by C. D. Gorri
“Oh, it most definitely is,” she agreed.
Chapter Eight
Belle smiled up at Nikai, the apprehension of him fitting or not, fading away. The Nikai from before was right there in the eyes staring down at her, erasing the memory of the male who she’d seen that fateful day. If she wouldn’t have been hormonal, she’d have known that wasn’t her mate. But it was more she realized. Nadim must’ve had help, the feel of the vampire’s magic had been on Nadim that day as well. Not that same vampire, but similar. She stilled, horror filling her. “Nikai, I think your brother has been dealing with the vampires for thousands of years. You need to search your entire realm for treachery. Any male who was loyal to him may be infected with the disease.”
“Sssh, I already figured that out when you were traipsing through the fucker’s mind. Nadim was a coward and needed to find power any way he could. I assume he went to Earth and found the bloodsuckers and felt powerful amongst them. However, I have a feeling he bartered his way out of their clutches with my nephew, Asia’s mate. Now, let’s not talk about him or anyone else except me, my dick, and you and your sweet little pussy. We’ll have the rest of our lives to worry about the others, but right here and now, I need to feel you, all of you.”
She shivered at the deep, velvety tone of his voice. Her body heated up, wanting the same thing. She lifted her arms, running them down his back, gripping his ass in both palms.
He groaned, then shifted lower so that his cock slid between her thighs. “Goddess, you feel so good.”
Nikai pushed back, taking his heat away from her and stared down at their bodies. “I’m afraid I’m going to have to tie your hands up or else I’m going to go before I even squeeze the tip inside you.”
Her shock had to be evident as she tried to grasp his meaning. Nikai had never been crazy kinky, but when he nodded, and both of her arms were pulled back, secured to the headboard, she had to wonder just how much practice he’d gotten during their separation.
“Don’t do that. I never gave my heart or my kiss to another female. They belonged to my mate and my mate alone, Belle.”
She swallowed back the tears, knowing she couldn’t expect him to have been celibate for...eons. She hadn’t either, but still. “I’m sorry.”
He tipped her chin up, kissing away her words. “You have nothing to be sorry for. Now, let me love you properly, hmm.”
Belle wondered what he meant but lost all words, as he took a slow journey down her body, stopping to kiss and nibble behind her ear. Goosebumps formed over every inch of her heated flesh. “Oh, Nikai,” she moaned.
He straddled her hips and held both her breasts in his palms, looking at them as if he had never seen boobs before. Belle shifted her legs, a little uneasy at his intent inspection.
“Did you nurse our Lula?” He pressed the twin mounds together after he asked, looking into her eyes.
She nodded.
“I would’ve loved to watch you do that.” He peppered kisses along the swell of both breasts, taking his time to show attention to each one, driving her crazy with the need to feel him take her nipples into his mouth.
When she was ready to beg him to lick her, or suck, or bite even, he did just that, taking her left nipple into the heated depths of his mouth. With wicked lashes he licked and then bit the tender bud before moving to the other side and doing the same thing. Belle was sure she wouldn’t survive the sweet torment much longer.
“Such sensitive nipples. I could love on them all night, but your scent is driving me mad with the need to feast on you.” Nikai shifted, kissing his way down her abdomen. He dipped his tongue into her navel, making her giggle.
“Paybacks are a total bitch, Nikai,” she warned.
Nikai wedged his body between her thighs, lifting her legs until they rested on his shoulders. “I can’t wait.”
She opened her mouth, a retort ready, but only a moan escaped as he licked a slow path from her clit to her opening, humming against her flesh. Her dragon mate took his time, licking, sucking, tasting every inch of her flesh until she was begging him to take her.
“Come for me, my Belle, then I’ll give us both what we want.” He pressed one finger inside her, pumping slowly.
She spread her thighs wider, wishing her hands were free so she could press him closer.
Nikai chuckled, the added friction sent a sweet jolt straight to her clit.
He eased a second finger alongside the first, moving them in and out. Sweat glistened her body. She could moderate her temperature, but she was lost to everything except Nikai and what he was doing to her. A third finger joined the others, and then he sucked her clit into his warm mouth, humming around the hard little nub.
“Oh, Nikai, I’m going to come. Please don’t stop.”
His fingers moved faster, opening her up for him. His lips, Goddess, those gorgeous lips sucked, and his tongue licked, sending her flying. A keening cry filled the air, her body locking down on his digits to keep them inside her. Belle’s entire body twitched and pulsed. Using her magic she broke the binding that held her arms, so she could do what she longed to do, hold her mate.
“That’s the most beautiful sight I’ve seen since the last time I made love to you. You glow when you come, my Belle.” Nikai rose over her, lining his cock with her opening. “I claim you as my mate, for all time, Belle. Wherever you go, I go.”
She gripped his hips with her thighs, feeling him enter her in slow increments. One pump, two pumps, and then three, and still he wasn’t fully seated within her. Belle wanted to feel all of him, now. Wrapping her thighs around his hips. She lifted at the same time as she pulled, using her strength to get what she wanted, him in her. Her nails bit into his shoulders at the shocking flare of pain.
“Dammit, I was trying to ease into you, my love.” Nikai held himself above her, keeping their bodies flush without moving.
“Oops,” Belle muttered.
He shook his head. “Not yet, but I will.”
She was a little bewildered, her mind a bit fogged by pain until he wiggled his hand between their bodies. She froze, wondering if he thought she could handle more. She hated to break it to him that no, no she couldn’t take any more of him. However, he wasn’t going to give her more...well more, but not more. Goddess, what he did give her made her toes curls. “Oh, I like that,” she whispered.
“Me too. You can ease your claws out of my back now, love.”
One by one, she retracted her nails, wincing at the warm liquid that ran down his back and onto her bed. She almost said oops again, but then he shifted his hips, hitting that spot deep inside her she remembered from long ago.
“That’s it. Fuck, I love you, Belle. You and I were made for one another. Yes, lift your hips just like that.” He helped lift one leg up and over one of his shoulders.
Belle rolled her hips, rejoicing in each downward thrust as he hammered away at the place that only he’d ever been able to claim. Not only could Nikai claim her dragon heart, but he also hit the hidden, fabled, g-spot, every motherfucking time. Goddess, she was a lucky dragon.
“You’re so damn tight, my love. I’m not going to last. Come on, come for me. Let me feel you squeeze my dick, and then I’ll fill you up with my seed. Maybe we can make another little dragonling.” He pumped faster.
Her heart stilled, body on the edge. “You want another baby?”
He pressed all the way forward and held, grinding against her clit. “If I could have a horde of baby Belle’s who looked just like you and Lula, I would fucking love that. If we had no more, only our Lula and her cubs, then so be it. As long as I have you, I’ll be the happiest dragon alive.”
Her dragon trilled inside her, the sound setting off his. Their sounds mixing within their minds, creating a symphony. She’d never heard the two dragons sing together, their music magical and beautiful. “Me too, Nikai. I’ll be happy with whatever the Goddess gives us.”
He rested down on his forearms, his face directly above hers, holding
most of his weight off her much smaller form. He was everthing to her. Nikai brushed his lips across hers, and began moving, easing his hips back and forth in a slow glide. Tears formed in her eyes.
“I love you so much.”
The first time they’d made love, he’d been just like this, staring down into her eyes, easing in and out of her. Their bodies craved more, just like it had then, but neither of them rushed to obey, enjoying the smooth glide. Nikai pressed his lips to her again, his tongue tangling with hers. Belle ran her hands down his back, feeling smooth flesh where she’d ripped him open earlier. As she reached his ass, she trailed her fingers between the crack, a mischievous grin flittered across her face.
Nikai pulled back slightly, then pulled out, flipping her to her stomach. He jerked her up until she was on her hands and knees. “The only one who will have anything between their ass will be you, my love.”
He pushed her head down to the bed, making her laugh as he swatted her ass. She and he had done everything long before, but tonight they wouldn’t be going there, which she told him within their link. He roared with laughter at the image she flashed in his mind, the big ole X over a bootyhole clearly funny to her male.
Belle opened her mouth to tell him she was serious, but then he slid back inside her, and his warmth was covering her back, his breath tickling her ear. “I will always ensure you’re properly prepared for me first. I promise, your cute little bootyhole will not have an X on it when I enter it. In fact, you’ll be begging me to take your ass when I do it.”
His masterful way of owning her body proved too much for her to argue. She pushed back into his thrusts, begging him to fuck her, make her come. There was no shame in loving your mate, whenever and however you wanted. Of course, he yelled just as loud and long as she did when he came, her name a litany that fell from his lips.
Belle snuggled next to Nikai, the bed freshly made after their third or was it fourth round of lovemaking.
“I will have to search for my nephew.” His words were whispered as the suns were coming up.
She traced the tattoo on his chest with one finger. “We will search for our nephew.”
He covered her hand with his. “What about your duties here?”
Belle snickered. “Goddess, I swear Jenna is rubbing off on me. You said duty, and I got a very childlike thought in my head. Anyhoo, between Jenna, Lula, and the others you haven’t seen, plus the Goddess herself, this realm is safe. Trust me, it’ll be fine.”
“Sorry if my faith in that isn’t that great. I mean, there were how many vampires that breached your land just hours before?” Nikai kissed the top of her head.
She wiggled until she was resting on top of him, her head propped on her folded hands. “Well, you see, um, that wasn’t really an accident.”
Belle winced at the slap to her ass.
“Explain, mate,” Nikai ordered.
“I knew they were coming.” She tapped her head. “I will admit, the fucker having the Dragonsbain was a surprise, but the rest...piece of cake.”
She saw the fire in his eyes begin to dance. Being the smart dragon she was, Belle decided it would be smarter to deflect his anger. She bent, licking over his nipple like he’d done to hers. Their lower halves rubbed, creating an ache she had no plans to assuage just yet. He feasted on her, and now, it was time she did the same with him. Kissing her way down his flat abs, she made her way down to that appendage that rivaled an oak tree. Alright, not quite, but damn he was huge.
She gripped him in both palms and settled between his spread thighs. “Oh, my, what big balls you have,” she said with a giggle.
“The bigger to get you pregnant with,” he agreed.
“Hm, don’t think you can get my tonsils preggo, but let’s try, shall we.” Belle closed her lips over the head, taking the mushroom shape inside. A small drop seeped out and onto her tongue, making her crave more. She licked around the cap and sucked hard, working her hands in tandem.
Up and down, she moved, back and forth, until he was bumping the back of her throat. There was no way she could take all of him, and already her jaw was aching, but she didn’t want to stop until he came.
“Belle, wait. I want to come inside you.” Nikai groaned loudly.
She squeezed her hands around the base of his cock when he tried to pull her up, her lips locking around the tip. The action had him giving in to her silent demands. She ran her tongue down the heavy vein, working it as she pulled backward, then sucked him back inside, repeating the motions over and over. She hummed, adding a little burst of heat. He tensed, his hand gripping the back of her head, guiding her faster.
“I’m going to come, Belle. Oh, Goddess, love. Don’t stop. Right there.” Nikai’s breath wheezed out of him, his hips jerking up and down.
She let him hold her where he wanted her, keeping her hands in place so she didn’t choke, swallowing all he had to offer. After he stopped jerking, his cock was still stiff, she continued to lick him clean. Finally, she laid her head on his thigh and looked up at him. “You’re delicious too.”
“C’mere,” he murmured.
She was too spent to move, but again, Nikai was in tune with her body and mind, bending so he could lift her up. He rolled them, maneuvering her back to his front, wrapping his arms around her. For years she’d dreamt of the way they’d cuddle and missed the way their legs would tangle together when he spooned with her, her dragon loving it just as much. With a wave of her hands, she had the windows and drapes sealed, closing out the world for a little while. “You’ll be here when I wake up?” she asked.
“I’ll be here every time you wake up if I can be, and if I can’t, I’ll make sure you know where I am.” Nikai covered them with a blanket.
“Mkay. Night, Nikai.” She yawned, feeling as if she hadn’t slept in forever. For what felt like the first time in eons, she was right where she belonged, in the arms of her dragon mate.
Epilogue
Belle slipped out of bed, hating to leave the warmth that Nikai offered. Dang Jenna and her constant buzzing in her ear. ‘I’m coming and not in a good way, you heifer.’
‘How rude. You know I have two, count them, two, hunky mates I’ve left to come and talk to you, so get your big booty out here. We got shit going down and it ain’t me on my knees, if front of my two, count them, two hunky mates.’ Jenna flashed her an image that made Belle’s eyes bug out.
She flashed to the Goddess’s Garden, a fireball in hand ready to pulverize her bestie. “I am soo telling the Cordell’s, you showed me their dicks.”
“I did no such thing, liar. That was a dick pic I found on the interweb.” Jenna stuck her tongue out, then she flopped down to the ground and patted the spot next to her.
Belle looked at the outfit her friend had on, smiling at the other female’s attire. “So, what are we today, My Queen?”
“I’m the Mad Queen, of course.” She plucked at the white ruffles around her breasts like it was normal.
“Okay, yes, I can see that.” Belle did not, but she sat down beside Jenna without disagreeing. The lavender field soothed her soul like always. Jenna’s outfit was very mad, but not queenish in the slightest. A black and red corset topped with white ruffles and red fishnet stockings with matching red gloves. She wore a shiny-red top hat with...things coming out of it, that Belle had no clue how her friend kept on. The size of the monstrosity was a wonder, but seriously, it was the working parts that were a marvel.
“I can hear you, Belle, and it’s rude. However, it’s quite obvious only a mad person would wear this, and I’m a Queen, so duh, Mad Queen.” Jenna placed the hat next to her.
“Goddess, you are truly scary in your thinking. Alright, so what had your panties on fire so early you had to rouse me from my bed with my mate who I hadn’t seen, let alone made love to in eons?” Belle shifted only her eyes to that of her dragon, so she didn’t need to turn her head to look at Jenna.
“Well, when you put it that way, it sounds terribly rude,” Je
nna huffed. “And would you please not do the dragon thing? That is not fair to those not, well, those not blessed to be a dragon. You don’t see me flittering about all fairy like do you?”
Belle tossed her head back, laughing at the other woman’s disgruntled tone. “Fair enough. Now spill.”
Jenna lay back, pulling Belle down with a slight tug on her arm. “You know, when I took a hiatus from my duties, I had no worries. Now, all of the sudden, there’s so much bullshit going on. Why is that?”
“Um, ‘cause your eyes are open, and you are caring about the shit that happens?”
“I guess. I mean, shit happened while I was off being a little bitch and thinking of nobody but myself, but well, I just didn’t see it. Now, I have all these beings I care about, and it’s scary.” Jenna’s voice cracked.
Belle turned to the side, propping herself up on her elbow. “What’s going on?”
“There is danger surrounding my people, and I sense that threat coincides with the dragon girl here. I’m bringing the children here for safe keeping until we can ensure my Iron Wolves safety, or I’m afraid Kellen is going to kill an entire state.”
“What about their mothers?” Belle sat up, thinking about the timetable she’d have to work with the children, similar to what she was doing with Egypt and Asia.
“The females will be staying with the males, but the babies along with two teen girls are coming. Egypt will have a couple of girls her age to play with.” Jenna bit her lip.
“What aren’t you telling me, Jennaveve?” Belle inhaled, scenting for danger.
“One of the teens is a shifter, the other is...Fae. Her mother’s line was Dark Fae, but the child is definitely good. I trust all the children coming here and would do anything to keep Fey safe for all. Life here on Fey is going to get a little crazy, I know you just reunited with your mate. I can’t ask you to stay if you want to go back to your home, it’s just—” The Fey Queen looked off into the distance without continuing.