Dragons of Cinderhollow Bundle

by Hawke Oakley

  “It’s okay,” I said out loud. My voice echoed slightly inside the bubble. “You can breathe.”

  He blinked, then let go of the breath he was holding. It took him a few breaths to realize it was real. “Holy shit.” He started laughing. “You seriously did this?”

  “Yes.”

  “This is the coolest thing I’ve ever seen, Lorenzo,” Raja said, grinning ear to ear. “I know there was a lot I hadn’t seen outside of the village, but honestly, this one beats them all by a mile.”

  My cheeks warmed from his praise. It was worth it just to hear his laugh and see his smile.

  Even though the other beachgoers were a good distance away, I didn’t want to draw too much attention to ourselves by spending a long time underwater. I broke the spell and we both made a big show of coming up for air. Raja wanted to keep swimming, so we spent another hour or so in the water before returning to the beach.

  As we approached the sand, a sharp high-pitched cry broke the serenity.

  Our heads whipped in the direction of the noise. It came from a ways down the beach. A woman strode as fast as she could through the knee-high water, her face twisted in horror, screaming and flailing her arms.

  Then I immediately saw why.

  Far ahead of her, in the deeper waters, was a small child crying and struggling to stay above the surface.

  “Help! Someone help!” the woman screamed.

  Other people were noticing now. But they weren’t fast enough. A normal human couldn’t make it in time. I knew if we didn’t reach the child soon, she wouldn’t survive.

  Instantly, Raja and I reacted simultaneously. He shifted into his black panther form and swam furiously towards her, as fast as a fish. At the same time, I cast a quick clear magic spell, creating a shimmering arrowhead in front of my body that helped me cut through the water with ease.

  Raja reached her before I did. He gently picked her up by the back of the shirt she wore, which was soaking wet and bogging her down. But she was flailing and kicking, pummeling her fists into Raja in panic, and causing even more water to splash. I knew he wouldn’t be able to keep himself and the girl afloat at the same time for much longer.

  Raja shot me a sharp glance with his intense eyes. Immediately, I knew what he wanted me to do. I cast another clear magic spell - this time, an oxygen barrier around her head, like the ones I created earlier.

  Just in time. The girl accidentally kicked Raja’s throat, causing him to sputter and let go of her. They staggered back into the deep water, but this time the girl could breathe and Raja was able to take care of himself.

  I finally made it over and grabbed the girl, taking her safely into my arms. She was no longer flailing around, just confused and afraid.

  “You’re safe now, don’t worry,” I reassured her. The girl whimpered in response but wasn’t crying anymore.

  I lifted her onto my shoulders and circled back towards her mother. Raja carefully slipped under the water and transformed back to human form to avoid being seen shifting.

  “Oh my god! You saved her life!” the mother cried, taking her child. Both their faces were wet with seawater and tears. Her daughter blinked, stunned from what happened, but obviously relieved to be back with her mom.

  By this point, many bystanders had gathered - other tourists from the beach. Even if they tried to help, Raja and I both knew they wouldn’t have made it in time.

  “Was there some weird animal attacking her or something?” one of the men asked.

  Raja and I exchanged glances.

  “No, just us,” I told him. “Maybe you saw some driftwood.”

  Nobody else mentioned anything about an animal. We had been too far away, and everyone was too focused on the little girl’s safety for anyone to notice Raja’s shift, thankfully. All they saw was two men who saved a child’s life.

  “Thank you so much,” the mother said, her voice trembling. “I don’t know what I would’ve done without your help. What are your names?”

  “I’m Lorenzo, and this is Raja,” I told her. “And you’re welcome.”

  “Make sure to keep a closer eye on her,” Raja grumbled.

  The mother paid no mind to his grouchy tone, just nodding and hugging her daughter as she waded back to shore. After the ordeal died down and the bystanders left, we returned to our own spot on the sand.

  “I can’t believe that woman!” Raja growled once we were alone again. “How can you just let your kid wander off like that!? She could have died!”

  “I know,” I said gently, “but accidents happen.”

  “Bullshit! If I had a kid, I would never let them out of my sight, especially not in deep water!” Raja cried.

  “I thought you didn’t like kids?” I asked.

  He shot me a glare. “I don’t not like kids - I mean, I do like them, it’s just…” Suddenly flustered, he ran a hand through his damp hair. “I dunno. I never thought about wanting a child before.”

  My brows raised. A tiny flicker of hope ignited in my chest. “Does that mean you’re thinking about it now?”

  He frowned deeply. “I don’t know. I’ve just never been that scared before in my whole life. Not even when I was attacked by poachers. Just the thought of watching a child die right in front of my eyes scared the shit out of me. I wanted to do everything I could to prevent that from happening.”

  Although the comment about poachers concerned me once again, I decided not to bring it up. Raja was clearly already shaken by this incident and didn’t need the added stress right now.

  Raja laughed weakly. “Plus, it’s not like I have anyone to knock me up. You are my fake mate, after all.”

  A pang of agony twisted my heart. “Right.”

  Suddenly, Raja embraced me. He buried his face in my chest and wrapped his arms around my waist. The tight, anxious feeling in my chest melted away as I hugged him back.

  “I’m so glad you were there,” he muttered. “I don’t know if I could have saved her on my own…”

  “Shh.” I stroked his hair, hoping to calm him down. “It’s okay now. Everyone is safe.”

  He nodded. I could have sworn I heard him sniffle, as if he was crying.

  We stayed like that for a while, just embracing each other. Finally he pulled away and wiped his eyes on his forearm.

  “Anyway,” he mumbled, “I want to lay down on the beach for a bit.”

  “Of course.”

  Raja sighed and stretched out on the towel. His skin and damp hair glistened in the sunlight. I could almost imagine his leopard contentedly yawing and curling up like a housecat in a sunbeam.

  “This is nice,” he murmured. He patted the second beach towel next to him. “Come sit with me.”

  I stretched my legs over the warm sand. We sat in calm silence, listening to the gentle waves and seagull cries. It was a perfect moment - one I knew I would remember for the rest of my life. I glanced at Raja, who was completely at peace. I wanted him to be happy and safe like this forever.

  It was a foolish idea - no matter how well we were getting along, this fake relationship was only temporary. Raja had no intention of pursuing a real relationship, and that made my heart ache.

  The truth was, I was falling for him. But I couldn’t tell him. From the beginning, he had made it clear he wasn’t interested. If I was smart, I would get out now to stop torturing myself and wasting his time. But I couldn’t do that, either - he pulled me towards him like a magnet. The thought of never seeing him again was dreadful.

  What was I supposed to do?

  I glanced away from Raja, focusing my attention on the beach.

  Out of the blue, an unnerving sensation sent a cold chill down my spine. I turned around to scan the thick brush and forest a few hundred meters behind the beach.

  It almost felt like we were being watched.

  I stared into the thicket, waiting for a flash of movement. But nothing came. I chalked it up to my heightened anxiety about Raja and left it at that.

  Suddenl
y, Raja’s serene face turned into a deep frown. The corners of his mouth turned down in a slight grimace and he threw his forearm over his eyes. He let out a muffled groan of pain.

  “What’s wrong?” I asked.

  “I don’t know,” he muttered. “I just feel weird all of a sudden…”

  “Weird how?”

  He shook his head, obviously in discomfort. “It’s like a hot cramping feeling…”

  I stood immediately. “Let’s go back to the cabin.”

  He nodded without argument. I gathered up our things and let Raja lean on me for support as we returned to the cabin.

  10

  Raja

  I should have recognized the signs. I was too busy swimming and saving kids from drowning and enjoying my first true freedom from the village to notice them creeping up on me.

  My heat started early, possibly sprung on by Lorenzo and I having sex the night earlier. Frustratingly, the presence of an unmated alpha probably had something to do with it as well.

  “Damnit,” I muttered as another shock of hot pressure ran through my body. “Why is this happening now?”

  Lorenzo watched in sympathy. All he could do was offer me cool, damp towels to try and lower my body temperature.

  But that wasn’t the worst part.

  The worst part is that I was disgustingly horny.

  Despite not even wanting to be aroused, my body went ahead and did it anyway. My cock hardened on its own, straining inside my briefs, and my entrance was already slick with fluid. It was miserable and painful, and I knew the only thing that would make it go away was if I got fucked. Normally, my heats were spent holed up alone in my room, fucking myself with dildos and other toys until it finally subsided.

  But this time I didn’t have that luxury.

  With my heightened senses, I could smell Lorenzo’s alpha pheromones and no doubt he could smell mine as well. If he were any other alpha, he probably would have jumped on me by now. But he was a gentleman and needed the invitation.

  “Is there anything I can do to help?” Lorenzo offered sympathetically.

  I swallowed but my throat was still dry. “Do you have another condom?”

  He nodded. “There are some in the bedside table.”

  Right. It was a honeymoon place.

  I snatched a handful of packets and tossed them at Lorenzo.

  “Please,” I begged. “I need you to fuck me again.”

  His eyes flashed. He bit his lip for a moment, then tore the packaging off the condom. “Okay.”

  There was no fooling around with foreplay this time. I was painfully horny, and by the time Lorenzo got the condom on, he was visibly turned on too. I licked my lips, watching his huge cock bob up and down with his movements as he crawled over to me. In this moment, it looked absolutely delicious.

  “Wait,” I croaked. Lorenzo paused. “I want to suck you off.”

  His purple eyes widened and they blazed with arousal. “If you’re sure.”

  “I am,” I growled. He shuffled closer. “I don’t want this in the way.” I snatched the condom off and threw it aside. Right now, I was too horny to care about anything except sex.

  Lorenzo gasped as I ripped the condom away, but it was replaced by a moan of pleasure one second later as I wrapped my lips around the head of his cock. It pulsed in my mouth, throbbing with arousal. I pressed my tongue to the bottom of his shaft and licked up, flicking the slit and earning a gasp from Lorenzo.

  I didn’t think his whole cock would fit in my mouth, but I was feeling greedy so I tried anyway. I inched closer, taking more of him past my lips, savoring the musky, thick smell. My own dick strained painfully against my underwear. Pre-come leaked into the fabric. I grabbed Lorenzo’s hips and pulled him closer, but I accidentally gagged when his cockhead hit the back of my throat. I pulled back, letting a trail of saliva span between his dick and my lips. Lorenzo shuddered.

  “Raja…”

  Not wanting to be defeated, I enveloped his cock with my lips again and took as much of him as I could handle. The dick throbbed and pulsed in my mouth, filling it entirely. Saliva pooled and dribbled past my lips. I felt like a huge slut, but I was loving every moment of it.

  My heart raced and my cock twitched as Lorenzo moaned.

  “I’m so close,” he said breathlessly.

  I released him just long enough to say, “Please cum down my throat, alpha.”

  Lorenzo groaned. He grasped my hair and thrust his cock back into my mouth, in and out, using my face as a fuckhole until he cried out and released his thick load down my throat. I almost choked. He pulled out enough that I could swallow his cum while he was still orgasming. When he finished, he pulled out all the way, but his cock was still hard.

  “I need more,” I panted. “Please.”

  We didn’t need words. Lorenzo practically knocked the bedside table over in his rush for a new condom, but before he could find one I grabbed his arm and snarled, “Fuck me now!”

  “But, the condom - “

  “I don’t care!”

  It was the truth. In the moment, I was so painfully aroused and my body was screaming for him. I wanted the bare, raw touch of his cock inside my ass without something in the way.

  Lorenzo frowned. “Raja, you could get pregnant.”

  I paused. He was right. Maybe I would, and maybe I wouldn’t.

  I probably will.

  My mind buzzed. Did I really care? Would having a child with Lorenzo really be so bad? He was everything any omega could ever want - sexy, strong, smart, kind, and...

  I thought of the child at the beach and remembered the way Lorenzo rushed to save her. I thought of the horrible fear in my chest when I thought we might lose her. Saving her life was probably the most important thing I’d ever done. It filled me with a sense of pride and relief I’d never known before.

  And if I felt all that from saving someone else’s child, how much more joy would my own child bring me? Especially one I had with Lorenzo?

  “I know,” I said to Lorenzo finally. “I don’t care.”

  Lorenzo’s brows creased. “I need you to say it for me. Say that you want to become pregnant and have a child together.”

  “I do!”

  But he didn’t budge. “Do you mean it? Genuinely?”

  Breathing heavily, I stared up at him and mulled over the question in my mind. Knowing Lorenzo would always protect and nurture me, and recognizing the intrinsic parental feelings I had towards the little girl, suddenly I wasn’t so sure about my unwavering decision never to have children anymore.

  It dawned on me that my entire life I didn’t want kids because I thought I would be alone. I thought I would be some alpha’s trophy omega, or only bearing a child because my parents wanted me to, like a side character in my own life story.

  But I didn’t feel that way anymore. Since meeting Lorenzo, everything I believed was changing. He made me feel in ways I didn’t know were even possible.

  For the first time in my life, it was my own decision.

  And I decided that I wanted to bear a child.

  I let out a shaky breath. “I do want it, Lorenzo,” I said seriously. “I want to have a child with you.”

  His deep purple eyes flashed with emotion. He smiled and kissed my lips. “I understand.”

  “Now fuck me. Please. I’m begging you, Lorenzo, I need your cock inside me so badly - “

  Lorenzo grabbed me by the hips, jolted me close, then pressed the head of his cock into my slick hole. I cried out.

  “Yes, yes!” I gasped.

  “Is this what you want?” he growled. His voice was deep and husky, full of arousal.

  “Yes, please,” I whined. “Alpha, please fuck me hard!”

  “You want your hole fucked, little omega?” he growled.

  I moaned just from his dirty talk alone. My cock throbbed. “Yes!”

  Lorenzo pushed in deeper. His cock stretched out my ass, filling it and making me feel fucking amazing. There was no pain
or discomfort at all - just pure pleasure. I clawed his back as his dick thrust inside me. He kept pushing until he was entirely inside. We both moaned from the overwhelming pleasure.

  “It’s in,” he grunted.

  “Good. Now fuck me more, please.”

  Lorenzo drew his hips back. I watched as his cock slowly emerged from my dripping hole until just the head remained. I bit my lip in anticipation. Then in the next moment, he slammed into me hard. I almost screamed. He bucked his hips back and forth, fucking me in a rhythm. I lost my mind in pleasure. I came, hard. Cum splattered all over my underwear but my cock remained rock hard. My body wanted more, needed more.

  “Still need to be fucked?” he asked.

  “Yes, please don’t stop!” I cried.

  “Is the little omega telling me what to do?” he growled, grabbing my chin. I gasped with pleasure.

  “No, sir,” I whimpered, but I was loving the dirty talk and dominant alpha roleplay. “I would never tell you what to do, alpha.”

  “Good,” he grunted. “Be a good little omega and lay there. Take my cock as I fuck you senseless.”

  I moaned and bucked my hips wildly. Sweat dripped down my skin. My cock strained again, but thankfully Lorenzo reached down and ripped off my underwear. I gasped as cool air touched my hot cock. Pre-cum dribbled down the tip again. In a daze, I wondered how many more times I would come.

  Lorenzo fucked me. Hard. Every thrust took the entire length of his huge cock and soon he was fucking me fast enough that I heard the slap of his balls against my ass with every thrust. I came again, crying out as my own cum splattered the both of us. But Lorenzo didn’t stop. He was like a feral beast, fucking me non-stop.

  Lorenzo growled and bit down gently on my neck. “Do you want my cum inside your ass?”

  “Oh, yes!” I yelled. “Please fill my womb with your cum!”

  I knew what I was saying was ridiculous, but both of us were too horny to care. It felt amazing. Nothing would ever top this.