Page 159 of Smoke and Lure

Then she gasped and tried to push away from him, letting him know the moment she felt his dragon’s stem extend through her cervix and into her womb.His beast would complete its claim on their mate tonight.

Wait...something’s strange— What’s happening?

Shh, little lure, it's my dragon claiming you.Liekki continued holding and kissing her as her curves settled again.

Oh.I thought he did that through the honey-fire.

That’s the start of it, this, he punctuated his words with a short thrust of his cock.“Is the other part.”

She moaned as he squeezed him, but a whimper followed it.His mate was sore.

He needed to care for her as soon as his dragon released them.

Okay.Then there was a beat.Wait.Wait.You can hear...I can hear you!

He pulled his mouth from hers and rolled them so she was beneath him.“Yes, mate, I can hear you.”

“Mate?”She smiled, her hazy eyes were bright with excitement.

“Yes, little lure.You are truly my mate now.”He brushed the strands away that had stuck to the moisture on her brow.

“Your mate.”She wrapped her legs around his, just enough where her ankles pressed against the back of his knees.“I think I’m going to like that.”

“Good.Because nothing will ever change that, you’re mine.”Joy filled his heart in a way he never conceived would happen.He’d run and fought so hard against finding his mate and settling down, now he couldn’t imagine his life without Avalore.

“How long will we be stuck together?”She wiggled her hips beneath his.

Liekki groaned as his semi-hard cock thickened.Nothing stopped him from fucking her while his dragon’s stem was deep inside her, as long as he didn’t pull more than halfway out.Otherwise, the action would be painful for all of them.

However, his mate’s pussy didn’t need further abuse.He was a sexual tyrant, but he wasn’t cruel.

“Be still.”He swatted the outside of her thigh.He saw the spark flare in her eyes, but she didn’t move.

Satisfied, he took one of her smaller hands from his side and linked their fingers together, resting them next to her head on the pillow.He balanced his weight on his elbows to keep most of his heft off her.

Remembering her question, he answered, “We will be joined until my dragon settles an offspring in your womb.Is that fine with you?”

“Well, it’s a little late to ask a girl.”She frowned and fell quiet.

Will she reject it?Liekki kept that question close to his chest, but his dragon picked up on it and his blaze inside dimmed a fraction.

They’d never had that situation.Female Drahkelle understood the process and looked forward to breeding.It was an honor to carry offspring who would grow the Thunder.Since dragon-shifter females weren’t limited in what they could do in the short time they carried, it was looked at as another part of who they were—mothers.

However, he had to remember that Avalore was not his kind, and things had to be explained to her.

She played with the ends of his hair and stared silently at his chest.

“Forgive my oversight.”He caressed her face, coaxing her beautiful eyes back to his.

She gazed up at him and nodded.

“Would you like me to command my dragon to pull out—?”Liekki winced.Asshole.

His dragon bellowed out more fire, but was slow to remove its nails from Liekki’s core.

“Um...”she snickered.“It doesn’t seem happy with that thought.”

Liekki arched a brow at his mate, whose face was lit with the humor she wasn’t doing well at containing.

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