My face burned with each pet name he offered. I hated to admit it, but all of those made my insides quiver with need. Forcing myself to meet his gaze, I schooled my features into a bored expression.Princess. Or your highness will do.

Except. I outrank you. Should you not be lowering yourself for me?Ryu stared at my lips until I caught on to what he meant.

I pushed back in the spring, water sluicing around me as I scrambled to get some distance between us.I wouldn’t say you outrank me. Since you are only the king of the drakes and you have no kingdom. This is my land. Not yours.

Ryu’s lip curved up showing a fang before he was on me in a snap.

My back pressed into the stone of the hot spring and Ryu shoved between my legs, his long hard length shoved up against my throbbing heat. I let out a whimper, desire coursing through me even as his sharp claws were inches from my jugular. I grasped the stones behind me to keep myself from grabbing him.

What was that, princess?Ryu’s other hand grasped behind my thigh pulling it over his waist, his tail holding it there at the calf while he thrust against my core.I think your body says differently.

Forcing my brain to get past the lustful fog, I glared up at him.Involuntary reaction. It would happen with anyone. You’re not special.

Ryu threw his head back and laughed. It rumbled through his chest and vibrated on my nipples making them harden and ache with need.I would agree with you there. I’m not special. I’m not nice. I’m not a prince who will sweep you off your feet.

Cupping my breast in his hand, his thumb brushed my nipple before pinching it until I hissed with a mixture of pain and pleasure.

You knew what you were getting into when you came into my home and offered yourself to me.Ryu lifted my face up. “Now, I’m going to take what’s mine.”

Without warning, Ryu shifted his hips and slammed into me. My back arched up off the stone, my hands grappling for his shoulders, nails digging into his scaled back and torso. My hips jerked up with each thrust of his hips, pounding into me so hard that my back scraped against the stone. His nostrils flared, probably scenting the blood on my back, and whipped me around, pulling me into his lap, his hands coming around me to hold me close.

Done fighting it, I grabbed for anything I could hold on to which ended up being the horns on his head. Ryu became animalistic in his fucking, his hands, his tail, his tongue, everything was everywhere and all at once, overwhelming me with each touch and flick until I was breaking apart on his cock, my throat going raw from screaming out.

The drake king stilled, his claws tightening on my hips as he held me to him while his hot cum filled me. For a brief moment, I worried that he may get me pregnant. The contraceptive potion I usually took for such things was back at home and I was due to take it in a few days. I’d been sure to take it as soon as Callahan showed up. If the bastard ever tried to take me against my will, I didn’t want to end up with a little monster like him bound to me forever.

Ryu lifted my chin, licking his long forked tongue along my lips and chin. I tried to shift out of his lap which only made him tighten his hold on me further.

I scowled at him.You got what you wanted. Let me go.

Amusement sparkled in Ryu’s eyes, his fingers sliding down my sides tickling my rib cage. When they found the edges of the newest scar Callahan had given me, his expression hardened.Why?

I struggled against him, shoving at his chest to get away.Why do you think? He’s a sick bastard who gets off on my pain.

The drake king allowed me to shift off his lap, his cock leaving me hollow and empty.No, why did you let him do this to you?

I huffed a laugh, turning my back on him. Someone like him couldn’t understand. I wasn’t a king. I wasn’t a man. I was a princess and a broken one at that with a kingdom that was on the verge of destruction.

Fighting Callahan would have done nothing but bring pain and sorrow on my people and my father. I’d long decided to take what he gave me for them. Even if it meant breaking me even further. It wasn’t until I found out Callahan’s plans for me after the wedding that I had decided to fight back.

Ryu’s heat brushed my back, his fingers curling over my shoulders as his lips found the side of my neck.He did not deserve you. He will pay for what he’s done...slowly and you will have him bleeding at your feet before I’m done with him.

My heart raced at his words trickling through my mind. No one had ever said something like that to me before. I’d had men plead their undying love. Declare they would go to war for me. Empty words and promises, said after sex.

Never... never had one tell me he’d torture and kill someone because of me. For me. I had set out to save my kingdom and myself and now it seemed like I not only had allies in my corner but someone who would burn it all just for touching me. It was a heady feeling.

A heaviness weighed in my throat. This was all ‌too much for me. I’d come here to save my kingdom, not get emotional about a monster... who had a magical cock... and yet still treated me better than my own fiance.

Without a word, I moved out of Ryu’s embrace and climbed out of the hot spring, not caring that he could see all of me as I scrambled to get dressed and away from there as fast as possible. A part of me was sad that he let me.