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The slick that came off his cocks helped ease them deeper inside.

"Ah, fuck," Anaki groaned, his breath hot against my face. "I'm sorry, love. I won't go too deep." He pulled back slightly, just enough to allow me to adjust to the new feeling. The cocks inside me twitched, sending waves of pleasure throughout my entire body. I could feel the ridges of both shafts rubbing against places I didn’t know I could even feel.

I clutched at him, pulling him closer.

"No," I moaned, "don't stop. Need you."

Anaki quirked an eyebrow at my sudden change in tone. He pushed forward again, burying himself deeper inside me. My walls tightened aroundthem, pulling him further in with each thrust. His tail trailed up my spine to grab hold of my shoulder to get a better grip on my body.

"Fuck," he grunted, "I can feel your hunger for us, too, now." He started moving more forcefully. His cocks pulsating within me as if searching for something deeper than just my body. Anaki leaned down and bit on my shoulder harder to send a surge of euphoria through the bond that was forming between us.

My eyes rolled back in pleasure as our bodies synchronized their movements - his thrusts matched mine. Our hearts pounded in unison as we surrendered to the passion consuming us both. This was a joining not just of bodies but of souls. I was beginning to feel…him!

Chapter Twenty-Eight

Anaki

Once I'd poured every ounce of my essence into her, through my bite and my seed, an all-consuming darkness engulfed me. It felt like mere seconds, just the briefest blink, but when I regained consciousness, I was standing amidst the scorching embrace of the sand, surrounded by warm dunes that were hauntingly familiar, as if they held the echoes of my past.

Dusk was approaching, and the warm sands beneath my feet brought on a nostalgic feeling of a happier time. Few fledglings were to be seen, but I saw enough younger dragons that had yet to find their mates come forth from the water.

Friends whom I had swum with over the years, were filled with happiness, with no care in the world as they playfully slung water into each other’s faces. Nets filled with fish for tonight’s meat, and the mated met on the shore to gather them to scale and prepare for the smoke tents.

My hearts converged, feeling like one giant boulder was in my chest. Why am I here? Why am I back at a place that I had left so long ago?

I lifted my hand to see if it was real until another person ran right through me. I gasped, watching them run away from me without a care.

“They can’t see me,” I whispered and took a step back into the dune.

“No, they can’t,” A deep, feminine voice called from behind me.

I squeezed my eyes shut and released a ragged, tremulous breath. This was a disaster, an utter nightmare. Either death had claimed me in the throes of mating, or the goddess herself had descended to pronounce my unworthiness to claim Elena.

My hearts pounded, and my hands shook when I clasped them to my chest.

A warm hand grabbed my wrist and pulled it to hold in hers. “You are one of the sweetest of the group, aren’t you, Anaki?”

I finally opened my eyes, but I didn’t dare look upon her. I didn’t feel worthy to. I knew what she looked like from Journey’s descriptions. Long white hair, fair skin, a crescent moon on her forehead. She also said she could come in the form of a dove, but I wasn’t about to ask to see her in that form.

I believed everything Journey said. I believed it with all my hearts, because I knew the truth in what Journey told me. I could detect a lie, not by the way wolves could measure heartbeats, but just by how people talked. I learned quickly after my first mate rejected me.

“Anaki,” she cajoled. “It’s alright, you shouldn’t hang your head in shame. This should be a joyous occasion, hmm?”

I swallowed hard and nodded, my throat tight with emotion. Joy was a distant memory, overshadowed by the weight of claiming my mate and being dragged back to this place—my so-called home, where shadows of the past lay in wait, eager to haunt me. Dark memories lurked in every corner, secrets I had not yet unburdened to my mate. Though I was certain of her acceptance, the guilt gnawed at me, a relentless beast that threatenedto consume me the moment I revealed my hidden truths.

“Anaki,” the goddess giggled and tilted up my chin to meet her eyes. “Tender dragon, in order for this bonding to be complete, all secrets must be revealed. Even Locke’s were told to the new Luna.”

I tried to hide my grimace from the beautiful goddess before me, who had graced us all with a new chance at a second mate.

While many blamed her for the problems we all had with the rejections, I did not. Every soul was given a choice, and while our souls were best matched with who she thought we would be with… we could reject the pairing.

Unfortunately, she could not see what would happen when a soul was rejected. That the person left in the cold without a mate would die. She wasn’t an all-seeing goddess. That was where everyone blamed her. Call me an idiot, but after Journey explained it, I didn’t blame the goddess any longer and quickly begged her for a mate for myself.

“I know, I know.” The goddess turned us away from the scene over the lake. The clan was creating fires, preparing food, and there was not much else to see but laughter and screams of joy. Not that I didn’t care to see it, it’s just that one terrible memory ruined all the joyful ones. “Emm did a wonderful job accepting it. She understands Locke and will be capable of keeping him calm.” She tapped her lip. “However, she will need her sister to help keep her grounded. While I know Grim will be the pack's beta, Elena will be Emm's right hand and protector.”

I jerked my head toward the goddess, and she smiled. “Yes, Elena will be the one protecting the Luna. Isn’t that a turn of events?” She held out her arm for me to follow, and I did so willingly, as she guided me toward the forest that lay behind the tents.

My footsteps became heavier the more we traveled. My memories came back stronger than they ever had in the dreams.

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