Page 44 of The Dragon King

“Now, shift.”

Her eyes go wide, and she looks around the clearing. I don’t have to look to know everyone has left, having tracked each dragon's departure.

It’s just my Mate and me.

My growl deepens, the Mate bond snapping with my command, “Shift.”

Her magic shivers over her skin, and I’m left breathless as her dragon unfurls. Her snout presses to mine, and we take a second to breathe each other in.

But then, my dragon rumbles, Claim her.

I back away, nodding to the sky. “Go, Mate. See how high you can get before I catch you.”

Her tongue flicks out, and I playfully snap at her. A purr vibrates up her belly, and a curl of smoke escapes from her nostrils. Distracted by her dragon’s beauty, I miss the slight bunching of her muscles, and in a flash, she’s airborne. My tails flicks in excitement as I watch her climb the sky. The starlight reflects off her deep purple scales, the occasional wink of gold spectacular against the velvet night.

With a leap, I follow. My magic spreads like warm mineral water bubbling over my scales, finishing the last of the healing as I chase my Mate. The clouds have all blown away and scattered, so she weaves side-to-side, trying to evade me, climbing higher. Pulling my shadows around me, I hide in the darkness.

I swallow my chuckle as she glances over her shoulder, searching. “No fair!”

Her eyes dart around, and I glide under her. She scans the skies, frustration and annoyance pulling at our bond, but there’s no fear. In fact, she’s practically vibrating in anticipation. She wants me. She wants my dragon. She’s not afraid.

My Heilsi.

The air is so thin this high, my brain feels fuzzy, or maybe that’s just from being so close to my Mate. With one powerful stroke of my wings, I spear up behind her, my hind legs snapping out, my talons digging into the backs of her thighs. She gasps, but her tail wraps around my body, curling around mine.

Fuck.

The anticipation of taking her shivers through my entire body. I lean over her. “Are you ready to fall with me, Tatha?”

In answer, her tail tugs mine, bringing me flush to her ass. My pre-cum slicks along her entrance as I take us higher, her wings struggling to flap with me so close. I barely get any air with my next inhale, signaling we are too high—I don’t care. My tongue slides up her neck, and she shudders against me. I can still smell Inchel’s blood on our scales, and my dragon roars with rage and lust and triumph. Victory is mine, and I will claim my prize.

With a growl, I sink my teeth into the back of her neck, my cock jumping as her blood slides along my tongue. My front legs wrap under her wings, my claws sinking into her side and her chest. She roars, trying to thrash against the pain, but I hold her tight, sinking my fangs deeper into the flesh of her neck. Her claws sink into my forearms, the delicious sharp bite of pain melding with the pleasure as I keep us in the air, hovering at the edge of our atmosphere.

Ripping my teeth from her, a barking scream tears from her throat. I lick the punctures, purring against her scales, “Mine. Mate.”

“Yours.”

With one great thrust, I’m inside her wet heat. I feel her inner walls resisting my size, and she jerks in my hold as my cock stretches her. Seated completely in my Mate, my wings snap out, our bond thrumming with pleasure. She leans into me in complete surrender, pressing the tops of her wings to mine.

We fall.

She pulses around me as I slam into her, my pace picking up speed as we scream towards the earth. The pull of gravity pushes against my wings, and we begin to spin. I hold my Mate tight in my talons as I claim her among the stars.

Her moans are like a melody the night sky sings to me. I’m dizzy with wanting her, and our cartwheeling descent steals my breath.

Every thrust punches desperate words from her lips. “Mate. Yes. Kem. Fuck. Me. Mate. Claim. Me. I’m. Yours. Yours. Yours.”

My grunts turn to growls, until the pleasure builds, and I throw my head back, roaring to the stars. Her pulsing inner walls grip me tighter, and I lower my head to watch her come apart. The world swirls around us, a blur of muted color and streaking starlight. But all I see is her. My Heilsi.

Blood trails up our bodies from our claws sunk deep in each other’s flesh. She is dazzling, painted blood-red, gold, and purple in the night. “Come for me, Mate. Let me feel you soak my cock. Let the entire kingdom hear you.”

My shadows curl around us, reaching for her clit, rubbing it hard. Her head snaps back into my chest, but I shove her forward with my snout so I can sink my teeth back into her neck in a claiming bite. Her mouth falls open on a silent scream that builds to a roar as her orgasm sweeps through her.

Pulse after pulse of her climax grips my cock, and as the ground grows closer, I shatter, my very being splintering apart in the euphoria of free-falling while coming inside my Mate. Sheer bliss shoots across every nerve as my cock slams inside Tatha’s wet heat with jerking thrusts. Our mingled roars carry across the valley as the last of my orgasm fades.

The whistling wind gets louder, and when I dislodge my teeth from her neck and angle my wings to slow our spinning descent, I see the rocky ground quickly rushing up. For a moment, I think death might be worth it to remain deep inside in Tatha, but I force my talons to let her go. Sliding from her wet heat, we both groan as we twist away from each other.

The muscles in my back flex, and my wings strain against the drag as I pull up. The tall grasses actually tickle my belly, and my hind claws scrape the earth. That was a bit too close.

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