36. Kadia

The sound of someone knocking on her bedroom door had Kaida jumping out of her deep sleep. As far as she knew, Beckett wanted to take Enzo down to the city and get him anything he needed now that he was staying on the island until further notice. Esen mentioned that he had to send a letter to receive a shipment from the mainland, so he would take Enzo there to send his father a message about staying on the island due to him and Kaida wanting to work through some things before completing the ritual for their bond to be fixed.

She tripped over a pair of pants and went to the ground. While down there, Kaida tried to locate her own pants to put on. The knocking continued, and Kaida decided there was no reason she needed pants since the people she lived with were her mates.

I don’t even care if it is Blaze right now. I just want the knocking to stop.

Kaida opened the door to find Arlo smiling at her. She could have sworn Arlo said he would get Blaze out of the house and tell him that Enzo was sticking around.

"Hey there," Arlo said as his eyes wandered downward and then back to her eyes.

Kaida looked down and realized that, not only was she not wearing pants, she was also topless. Normally, she would feel self-conscious. However, something about having Enzo’s bond reunited had given her a sense of confidence she hadn’t felt since before her birthday. She looked back up at Arlo and gave him a wink. "Hi."

"I was wondering, with everyone else out of the house, how about we get out of here and spend the day together?"

Kaida didn’t hesitate. "Hell yeah! Let me get dressed."

She didn’t close the door. Kaida just ran to her closet and started looking through it for an outfit she wanted to wear. When her eyes landed on the cute blue and purple dress that Azulia dropped off the other day, Kaida snatched it off the hanger and walked over to her dresser to find a bra.

"Is there anything in particular you would want to do today?" she asked Arlo.

She could feel his eyes on her. She thought about putting her clothes on seductively for a moment but thought better of it. This was the bedroom she shared with Beckett. If felt wrong to tease Arlo into possibly doing something when in this room. If he would take the bait, that would lead to things on Beckett’s bed. Beckett was a tolerant man and could flow with the rockiest of situations. However, she thought having sex on his bed with someone else could cause him to break.

Two minutes later, Kaida was dressed and putting her flats on. Arlo was still in the doorway, his nostrils were flared and his eyes were stuck on her. Kaida spun around slowly and then stopped to look at him.

"Do you like the dress?"

Arlo swallowed and didn’t take his eyes off her. "Love it. Though the thought of loving it crinkled on my bedroom floor came to mind."

Kaida bit her lip. "I thought you wanted to take me out."

"Hmm?" Arlo mumbled after scanning her again and then finding her eyes. "Yeah. I did. We should probably do that."

"Let’s go then."

Arlo held out his hand, and Kaida gladly crossed the room to take it. His skin felt hot to the touch, and there was a sizzle when their skin touched. Kaida ignored the throbbing between her legs as they made their way down the stairs. After yesterday, she could use a day to get her mind off things.

As they walked down the path, Arlo started talking to her about how he looked in Azulia’s shop and offered to help her this morning. Kaida groaned at remembering her offer to help Azulia, and she had yet to do so. Arlo waved his hand at her.

"Azulia is fine. After telling her customers she needed time to build up inventory, she said things had slowed down. She canceled some sessions for the next couple of days and rescheduled them for next week so she could make some clothes to fill the racks. She doesn’t need help until then."

Kaida sighed. "Thank the gods. I felt horrible just now because I promised to help out."

"She knew you’d feel that way, but we have enough on our plate right now."

"Yeah, especially with Enzo here. Speaking of Enzo, how did Blaze take the news that Enzo would live with us?"

Arlo chortled. "Oh, wonderfully! He is so excited to have another roommate."

Kaida laughed at him. "So pretty much how we thought it would go."

"Yeah."

"What did he expect? Enzo is my fated mate, too."

"He thought you would reject his ass because Enzo wouldn’t accept the fact that he would have to share you. It’s not like that is a normal thing with dragons."

"Fair enough."

"But also, the last time he was in the know, you took off, and Enzo was the reason why. So, hearing that he was not only another mate you planned to complete the bond with but that he would also be living with us kind of threw him for a loop."

"Yeah, I guess."

Arlo stopped walking and turned toward her. "Can I ask you something?"

Kaida furrowed her eyebrows and nodded. "Sure."

Arlo licked his lips. Kaida couldn’t help but stare as her mind thought of him running his tongue over her body.

Jeez. Not the time.

"You do plan on completing the bonds with all of us, don’t you?"

Kaida leaned her head to the side and scrunched up her face. "Yeah, why?"

"It just seems like a lot to deal with. We already have other things going on in our lives, and we pretty much have to save the world, it seems. I don’t know how much time we will all have to work on that part of our lives."

Kaida smiled at him. She found it cute that he was rambling. "I will admit that it has been an interesting few days. It’s been a lot to take in and accept. I don’t even know how I am so calm and going with the flow as it comes at me."

"Me either. I expect you to lose control and somehow break through the barrier at any moment just to escape us all."

Kaida laughed. "Not gonna lie; it has crossed my mind."

Arlo pointed at a different path that led through the woods. Kaida shrugged her shoulders and followed it.

"How are you doing with all of this?"

She sighed at his question. "Okay, I guess. As much as I want just to scream, punch my fist through a wall, and fly away to never return, that really isn’t the person I want to be. I am taking things one day at a time and reminding myself that I have the support system I need to get through it."

Arlo dropped her hand and moved his arm to be across her shoulders. Kaida leaned into him and breathed in his earthy scent. As she relaxed against him, Arlo continued.

"You told Enzo you wouldn’t leave without us. Did you actually mean that?"

Kaida glanced up at him. "Of course I meant that."

"Kind of amazed that you meant it. You just met us, and things only started between us."

Kaida used the pause to her advantage. She stepped out of his arms and put her hands on the sides of his face. When she pressed her lips against his, she felt Arlo stiffen. A few seconds later, his arms went around her back and pulled her into him. He opened his mouth to deepen the kiss, making Kaida moan as his soft lips moved expertly with hers.

She broke the kiss and made him look at her before speaking. "I know what I feel. I may be new to all of this, but I am not new to understanding my own emotions. I feel the same way for you as I did when I first got to know Enzo and Beckett. The strength of our bonds is not so different from each other either. However, I can see Beckett’s flame beside mine. How it is placed, I should have known that I had more mates. It’s beside mine, but I never felt complete."

"How do you suppose you will feel complete?" he asked with a husky voice.

"I will feel complete when each of your flames is ignited around mine."

"Is that an invitation?"

Kaida felt the throbbing sensation return. She bit her lip as she thought of what his words meant. It didn’t take her long to know the answer.

"Yes."

Arlo’s lips crashed down on hers as a growl escaped his throat. As his mouth locked with hers, she could feel him pushing her backward on the path. Kaida trusted Arlo to know what he was doing and followed along. When she felt her back against a tree, his hands moved down under her ass.

His kiss was passionate and frantic, as if he couldn’t get enough of her. Kaida allowed her hands to roam down his chest until she felt the bottom edge of his shirt. She lifted it so her hands could touch his stomach, and Arlo hissed when she did. Kaida bit his bottom lip, and Arlo groaned and pressed his hip into her. She could feel his hardness through his jeans, begging to be freed from confinement. Kaida pushed her hands upward and brought the cloth along with her. Arlo lifted his arms for her to take it off, and she tossed it aside once his head pulled through. She noticed Arlo flicking his wrists and heard the ground move, rumbling as it lifted around them.

Arlo grabbed her face and started kissing her again before she could see what his magic did. The shade around them grew darker, and she realized that he had put a wall of the ground around them so no one could see if they happened to be walking by. He then grabbed her ass and lifted her into the air. When he pressed her back against the tree, his mouth found the crook of her neck.

"Mmm, I wonder what else your magic could do."

Kaida remembered that Beckett used his magic to intensify their sex life, and she couldn’t help but wonder what Terrain’s magic was capable of. Seeing Arlo slowly bring his face to look at hers, and his eyes darkening at her suggestion, she squirmed against him.

"I’ll show you."

Arlo lifted her hands above her head, and then she felt a vine wrap around them to keep them in place. Then she felt something underneath her ass as Arlo stepped slightly back. It dawned on her that Arlo had used his magic to put her on a ledge so she could remain exactly where he had put her. Arlo smirked at her and then closed the distance between them.

His lips were on her once more, kissing down her neck as his hands started at her knees and then slowly worked their way inward. When one of his hands reached her panties, Arlo captured her lips with his. She felt his finger move her panties aside. She was already slick with need from the kissing and seeing what his magic could do, so he was easily able to slip inside. He worked his finger in and out as he used his thumb to circle her clit. Kaida moaned against his mouth as he found the right rhythm, and her climax began to build inside of her. Arlo used his free hand to caress her shoulder and move the strap of her dress down. It was a low V-neck dress, and Arlo used it to his advantage. He removed his mouth from hers, put his hand around her breast, pulled it out from her bra, and pressed his mouth against her nipple. As his teeth scraped her nipple, he pushed his finger further inside of her. Kaida screamed as she came undone, and her walls clenched.

As it subsided, Arlo removed himself from her and stepped back. Kaida whined at his absence, and he smirked.

"Don’t worry, baby. I’m not done with you."

She whined again as her head leaned back as she felt an aftershock rip through her until she heard his zipper. Kaida looked at Arlo just as he stepped forward, and she could feel his heat pressing inside her. She gasped as her walls tried to accommodate him. Arlo chuckled, grabbed her hips, and pulled her slightly forward as he pushed himself as deep as he could go.

"You ready for me?"

Kaida could barely speak as she felt him pressing on a spot that could cause another wave of pleasure if he just moved a little closer. She nodded, but that wasn’t enough.

Arlo put his mouth to her ear, whispering "I can’t hear you."

"Yes," she whispered as a shiver ran down her back.

"Louder," he told her as he pulled himself slightly out of her.

"Yes," Kaida told him obediently.

Arlo slammed himself inside of her, only to take himself out a little further this time.

"I still can’t hear you."

"Yes!" she screamed as she moved her wrists back and forth, wriggling around him. Kaida was desperate to feel him completely again and rocked her hips around so she could.

Arlo’s mouth was against her ear again. "Good girl," he told her as he slammed into her again. Kaida cried out as she arched her back. Arlo growled as he rocked his hips back and forth. The spot he had been before was now the one Arlo zeroed in on. As she felt another orgasm build, Kaida rocked her own hips to match his pace. She felt the pleasure of her walls clenching against him as she was pushed over the edge. She screamed for a moment before he pressed his lips on hers.

Each time Arlo brought her to her peak, he found a new place to kiss. He sucked on her skin just enough for her to feel it and then moved to a new spot when he could feel she was on the edge of another orgasm. Her legs shook after a few, and Arlo slowed himself down.

He nestled his mouth on the opposite side of where Beckett’s mark was and gave it a lick. Kaida shivered as his need to mark her built. She wiggled her hips and leaned her head to give him access. She felt his smile against her skin. He took her invitation and bit down on her skin as he rammed his hips against her. Kaida felt their bond ignite inside of her as the image of her purple flame with Beckett’s blue one came into view. On the opposite side of Beckett’s, Arlo’s flame showed itself. It was emerald green at the base and slowly brightened at the tip. The three flames danced as they flicked with life. Kaida smiled and leaned back on the tree. Arlo removed his fangs and gave her access to his neck.

The vines around her wrists let go, and she placed one of her hands on his face. She wiggled her hips again and winked at him. Arlo started rocking his hips again. This time, the rhythm felt like one he needed to bring him to his edge. She could feel his muscles tightening as his eyes rolled slightly back. Kaida took this moment and brought her teeth down onto his neck. Arlo groaned as he erupted inside of her. When she removed her mouth from his neck, Arlo leaned his forehead against hers.

"You’re mine," he whispered.

"And you’re mine," she confirmed.