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Each thrust hits something inside me that makes my whole body shudder. Just when I think I can't take anymore, he stiffens above me, his whole body going rigid as he finds his release. I feel the heat of it, the pulsing inside me as he empties himself with a groan that sounds almost pained.
As he collapses beside me, careful not to crush me with his weight, I feel the warm brush of smoke against my skin. I turn my head to see wisps escaping his nostrils with each heavy breath.
Chapter 10 - Damon
I lie beside Luna, watching the tendrils of smoke escape with each exhale, mortified by my lack of control. Six centuries of discipline, undone by one night with this remarkable human woman.
"I'm sorry," I murmur, turning to face her. "I shouldn't have... I lost control."
Her face is flushed, her hair a beautiful mess spread across the pillow. "Don't apologize," she says, her voice still breathy. "That was incredible."
"I finished inside you," I point out, the gravity of my thoughtlessness hitting me fully. "Without discussion, without protection. That was inexcusable."
Luna reaches out, running her fingers down my cheek, tracing a path through the light sheen of sweat.
"It's perfectly fine," she assures me. "I'm on birth control. Have been for years—medical reasons."
Relief washes through me, though it doesn't entirely absolve my conscience. "Still. I should have had better control. Dragons don't... we're not usually so..."
"Animalistic?" she supplies with a small, satisfied smile. "Because I have to say, I rather enjoyed that part. The way you claimed me, like you couldn't help yourself. It was... intensely flattering."
"It wasn't an act," I admit, capturing her hand and pressing a kiss to her palm. "You have no idea what you do to me, Luna. Years and years of practiced restraint, and you unravel it all in a single evening."
She shifts closer, her naked body radiating warmth against mine. "I'll take that as a compliment."
"As you should." I wrap an arm around her, marveling at how perfectly she fits against me despite our size difference. "But it doesn't excuse my behavior. I want you to know that isn't typically how I... conduct myself."
"Damon," she says, propping herself up on one elbow to look directly into my eyes. "I wanted everything that just happened. I wanted you to lose control. I wanted to be the one who made you lose it."
The simple honesty in her words soothes something in me. "You certainly succeeded."
She laughs softly, then grows more serious. "Where do we go from here? This obviously changes things between us."
"Obviously," I agree, tracing patterns on her bare shoulder. "Though my earlier promise stands. Your position with Ember remains secure, regardless of what happens between us."
"I'm not worried about my job," she says. "I'm more concerned about Ember herself. How will this affect her? Should we tell her? Keep it secret?"
"I think, for now, some discretion would be wise. Not because I'm ashamed or uncertain, but because she forms attachments so quickly. If she sees us as a couple and then something were to change..."
"She'd feel abandoned again," Luna finishes, understanding immediately. "I agree. We should give ourselves time to understand what this is before involving her."
"Exactly." I'm struck again by her intuitive grasp of the situation, her natural concern for my daughter's emotional wellbeing."You're remarkable with her, you know. She's already so attached to you."
"The feeling is mutual," Luna says with a soft smile. "She's extraordinary. Not just because she's a dragon, but because she's Ember. Funny and smart and so eager to connect."
"She gets the social nature from her mother," I say. "I've always been more reserved."
"Could have fooled me," Luna teases, pressing a kiss to my chest.
I chuckle, pulling her closer. "You bring out unusual sides of me, apparently."
We lie in silence for a few moments, before Luna opens her mouth.
"Can I ask you something?"
"Anything."
"If this—us—becomes something real, something lasting... what does that mean practically? I know you said dragons live for a thousand years or more. I won't even reach a hundred, most likely."
