Page 33 of The Soul of the Dragon

"There is no point in questioning my demand. We both know that the insistent throbbing between your legs isn't going away unless we do something about it."

"But I thought you said..."

Instead of answering her, I licked another of her welts and another and another until the heady perfume of her need filled both of our heads and the entire room. But it wasn't until she lifted that garment to show me she had nothing on underneath it that I finally let up on my sensual assault.

"Such a good girl," I purred.

"You're driving me crazy on purpose. This connection between us is unbearable. The heat is too much."

I had to agree. My cock had gone from hard enough to so hard it fucking hurt. At this point I was half a second away from bending her over the end of the bed and plowing into her from behind.

I suspected, however, that with her, a time would come when I would go too far and there would be no way to back away from a bond. My dick in her tight pussy would be a reckoning I didn't think either of us was prepared for. I would knot her, that was a given, and when my cock-swell stretched her to her limits, she would fucking love it.

The real concern came from the barb. It normally laid dormant underneath the ridge at the end of my cock, but it wasn't dormant now. I could feel the slight vibration of its awakening, and it threatened to drive me mad.

First things first.

"Touch yourself for me, little beast. Take all that slick heat between your thighs and use it to fuck yourself."

That time her body jerked in my arms, and I braced for her attempt to get away or refuse my demand.

"If you're trying to scare me with your foul mouth, I told you it isn't going to work."

I snorted. "I don't care whether you're scared or not, as long as you do as you're told." I could sense the war inside her to fight me, but if I was right about her status as an omega, she also had a submissive nature. Maybe it was deeply hidden inside, but I was willing to take that on as a challenge.

"I don't just do as I'm told. If you want me to follow orders, then you have to request something that I want too."

Damn.My right eyebrow raised as I considered her words until a slow rumble formed in my chest and rolled through my body. I trailed my mouth up her spine and along her neck until stopping next to her ear. "That sounds fair enough, little beast. But does that mean you don't like to touch yourself?"

Her breathing quickened. "Why would I want to do it myself when you're right here?"

"Fuck me," I whispered, shocked by her boldness. She wasn't as meek as I'd first thought and god damn if that didn't make my cock swell harder. At this rate my cum would spill to the floor long before I got anywhere near her sweet pussy.

"I made that offer and you turned me down, remember?"

Suddenly, the rough and tumble too-fragile princess I’d found in the forest had transformed into a confident, sultry woman with no fear. It was clear she was under the influence of mating heat, but she was still the same woman, I'd just misread who and what she was.

And that error in judgement just might be the death of the little sanity I had left.

"Turn around," I commanded and this time she immediately complied.

I fed my fingers into her hair until I could grab a handful and tug. "I like that you want to be both sweet and spicy at the same time. But you should know, I don't take orders well. Especially not in the bedroom."

She gazed up at me. "There's a first time for everything, Isaac."

My name on her lips made my stomach jolt. The power in her voice didn't come from magic, but it had all the heat in the world to make me stand up and take notice. But this stance, my hold on her hair, it was not enough. I released my fingers and slid them down until I had a firm grip on each side of her hips.

I then lowered myself to my knees in front of her. "Is this what you want?" I didn't wait for an answer before I leaned forward to graze the tender skin of her thighs at the juncture of her cunt. I inhaled deeply, allowing the sweet perfume of her arousal to fill my senses and wash over me. I wanted nothing more than to lap up every drop of the slick heat between her pillowy thighs.

She trembled in response and it's all I needed to keep going. "When I finally fuck this pussy, it will belong to me. Do you understand me?"

She moaned and I smiled, taking that as a yes. With my eyes on her face, I leaned forward and rasped my tongue against her tender clit and watched her reaction. I was rewarded with a slight parting of her lips and a keening moan.

My fingers dug into her hips, knowing they would leave fresh marks on her porcelain skin. My marks. From the pleasure. In fact, the idea that she would wake in the morning to find them filled me with enormous pleasure. It had been a very long time since I'd spent time with a woman, and I'd never wanted to claim one like this.

It took all of my willpower not to pick her up and throw her on the bed. But neither of us were ready for that. Especially her. She was a virgin fae with a bounty on her head and at least one man who would kill to claim her.

I growled against her heat. Make that two.

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