Cassie sniffs and wipes her nose. After a long silence, she whispers, “Ten years ago. I was thirteen, and I was fighting my own battles and demons then.” She turns to me and says, “My demons were real. As real and cruel as those red dragons.”
“Where are they now?” I snarl, gripping her wrist.
She makes a startled sound and blinks at me.
“Where are those demons who hurt you? What did they do to you?” I want to kill every one of those evil demons for her, make them pay for causing her pain.
Cassie shakes her head and pulls her hand away gently. “It's okay, Vorik. I left them behind, far, far behind. They won't be able to hurt me again. Ever.”
I try to delve into her memories, but Cassie refuses to open up her mind to me. She has access to all my thoughts, dreams and fears, but she won't let me know hers.
I won't force her. She needs to trust me fully before she can trust me with her secrets.
Cassie entrusted me with her safety and well-being when she agreed to come with me. That's a big step for her. She doesn't trust anyone, I realize. I am just the one she distrusts the least.
Her reluctance to share her darkest secrets is understandable. Trust has to be earned.
I take a deep breath and hold her shoulders. I have to tell her.
“Cassie,” I said slowly. “You understand my language, my people and my past, through me. We share a blood bond, because you are my mate...”
“Wait a minute.” She holds up a hand. “What bond? What are you talking about? I can't understand your language, I can't even speak it...”
Her eyes bug as she finally hears her own words. They come naturally to her and she speaks the language so fluently. All my past, my knowledge, all of me is hers.
“B-but...but...” she sputters. “How is this possible? How can I speak...like you?”
“You are my mate, Cassie. I exchanged blood with you when we kissed.”
Her fingers fly to her lips. “You bit me.”
“Yes. If you are not my mate, you will not be able to bond and connect with me. My blood would have no effect on you. But you saw my memories, Cassie. You saw my past and my nightmares.”
She nods jerkily. “I thought...” She rounds on me suddenly. “Can you see my memories too?”
“Only if you let me.”
Cassie swallows and looks away. “My memories aren't happy ones.”
I take her hand. “I want to share everything with you. Your pain, your sorrows, your joys. You are my mate, Cassie. That means you are a part of me. The most important part of me.”
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
Cassie
“I found you, and I won't lose you. You are not a storm dragon, but you are my mate, my one true mate,” Vorik tells me.
I have to clear my throat thrice before I find my voice. “I...um, I need to know something.”
Vorik nods. “Ask.”
“How many mates are you allowed to have?”
“What?” Vorik looks appalled and confused.
“I know some cultures allow the men to have more than one wife. So I want to know if you'll be taking more than one mate...”
His eyes flash. “Only you. You are my mate, my one and only, Cassie. Forever.”
“Okay.” I give him a lopsided smile. “Because I'm not good at sharing.”
“I will never share you,” he growls.
I pause before saying quietly, “I saw...female storm dragons in my dream.”
“Yes. There were very few female dragons, and the red dragons killed them all. The red dragons tried to take a couple of female storm dragons captive, but our females chose death. They died fighting their captors, and refused to surrender and submit.”
“So...there are no more female storm dragons,” I whisper. “I know there are twenty of you left. All soldiers of the Seventh Squadron. You're all that remain of King Svaata's army and people.”
“Yes. For a long time, we had no hope. We knew we would die out one day.”
I understand what he is saying, and I realize that I am carrying the dreams and future of an entire race on my shoulders. But…
I gulp and stammer, “When you say mate, you mean...breed, right? B-but...we're not even of the same species. How do you know if my body can...”
“If you are my true mate, your body will accept my seed,” Vorik answers.
I swallow, feeling the heat bloom in my cheeks. I can't believe that we are discussing sex right now.
But sex is obviously at the forefront of both our minds. That kiss we shared was the most explosive, intense, scorching, passionate experience of my entire life. And we both want more.
Vorik wants me, not just for sex. Vorik wants me to be his forever.
I have never belonged to anyone before. No one has ever wanted me, fought for me, lived for me. And I have no one to call my own. No family, no mate.
Sure, I daydream and fantasize sometimes. I dream that someday, someone will want me and I will have someone to call my own.
I look up and meet Vorik's eyes. His gaze is searching and tender, full of love and understanding.
Very gently, he leans forward and presses his lips to mine.
I savor the sweet, slow, lingering kiss and whisper against his mouth, “You're not going to bite me again, are you?”
“No.” He nips playfully at my jaw. “Unless you want me to.”
He kisses down my neck, and takes my mouth again. When his tongue tangles with mine, I moan with pleasure and desire.
“Vorik...” I whisper, and I can hear the soft plea in my voice.
My breasts feel full and heavy, and I long to feel his hands on them, caressing them and teasing the pebbled peaks. My nipples are hard and aching, and I can feel the increasing wetness between my legs.
My entire body is tingling with anticipation and arousal. I want him. And I realize that I want him to be mine, forever.
I have never wanted a man this much. This maddening hunger and desire is not like any I have ever experienced before.
Has his blood done something to my libido? I don't think so. I've wanted him since the moment I saw him.
Vorik saved me. He never even hesitated for an instant.
And now that I can read his mind, I know that he has always been honest and upfront with me. Vorik is brave, honorable and trustworthy. He is a good man.
I never thought I would ever meet a good man. Until...Vorik.
If I were to choose between Vorik and going back to my hopeless life on Earth, the choice is obvious.
“I want you, Vorik,” I whisper fiercely. “I want to stay with you, and I want you to be mine.”
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
Vorik
Her words mean everything to me. I want her and I know I will never stop wanting her. And she has just told me that she wants me back.
I crush my mouth over hers and kiss her hard. I can't breathe, can't get enough of her. I need more, and I want everything from her. I want her pleasure, her surrender, her trust, her heart.
I can feel Cassie quivering in my arms, her small form vibrating with need and hunger. Her hunger is as intense and powerful as mine. I can feel her body heating up as my blood pulses within her.
She is my mate, and she will always share my emotions, my thoughts, my need. I need her, and I will hunger for her always.
My dragon has awakened to claim its mate. I know I have to control the beast in me so that I will not hurt Cassie during our mating. But the beast is dominant right now. The dragon has scented its mate in heat, and refuses to back down. My dragon wants to claim Cassie, and so do I.
I want to make her mine. And I want to give myself to her.
I move my hands over her body and growl when I feel the rough fabric of her clothes. I break the kiss momentarily and slam a fist over my chest. The metal plates over my body start to pixelate and dissolve until there is only one plate left. I tear that single plate off my chest and fling it towards the chair at the corner of the room.
“Wait,” Cassie cries, her eyes widening in alarm at the sight of my claws.
“No claws,” she says.
I watch her fingers play with the buttons on her blouse. When the first button comes undone, I growl and stalk forward, eager to help her strip.
Cassie shakes her head at my clawed hands. I retract my claws and watch her peel off her clothes.
When she removes her inner garment and reveals her breasts, I can't hold off any longer. In a blur of movement, I kick off my pants and boots and snatch her up. I throw her onto the bed and my mouth finds her generous, ample breast.
My hand is kneading her other breast, my fingers pinching and tugging at her dark, erect peak. I move my mouth from one breast to the other, licking and sucking her nipples greedily.
Cassie writhes and makes small cries of pleasure as I suckle her. She arches her back as I lave my tongue down her sweet, curvy body.
Her skin is so soft and smooth, and I want to taste every inch of her. I snarl when my fangs snag on that lacy, flimsy material covering her crotch. Cassie gasps as I tear that final piece of garment from her body with my teeth.
Her intoxicating, feminine scent fills my nostrils and I grab her legs and push them apart. I need to fill my lungs with her sweet scent and taste her juices on my tongue.
Her pink, delicate folds are glistening with moisture. I press my mouth to her and lap at her delicious, sticky juices. Licking down her pussy lips, I circle that throbbing, swollen nub with my tongue. Cassie cries out as I flick my tongue furiously over that sensitive button.
Her body starts to tremble. My name tumbles from her lips as I penetrate her with my tongue.
I keep moving in and out of her, as she squirts more of her juices into my mouth. She tastes so sweet, so delicious. I lick and suck furiously at her core, devouring her sex with a fierce, feral hunger. Her pussy is so hot and soft, and I want to keep eating her. I want to wring every drop of her nectar from her pussy.
Pushing her legs wider apart, I push a finger into her body and fuck her slowly. She moans when I push another finger into her. She is so tight, but I want to stretch her further. Cassie makes a keening sound when I insert another finger into her. I pump in and out of her, watching the flush spread across her beautiful face.
When she starts to pant, I go down on her and fuck her with my tongue. I want to feel her coming hard against my mouth. I need to taste my mate's first climax.
Cassie cries out and shudders. Her powerful, intoxicating scent almost tips me over the edge. My cock jerks and becomes agonizingly hard. This is the sweetest, most exquisite torment.
As I continue laving down her wet, pink folds, I stroke my hand down the length of my rigid shaft to try to ease the pressure. It feels as though my whole body is going to explode.
I need to take her now, but I have to make sure she is ready for me.
Cassie is so small, so soft and fragile.
I don't want to hurt her when I claim her.
My mate is brave, tough and strong. But she is human.
I hold her as she fights to catch her breath. When she blinks up at me, I kiss her deeply, letting her taste herself on my lips.
She wraps her arms and legs around me and kisses me back ardently. The taste and lingering scent of her orgasm is a turn on for the both of us.
Cassie raises her hips to me and whispers, “Take me, Vorik. I want you, inside me, now.”
The head of my cock nudges into her slit and I groan at the inviting warmth and wetness of her body.
I rear up and throw her legs over my shoulders. I look into her eyes as I inch my cock slowly into her body.
Cassie's breaths are coming hard and fast, and her body tenses as I try to penetrate her.
“Cassie,” I grit out.
She is too tight.
She takes a deep breath and swallows.
“Do it,” she says.
My claws and fangs are out. I try to hold my beast back, but my dragon refuses to back down. My dragon will not be denied.
Mine!
Cassie is mine to claim.
With a savage roar, I drive myself deep into her.
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
Cassie
I let out a cry at the pleasure-pain that sears through me. My body quakes and spasms as Vorik buries himself to the hilt inside me.
His cock is huge, long and thick and I feel myself painfully, deliciously stretched. I blink up at him, and the sight of his hard, powerful body looming over me makes me wetter still.
I whimper as Vorik gathers me into his arms. He is inside me, but he isn't thrusting or moving at all. He just holds me, letting my body adjust to his.
I sigh as I relax against him. The fleeting pain has melted into pleasure, and the sensation of Vorik filling me is...amazing. I love how big he is, how tightly he holds me and how good he makes he feel when he fucks me.
Oh, the man can fuck.
Vorik has started moving, and his strokes are deep, firm and sure. When he drags his cock out of my pussy and slams into me again, I orgasm suddenly. My channel spasms as he slides his cock in and out, creating just the right amount of friction and hitting all the right spots.
Vorik is gripping my hips as he fucks me. His claws are digging into my flesh, and I welcome the pain. It makes me even wetter, even hungrier for him.
I want more. I want everything that he can give me.
Vorik reads the signals my body is sending him and responds to my need. He takes me harder, faster, surging into me and making my body sing with pleasure.
I'm no virgin, but no man has ever made me orgasm during sex. I had to get myself off afterward. My sexual partners never bothered finding out if it was as good for me as it was for them.
Vorik made me come with his mouth, and he enjoyed what he was doing to me. I can tell when a guy thinks it's a chore to go down on a girl. But Vorik devoured me like a starving man, and from the look on his face, he is far from done.
Vorik is staring at me with a feral, predatory hunger as he takes me. His broad, muscular body pulses with coiled strength and power and his eyes are fully silver.
I curl my fingers around his bulging biceps as he leans down to kiss my neck.
His rhythm slows down as he takes my mouth. The kiss is deep and sensual, and I wrap my arms around his neck and surrender my pleasure to him.
I suddenly realize why I have never been able to achieve orgasm with any of the men I'd been with.
To surrender your pleasure to someone, you have to trust them. I have never really let my guard down with anyone before. I grew up, got out of the foster care system, got a job and became an adult.
But I never really outgrew that fear and distrust.
Fear and distrust were my friends. They warned me when the monsters came prowling and they kept me alive.
I never allowed myself to trust anyone.
Until now.
I trust Vorik. I know he will keep me safe.
But...I still can't open my mind to him. Vorik shared all his fears and secrets with me, but I just can't bring myself to show him my dark, shameful memories. I want to...but I can't. I tried to expose those monsters but no one believed me. They made me feel like I did something wrong.
I don't want Vorik to see how small and helpless I was.
I just want to share the good part of me with him. Not the dark, broken bits.
Vorik makes me feel strong, invincible, incredible. With him, I feel beautiful and whole.
“Don't stop,” I sob as I cling to him. “Please don't stop...”
My pleasure is climbing, cresting as he pounds into me.
I don't want this to end. I don't want us to end.
I tighten my grip on him and wrap my legs tightly around his hips. I want him to go over the edge with me, lose control and lose himself in me.
I gasp and scream his name as
I shatter beneath him. Vorik holds me and bites down on my shoulder. I feel his fangs piercing my flesh, and another orgasm rips through me.
Vorik's veins bulge and throb as his massive body starts to shudder. He thrusts once, twice into me, and spills his hot seed deep into me.
My pussy clenches his cock and milks it hungrily, taking every drop of him into me.
Vorik holds me tight and continues stroking in and out of my body. My entire body feels like it is burning up. The heat spreads from my core and sears through all my nerves. Every inch of me tingles and I shiver with the most intense, electrifying pleasure.
Vorik takes a ragged breath and stares at me, the silver slowly leaching from his eyes.
“Cassie,” he says hoarsely.
I give him a shaky smile. “Wow,” I manage. I push myself up on my elbows and see his thick semen trickling down the insides of my thighs.
Vorik withdraws slowly from me and stares at my quivering, creaming pussy. “I have never given any female my seed,” he says at last.
My eyes widen in disbelief.
“I can only spill seed in my true mate,” Vorik explains.
“You mean...you've never…?”
“I can experience pleasure and I can climax, but I cannot ejaculate. Not until I find and claim my mate.”
“So...this is your first time...” I splutter.
“This isn't my first time with a female,” Vorik admits. “But...”
“But all the other times you fucked a female you never ejaculated,” I conclude.
Vorik nods, watching me warily. “Are you...upset, Cassie?”
I see the look on his face and chuckle. “Relax.” I swat at his shoulder. “I never thought for a second that you're a virgin. With your smoldering looks and hot bod, women won't be able to keep their hands off you.”
“I only want your hands on me. I won't let any other female touch me,” Vorik vows.
“I'm not worried.” I smirk. “I don't think I have any competition on Svaata.”
“Oh.” There is a sly, mischievous glint in Vorik's eye. “There is one very bossy, sassy female on Svaata. I think she might give you a run for your money.”
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