20. Caspian

Chapter 20

Caspian

I t was the same every day since he left. I thought about Dimitri constantly, and when he wasn't busy with work, he was more than happy to chat with me through our bond. I didn't realize that I could become so attached to my One so quickly. Not until he was away for several days. I made sure to keep that little bit hidden though. I did not wish to cause Dimitri stress about his job.

When I woke, he immediately reached out to me and told me how much he loved me. That immediately brightened my day, even if we couldn't spend it together. This was part of our relationship though: Dimitri was a council enforcer, and like my brother, he had to go out on assignments.

This morning would be different though. It already was. I grinned, thinking about our good-morning conversation. I was still mostly asleep when he reached out, but I quickly woke, anticipation building in my entire being.

"Dobroye utro, lyubimyy."

"Buenos dias, amore."

"I am at the council building. As soon as we are finished with our briefing, I will be home to you. I will have today off, but I will have to go back to work tomorrow, unfortunately."

"Tomorrow here or tomorrow in Italy?" Had things changed? Was he going back out right away?

"Tomorrow here. I will be here for a week before having to return."

I smiled sleepily. I could deal with a week of him home in the evenings. The schedule was going to wear on everyone quickly, but I knew this assignment was important.

"I can't wait to see you. I'm trying to drag myself out of bed, but it's warm and cozy, and I just want to snuggle in a bit longer."

I heard chuckling. "Stay. I'll join you when I get there."

It had been so tempting. I had plans though. Or at least that had been my intent. I was going to get up and shower. I was going to shave and be ready for my sexy dragon. I had the best intentions, but the bed seriously was cozy and warm. I dozed back off until I was jolted awake.

I heard something. Or felt someone's presence in the cabin. I pushed a bit of magic out to figure out who it was. When I felt a very familiar aura, my heart started racing. Dimitri was home. A moment later, panic set in. I'd not gone through the shower like I'd planned. Not that I hadn't showered during the week he was gone, but I was hoping for a very happy homecoming.

Luckily for me, I was a warlock and could simply magick myself clean. That was exactly what I did without having to leave the comforts of our bed. Same with brushing my teeth. I decided to leave the few days' growth on my face. It wasn't that thick, nor had it ever been, and I didn't think Dimitri would care too much.

"Lyubimyy?"

My heart started racing.

"I dozed back off. I'm still in bed." I rolled over, my body rapidly reacting to the fact that Dimitri was home. "Naked." I wasn't sure Dimitri would be willing, but one could hope. It was perfectly safe, and in all honesty, it had been too long. I understood. I had been incredibly sick. But that seemed to have passed. Well, mostly. But I was feeling so much better, and my body wanted to spend the day getting reacquainted with my sexy dragon.

I heard a thud and then loud footsteps racing up the stairs. Dimitri came racing into the bedroom just as I pushed up onto my elbows to look at him. He was just gorgeous. "Gah, you're so sexy," I told him. That absolutely was not what I had intended to say, but that was what had come out of my mouth. I wanted to groan and hide, but when Dimitri's eyes seemed to widen, and then his face became tense, I knew I had probably said the right thing with how I had hoped the day would go.

"You are the gorgeous one," Dimitri said as he slowly approached me. He walked right up to the side of the bed and sat.

I sat up more, the blanket falling and pooling around my waist. "I missed you," I told him. I reached out and closed my eyes briefly when my hands made contact with my One. He was actually here. This wasn't a dream, and he was home to me. I opened my eyes, finding him staring at me intently. "You're really here," I whispered.

"I am. I missed you as well. My dragon is happy to be here with you."

I tried to give him a look of irritation, but I wasn't sure I succeeded. "Only your dragon?"

"I am very happy to be here with you. Would you like to go flying with me?"

I shook my head. I slid my left hand from Dimitri's shoulder to his neck and then behind it. "No. I do not wish to go flying, Dimitri." I pulled his head closer to mine. "Can you honestly say you would rather go flying in the cold instead of getting naked and knotting yourself inside of me?" I wasn't sure I wanted the answer to that question, but it was out before I could think better of it, and there was no pulling it back now.

Dimitri gasped. "Lyubimyy?"

"I want you, Dimitri. I never intended to be sick, and I certainly didn't want to not be able to make love with you. But I've been feeling so much better, and I really want to explore your body." As I said those words, Dimitri's head moved closer to mine. When his lips finally made contact, I moaned. Dimitri's hands touched my face gently, and we were slowly falling back onto the bed.

I had thought we would be frantic, but that wasn't the case at all. Dimitri's lips moved against mine until I opened my mouth for him. When his tongue met mine, something inside me seemed to click. My body had already been vibrating against his aura, but now my claiming bite was throbbing in unison with my painfully hard cock.

But something told me to not rush things. Sure, we could find relief quickly, but that wasn't what I wanted. I had a lifetime with Dimitri, and we would have moments of rushed fucking, but that wasn't what this was, and we both knew it.

Dimitri's hands moved from my face to my shoulders, and as I rolled toward him more, I reached for the blanket to get it out of the way. The room had been chilly without Dimitri in it, and I had needed it for warmth. That wasn't the case now that my dragon was home.

I became a bit frustrated when I pulled on the blanket and it wouldn't move, and when I pulled my mouth away to see what the issue was, I realized it was because Dimitri was lying on top of it. Irritated, I used magic to move it completely out of the way. Without it for a barrier, the drastic difference between the warmth under it and the cool room was noticeable, but I could already feel the heat coming from my One. I would never be cold when near him. It simply wasn't possible.

Dimitri's lips started moving down my neck, and I was only too happy to move my head to the side to give him more room. He nibbled on my claiming bite, and I moaned into the room. My fingers threaded into his head, and when his lips moved farther down to my nipple, I closed my eyes and pressed up into him a bit.

Dimitri's tongue flicked over it before he pulled away and gently blew across the now wet bud. That, combined with the coolness of the room, caused me to shiver. Dimitri's warmth was suddenly gone, and it took me too long to open my eyes to see where he'd gone. I found him standing next to the bed, now shirtless. His jeans were undone, but instead of pushing them down, he bent down.

I had his boots, socks, and jeans gone with a thought. Dimitri stood, and my breath caught at the sight. He was stunning and all mine.

"Come here," I said.

"Are you sure?"

"Yes. I truly am feeling better. Please make love to me?"

Thankfully, Dimitri didn't question me again. He crawled back onto the bed, this time directly on top of me, and I sighed when I was suddenly enveloped in his warmth.

"You are so warm." I smiled up at him.

"It's a dragon thing."

I chuckled. "Yes, it is. Now, about this," I said as I slid my hand between us. Dimitri rose up a bit, and when my hand wrapped around his thick cock, his eyes closed, and he moaned. I gave it several strokes, feeling Dimitri's desire increase as I did.

When he opened his eyes, they were black and heated. "You are playing with fire there, mate. If you keep that up, I will not be able to get into you fully because my knot is already tingling. It has been weeks since we have been together."

My hand froze before I slowly pulled it away. I wanted him inside me—I wanted his knot. If you had asked me that two months ago, I never would have said those words. Now? I wanted Dimitri and his knot any chance I could get.

"Then I think we should refocus my efforts elsewhere."

Dimitri smirked at me before his mouth lowered to me again. I met his kiss with as much need and desire as I could. He moaned into my mouth, and when his body lowered onto mine once more, I was the one moaning. He felt amazing, and I couldn't wait to feel him inside me again.

Dimitri pulled from the kiss just as I ran my hands up his back. He moved down my body, his lips and tongue trailing their way to their target. He didn't hesitate to pull my cock away from my body before he sucked the head into his mouth.

My hands found his hair again, and I couldn't keep from grabbing ahold of his already messy locks while my hips rolled upward. Dimitri sucked me down to the base seconds later, and I gasped.

"Dimitri…" I moaned out in warning. He wasn't the only one who had been without for weeks. I was on edge in seconds, and when my balls started to tingle, I didn't even try to stop the orgasm. I knew that Dimitri wouldn't mind.

"Come for me, lyubimyy. Then I will fill you with my knot, and you will come again."

That was it. Too many things happening all at once, and there was no hope of holding back at all. My body tingled, and in pulses, the sensation traveled inward toward my cock. I shouted as I came. Dimitri groaned and sucked harder. My body continued to give me until it became too much, and I started squirming.

"Too sensitive," I said as I gently pushed on his head.

Dimitri pulled off my cock and grinned. "Now it is my turn," he told me. I wasn't expecting him to suddenly sit up, grab my hips, and then flip me over onto my stomach. When he did though, I squeaked. Dimitri's body covered mine, and his hard cock pressed against my ass.

I looked over my shoulder when he made a noise. His gaze was focused on what he was doing, and when I opened my legs and tried to get them under me, Dimitri took the invitation. He moved enough to where I could get up on my knees, and then his cock was sliding through my crack.

"Tell me if I'm going too fast," he said.

"You're not. I want you in me. I need to feel you knot me again."

Dimitri moaned. His hips rolled, moving his length through my slick, getting everything ready for his invasion. He took his cock in hand, and when he started rubbing the head against my opening, I pressed back a bit. Dimitri froze when it pressed in a bit. I applied more pressure and took a deep breath.

I wasn't going to tell him that a bit of magical help had been used. Not yet. Later? Possibly. Most likely. But at the moment, I really wanted him inside me. I pressed back more, and then he started pushing forward. It didn't take much for the thick head of his cock to slip inside me. My breath caught at the sudden burn from the fullness though.

"Do not let me hurt you."

I could feel the tension in Dimitri's body through our bond, and that was absolutely not what I wanted. I bit my lower lip and rocked my hips back with a bit of force. Dimitri closed his eyes and moaned. Bingo. That was exactly what I wanted to hear.

"You are not hurting me," I told him as I did it again and again. "You feel amazing," I added as I worked my ass onto his cock. "But you need to help me here."

Dimitri grabbed my hips, his grip a bit painful as he held me in place. "I want to snap my hips forward and then hold you down on the bed and fuck you."

I groaned. He'd done that several times during my fertile period. But not since. I took a chance and looked over my shoulder again. Dimitri was already looking at me, waiting.

"Yes," I said. That was all I was able to get out before Dimitri's hips slammed forward. At the same time his hips hit my ass, he pushed on my shoulder. My chest hit the bed with an oof, but I didn't care. Dimitri's hips pulled back and then thrust forward in an instant, dragging a deep moan from me.

I could feel his knot already. Not only as it started to swell and tug on my rim as he pulled from my body but through our bond; the base of my own hard cock was tingling.

Dimitri's hips slowly sped up, and I could only grab fistfuls of the bedding below us. His body suddenly covered mine, but that didn't stop his movements. If anything, it felt as if his hips were thrusting his cock in and out of me at a quicker pace.

He kissed me on the back of my shoulder before he grunted and pushed his cock into me one last time.

Dimitri moaned as his cock swelled impossibly big, and then a flush of heat coursed through my body. Dimitri pulled on my shoulder, and without warning, his teeth sunk in. I shouted into the pillow as a second, more intense orgasm raced through my body. I came on the bed below us, and when Dimitri's teeth pulled from my shoulder, my body grew heavy.

"I love you," Dimitri said before the full weight of him covered me. Seconds later, we were rolled to our left, and Dimitri quickly pulled my upper body tightly to his.

"I love you," I managed to whisper back.

I felt the blanket being pulled over us and sighed. It was good to be mated. I was finally feeling better, and Dimitri had just given me two intense orgasms shortly after he'd returned from assignment. Definitely good to be mated.

"You are pleased?" Dimitri asked.

I opened my eyes and stared at the bathroom doorway. "You know I am. You are an incredible lover."

Dimitri kissed my shoulder again as his hands tightened on my chest. "I try. My only goal is to ensure you enjoy yourself."

I wanted to argue, but I was too relaxed from the orgasms he'd just given me. "Goal attained." I felt myself getting sleepy. I didn't think it was because I was actually tired but relaxed that much. That and I had my One with me. We were naked, he was knotted inside of me, and I had made a complete mess of the bed in front of us. I should be relaxed and ready for a small nap.

"I did not hurt you?" Dimitri asked me.

"No. I'm very satisfied. This is a great way to reunite, but if you're not up for it every time, we don't have to."

Dimitri snorted, and I chuckled. "You just told an alpha that he didn't have to have sex with his pregnant mate after being apart for several days. You say that as if I don't think about having sex with you multiple times a day."

I grinned. "I don't know. I was trying to make sure you knew I didn't expect us to do this." I reached up and grabbed Dimitri's hand where it was resting against my chest. I laced my fingers through his and held his hand against my chest. "I know you will never pressure me for this," I told him. And I did. He would have already done so if he was going to. But for well over a month, Dimitri had been more than content to hold me while my body adjusted to being pregnant with our son.

"Never," Dimitri said. His lips met my shoulder again, and I closed my eyes once more. It would be so easy to doze off, but I wanted to be awake so I could talk to my mate. We had our bond, sure. But that was different than him finally being here again.

"I want to ask about your trip, but not while you're knotted inside me."

Dimitri chuckled. His hand slid down my torso, taking mine with it. When he placed his hand over my lower stomach, I felt our baby for the first time. It pushed out against our joined hands, and I gasped.

"Did you feel that?"

"Feel what?"

"The baby," I told him.

"Nyet. What did the baby do? Is he moving around and you are feeling the flutters?"

I closed my eyes. "No. He was saying hello, I think," I told him. "I felt him push out against our hands."

Dimitri opened his palm and held it against my lower stomach. He kissed my shoulder again and sighed. "I love you so much. You and our baby are my everything."

I couldn't help but smile at that. I felt the same. But sleep was pulling at me like a bitch, and there was no way I was going to be able to stay awake.

"I love you," I said as I yawned.

"I love you too," Dimitri said. "More than I thought possible, but you are my everything. I mean that."

I smiled. I could live with that. We had a long road ahead of us, even to become fathers, but we would get there soon enough. When Dimitri was with me, everything seemed to click, and all seemed right. I smiled as I said a thank-you for the dragon alpha that I hadn't been expecting but certainly needed in my life. Dimitri was everything I wasn't, and that was probably why we were so perfect together.