Page 83 of Consort of the Dragon King

Kisano owed him the truth. “Because my dragon wanted more than you would ever be willing to give.”

“But what if it was what I wanted?”

Kisano suddenly lost the ability to breathe. “Why would you want anything to do with me after I lost control so shamefully?” He didn’t understand Sephen’s reaction at all.

“Why is it shameful?” Sephen asked in confusion. “Auslin said he’s met Kitsuki’s dragon lots of times.”

“Kitsuki can control his dragon, but this was the first time mine ever surfaced,” Kisano explained. “Who knows what my dragon will do next time?”

“I’m not afraid of your dragon. You shouldn’t be either.” When Kisano looked up at Sephen in confusion, he reached out and caressed the shifter’s cheek. “He’s a part of you.”

Kisano’s heart ached with desire for the human who had already given him so much. “Why are you being so understanding?”

“Because I really like you,” Sephen shyly confessed before adding, “and I like your dragon, too.”

The confession overwhelmed Kisano. He desperately wanted to believe Sephen, but he was too afraid to accept it as the truth. “How can you say that?” Kisano whispered. “A normal human would be repulsed by what happened.”

“I thought we had already established I wasn’t normal,” Sephen joked.

Kisano looked at the human with guarded hope. His heart stopped when Sephen leaned over to kiss him. It was devastatingly perfect, but Kisano forced himself to pull back. “I cannot risk this might happen again.”

“Then let it happen,” Sephen told him with a shrug. “Even if you turn into a dragon again, I won't mind because you were so cute.”

Kisano blushed in embarrassment. He didn’t resist when Sephen kissed him again. It left him unprepared for Sephen requesting, “Let your dragon come out, Kisano.”

The consequences were too risky. “I cannot do so when I am so fearful of what he might do.”

“He won’t hurt me,” Sephen said with a confidence Kisano wished he could share.

“Even if I wished to do so, I do not know how to summon him.”

“Don’t be afraid of him.” Sephen gave him an encouraging look. “I’m not.”

Kisano wanted to resist, but Sephen looked at him with so much trust and affection. He had no choice but to do as requested. Closing his eyes and focusing on the feeling crawling under his skin, it eagerly took control.

When Kisano opened his eyes, they were swirling orange and intently staring at Sephen.

Sephen smiled, not the least bit intimidated. “Good. I want to talk to you because we need to come to an understanding for Kisano’s sake.”

Kisano’s dragon tilted his head to acknowledge he was listening but remained a silent observer.

“I know you will never hurt me because you respect Kisano enough not to go against his wishes for my safety,” Sephen told him. He received a nod in response. “If I tell you to stop, you will stop.”

“But I will not want to,” Kisano’s dragon told him in a sensuous rumble. He relished the shudder of desire it sent through Sephen.

Sephen took a steadying breath. “And I promise you there will be plenty of times when I won’t want to stop you. I trust you.”

To the dragon’s surprise, Sephen kissed him. He captured Sephen’s lower lip between his fangs, then sucked on it before indulging in a deeper taste.

The scent of Sephen’s arousal spurred Kisano’s dragon to pin him on the bed. “If you smell this good now, we do not know how we will ever be able to resist you at the height of your heat.”

When Sephen didn’t reject him, Kisano’s dragon pressed his erection against the human while licking his neck. He bit back a growl when Sephen gently stopped him.

Displeased at being denied, Kisano’s dragon rubbed his hardness against Stephen’s in a bid for reconsideration. “We can feel how much you want us.”

“Yes, I do. But I also want to see Kisano because he needs to understand you aren’t the only one who gets to enjoy carnal pleasure,” Sephen told him. It earned him an angry growl from Kisano’s dragon, but Sephen silenced him with a kiss that escalated. “I also like you, and I promise we’ll have our time together someday, but Kisano will never let you out again if he is afraid of you.”

Kisano’s dragon hungrily kissed Sephen in response, but when he pulled back, it was a rather dazed Kisano looking down at him with worry.

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