Page 41 of The Diamond Dragon Prince
“I could use a week’s worth of the food served at the pavilion,” Rumi said, deliberately cheery to make Misha feel better. “What do you say?” he asked Obi.
“I want to see if there are any new, handsome alphas at the dance tonight,” Obi answered with a wink for Misha.
I was more proud of my brothers than I could say. Prouder, in some ways, than I’d been of them in the heat of battle, fighting for what was right. Battling evil was one thing, but showing such loyalty and caring toward each other, especially when one of us was in a bad way, was what being brothers were all about.
“If you don’t mind,” Diamant said, his arm tight around my waist, “we won’t be joining you tonight.”
Emmerich laughed. “Of course not. You and your beloved have more important things to do.”
“Yes, we do,” I said on a heavy breath, my body aching with the need to finish being bred.
Diamant cleared his throat. “If you will excuse us,” he said, blushing beautifully.
We all said a quick round of goodbyes and parted ways.
“And now, delicious, ripe omega of mine,” Diamant said, turning to me with a rakish growl in his voice. “Let us finish what we started.”
I laughed. “I’m too far gone to lift a finger to fight you on this one,” I said. “Take me away and fuck this egg out of me, dragon.”
Diamant purred deep in his throat at my aggressive command. Then his entire body transformed into his breathtaking, glittering dragon form.
Heart in my throat, I climbed onto his back and gripped him with my whole body. My dragon lover leapt into theair, and as soon as we were above the tops of the trees, his form expanded and he picked up speed at such an alarming rate that I could barely breathe.
I wanted to enjoy the flight. I was certain there would be many more times in the future when I would love the feeling of soaring and swirling through the skies on my dragon’s back. But with the heat and pressure increasing in my body with every moment, I just wanted to reach home. Our home.
“All will be well, my darling,” Diamant reassured me as we flew nearer to his magnificent lair.
I hadn’t really seen it from the outside before. We’d traveled straight into the interior when Diamant stole me away the first time. I was pleased to see that the home I would share with my beloved dragon and our brood for what would likely be a very long time was a magnificent mansion that stretched over a pretty hillside and was surrounded by pleasure gardens. It was the perfect place for a rogue like Diamant to live.
Even better was the private courtyard where Diamant landed. It stretched right outside his bedroom door, and as soon as Diamant had resumed his human form, completely naked, thank the Goddess, and flicked his wrist toward it, the doors opened.
I let out a vocal breath at the sight of the large, comfortable bed where I’d spent my short, eventful heat with my mate. It had only been days ago, but it felt like a lifetime and then some. I was so eager to finish what we’d started that my knees buckled as soon as I slipped off of Diamant’s back and my feet hit the flagstones.
“I’ve got you, sweetheart,” Diamant said, so much tenderness in his voice.
I didn’t think I liked tenderness, or being calledsweetheart. I was wrong. As Diamant lifted me off my feet and carried me into the bedchamber, I reveled in the feelings coming through our bond. I was adored and cherished. My dragon would keep me and protect me forever.
Of course, along with those softer emotions were the hotter, carnal things I also wanted to feel.
“Are you sure you want to fuck a battle-weary, dirty, bruised omega, dragon?” I asked him as he set me on his feet beside his bed, one eyebrow raised.
Diamant laughed, low and almost menacing. “Oh, yes, omega. I’m sure.”
He grabbed me and yanked me into a tight embrace, slanting his mouth over mine with all the force I needed from him just then. If my entire life had to change and I had to be a papa, then I would do it on my terms.
“First, we get rid of these,” he said as he broke our kiss, his hands trailing down my body.
I expected him to unbutton my stained and torn shirt so he could toss it aside, but instead he grabbed the two halves of the front and tore them apart.
I sucked in a breath at the aggressive gesture and a shudder passed through me. What felt like a river of slick poured from my hole, and when Diamant tossed my destroyed shirt aside to tug and yank at the fastenings of my trousers, they came away soaked when he pushed them down. My cock leapt up, its tip already glistening with readiness.
“You are beautiful,” Diamant growled, staring at my body and sweeping his hand around my hip over the top of my ruined trousers. His eyes seemed fixed on the bulge of my stomach, which had moved slightly lower, as if the egg knew its time had come. “Whether you want to be or not.”
“I don’t mind being beautiful for you,” I told him,splaying my hands across his broad chest and teasing his nipples. “As long as you don’t treat me like something fragile and precious.”
“You? Fragile and precious?” Diamant chuckled. “Hardly.”
He followed those words by pushing me back so I fell across his bed, then yanking my boots and trousers off. I laughed at first, and then, just for fun, I rolled to my stomach, gasping at the sensation of my egg heavy inside me, and tried to get away as if I’d been chased there against my will.
