Page 140 of Mage of the Dragon Prince
“Thank you.” Vanra initiated a sweet kiss with Kitaro’s dragon.
While Kitaro’s dragon continued placing kisses down Vanra’s neck and moving across his shoulder, he also used the washcloth on the other places Mitsuki had dared to touch. It filled them with the need to reclaim Vanra for their own.
Vanra tensed as Kitaro’s dragon stroked his cock. “Please don’t.”
Kitaro’s dragon obeyed, regretting that they had pushed too far too fast.
“Sorry, I just can’t tonight. I know you want to claim me to prove I’m yours, but it’s too weird after what happened.” Vanra bit his lip as he looked downin embarrassment. “I don’t want to be aroused this close to the incident.”
Blue seeped into silver as Kitaro successfully pushed his dragon back to take control. He leaned forward to kiss Vanra’s forehead. “Understood. I apologize for my dragon pushing too hard.”
“No, I’m sorry I’m not in the right headspace to let him lay claim to me.” Vanra sighed. “I feel wrong asking you both to ignore so many of your natural instincts. It’s probably twice as bad because of my heat.”
Kitaro waved away his concerns. “There is no need for apologies. My dragon should have shown more restraint. This is why I kept him at bay for so long.”
“No, he was fine. I’m just overthinking everything. I hate that I’m probably upsetting him by not letting him reclaim me from Mitsuki. Or both of you.”
While it was true both Kitaro and his dragon were disappointed they couldn’t bring Vanra the pleasure only they could, they understood. “We should not have pushed you so soon.”
“Please understand there is a part of me that is complaining about why I am being stupid enough to stop you when it would probably make me feel better in the end,” Vanra told him with a wry smile. “But I need some time to clear my head.”
“Take all the time you need. We can wait.”
Vanra hugged Kitaro. “Thank you for understanding.”
Kitaro returned the hug, nuzzling against Vanra’s neck. He savored the scent of his own arousal mixing with Vanra’s heat scent. It stirred his lust, but he wouldn’t push. “Let us retire to bed, then.”
“That sounds great.” Vanra accepted Kitaro’s help with getting out of the tub, but he blushed when he saw the shifter’s prominent arousal. “I’mreallysorry…”
“Think nothing of it.” Kitaro handed Vanra a towel, then wrapped the other around his waist.
“I promise I’ll make it up to you later.”
They returned to the bedroom. Pausing by the bed, Kitaro caressed Vanra’s face. “You are always worth the wait.”
Vanra went up on tiptoe to kiss Kitaro. “I’ll never understand what I did to deserve you, but I’m really glad I did it.”
Kitaro curled around Vanra in bed, holding him close. He stayed awake long after the human fell asleep, indulging in his heat scent that made Kitaro achingly hard. But out of respect for Vanra, Kitaro did nothing about it. He could wait.
Chapter 72
Auslin
Mitsuki was conspicuously absent from the castle life over the next few days, which suited Auslin just fine. Auslin was walking back to his room from the library when he ran into Kizoshi. She was in a beautiful emerald-green dress trimmed with ornate gold embroidery. He was excited to see her. “Hi!”
“Perfect timing! I was looking for you,” Kizoshi brightly said. “It is good to see you again, Vanra.”
“Same! I didn’t know you were coming for a visit.” Kitaro hadn’t mentioned reaching out to his sister before he left for his meeting with Tatsuki.
“I had to come admire your handiwork for myself.” Kizoshi laughed behind her hand.
“My handiwork?”
She gestured for Auslin to follow her. “You certainly showed Mitsuki why he should never messwith you again. Ithoroughlyenjoyed rubbing that in his miserable face this morning at breakfast.”
Auslin could only imagine what Kizoshi had said to Mitsuki when they didn’t get along on a good day. He frowned. “I’m not proud of that.”
“You should be. That smug bastard deserved it and worse. He is lucky you are too kind to remove him from this Realm the way you should have.”
