Page 11 of Hoarded By the Dragon

For all I know this knotting thing could hurt him. That would be the height of unfairness because it doesn’t hurt me at all. There’s a heavy ache of pressure where I cradle him, but each throb of his cock sends skitters of delicious sensations through my body. The light, floaty feeling in my chest makes me feel like I could stay this way all night.

But I get the sense that Kalos wouldn’t want that.

I can’t keep my hands to myself. I run my fingers up his arms, tracing the way the muscles there meet his chest. Kalos shivers and his body relaxes a little, so I let myself continue. I’m stroking the skin over his collarbone when he finally opens his eyes.

“How do you feel?” he asks through gritted teeth.

“Really good.” I shimmy my hips. He hisses, and my breath catches in my throat at the pull of his knot inside me. “Sorry.”

“It’s fine. It’s just sensitive.” He looks at his treasures rather than at me. It’s a jarring sensation to remember where we are. Who I’m with.

I have a dragon stuck inside me, and he’s not pleased about it.

“How many times a year do you have to go through this?” I ask.

Kalos glances at me then, his eyes narrowing on the crook of my neck. The bite he left there. He doesn’t look happy. I make a note to ask him about it later, when we’re not stuck together.

I roll my eyes. “Never mind. I forget how it is. Secrecy is the best form of safety and all that.”

The secrecy of the paranormal world is why it’s so hard for me, an outsider, to navigate it.

“An idea you agree with, thief. I’m sure you don’t want many knowing about your way of slipping past wards.”

I try not to let him calling methiefcut after what we just did. I have thicker skin than that. Or I did before he tore it all away by making me feel wanted.

“True.” I shrug. “Sorry. I’m not one for small talk, but I’m going to go nuts if we just stare at each other in silence.”

He chuffs a laugh. “You may want to take a nap.”

I raise my brows. “Well, it is cozy enough to sleep. Your skin isn’t giving off as much heat as before, does that mean your heat is over?”

He sighs. “Not really.”

I blink.

“The needs will return once the knot goes down. For optimal breeding purposes.” His lips quirk.

As if on cue, the pressure starts to subside.

“You want to go again?” I ask in disbelief.

The reluctant dragon disappears, and in his place is the seductive creature who tongued me into oblivion. “Are you done so soon?”

The smile on his face is a thrill. An addiction I’m afraid has already wound its way through my bloodstream, sinking into my bones.

“We did make a deal,” I whisper, hardly believing my words but grateful for them when the smile on his face widens and he flashes his fangs.

He slides his cock from me, and the gush of our combined releases has my cheeks burning.

“And you always complete your deals?” he asks. His voice is a caress and a tease at the same time.

“Always.”

Kalos’s eyes flash. “Then it’s time to pay up.”

His head sinks down and sucks my nipple into his mouth.

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