arrived in Edinburgh Aldain parked the car. Tori wanted to walk around the city as much as she could. There were plenty of shops to check out but there were also medieval relics everywhere. Aldain explained to Tori that the clan whose festivities they were going to would be wearing a blue colored tartan. It was worn for dancing and festivities. She decided that she would look for something close to the same color if she could.

  Aldain showed her the blue color of the tartan from a shop that made them. In a little tucked away shop, Tori found the perfect outfit. It is what some would consider a one-piece outfit. The neck line was low-cut which enhanced her cleavage. The sleeves had slits at the top and went to just above her elbows. The middle hugged her waist and accentuated her hips that Aldain loved so much, followed by flared pants that would twirl if she decided to dance. It looked extremely beautiful on her. She also bought a pair of silver high heels to go with it. Before she could look at the price tag, Aldain had already paid for them without blinking an eye, Tori shrugged. He offered to pay for her outfit so if it made him feel better who was she to complain?