Page 82 of Charming the Dragon
He kissed her back. “Me, too.”
As they smiled at each other, it was on the tip of her tongue to tell him how she felt. But it was still early days, and the one time she’d told a guy she loved him first, he’d panicked and ghosted her.
Not that Nathan would do that. But still, if they were to make a future together, she could be a little patient. It hadn’t been that long, after all.
Laying her head back on his chest, she said, “Give me five more minutes, and I’ll be ready to go again.”
“It might be my dragon again, love. He’s rather grumpy at only one go.”
“As long as I get both of you over the course of the frenzy, I don’t care.”
He tipped her head up. “I’ll never get enough of you. Even if I have to use all my mental strength to take an extra turn, I’ll do it. I’d do anything for you, Hayley.”
“And now, I think my rest is over. After that, I want to claim you myself.”
She straddled him and fitted his cock to her entrance. He was hard again, of course. Dragon-shifters really were something else.
Slowly she sank down onto him. His hands went to her waist, and she moved slowly, reveling in the feel of him inside her.
But all too soon she was frantic, he came again, and so did she.
And so it went, Hayley’s one and only time experiencing a dragon’s mate-claim frenzy—a mixture of bliss, laughter, and exhaustion.
Chapter Twenty-Four
Nathan woke up nearly two weeks later and was hit by Hayley’s scent intertwined with his.
His dragon said sleepily,Yes, she carries our young.
Joy rushed through him. After all these years, after thinking for so long that he wouldn’t ever have a family of his own, he was going to have a child.
Seeing that Hayley was still asleep against his side, he gently placed a hand over her lower belly. Right where their baby would grow.
“Nathan? Is it time to go again?”
She sounded exhausted, which twisted his heart.
Nathan kissed her nose. “No, love. It’s done.”
For a second, she blinked the sleep from her eyes. Then they widened as she took in his hand over her abdomen. “I’m pregnant?”
“Yes, love. The frenzy is over.”
She laid her hand over his. For a few beats, they remained that way in silence, and Nathan’s throat closed with emotion. The two of them would become three in roughly nine months’ time.
But then he also remembered all the risks for a human carrying a dragon-shifter’s child. He said, “Later this morning, we need to go see Dr. Sid. The sooner you get the shot of dragon’s blood, the better.”
She looked up at him and must’ve noticed the panic in his gaze. She laid her other hand on his cheek. “I know, Nathan. Dr. Sid promised you she’d do whatever it took to keep me and any children of ours healthy. It’ll be all right.”
Rationally, he knew that. Sid had broken all kinds of barriers with her research, allowing human females to have more half-dragon children than ever before.
And yet, there would always be a chance something could go wrong. One he hated, especially since he’d only just found Hayley.
She hugged him and then kissed him softly. “I suppose the big question is will we have one or more babies?”
Her non sequitur made him blink. “What?”
“Well, sometimes it’s more than one, right? Look at Melanie.”
