5. Chapter Five
Chapter Five
River
Ember was magnificent. Yes, he’d tried to get away from me, but I understood his reasons, especially if he didn’t trust alphas.
He would soon trust me though, our bond would make it so.
I should probably tell him just how close he was to his first heat, but I would keep that to myself until he’d finished eating.
There was a certain knowledge in my instincts that made me find my way to him before his first heat began, that was always the way it worked for us dragon alphas and likely always would.
Ember panted next to me, his eyes dark. “Could you,” he breathed, licking his lips. “Could you please reign in your pheromones?”
Oh. I hadn’t even realized my lust for him was pouring out of me.
My lovely mate was simply too irresistible for me to remain in control of myself.
I pushed my pheromones back, even if it felt wrong to do so in the company of my mate.
Normally we wouldn’t hide how we felt in the company of our fated mates and I hated doing so now.
I wanted Ember to know exactly how I felt and for me to feel free just being in his presence without worrying about what I projected and didn’t.
“I apologize,” I rasped, clearing my throat.
Ember waved it off, eating a strawberry as I seemed intent on ignoring the fact I could smell his slick. My lovely mate was just as horny for me as I was for him.
“So, just to get some things straight,” he said, meeting my gaze. “Alpha dragons have fated mates, and I’m supposedly yours, correct?”
“Not supposedly, you are mine,” I growled, tired of him ignoring the fact he was completely mine.
He took in a deep breath, likely fighting for patience. He would soon find that I was right anyway. His nesting instincts would kick in soon and then his heat would hit and all he’d want was my cock and knot. I couldn’t fucking wait to claim my omega.
Ember’s eyes darkened again and he groaned. “Please, not again.”
I hurried to reign in my pheromones again, giving him a sheepish grin. “I’m sorry,” I said, carefully tucking away one of his red locks behind his lovely ear. “I can’t seem to control myself around you.”
He swallowed, his eyes pinging between my eyes and lips, like he couldn’t figure out what part of my face to focus on.
He was getting turned on as well, the sweet scent of his slick so potent in my bedroom that my cock was hardening rapidly.
There was no way I could force my pheromones back now, it was simply too late.
In a flash, I had Ember in my lap, his hands fisting my shirt. “What are you doing to me?” he rasped, then his lips slammed down on mine making me growl as I held his hips possessively.
Ember whimpered as he began grinding on my lap, our bond slowly solidifying, making it impossible for us to stop touching.
Had he not run off, we would’ve likely already fully mated.
But I didn’t mind waiting a little longer for my omega to feel comfortable.
I also couldn’t wait to learn of his shifted form.
He had to be some kind of flying shifter for him to have escaped, but I would have to wait to figure out what he was.
His tongue was now in my mouth, hungry and demanding.
It was obvious this was his first real kiss.
The knowledge that I was the only one who’d tasted how sweet he was made my dragon purr smugly inside me.
I hadn’t spent my two hundred years in solitude, but I still felt like I was new to all of this because of how Ember made me feel.
No one who’d come before him could even compare.
His scent alone was enough to make me feral for him.
If fucking him right now wouldn’t have hurt him, then I would’ve already had my cock inside his warm hole, but until he’d had his first heat, I couldn’t.
But I could do the one thing my dragon needed above all else.
In fact, I felt myself kissing his neck, my dragon taking over my body and forcing me to claim our mate.
It wasn’t willing to wait any longer. My tongue licked his throat, making Ember moan obscenely as his ass rubbed my length, our clothes annoying barriers between us.
My teeth grazed his skin next, making him shiver, and then I latched onto his skin, piercing into his soft flesh, claiming him as my mate as the mating bite took hold.
“River!” Ember shouted, the scent of his sweet cum and slick so potent it was all I could smell now. He’d come from my bite alone. I hugged him closer, my teeth still inside his neck as he panted for air.
My teeth reluctantly let go of his neck and seeing the claiming mark made me purr louder than ever. I’d finally claimed my omega.
“What…” Ember slurred. “What just happened?”
Petting his hair, I hugged him tighter against me. “I claimed you as mine,” I announced proudly.
Ember shivered in my arms. I could now feel his emotions, only faintly for now. As the week passed, I would feel him more and more, until we always knew what the other felt and needed.
My omega felt sated and happy, but also a touch of fear came through. Our bond wasn’t strong enough for me to decipher what the fear stemmed from. I could only hold him close and hope that his fear would soon pass.
“Let’s get you bathed,” I whispered, carrying him to the huge bathroom just to our right.
I had five rooms that were all connected with the bedroom having the hallway door for emergency reasons.
Now that I had found my omega, I would move our bedroom to one of the other rooms for more privacy.
I did not want his lovely scent to linger into the halls when he was in heat, no matter that no one ventured up here unless I’d given them permission.
Ember clung to me, clearly tired but also content.
It was nice feeling what he felt, and a sudden urgency came over me when I realized I would soon see my lovely mate without any clothes on.
He’d been dirty when I found him in the woods, but I hadn’t dared change his clothes, knowing that would certainly be a step too far for what Ember was comfortable with.
I also preferred to see him for the first time in all of his naked glory, when he was aware of my heated gaze on his skin.
He should know how I felt seeing him for the first time.
The huge bathtub could easily hold us both, the outside bottom of it was made of pure gold and the rest was white marble with gold fixtures.
We dragons loved our gold and jewels. It was a sort of comfort to us, having pretty things around.
Ciris had his entire bathroom floor covered with tiny rubies; the tiled floor having been mixed with them when he had it installed.
It looked wonderful and felt amazing to walk on.
I’d only been allowed inside the room once though, and only so Ciris could gloat over his superior bathroom choices.
Still holding my omega, I used one hand to turn on the water, making sure it was on the slightly hotter scale. My omega needed warmer water than me. Being a water dragon meant all temperatures in water were comfortable, so it was no issue for me.
I then walked around the room while Ember continued to remain content in my arms. I searched for the fluffiest towel and the bath oils and soap.
Normally, I used soap that smelled like the sea, but for Ember I picked out a spicy vanilla, knowing sweet scents comforted omegas.
I’d had my bathroom stocked with different soaps for ages, changing them out as time passed so they wouldn’t get too old.
My need to have everything ready for whenever my omega was ready to be found, had meant lots of free soaps had been given away to the servants over the years, not that they minded it.
Pouring a little vanilla scented soap into the bathtub made it bubble almost instantly. I had some liquid soaps like this that were meant to bubble. Omegas loved their bubble baths, and to be honest, so did I.