42. Ogden

CHAPTER FORTY-TWO

OGDEN

I flew with my brothers, not by blood, but by a deep bond to our mate, in the setting sun. The smell of wild beasts and sharp predators flooded my senses. My drool rained onto the dusty desert. I wanted to dive down and hunt, but I waited, holding my place in our four-dragon diamond formation. Although my human mind swam with my mate's whirlwind of demon and god-fighting tactics, my dragon mind existed in a state of single-minded bliss.

We were hunting.

We weren’t alone.

When Jay screamed for help, my awareness of her other mates exploded into deep knowledge, which settled in my soul. We were a team. A family. Together, we could do anything.

The sun touched the horizon of the Sahara and lit the sky with deep reds and oranges. Rehan lifted his head and let out a roar. As one, we dove. Something musky and rich filled my nose, and a herd of deerlike creatures with thick brown coats, cow-like heads, and curved horns ran in the sunset.

The word wildebeest flashed across my dragon thoughts from my human half. At the edge of the thundering herd, a lioness leaped onto the haunches of a running calf. The calf’s mother charged, only to be cut off by two of her fellow lionesses.

We soared up, and my view of the pack shifted into the purpling sky. After a short climb, we dove back down toward the running herd. Unlike the lionesses, we didn’t need to prey on the weak. But just like the lionesses, we worked together to split off a small group of wildebeest. My heart raced, in part from the hunt but primarily because of how we were doing it.

A team with one mind.

I gripped a wildebeest in each of my claws and happily landed on my back feet. I was still skidding to a stop when I sunk my teeth into the first of my prey—warm blood and meat fresher than I’d ever tasted coated my dragon mouth. Someone bumped into me. I took a moment to snap at Lux, who slid on his one leg to a halt with his front claw full before returning to my feast.

I’d barely finished off my food before the sounds of howling filled the air. Although not completely dark yet, the twilight brought out a new set of smells. A pack of the ugliest dogs I’d ever seen circled us. Their back halves looked too small, while their heads were too big. Stripes and spots covered their mangy grey coats, and saliva dripped out of their mouths. Hyenas. Once again, my human mind provided a name.

Tyson snapped at one, who darted away, giving a different hyena a chance to dart in and take a bite of flesh that had fallen out of Tyson’s mouth. Tyson roared and bit at that one, only to have a third do the same.

I rolled forward, regaining my balance on all four feet, intent on trampling the one I saw. But something popped into my head. That same instinct I’d never felt before clicked into place. Instead of focusing on the one, I backed up, finding Rehan doing the same.

Like a true pack, we herded the hyenas, maneuvering them where we wanted before the four of us struck together. They were slippery, nasty creatures, but after six died to our claws, the rest ran off.

Tyson lifted his head and bellowed into the night sky before dropping his gaze back to us. Mate. I didn’t really hear the word, but the thought hit all of us at once. We were in the air and flying before I gave my body directions.

I pumped my wings as the dark desert blurred under my flight.

The lights of the safari camp we’d made our temporary base of operations twinkled up at me. In moments, we’d shifted back into our human forms and found Jay’s bright eyes… well, one eye was swollen shut, so eye… waiting naked on the white sheets of one of the big four-poster beds. White mosquito netting fluttered in a slight breeze on either side.

We shifted, and I ran to her. “We left you injured.”

Jay sat up and grabbed my hand, pulling me forward. “Then heal me and show me what you learned.”

I pressed her back into the bed, drawing runes on her stomach so my healing magic would run through every part of her. I’d barely gotten the final rune connected when she gasped. Her thigh bumped my hip, and I found her legs spread wide with Lux feasting on her pussy.

When I didn’t move to claim her lips, Rehan steered me out of the way and captured them for me. I made sure my thigh stayed in contact with her shoulder. Blood rushed to my dick as not just my lust but all of ours rushed through me. I watched, running my hands up and down my straining erection as Tyson buried his face in her breasts. He kissed and bit each nipple until they peeked a dark cherry.

Jay rocked. “More.”

Lux kissed her clit a final time before filling her with his dick. While Tyson and Rehan worshiped her with their lips, she fisted each of their dicks, running her hands along their lengths. My erection throbbed in my hands.

Without warning, Jay sat up. As one, we jumped back, keenly aware of the shocks that could destroy this moment. Jay’s gaze twinkled with humor. She looked right at me and crooked a finger. “I want all of you. I want to know how much you want me.”

Her gaze unfocused as if she was talking to herself, but I was too far gone to call her on it. Jay man-handled me until I lay on my back with my head hanging slightly off the bedside. I felt more than saw the others place a hand on her supple skin.

She hovered over my dragon dick before sliding down it, inch by inch. I gasped and moaned. She was so hot and tight. She was everything. Every muscle in my body bunched, and I bucked my hips, needing to feel her take all of me. Her hot entrance kissed my knot. Nothing else mattered.

Lux appeared in front of me and ran the tip of his dick along my lips.

I opened my mouth and took every inch of him, tasting Jay as he slid across my tongue. Pleasing someone else while Jay rode me blew my mind. Our grunts and moans filled the room as my dragon instincts drove my actions. I came hard and fast, my knot nowhere near Jay. I gave myself a few seconds to enjoy it before I gave Lux a final suck and sat up, pushing Jay back into the bed and attacking her clit with my tongue.

Rehan slid deep into her and went still, letting my mouth do all the work. Jay jerked her hips up, and Lux pushed them back down. She cried out in frustration, and Rehan thrust in tiny motions, barely pulling his cock out of her so his tip almost vibrated against her g-spot. His mumbles poured out of his mouth while Jay panted and fisted the white sheets.

Tyson put his hand on my head, pushing me harder against her clit. “She wants more. We have to give her more.”

Jay’s moans turned into little gasps, and she fisted anything she could reach. “Fuck me, Rehan, Og, oh…”

“Come for us, love,” Rehan forced coherence into his mumbles and doubled his speed.

Tyson let go of me and stepped back, watching as he ran his hand up and down his cock. I followed Rehan’s lead, and Jay turned into a ball of tension before letting out a roar worthy of a dragon and melting under us. Her orgasm kissed my tongue, along with Rehan’s white chocolate and mango jizz. He pulled out of her, breathing hard.

I started to rest my head on her chest, but Tyson pulled her out from under me and rolled her onto her stomach, massaging her back with one hand and her ass with the other.

“We aren’t done,” Tyson growled. “Four mates. Four orgasms minimum. And I’ll make sure you scream louder for me than the Narwal.”

I came up on all fours, stalking towards the two until my lips found Jay’s. Tyson pulled her hips up and towards him while Lux slid under her chest, burying his face in her breasts and reaching for my cock.

I lost track of how many times we changed positions, sharing her in twos and threes while making her scream our names. But we eventually slowed down and came to rest curled up in a bed not quite big enough for five.

I walked the line between sleep and reality. Slowly, my breathing evened out, and sleep started to pull me under.

“I love you.” Jay’s voice whispered in the dark.

My heart grew. I wanted to reach for her and tell her how much I loved her back.

“But you deserve so much better. I will fix this. I promise.”

Jay’s insecurities weren’t something I could fight.

I squeezed my mate’s thigh, and she jerked in surprise. “Deserving is a measure of worth. Everyone uses their own scales.” I paused for my pun.

Tyson groaned. Lux chuckled, and Rehan snored, already fast asleep.

“We don’t deserve better because you make us happy.”

“He’s trying to say we love you too.” Lux put his hand over my waist to lace his fingers with Jay’s. “Rehan, too.”

“I love you most,” Tyson added. “Now, go to fecking sleep.”

We snuggled our mate close and listened to her think until she finally drifted off.