Chapter 200
Chapter 200
Several years later at Deepacre
As the mother of a young child, I expected to have my sleep interrupted. I just didn’t think that so much of the time it would be by my own husbands.
“Come here.”
Draven’s growl had my eyes flicking open as he tugged me down to the end of the bed. He fell down to his knees moments later, running kisses up my inner thigh. As my head still spun from being so rudely awoken, I realised why.
“Oh gods…”
My hand slapped down on his head, terrified he’d pull away, but that would never happen. I was swollen, hot, and oh so ready for his tongue. Sometimes he liked to tease me with tiny kitten licks, but something possessed him right now. Lips fastened around my pearl, drawing a little shriek from me, before he started up his terrible rhythm.
“I do love that sound.” Flynn appeared at my head, tilting it backwards so he could kiss me. “Do it again.”
“Aren’t we supposed to be meeting with the other local lords today?” Soren was trying to keep a lid on it, but I could hear the strain in his voice. “Gods, we’ll send them a bird and reschedule.” He lunged for me, fingers closing around my breast, right as he sucked the nipple in.
“Oh, that’s the sort of action I want in on.” Flynn grinned and pulled away, only to latch onto the other nipple and I was lost. My back arched up off the bed, the pleasure overwhelming.
Of course that was the moment I heard a little voice call out, “Mumma?”
“No…” Ged groaned. He kneeled on the bed, absolutely rigid and ready to feed his length past my lips. My tongue ran over them, almost able to taste him, but the sound of my daughter’s voice was too much for me. I began to roll away, right up until I heard the nanny.
“Now, come along, young miss. Your parents are enjoying a good lie in. You and I will go down to the kitchen and see if Cook made some of those delicious scones for breakfast.”
“Scones!”
My eyes watered, because I could see my beautiful little girl running down the hallway, completely enraptured by the thought of scones for breakfast. Lily was the happiest child. She ran through life at full speed, only to trip over and pick herself up seconds later. I loved her with my whole heart.
But I also loved them.
Being a mother, a lover, a wife, seemed a strange tightrope to walk. If I’d thought being queen was going to be difficult, this felt far harder some days.
“So…” Ged rolled his eyes my way. “Are we going down for scones or… Fuck!”
Nanny was an amazing girl from the village. She treated my daughter like she was her own, giving me time to see to the running of the estate and all the other duties of a lady, but right now, my most important task was this. Gripping Ged by the root, then slowly licking up along his length, his eyes locking with mine.
“You little minx.” He shook his head. “You know what that does to me. Makes me want to blow all over that beautiful face.”
“You will not,” Soren growled, pulling away, then glancing at me. “Well, not unless you want to.”
I knew what I wanted, what I needed. I tugged his head back down, feeling that silvery thrill of pleasure as he started sucking again. Taking his lead, I pulled Ged closer. His hiss, the way his hands cradled my head, stretching my neck just a little to take him deeper. There was a kind of intimacy that only came from being together for this long.
“No, you won’t,” Ged rasped. “You’re gonna swallow every drop of my seed like a good girl, aren’t you?”
“Move.” Brom’s order had me pulling away to see what stirred him, and he stared down at Draven with a dark look. My husband looked up slowly, not stopping licking me for a second. “I told you to move.”
“Not yet,” Draven grunted, but when he went to keep going, Brom grabbed him by the hair and that had me stopping. The two of them had largely resolved their conflict, so this was out of character. His eyes were almost black as he picked Draven up and set him on the bed. “Suck.”
We all watched as he fed his cock into Draven’s mouth, getting it slick and shining before pulling away. Draven’s head was shoved back against my pearl, right as Brom pushed inside me.
Yes, that.
My hands clawed at the sheets, but that wasn’t enough. I reached out, finding Flynn and Soren’s members, and swivelled my palm up and down them. Draven was crouched over me, his cock duelling for space with Ged’s, so I opened my mouth wide and strove to take both of them.
“Gods…”
Whoever hissed that did so for the lot of us. We stopped being individuals and became the one organism. Sucking, stroking, delving deeper, it felt like we couldn’t get enough of each other, right as a ragged roar cut through the air.
Glimmer?
We all pulled free then, rushing towards the window.
“So that’s what this is,” Flynn said with a shake of his head. “Your dragon is rising to mate.”
“And you know what that means.” Ged moved slowly closer, his gaze heated. “You’re not leaving this room all day.”
“Not now, idiot!” Soren slapped a shirt into his arms. “We need to hand out the dragonstone amulets.”
People of the capital were used to being taken over by a queen dragon’s rut, but it’d caused issues in the country as more dragons moved out into new territories. While children were always immune, dragonstone amulets could be used by adults that needed to keep their heads to ward off the heat. We yanked on clothes, sprinting downstairs, but my steward was already in the storeroom, grabbing handfuls of the amulets. We moved quickly, handing them out to people, when I heard Glimmer’s scream.
“Mumma!” Lily appeared in the kitchen doorway. “Glimmer!”
Dear heart , I pushed out to my dragon. Are you well?
Need… Her thoughts were like red-hot lava, ready to burn me whole, but I pushed on.
“Lily.” I set my daughter down and turned to face her. “Darling, Glimmer is fine, but what happens now is not for you to see.”
“Secret,” she said, giggling and pressing her finger to her lips.
“That’s right, darling, secret. Nanny?”
“Here, Your Ladyship.” The nanny ran over and bobbed a quick curtsey. “My apologies. The little mite, she slipped out when I was… distracted.”
“I understand.” I pressed an amulet into her palm. “Wear this and don’t take it off today. Take Lily up to the playroom.”
“Outside!” Lily wailed, reaching up for me to take her. “Mumma, outside!”
“Not today.” I wrapped my arms around her, giving her a big hug. “Today is a special day for Glimmer, so perhaps you could ask Cook for a slice of her special chocolate cake?”
“Chocolate cake!”
Lily was easily distracted at this age. She turned and ran back to the kitchen, Nanny following hard on her heels, freeing me to deal with this.
Glimmer. My dragon turned on me with a hiss, looking somewhat befuddled for a second, hunching her back. Her tail whipped back and forth. Glimmer, my love, you know what this is.
No!
Her rage was palpable, only increasing as her mates came padding out of the trees like a pack of wolves.
You’re rising to mate, dear heart.
Never! She hissed at one male, then another. They are not worthy!
No, darling, because they have to prove their worth to you.
“Steady, lad,” Soren said to Wraith, the big purple dragon tracking Glimmer’s every movement. “Don’t rush her first time.”
They will never be able to . Glimmer was pure arrogance. As a fully grown queen dragon, she’d never felt more in control of her own power. You will never catch me.
Are you so sure, beloved?
That was Darkspire. His progress was slow, studied.
You left . Her voice dripped with scorn. You didn’t follow me here. You came too late. We all looked nervously at each other. My dragon seemed to accept Draven’s back with open arms, but a heat brought out some primal instincts in a dragon. You are the least worthy of mating me.
Then fly high, my mate. Obsidian came to stand beside Darkspire. Do not fear. We will catch you.
You fools…
With a growl, she flung herself upwards. I felt every sweep of her wings, clawing through the air. Higher and higher she climbed, and the dragons watched her every move.
It will be a grand thing when we catch her. If a dragon could chuckle, Glacier did then.
You have to try first. Cloudy threw himself into the air and started after her, spurring the others to do the same.
“Mm…”
Hands, so many hands, covered my body but I was up there in the sky, flying along with Glimmer. My muscles burned, my body ached, and still we pushed on. Survival of the fittest, that’s what this was, and yet we had already chosen the males that would father our children. I turned around then. Each one of my men looked just as hungry, just as desperate, as the dragons felt.
“Ready to give Lily a little brother or sister?” Flynn asked, tugging me closer.
“Ready,” I said, slamming my mouth down on his.