Page 46 of Captured By the Dragon Warlord
She smiles at me.
“Please my sweet mate. I do not wish you to feel you are trapped with me. You should do what your heart desires.”
Even if it means leaving my sight.
“I don’t want to cause trouble, Dexx.”
I curl my claws around her waist. “You are my trouble, Scarlett. And you are my heartsfire.”
Her little brow furrows for a nova-second but then she brightens. “Well, at least I’m something,” she says cryptically.
I have a long way to go until she accepts I want her because I want her, not because of the rut or a need to find a cure for my crew. And, in any event, given nothing seems to have changed in relation to my shift. I felt the pain as I reached the cusp likeI have done since we landed on this ancestor-forsaken planet, regardless of having Scarlett by my side.
“Come.” I beckon to her and we make our way to the main shaft. “Over here.” I lead Scarlett to the small (to me) opening in one of the shaft walls.
“What is this?” she asks.
“A riser. It will take you to the top.”
“You meanthis was here all the time?” Her voice squeaks higher and higher.
“I wanted you on my back, sweet mate.” I give her a flash of my fangs.
“What the hell happened to rule three?” She puts her hands on her hips and glares at me.
“You didn’t ask if there was a riser.”
“And you didn’t offer it!” She shakes her head. “I knew you couldn’t follow the rules.”
Her words strike me in the heart. I grasp at my chest and feign to the side.
“I will always follow anything you tell me, my Scarlett.”
“As long as it’s your interpretation of the rules.” She narrows her eyes.
I wonder if she is angry at me properly or not. Without her thoughts in my head, I am not so sure.
“But you know what happens to Sarkarnii who don’t follow the rules?”
My heart speeds up.
“What?”
“They lose privileges.”
Blood sings in my ears.
“What are privileges?”
“Wait and see.”
She walks into the lifter, her hips swinging, and my cock presses insistently at my pouch.
“What are privileges?” I ask again.
“You’ll find out soon enough,LordDexx,” she says as the riser doors slide shut and it begins its journey upwards.
If the privileges have anything to do with not mating, I am so nevved I may as well stay in the mines forever.
