“I got a hot newsflash for you; I don’t make life-altering decisions based on one nasty run in with a bunch of bad guys. I did, however, have a lot of time to think and realized I could do much more to help people—human and shifter alike—as a drakaina.”
“We will leave the matter to rest…”
She splashed water in his face and got out of the tub. God she was gorgeous when she was angry and naked. Who was he kidding; she was always gorgeous; he just liked her better naked.
“You are one of the most stubborn, pig-headed men I’ve ever been around. First you get all pissy because I don’t jump at the chance to be drakaina—keeping in mind, of course, that this time last week I didn’t even know dragons existed outside of myth and legend. And now that I’ve had time to think about things—that you could be dead, that I might not survive, just what’s at stake, and not to mention the fact that I think flying through the air and breathing fire would be amazing…” Warrick began to chuckle. “What are you laughing at, you arrogant fool?”
“You, my beloved mate. I believe you have always been drakaina. You are as fractious and volatile as a warrior queen. Your transition will be physical only. You already possess the heart, the mind, and the soul of a drakaina. All that needs to happen is for your body to become one, as well. But it is not an easy thing to become drakaina.”
“All right, so enlighten me.”
There is a ceremony, and you will be put into a deep, almost comatose state. Once you are relaxed and calm, I will begin to breathe a molten type of fire over you, beginning at your feet and moving up.”
“Won’t I get burned? Will it hurt?”
“Do you really believe that if I believed you might be hurt I would allow it? All your blustering would not persuade me to do otherwise. If it is done, and the person being transitioned does not want it, it can be terrifying and can result in injury to body and mind, resulting in death. But being encased in your beloved’s eternal flame will feel much like sinking into a hot tub of soothing mud. I will take up a vigil and watch over you with those closest to me. When you awaken from your cocoon, you will be drakaina.”
“Well then, let’s get to it.”
Again, he chuckled. She was so impatient. Once her mind was made up, she was like a steamroller, but he wanted her to be rested and thinking with a clear head.
“I would suggest,” he said standing up in the tub so she could see his engorged cock. “That we go to bed so that I can, as you suggested earlier, fuck you into oblivion. In the morning, we will announce your decision to become drakaina, and you can be bonded to me as my eternal flame. After we have discussed what we found with the rest of the brotherhood, we will return to our yurt, where you will be transitioned.”
She opened her mouth as if to argue and then her eyes slid down to his cock. “Hmm, I think I like your plan much, much better—especially the fucking me into oblivion part.”
“Somehow I thought you might like that.”
He stepped out of the tub, not at all caring that he sloshed water all around himself as he closed the distance between them, He scooped her up in his arms and carried her to their bed. Setting her down on her feet, he fisted her hair, tugging on it to tilt her head back and expose her throat. He nuzzled her jaw until he could begin kissing his way down the long column of her neck. Dani arched her back, offering her beautiful, bountiful breasts with their pebbled nipples to him. An invitation he accepted.
Sucking a stiffened and puffy peak into his mouth, he began to suckle rhythmically, making her moan and squirm in his arms. Lifting her up, he settled her on their bed, only releasing the one nipple so that he could pay homage to the other. She was naked and in his bed—just where she had always belonged.
Dropping down beside her, he kissed and nuzzled his way down her body, tickling her belly button with his tongue before he moved between her thighs. She moaned and writhed beneath his touch. She had accepted and embraced her role as his eternal flame. Warrick could feel the difference in her as she gave over and surrendered herself to him.
He settled between her legs, placing his mouth over her sex, licking her slick folds before beginning to make a feast of her. Dani whimpered and groaned under this sensual attack, but he had her right where he wanted her, and she could do nothing but capitulate to him. He inhaled her deeply as he settled in, tasting her sweet honey as he lapped it up and reveling when her body went stiff, she called his name, and then shuddered.
He tongued her through the orgasm, not letting up on his onslaught until he wrung every drop of pleasure from this first orgasm that he could. Once she was replete, he moved up her body, giving her his weight before poising at the entrance to her core and thrusting up inside her in a single long push.
“Warrick,” she cried before he cut off the sound with his kisses.
His body moved within her, connecting them as deeply as he could—his cock and tongue moving in perfect synchronicity as he fucked her with a steady, relentless passion that drove her back to the pinnacle of pleasure.
Dani wrapped herself around him, holding him tight, her nails raking his back as he forced her over the edge and into the abyss of ecstasy for a second time.
“Mine,” he growled. “Say it.”
“Mine,” she growled back with a wicked grin.
He couldn’t help but laugh. “Not what I had in mind, but I’ll take it.”
Her acceptance of his dominance—in fact, her embracing it—was all he needed to let go, and he began to pound into her at a furious pace, chasing her back to the top of the precipice so they could freefall together. Even when he flew close enough to almost touch the stars, he didn’t fly as high as he did with Dani in his arms.
Their mutual orgasm crashed together, overwhelming both of them as it flashed through their systems. It caused Warrick to shudder and Dani to tremble as her pussy spasmed all along his staff, encouraging the torrent of his cum to fill her to overflowing. She trembled in his hold and shook with the enormity of pleasure they shared.
The remainder of the night was spent doing more of the same. Neither of them could get enough of the other. Over and over again they sought to pleasure each other. This wasn’t just sex; it was so much more than that. It was a way to allow their souls to meld as one. Even though she would be sealed in a cocoon during her transition, he knew she would not be afraid, for she would know he was with her.
Finally, exhausted, she lay in his arms, sated and happy. Nothing would ever part them again. Nothing would defeat them. Nothing had ever compared to her, and nothing ever would. Whatever lay in their immediate future was no match for the eternal love and bliss they were meant to share.
CHAPTER 19