Crystal

Iwatch as the last of the Alajaz are rounded up and placed in the heavily guarded mouth of the cave where I first saw the Sarkarnii. I'd like to say they fought honorably, but it wasn't the case.

Having spent eons getting other species to do their dirty work, the Alajaz had no concept of fighting together and, it seemed, no plan for dealing with a fighting fit force of Sarkarnii.

The quantum booster the Sarkarnii had obtained was used to destroy the field generator the Alajaz were using for their disguise and to control the airspace over the planet. Not exactly what I expected, but it meant the Golden Orion has been able to land and the Sarkarnii have done what they needed to do to secure their enemies.

As for the Habosu, the cowards have slipped away into space, presumably to go bully some other species.

Daeos is being groomed by the star cat again. It looks like the healer of this rag tag group, another of Draco's brothers, a big blue Sarkarnii is attempting to work out what the pair of them are up to.

Eventually he gives up and strides over to me.

"How is Drelix today?" he asks.

"I'm just getting him something to eat." I lift the wrapping on the chunk of meat I'm carrying. "He's definitely on the mend."

I haven't left his side since he collapsed, pouring with blood and very nearly giving me a heart attack in the process, until I was reassured a shifted Sarkarnii can heal wounds such as his easily over a matter of hours or days.

I don't know about Drelix, but I had a rough night, waking more often than not to hear the reassuring deep breaths of his Sarkarnii form, this one with fewer heads.

"Good." Drega might be the Sarkarnii's healer, but his bedside manner leaves a lot to be desired, and he was more than happy to hand over the care of an injured Drelix to me. "He should spend the rest of this nova-day shifted, and then I would expect him to be healed enough to shift to his other form should he prefer."

"I'll let him know," I reply, hitching up the heavy block of food onto my shoulder and continuing my journey to where a shifted Drelix is recovering from his injuries.

When I get there, Draco and Draxx are standing in front of him, talking and joking. There's something about Drelix's dragon form, when he smiles, which makes my heart sing and my stomach do somersaults.

"Heartsfire," Drelix says as he spots me across the cave.

"I saw Drega. He says you should be able to return to your other form if you want by the end of today." I smile, reaching him and dropping the meat with a thump to put my hand on his massive scaled paw.

Drelix delicately swallows the meat in a single gulp. Draco watches him.

"I'll get some warriors to bring you more food," he says, rubbing his chin and releasing smoke from both nostrils.

Drelix follows suit, although there's considerably more smoke from him, given how big he is.

"I see you have the last of the Alajaz. What are you going to do with them?" I ask.

All three Sarkarnii look at each other and grin.

"We know a place, somewhere escape is almost impossible and where there is a species who will be more than happy to put the Alajaz to some use."

"Where?"

"The Kirakos."

"The place you were sent?" I say as the truth of the situation dawns on me. "The prison maze run by the Belek."

"Not anymore. It has been given back to its original inhabitants, the Ragad, but some parts can remain a prison," Drelix says.

"We're going to return to the Golden Orion to make the arrangements, then we can discuss Orias," Draco says to Drelix.

Draxx gives me one of his slightly scary smiles. "I can't wait for my mate to meet you," he says.

"It's about time all our mates got off the ship." Draco sighs. "My Amber has been making her feelings known for some time."

Draxx laughs as he claps Draco on his back and very nearly causes the huge golden male to move an inch.

"And mine, brother. It is the way of those of us who are mated," he says with a wry smile.

"There are also those of us mated males who need to ask certain questions of their mates," Draco says pointedly. "But that is up to you, Drelix."

He gives me one of his short, stiff bows, and together with Draxx, the pair of them leave the cave.

"What was that all about?"

Drelix drops his great head onto his front paws, his healing wings flapping gently against his sides as he exhales more smoke.

"I want to dance for you, heartsfire," he says, slowly and carefully. "It is the way of the Sarkarnii, especially one in rut, to dance for their mate in front of their fellow warriors to claim her entirely."

My fingers go to the soft place on my neck where he bit me. "I thought you already claimed me."

"I did." Drelix noses me, his long tongue flickering out between huge lips. "Dancing for your mate is something all Sarkarnii do. A claiming bite is for Haisarkarnii." A huge claw plucks gently at my clothing. "I want to dance for you. I want to show everyone you are mine and mine alone."

He slowly lifts himself up, a little stiff, and there are patches on his scales where the injuries were and the skin is healing. As he rises, I see his cock is unsheathed.

"I need to mate you, little morsel. I need to fill you up, make your belly swell with my seed and then with my young. I rut for you, Crystal."

"Wait." I hold up a hand, and my massive bad Sarkarnii halts, like he was asked.

His cock weeps pre-cum. It flows onto the ground beneath him. His face is anguished as he stares at me and then at himself.

"Sweet mate?" he groans, the sound reverberating around the cave.

I slowly undo my clothes, stripping them off piece by piece as his gaze gets hungrier and hungrier. Finally, I am completely naked, and almost instantly I'm in his claws, a tongue lapping over my body greedily.

"I cannot change for you, Crystal," he murmurs.

"I don't want you to change," I reply, gasping as the massive forked ends slide between my thighs.

"I cannot be gentle either, not when I taste your promise," he rumbles, sending shockwaves through my core.

"Do what you need to do, Drelix," I say, voice hoarse.

I find myself being gently turned, supported in his massive hand as his talented tongue continues to do terrible, incredible things to my pussy. Something huge presses at my entrance, and immediately my body responds, the touch of his pre-cum enough to send me spiraling and orgasming all over him.

"Such a pretty mate, so ready to be impaled on a Sarkarnii cock," Drelix murmurs, sliding slowly inside me so I feel every single node and soft barb of his cock.

Each one sends my pleasure spiking, and when he withdraws and thrusts back inside, I'm already coming as if my life depends on it, covering him with my moisture and bucking in his grip.

"So delicious. Such a sweet, tasty morsel," Drelix rasps, his huge segmented belly brushing the skin on my bottom and back.

He circles his hips and moans long and low.

"Who looks so good wrapped around my cock, stretched all wide and wet, taking my cock and oh so ready for my seed to swell her up?"

Wave after wave of bliss flows through me as I'm plundered by my bad, bad dragon, each thrust sending me higher and higher on the wings of pleasure. Our combined juices splatter on the floor beneath us, but it's all I can do to hang on to the cage of claws surrounding me as I'm mated into complete oblivion, clamping down hard over him as an orgasm hits me and wracks my body.

"Heartsfire!"

With a roar, a slight pinch, and a huge, hot flood, Drelix hits his climax, his cock breaching my very womb as he pumps me with his cum. I can feel my stomach expanding as he groans softly, enjoying every second.

My pussy pulses and flutters as he continues to thrust, caught within me, each movement sending yet another deluge of his cum right to where he wants it.

"My little morsel," Drelix murmurs in my ear, cradling my body. "I can feel your belly, my mate. I can't wait until it's full of our sarkarnling."

My huge dragon wants me pregnant, and while it's never been something I've thought about, right now it is the sexiest thing I could ever imagine.

Not that Drelix is going to stop at one session, oh no. He might still be healing, but he's absolutely going to take me as many times as I can manage until I can't stay awake any longer.