Page 14 of Dragon Blood

His mouth left hers, trailing down her chin and jaw to her throat, teeth and tongue grazing the delicate skin as he worked her with his hand, thumb over her nub.

With his free hand, he pushed aside the fabric, giving his roaming mouth access to her nipple.

The building haze took Astred over, she released him and dropped the bottle to the sand, giving her hands the chance to grip his shoulders.

“Kai…” she whispered, wanting his hard length inside of her but also not wanting his magical fingers to stop what they were doing as she ascended.

He alternately sucked and grazed her nipple with his teeth while his fingers drove in and out of her.

Rising, she panted, nails digging into his shoulders, heart twisting.

Goddess, how she missed him. She wanted him to sink into her, filling her depths, their arms around each other, as they used to do. So easy. So right. Some distant part of her knew that wasn’t going to happen. Not here, not now. But it didn’t stop her from wanting it.

She inhaled deeply, recalling his unique scent and slipped, forgetting, just a little, and her dragon rose to the surface as she reached her climax.

No!

But it was too late. It was too much. The pressure to claim her responsibilities to her beloved home, warring with the heartache of missing Kai so very deeply.

Astred lost the tight control as her dragon struggled for dominance, desperate to sink her teeth into Kai’s shoulder as she peaked with a long moan.

‘Claim him!’

Tears sprang to her eyes with the force of it, her arms wrapped around his shoulders, forehead against his collarbone.

Her body shook with the power of the climax and the strength it took to override her dragon’s assertion.

Eyes closed, her hands slid down his muscular arms as she swayed on her feet.

He eased back, his body still taut with need between them. Lifting her chin with a forefinger, he kissed her lips in his gentle way, and whispered, “Goodbye, Red.”

Without another word, he turned and disappeared back into the darkness of the dense tropical forest.

Chapter 7

Kaidraggedhimselfoutof the frothy bed covers, scowling at the morning sun streaming in through the filmy curtains.

His sister’s wedding day.

Fuck.

A day trapped near Astred.

Last night was a huge fucking mistake.

He rubbed the fatigue from his eyes, rolled his neck and shoulders in a bid to release the ever-present tension.

I should have walked away.

He glanced down at his dick, upright and proud and in full disagreement. Kai strode toward the shower to take care of business. All night, memories of Red had pounded him.

Weak.

I shouldn’t have kissed her—never should have slipped my fingers into her moist…

She’d so readily accepted his touch. It wouldn’t have taken much more to lean her back…

He groaned, fist pumping under the hot water.

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