Chapter 46

EIRWYN RUBBED HER BACKand yawned for the third time in an hour. She was exhausted from flying and yesterday, her mind on autopilot. All day, she and Helga spoke with people to maintain morale, with Helga noting their requirements.

The walk to Vidrland was long and arduous, but Eirwyn was in awe of Knox. Sure, the people had no problem talking with her, and she kept the children entertained with shadow stories. But Knox...

A dispute broke out between a priest and two nobles when they tried to use the hammock he made for them. Knox had listened to both sides and resolved it fairly.

A few nobles pushed ahead in the line for the meager breakfast provided by Robins. The commoners had grumbled, but Knox had stepped in and sent them to the back of the line.

Everyone was talking about this new idea of everyone being treated equally. Some nobles had threatened to go to Glathen, and Knox had told them to go ahead. Eirwyn smiled, still finding it funny.

Knox helped keep the peace and worked with the Robins to transport those who couldn"t travel alone. He was a natural leader, and as the day went on, she was more and more impressed.

She could tell the people were too. At dawn, John, the dwarf, went back to Vidrland and gathered carts and volunteers. They"d arrived around lunch with enough food to feed the hundreds on the road.

Soon after lunch, they"d turned off the Lone Road and onto a hidden side road that led north to Vidrland. Knox had ridden ahead, shifting the protection spells so that anyone who stayed on the road would be safe.

He came back with a cart and picked up more families with small children. Then he handed the reins to a Robin and walked to Eirwyn.

She smiled, arching her back and stretching. Her feet ached, and she still hadn"t told Knox about the pregnancy.

He let the rest of the crowd pass, then he led her to the south side of the Lone Road. Directly opposite of the small track that went north to Vidrland, he waved his fingers.

The wall of trees began to revert back to normal. Her fingers laced with his, she followed him just off the southern side of the road. There lay two giant boulders about the size of a bench. The symbols of three gods were neatly carved into both of them. Behind the boulders stood an old tree, blooming with familiar purple blue flowers.

A heaviness pressed on her chest as she stared at the boulders.

His voice was deep and reverent. "This is where your parents died."

She sucked in a breath.

"I was ten when Olive and I went on the annual pilgrimage to the southern ruins. We came upon the carriage accident in the forest. Olive fought the vampire assassin, her magic pushing him away from you."

Her eyes misted, and she looked up at him. "You were there?"

He nodded, not looking away from the stone. "Until then, Olive had kept me away from the Lone Road. I"d never seen anything like that accident before. You were crying. Olive used her magic to sneak you out of the carriage and away from the vampire as he finished draining your parents."

She choked, and he wrapped an arm around her shoulders. He kissed the top of her head.

"I held you as a tiny babe and didn"t even know what you"d mean to me someday."

The tears ran down her cheeks, and she turned her head to bury it into his chest. Someone had given him a shirt, so sadly he hadn"t gone around bare chested all day.

When her tears slowed, she stepped forward and laid a palm on each of the boulders.

"You put these stones here?"

He nodded, then he grew wiggled his fingers. The tree by the boulders lowered a branch. He reached up with his other hand and snapped off the purple blue flowers.

"I recognize these. You"ve given me these before."

She looked up, the scent flooding her nose as she inhaled deeply, the wind blowing through the leaves.

"This was the perfume she had on that day. The closest I could find in nature, anyway. She was so beautiful. You take after her."

Eirwyn closed her eyes, another tear rolling down her cheek as she turned to face him. "Thank you for saving me."

He ran a hand over the side of his head and looked away. "I couldn"t just leave you there."

She stepped closer but paused, not touching him. "Not just for saving me back then. But for saving me from my brother too. I would"ve been dead by now if not for you."

He looked down with his glittering emerald eyes, and he reached for her waist. "I will always save you, Eirwyn."

He kissed her forehead softly, then he pulled her into a hug. "But you saved me too. Holding you as a baby made me feel the need to protect you. You lit a fire in my soul that day, Eirwyn. If I hadn"t met you, I wouldn"t have transferred those feelings to the forest. I wouldn"t have become the master warden of the druids. I wouldn"t have saved the wounded soldiers from the war. I wouldn"t have stopped your brother from trying to invade the forest."

He trailed off, and Eirwyn let the peace wash over her. She longed for a nap under a tree in the late summer sun.

He kissed her cheek and stepped back, looking at her with a frown. "You"re tired. I can feel it."

She yawned and nodded. "I"ve been feeling your emotions too. It"s the mate bond."

They"d talked about losing his third in command Robin last night when he"d finally crawled into the hammock beside her. Then she"d held him as she"d felt his heart breaking.

Knox looked up and frowned. "I can shift and fly you to Vidrland. I don"t know why I didn"t think of that sooner."

She shrugged and stretched. "I can fly myself too, remember? I just haven"t felt like I had the strength back to do it."

He tugged on her hand, and they went back to the Lone Road. She gave one last look behind her before stepping through the forest. The boulders and tree were completely hidden from the road.

Even if she and Helga would"ve made it all the way to this spot of the road all those weeks ago, they never would"ve found it.

Knox shifted into his hulking green dragon, but he was smaller than he"d been in the battle. Now he was just slightly larger than a horse.

He laid on all four paws like a dog, his stomach on the ground. She ran her hands over the scales on his head, and he shivered.

Go on. Climb between my wings.

She smiled slowly. "In a minute. I want to explore."

He whipped his head to see her out of one eye, and she grinned and wiggled her eyebrows.

I don"t think that"s a good idea, Eirwyn.

She ran her hands down his neck to his chest, then turned and walked around him. Slowly, she trailed her hands over his flanks and wings. He twitched but held still, even though his breathing began to grow shallow.

She walked around to his tail, trailing her hand down most of it and rubbing her hand over the tip. He shuddered in her palm, the green venom coating her palm as he swung his head around to watch her. She pulled on the waistband of her pants, tugging her homemade belt loose so they barely stayed up.

Then she rubbed her ooze covered hand down her mound and cupped herself. The warm liquid made her gasp and her nipples pebble.

"We could make a fortune if this worked as an aphrodisiac for everyone," she gasped while touching herself.

He growled. I don"t want to hurt you. I"m going to shift back.

"Don"t you dare." Eirwyn trailed her other hand down his tail to his back leg as he raised onto all fours. He was taller than a regular horse. He"d have to lay on the ground for her to ride him.

But he could ride her first. She slid her hand around to cup his balls, his dick already lengthening and growing even more.

Hells, Eirwyn, I"m holding on by a thread here. I don"t want to get violent.

She gulped and set up a furious rhythm in her own pants. "Just do what feels right, Knox. And I"ll tell you if it"s too much."

She ducked between his back legs and took his dragon dick into her hand.

She jerked, leaning back and reaching up with her other hand. "Knox, what the hells is this?"

Both hands wrapped around two different dicks, both coming out of the same base. Knox breathed on her back, and she moved to the side to show him.

Fuck, I have two cocks.

She laughed at his tone of voice. Tone of thoughts? Whatever, she lubed him up with the ooze from his tail and licked her lips.

"Well, this is going to be fun. It just so happens I have two holes, one for each of these big boys."

Knox snorted a laugh, blowing green gas between his legs as he shifted. She squeezed her hands, and his laughter choked as he stomped a back foot.

She smiled slowly, anticipation racing up her spine.

She couldn"t close her fingers around the green and brown ridged lengths. One was longer than the other, both rivaling her forearm in size with wide, flaring tips. The same bumps and ridges that he had on his head in his human form he had on his dragon dick.

When she ran her hands up and down slowly, he oozed green and white pre-cum. Her mouth watered, and she licked the tip of the bigger one. It grew harder than she ever imagined and jumped.

Her mouth stretched wide as she took more of him in. She wasn"t sure that he"d be able to get the entire bulging tip in.

But she wanted to feel that painful stretch in her pussy. Excitement raced through her at the idea of him taking her ass and holding her down. She needed it with an ache unlike any she"d ever felt before.

I know what you want, Eirwyn. I can feel it, hear your thoughts. This is a dangerous game, my love.

Green gas billowed around her, and she grew dizzy with desire. She breathed hard through her nose and used both hands to squeeze and stroke as she took his hot, thrusting cock into her mouth.

He began rocking his hips and grunting. He thrust a little too hard, and she fell onto her backside.

She giggled, then tugged off her boots and pants. She spread the pants on the ground to keep her from getting too dirty, then rolled onto all fours. She wiggled her ass and reached back to grab one of his cocks. It jumped in her hand, more pre-cum filling her palm to swirl around the tip.

Oh gods, Eirwyn, are you sure? Last chance.

"Please, Knox." She slid him closer. She finally felt him stretch her entrance, the other sliding up her crack and nestling between the globes.

"Go slow, but please don"t stop." Desperation clawed at her, and she closed her eyes as she panted.

He briefly paused at her words, then pushed in a gentle rocking motion. In and out, he teased her, the flared tip too wide to go in at first. Her hand let go of his cock, and she fell onto her elbows and knees.

The changed angle helped him slip the tip inside, and her silky heat captured him. She groaned, resting her forehead on her forearms and widening her legs as far as she could.

He stroked the furnace within, and his girth stretched her, finally popping inside. She gasped and jerked in surprise, the sensation overwhelming her.

"Gods yes, that"s it."

He gave shallow thrusts but they were becoming more forceful. The green gas blocked her view, intensifying her awareness of him. Her arousal spiked, and she reached back to grab the other cock.

He froze behind her, his cock jumping within her.

Are you sure? It"s bigger than my tail.

She nodded and panted, the pre-cum lubing her and driving her mad with need.

He pressed slowly deeper, and she whimpered, shaking her head. It was too much, she needed a moment to adjust.

But he didn"t stop, pushing past her dark ring and making her scream and try to claw away. A claw pressed on the back of her neck, holding her down as he slid inside, stretching her too wide. She tensed and whimpered with every ridge.

He slammed all the way inside and his balls slapped against her. She screamed, the pressure and pain sending her straight to an orgasm that took her by surprise. She spasmed which made the tips flare within her.

She was speared by him and so incredibly full. Lights burst around them as he began to withdraw, then thrust back inside.

The flared tips prevented him from withdrawing all the way, making her flinch and moan. She screamed again, writhing beneath him, his claw holding her down between the shoulder blades.

She needed more. He was so big, impossibly huge, and it hurt so good. Her walls tightened around his shafts, milking him in an age-old animal mating.

Her legs began to quake and tremble as he rode her body with the passion of a beast. The raw rhythm shifted, and he began to slam his hips, his body hard and primal against her.

More? Gods, yes. I"m going to destroy you, Eirwyn. You"re mine, my mate, my love.

He shifted, cocooning her body between his legs and under his belly. A hump of soft grass and flowers rose to meet her stomach, holding her hips in place. The angle changed as the ground rolled under her, and she moaned, gasped, and writhed.

The slapping of flesh made her whimper and go wild.

Words escaped her, only the pleasured cries sweeping through her, mixing with his feral animal grunts of desire. He took her with a pounding need and a driving hunter. Hearts beating, bodies melding, she opened herself to him heart, body, and soul.

She was so close, just a little further.

He stretched her to the limit, and her inner walls rippled against him. Each hard thrust sent her reeling, and he pistoned harder, his shaft slicking in and out.

Her teeth clenched as she reached the peak, and a soul-shattering orgasm robbed her of her senses. She screamed into the forest, tension inside her exploding. Her body shook, and she gave into the moment with total surrender.

Heat streaked through her. Her body went taught, and she erupted. There was no thinking. There was no time or space or anything except the joining of their two bodies.

Her body spasmed around him, lost in the throes of pleasure. His body tensed around hers, then she felt the knot at the tip flare even more.

He went savage. A claw on her neck pushed her down into the dirt. He slammed into her with a ferocity that left her screaming. Her body shook and her pussy ached from the relentless pounding.

His hips hit her backside, roughly sending her forward. She thrashed under him, and he held her neck down.

Being confined made her go wild. She met him thrust for thrust, stroke for stroke as she climbed toward another even higher orgasm.

The fury of his deep thrusts filled her, and she craved his release. She was desperate for it, and she whimpered. She couldn"t take much more of this animal rutting, the stretching making her clench in pain with every thrust.

Still she wanted more. She widened her legs, drawing him deeper and making tears sting her eyes from the painful pleasure.

He tensed and his thrusts slammed her into the ground. His release was hot and violent, savage like him, and she gloried in it. With a roar that sent birds flying from the trees, his hot seed coated her insides, filling her holes like lightning.

Green gas filled her nostrils, paralyzing her with pleasure. At the explosion and heat, her entire body shuddered. A final scream ripped from her throat as her silken sheath clenched around his hot ridged members.

A raw, rippling wave washed over her from breasts to thighs. It washed her mind clean of all reason as she spasmed and writhed under him. She stiffened and convulsed, a cry of satisfaction on her lips.

Still, he flooded her in pulse after pulse of lava-like spurts, his body jerking hard and driving her further into the dirt. Each spasm of his sent off a chain reaction in her as they fueled each other"s climax. Their bodies were fused in one shared release that defied all probability.

Eirwyn panted, her body shaking softly as he slowly pulled away, releasing his hold on her neck. She hissed as his flared tips lodged inside, coming up onto shaking elbows.

Am I hurting you?

He shifted so she could rest more easily, shifting the grass and flowers under her to cradle her body. She laid on them with a sigh and shook her head, hoping he could feel her emotions because she wasn"t able to form words right now.

She nodded and moaned but couldn"t speak yet. She just wanted him to stay inside for a while.

I"d stay here all day if you"d let me.

He chuckled, the vibrations of it making her gasp and another ripple of aftershocks flowing through her wet core. She was replete, more satisfied than she"d ever been. She grinned as her breathing slowed.

I love you, Eirwyn.

I love you too, she thought as she yawned and slipped into a dreamless sleep.