Page 79 of Guardian's Dilemma

“Get in the shower,” I said. “Wash that off you.”

He sauntered into the bathroom and, whether he meant it to be or not, I took it as a challenge.

For days, I’d resisted the temptation to get in there with him. Well, not any longer.

I stripped off my clothes and left them in a heap on the floorboards, before padding into the bathroom.

It was such a small bathroom that there was hardly room for us both, but I made it work. I squeezed myself into the shower stall with Glimmer, pressing him back against the tiled wall with my body.

His hands slid up my sides and round my shoulders, holding me closer to him.

The warm spray of the shower ran over our heads and down our bodies as we kissed, and I lost track of time completely. All I knew was the feel of Glimmer’s lips and his hands on my shoulders and the soft, warm skin under my palms.

At last, he broke away and panted, “Please, Kingsley,” and whatever it was he wanted, I’d give it to him. I’d slay dragons to get it for him.

“What do you want?”

“I—”

He stopped himself, dropping his gaze.

I hated it.

Putting my finger underneath his chin, I raised his head so he met my eyes.

“What. Is. It. You. Want?”

“I want to claim you. But I know you don’t want—”

“Oh, you’re going to claim me, alright.”

My smile was lascivious and filled with promise. My hand ran down his body to his hips, round to his groin and along his hard dick. I wasn’t certain, under the sound of the shower, but I thought his breath caught.

It made me want to play with him.

I jerked his dick, keeping my grip light. My touch wasn’t enough to make him come, but he thrust into my fist as though he could. Damn, Glimmer was just so beautiful. His pale skin shone with the water washing down it, sparkling in the same way his silver scales did. Even better, though, were the freckles sprayed across his chest and neck and cheeks. I leaned down to run my tongue over that one freckle just above his lip that always drove me crazy.

I got to play with his body for perhaps a minute, nibbling his lips and kissing him and stroking my hand along his length. And then Glimmer snapped.

“More! I want more.”

Looking into his eyes, I could see his dragon in them, the silvery sheen to his blue eyes became more pronounced and I felt his magic thrum around us, a darker, passionate orange.

He growled at the grin that broke over my face and pushed me backwards, out of the shower stall and into the bathroom. He shut off the water and grabbed a towel, barely running it through his fiery hair before rubbing it vigorously down my chest.

Before I was dry, he flung it away and manhandled me out of the bathroom. I laughed, stumbling into the bedroom, dripping water everywhere.

He went to push me onto the bed but I dodged, spun, and used his momentum against him. He went sprawling over the bed, and that was exactly where I wanted him. He was up in a second, though, kneeling, growling, and I grinned again at the passion I could see in his eyes.

I walked round to the side of the bed where I’d stashed the lube and grabbed it, holding it up.

“We’ll need this.”

His voice was thick with too many teeth and he had to swallow, holding back his shift. “When did you get that?”

“Last week. I went into the village. They’re surprisingly well-stocked.”

He tilted his head to the side, working out what that meant. It meant that I’d been thinking about this for a week. Sneaking off into the cottage during the day to jerk off to the thought of him while he was guarding his clan. It meant I’d considered the possibility that we’d do exactly this. Together.

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