“Because that’s where I keep the lube you bought us.”

We rolled and shuffled across the bed. It would have been easier if I’d let Blaze go and he could have reached over the side and grabbed his trousers, but I couldn’t let him go. We had to wriggle over together and Blaze laughed the entire time. It sounded so sexy and happy.

When he’d finally snagged the little bottle, he opened it and squeezed some onto my fingers. I warmed it up before touching him, knowing he didn’t like the cold.

“Oh Alfie, that feels so good. Yes, my darling, give me more.”

My hand was shaking with concentration and need as I slowly fingered my mate open. His hot little hole swallowed one finger and I pumped it in and out, trying to make it feel as good for Blaze as it did for me.

He writhed around on top of me, putting constant pressure on my dick until I thought I’d come all over him again.

I rolled us over suddenly, desperate to make this last and not put an early end to it.

Kneeling over him, I pushed his legs back and slid my finger inside him again. I took my time, stretching him with one and then two and thenthree fingers. Beads of sweat broke out over Blaze’s forehead and he moaned and bucked his hips and I got drunk off the scent of him, so hot and smoky and aroused.

“Yes, my darling, yes, deeper.”

By the time I pressed my dick inside him, I was so turned on that I could barely last. Even deep breaths didn’t help.

Blaze’s channel swallowed my dick inch by inch, squeezing it and making my balls draw up.

Below me, Blaze was ethereal. He moved with the captivating grace of a flame, undulating and burning hot.

“Alfie, my darling, I’m going to come. Please come inside me. I want to feel you. Please, please.”

Hearing Blaze beg tipped me over the edge. I thrust into him hard, driving myself deeper and deeper inside him. He panted and begged, “Please, please,” and then I came.

My come pumped out of me and into my mate, filling him. His channel squeezed around me, impossibly tight. I groaned at the feeling, locked inside my mate in such a tight grip, and then I felt his come pulse out too. The hot, wet semen smeared between us and I scooped some up on my fingerand brought it to my mouth. I never wanted to waste a drop of Blaze’s essence.

With the taste of his come on my tongue, I leaned forward and brought my lips to his neck. He tilted his head to the side, giving me access, and I bit down, claiming Blaze as my own.

We gasped together, felt another hot rush of ecstasy and that feeling dragged on and on until I thought I’d die from pleasure. It burned me up, radiating out from my chest.

At last, I collapsed on top of my mate, exhausted and spent.

I mumbled into his neck, “Love you.”

“I love you, my darling. Thank you for claiming me.”

“You’re mine to claim.”

I felt his little chuff of laughter and our bond was so strong between us that I could feel it, even though I was pressed right against him and there wasn’t a millimetre of space between us. That bond was unbreakable now. Nothing could take Blaze away from me. We were mates forever.

Chapter 32

Blaze

Istayed awake all night, just enjoying being held so tightly against my mate. Alfie’s body pressed me down and curled around me but he never let me go, even when he changed position.

I’d never felt so treasured in my life.

All night long, I kept raising my hand to my neck and touching the fresh scars there. I had been claimed. Alfie had chosen me, chosen to keep me forever, and we couldn’t be parted now, no matter what his family said.

If nothing else, I’d get to stay with my darling and see him every day. They’dhaveto let me. Dragons didn’t let their mates go. Everyone knew that.

The thought settled me. I hadn’t wanted to admit how afraid I’d been that I’d be… replaced. ThatAlfie would find a whole load of other, more suitable people to mate with.

His arms tightened around me as though he could sense my residual anxiety. As soon as I felt that, my worry dissipated. While he held me like that, there was no doubt that Alfie wanted me. Perhaps he felt it through our bond. He’d always said we had one, and the way he described it as beautiful and bright had always made me happy and a bit proud. I liked having a special bond with Alfie. I’d never had a bond with anyone else before.