Chapter 15

“Daddy?” One peek from under her eyelids assured her he was there. She took in the lush flowers and foliage before closing her eyes again with a delighted sigh. She could hear the beautiful sound of water cascading nearby.

“Rest, Princess.”

“You brought me to your favorite place,” she said, waving her hand slowly in the cool water that surrounded her.

“This water soothes me when I am injured. I hoped it would help you as well.” His voice rumbled over her.

Her mind scrambled to remember how she got here. She didn’t remember anything between him picking her up in his claw and waking up now. She looked up at him and put together that he supported her as she floated on the surface of the water.

“You needed to get his scent off me, didn’t you?” she teased, remembering his outrage when she’d screamed at Oldrik’s touch. That had felt so bad. “He was saving me.”

“That’s my job.”

She kept her mouth from curving up in amusement at his tone. “You were busy flaming that jerk, Peterson.”

“I don’t believe you have any broken bones, Princess. Just way too many scrapes and scratches.”

“I knew walking would help him get away faster. I pretended I couldn’t walk and collapsed every time he pulled me to my feet. That didn’t keep him from fleeing and just dragging me behind. That outfit has to be ruined.”

“Don’t worry about your clothes. I burned them.”

She stared at him.

“They smelled like another dragon and Peterson.”

“Perfectly good reasons to torch innocent clothes,” she teased.

“No one is allowed to touch you, mate.”

“I should be prepared for caveman dragon behavior for a while, hmmm?”

A few seconds passed before he admitted, “Yes.”

“Noted. I don’t think I want to be away from you for a while, either. Besides, I’m going to be black and blue for months.”

A low growl rumbled in his chest, and the water around them heated.

Lalani looped an arm around his neck and pulled him down for a kiss. She loved the flash of green in his eyes when he lifted his mouth from hers a few minutes later. “Chill, Daddy. You’re going to boil the fish.”

The heat flooding from his body stopped. She rewarded him with another kiss. “Good Dragon.”

He looked so affronted Lalani couldn’t help laughing at him. That didn’t erase his expression.

“So—Sorry!” she told him, trying to control her mirth.

“This is not a laughing matter, human. You could have been hurt, or worse.”

Sobering, she reached up to cup his clenching jaw. “I know. I’m sorry for worrying you. Hopefully, all the Petersons are out of Wyvern now. They are bad news.”

“You’re never going out of my sight.”

“How about we go with that for two weeks and then renegotiate? There will always be times you feel it’s too dangerous to take me with you.” She watched his stern expression ease a bit as he processed the truth in that statement.

To distract him, she lifted her hand in front of her face to examine the dragon pattern that had emerged at his first touch. It had a green tint to the marks now. A result of touching another dragon?

“Does it hurt?” he asked quietly.

“Not now. It gave me a huge bolt when Oldrik picked me up,” she confessed. “I guess it’s reminding me who I belong to now.”

“Green looks good on you.”

“It feels better inside me,” she dared to suggest.

Heat flared in his gaze before he pulled back his arousal. “You are hurt, mate.”

“I’m getting better with every second you touch me. Imagine what would happen if you made love to me,” she suggested and stroked her hand over her shoulder to run between her breasts. She took a deep breath to lift her chest toward him.

“You are trying to tempt me, Princess,” he growled.

“Exactly. Am I succeeding?” Feeling braver than she’d ever dared to be, Lalani trailed her fingers over her stomach, not paying an iota of attention to her rounded belly. She concentrated on the heat in his gaze. When her hand reached her mound, a rumbling growl emerged from deep inside Khadar.

Suddenly, the arm supporting her legs released her. As her body tilted to stand in front of him, Khadar wrapped his arm around her waist to pull her flush against him.

“Oh! Did you burn your clothes, too?”

“I do not wish to hurt you, Lalani.” He ignored her joke.

“I’m not made of glass, Khadar. Remind me who my dragon is.”

His eyes flashed green as he lifted her to bite the curve of her neck and shoulder. The slight taste of pain skyrocketed her arousal, and Lalani felt her nails bite into his broad shoulders as her grip tightened. He boosted her higher as he tasted a path to press a kiss between her breasts. Turning his head, Khadar brushed the stubble on his cheeks over the sensitive flesh before capturing one nipple in his mouth.

She lifted a hand to wrap around the back of his head to hold him to her body, silently asking for more. Understanding her need, Khadar pulled the tip deep into his warmth and thrashed his tongue across it. She moaned with arousal, begging, “More. Please.”

Shifting her in his arms, he turned his attention to her other breast and repeated this treatment. He released one arm from around her waist, supporting her easily. Khadar stroked his free hand over her body, cupping her bottom.

Lalani wrapped her legs around his body, grinding herself against his hard-muscled form. He slid his hand over her curves to trace the divide of her buttocks to the slickness gathering between her legs, despite the crystal water surrounding them.

“You are so wet, mate.”

“Touch me. I need you.”

“As I need you, Princess,” he said softly. He lowered her slightly in the water as his hand explored her heat.

She closed her eyes to savor the sensations but opened them to remind herself to focus on the present when a scary memory of her treatment popped into her mind. Khadar’s handsome face filled her view, reassuring her.

He adjusted himself to fit against her opening and pressed her downward. His body surged upward to fill her, as if unable to wait for her to engulf his shaft.

She gasped at the sensation as his shaft stretched her body. When he stilled to give her time to adjust, she leaned forward to whisper into his ear, “Move. Now.”

Instantly, he pulled out and thrust back in. Their bodies crashed together, straining to reconnect and bring each other as much pleasure as possible. He captured her lips, and his tongue slid inside to explore her mouth.

Lalani swirled her tongue around his, teasing and encouraging him as their bodies moved together in an unrehearsed choreography. Buoyed and buffeted by the water around them, they celebrated being together.

Khadar ground the root of his cock against her body, pushing her excitement. She eagerly met each of his thrusts and caressed his hard muscles with an appreciative hand. Her fingers slid over his wet skin like he was satin-covered power. Her arousal fueled not only by his actions, but by his cravable body. The sight and feel of his form supporting her provided Lalani eye candy she’d never get tired of seeing.

Pleasure crashed over her and Lalani ripped her mouth from his to wail as he increased his pace, forcing every sensation possible from her body. She registered the flap and call of the birds startled from their perches, but nothing could take her focus from him. Tightening her muscles around him, she loved the moan that spilled from his lips. It was a power rush to know he responded to her as much as his touch turned her on.

“Princess, you keep that up and I’m not going to last long,” he growled into her ear.

“Dragons are allowed to have fun, too. Let’s see how fast I can make you lose control.”

Her need to show him how much she cared for him made Lalani more daring than ever before. She didn’t worry about moving wrong or touching him wrong. She simply let her body react to the one she loved. Bouncing against him, she stroked her hands up her ribcage to offer her breasts to him. His darkening eyes glowed emerald green with a core of heat that sent a thrill through her.

The cool water around them provided a stark contrast to the sweat gathering on their bodies above the waterline. Lalani could feel all those sensations intertwining inside her. She knew she was close.

“Come with me,” she whispered as she moved on him, needing a climax like it was air for her lungs.

“Now!” he roared as he buried himself deep inside her. His mind forced their mental connection to the highest level to share his pleasure with her and greedily drew in her arousal to feed on.

As if he’d flipped a switch, Lalani’s orgasm burst inside her. Shaking from the sensations that buffeted her body, she clung to Khadar as he emptied himself inside her. She had no idea where her body ended and his began. Fused together, they shared the incredible gratification of their bodies and minds.

Later when she regained touch with the real world around her, Lalani felt Khadar’s fingers brushing the tears from her cheeks. She looked up at him in astonishment at what they’d just shared.

“I love you, Princess.”

“I love you, Daddy.”