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My lips curl into a warm smile when I break the kiss, stroking the apple of her cheek with the pad of my thumb. She’s slightly flustered, eyes twinkling when she says,

“This spot is special for you, isn’t it?”

I nod gently. “Do you trust me, Althea?” I ask when an idea comes to mind.

Althea nods in return. “I trust you, Haidën.”

Smiling purely, I wrap my arms protectively around Althea as she closes her eyes, putting her complete trust in me. I close my eyes, too, holding her tightly before throwing us both off the edge of the cliff.

It’s a trust fall, but I no longer have to do it alone.

Chapter 19 - Althea

There’s a scream stuck in my throat that doesn’t come out while Haidën holds me tightly and sends us falling off the edge of the cliff beside the waterfall. I keep my eyes squeezed shut tightly, placing all of my trust in the dragon king who just professed his love for me.

I, too, had realized that I loved him. The realization came quickly, and unexpectedly, but it finally made sense why I felt so strongly about him all along.

How could I possibly hate him when he cleared the air and confirmed that he wasn't behind my parents’ murder?

Perhaps it was the confirmation I needed to finally accept what I feel for him, and understand that it wasn't purely based on sexual attraction.

It was so much more than that—perhaps his dragon being, his fiery spirit, his mannerisms, or the way he's fierce about the things he believes in so strongly. All I know is that the only thing that kept me from accepting what I felt for him was wrongly assuming that he was responsible for the death of my parents.

He easily could have lied to me, but he'd opened his mind to me, allowing me to see and feel his deepest thoughts and memories. One of them confirmed that he wasn't behind the murder of my parents, showing how his men reported to him the crime committed by the Wyrmwood Panthers—a group of thugs who deceived my parents.

Another memory showed me how attached he was, as a little boy dragon, to the very spot where he'd taken me after saving my life in the forest. I saw his joyful, carefree nature as ayoung boy who enjoyed flying up to that point, then leaping off the edge in a trust fall with his dragon.

Now, my trust is with him, my life in his hands as he holds me in his arms, and we plummet to the bottom of the waterfall together. I hold my breath with anticipation, until our bodies crash into the body of spring water, cooling my heated flesh while Haidën grabs my hand and guides me toward swimming to the surface.

We're both out of breath, adrenaline racing through my veins as I'm sent on a fit of giggles that ends when Haidën crushes his lips to mine. The moment is lit up by our leap of faith down to the bottom of the waterfall, where he didn't even need to use his dragon form. Haidën himself is enough protection for me, and it has me swooning.

I moan on the kiss, immediately becoming pliant to his solid frame when he holds me flush to his exposed, damp chest. A swooshing sound of water startles me enough to draw back from the kiss only to notice how his dragon wings spread out from behind him, expanding only to keep us afloat. It’s a gorgeous sight to see, the two of us barely clothed inside the crystal spring water. There's a gentle whisper of water droplets that kiss our cheeks when the waterfall crashes into the rippling pool we swim in.

Haidën stares at me with admiration in his eyes, hands stroking my back through the water as he peels off my bra and slides my panties down my thighs. His swift, skillful movements leave me breathless while he holds me up with one arm hooked behind my thighs. When I’m naked, he removes his clothes with his free hand, and soon enough, we’re both floating in the crystal pool, bare except for his dragon wings spread out behind him.

He gently cups my cheek with one hand, his tenderness as he stares into my soul with softened eyes, letting my heart do a little flip. Again, I realize that I love the dragon king, and he loves me just as much if his actions are anything to go by now.

Haidën leans in and kisses me softly, his lips warm and unrushed in the kiss that curls my toes with pleasure, igniting my every nerve and ending with a heated sensation despite the crisp coolness of the water.

“I love you, Althea Waters…” he murmurs against my lips as he swiftly hooks my thighs across his waist, the swelled tip of his cock begging at my folds.

I’d forgotten just how achingly needy I become when he’s so close to entering me, my walls contracting as if pleading to be filled. I barely mumble my reciprocation of his declaration of love when the primal desire consumes me, just as his lips devour my essence.

The kiss is a distraction from the first push of his cock through my aching hole and the initial slide of filling me up and stretching out my walls. He drinks in my moans that fall from my lips and echo with the crashing waters that become a symphony of our lovemaking out here tonight.

I wrap my arms securely around his neck, hanging on as he begins rocking my hips back and forth at a steady but gentle pace over his cock. It’s beautiful, raw, and so much different than our first time together.

Tonight, we do not feel hatred for each other. It’s the love we feel that has him thrusting gently into me, his wings swaying through the water to move us closer to the rocks. Once there, Haidën gently guides me to lie on my back while he stares into my eyes with both hunger and love swirling in the dark depths.

His strokes are gentle, and his caresses tender as he plays with my breasts and rocks his hips into me.

“You’re gorgeous, Althea…” he praises as he kneads my breasts, eyes glimmering with genuine emotion. “You’re the most beautiful creature in all of Nayara…”

My heart swells with the love I feel for the dragon king, prompting me to reach out and cup his cheek as he turns his face to press a chaste kiss into my palm. There’s a faint flicker in the pit of my belly as if the dragon cub growing inside me just acknowledged our union, and it’s so much more profound than what we experienced on the night of the mating ritual ceremony.

Haidën senses it too, thanks to the mind link we share now because of our creation growing in my belly, and he smiles adoringly as he places a hand on my belly.

Pride seems to swell his chest as he slows down his strokes only to lean down and press a kiss on my belly button.

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