63. Auslin

Chapter 63

Auslin

" W hy has your dragon been so much more possessive than normal?" Auslin asked as they cuddled after being intimate later that night. The night stars twinkled above them on the beautiful evening.

"While I understand Yaro's interest in you is him being overly friendly, it unsettled my dragon," Kitsuki replied. "I apologize for not being able to keep a tighter rein on him."

"I don't mind. I was only curious." Auslin stroked Kitsuki's hair to reassure him. "But seriously, you have nothing to worry about from Yaro, of all people."

"While I logically understand that, my dragon is desperate to lay claim to you all the same. He is not as quick as me to forgive the way Yaro was scenting you."

Auslin's eyebrows furrowed in confusion. "What are you talking about?"

"As a dog shifter, Yaro has a very sensitive sense of smell," Kitsuki explained. "My dragon did not like how he stayed close to you to take advantage of that."

"I'm pretty sure that's not what Yaro was doing. Besides, I have a mate now and no interest in attracting anyone else. I shouldn't smell tempting to him, right?"

"In a perfect world, that would be true," Kitsuki said. "Sometimes a mated person can still attract another's attention because it is an artifact from the ancient days when there were trinity bonds."

"Trinity bonds?" Auslin repeated in surprise. "I thought those were only a myth about when a human, Power, and shifter mated together."

Kitsuki brushed his thumb against Auslin's upper arm. "It has been eons since a trinity bond was formed. Had circumstances been different, my father potentially could have formed one with Arenthia and Kio's mother."

"Really?" Auslin asked in shock.

"Arenthia never would have consented to it, though. I have no doubt she would have killed Kio's mother before she ever allowed that to happen."

It was something Auslin didn't want to think about, so he shifted his focus. "But if I'm not entirely human or a Power, wouldn't I be ineligible to form a trinity bond? I thought it could only be a fully human, Power, and shifter."

"The details of the how and why have been lost to the ages of time," Kitsuki replied. "I do not believe we have reason to be concerned."

"But normally when someone is mated, their scent and heats no longer attract anyone but their mate, right?" Auslin asked, still trying to understand. He found the concepts of heats mystifying.

"Yes, but unfortunately, there is no shifter alive who could resist the scent of your Divine heritage," Kitsuki teased as he nuzzled against Auslin. "It is a powerful aphrodisiac."

Auslin frowned. "Isn't that weird, though? My scent mixed with yours should mean no one else is interested in me."

"As I said, the allure of your Divine heritage is something few shifters could resist."

Auslin still had questions, but he suspected they were best suited for Kizoshi when he was lucky enough to meet with her again.

"It is not as if I do not understand. I find myself wholly unable to resist your temptation," Kitsuki murmured as he caressed Auslin's side with his claws.

The action sent a shiver through Auslin. "The only time you have to resist is when I'm on the verge of my limits." The mage groaned when Kitsuki shifted positions to pin Auslin under him. "I don't know how much more I can handle today. You already wore me out earlier."

Kitsuki gave Auslin a tender kiss. "I will be gentle."

Auslin's protests melted away as Kitsuki worshipped his body with the gentlest of touches. It was easy to get lost in the slow swelling of pleasure as their bodies joined in an intimate embrace. Auslin wrapped his arms around Kitsuki's neck, embedding his fingers in his mate's beautiful hair. He lost himself in Kitsuki as the ecstasy built up between them.

When Kitsuki felt possessive, his dragon normally surged to the forefront of a rougher coupling. But Kitsuki refused to give in to his dragon as he lovingly satisfied Auslin into the deepest of blisses.

Auslin came with a sigh of relief, completely adrift in his love for his mate. His pleasure escalated further when Kitsuki came inside him, marking him intimately before claiming him with his knot. It was the only thing with the power to take away Auslin's anxiety about what lay in wait for him in Sybir.