Page 45 of Under the Dragon's Spell
"Yes." We both smiled at the thought of going home. This place wasn't bad, but it wasn't where we belonged. Here, we couldn't be who we truly were. I couldn't wait to go back and show Adrian what I looked like when I left this human shell behind. I had a feeling he'd be the first human I couldn't scare.
When I returned to Adrian's room, I was pleased to see that he was still naked, the way I had asked him to be. He could follow orders so well when he wanted to.
He gave me a cautious smile as I closed the door behind myself. "How'd it go?"
"I've told her that I've made my choice—and it's you."
He blushed a little as if he hadn't already known. As if I hadn't already left my marks all over him.
"And she's accepted that?" he asked.
"She must. She knows that she can't force my hand, no matter how much she'd like to do so." I approached the bed, sat behind him and rested one of my hands on his belly where I hoped new life might already be growing. "There's one thing I haven't told you yet. Something you would have been told in due time if we hadn't rushed into this."
"What's that?" He didn't sound concerned as he leaned back into me.
"Carrying a dragon child is not the same as carrying a human child."
"How is it different? Will it be born looking like a dragon?"
"No." I chuckled. "No, that's not the problem. But the pregnancy will go faster and require more of your energy. That's why I sent William away and why I think Zane is too thin to carry. The little one would eat him alive."
"What exactly do you mean when you say faster?"
"Four to five months."
"Damn."
I laughed at the incredulous sound he made. "Now you see why our offspring take a lot out of humans."
"Should I be worried?"
I placed a small kiss on the back of his neck and heard him sigh softly. "No. I would never have tried to get you with child if I didn't think you could take it. I merely want you to know what's about to happen to your body. You'll likely start showing around two months." And for some reason, I couldn't wait to see him like that. The mental image alone made something within me, my most dragon part, want to growl possessively. It was a ridiculous feeling that I didn't indulge, but it was there all the same.
He laid his hand over mine. "You'll have to buy me new clothes."
"Whatever you need."
He turned his head to kiss me. This time I almost did growl. Something about him made me lose the tight control I usually had on my animal instincts. As if his soul was calling out to mine and woke a part of me that I'd laid to sleep after I'd driven my father away.
"Do you really think this is going to work out? That we're going to have a child?"
I moved my hand from his belly to his cock, wrapping my fingers around the base. He was already starting to harden for meand the thought of sinking myself into his tight heat again made me respond in kind. "We could always make sure," I suggested.
"I guess we should."
We didn't exchange any more words after that.
17
ADRIAN
We stayed in the vacation house for a while longer after that. Tyrel and I didn't leave my room for most of the time. The doctor dropped in again to hand me some pills which were supposed to give me a better shot at attaining pregnancy, and slowly, I was starting to feel hopeful again. Almost as if all of this could really turn out for the best.
On the second day, while Tyrel was out with his mother, Michael came by my room to say goodbye.
"They're sending us all home," he said. "He really chose you, huh?"
"Yeah, I guess." I rubbed the back of my neck because, between all the sex, there really was no guessing about it. Tyrel wanted it all the time. Like he'd somehow made it his life's goal to see me pregnant. Not that I was complaining about suffering multiple mind-blowing orgasms at his hands each day.
