Chapter 9
Jaegar
I’D HELD ONTO MY DRAGON during the party by sheer force of will and the fear of doing damage to those around us. But now that the ballroom was empty and my beautiful mate was standing before me in her long, skintight dress, I felt overcome.
Vanya turned away from me to usher my father and his family out of the room so we could be alone.
Despite my best efforts, I couldn’t wait a moment longer. I slid into position behind her and pressed my body against hers. “I need you.”
She shuddered against me, whimpering softly as she turned around and reached up, placing her hands on my chest.
I gripped her waist with a sense of urgency, my heart hammering in my chest as I stared down into her magnificent blue eyes. “Is there somewhere we can go?” I asked.
Her fingers nails dug into my chest and her eyes shifted to silver as her dragon reached up to meet me, summoned by our instinctual need for one another. “Come,” she said, then my mate turned and fled.
My dragon roared inside me, pleased to feel as desired as I did.
Without a moment to waste, I ran after her, hot on her heels.
She moved through the hallways at speed, and up one level until she burst through the door of a luxurious bedroom.
I growled as I stormed after her, my primal yearnings responding to the exhilaration of the chase.
“The doors!” she called back at me. “Close the doors.”
I turned back just long enough to slam them shut.
Vanya ran into my arms, her own encircling my neck as she jumped up against me. She wrapped her legs around my waist and brought her lips crashing down against mine.
The taste of her was like nothing I’d ever experienced or could have possibly expected. The feeling of her burst through me, warming every cold, dark place in my soul like dragon fire.
My hands moved under her dress, feeling hot, smooth flesh, and I groaned against her mouth. Gripping her ass, I hauled her against me, my cock hard and ready to burst through my slacks.
Vanya thrust her tongue into my mouth with wild abandon and ran her nails through my hair, combing at my scalp as if she couldn’t get close enough. She seemed to want me as much as I needed her.
Not needing to be encouraged any further, I walked us toward her huge bed.
She jumped down from my arms and began tugging at the buttons on my shirt. Her lips twitched as though she needed to say something, but her dragon had taken hold of her tongue.
Only too keen to assist her, I ripped off my shirt and unbuttoned my pants. My cock sprung forth as I stepped out of my clothes, ready for action. Ready to claim my fated mate.
Vanya’s eyes grew wide, and she seemed to momentarily hold her breath.
“Second thoughts?” I asked her, praying to all that was heavenly that she wouldn’t say yes.
Gods, I need her!
She shook her head slowly before reaching up to unclip the dress at the nape of her neck. The dark blue dress slithered to the floor, revealing my mate’s magnificent body to my hungry gaze. Her breasts were small but perfect, and her hips gently curved. She wore only a small scrap of fabric that hid her innermost secrets from me.
But it won’t last for long.
I surged forward and grabbed her up, throwing her on the bed so that she landed on her back with a surprised expression on her face. I crawled up between her thighs and lay down on her to feel the heat of her skin against mine. It felt like I’d waited forever for this moment and now it was finally here. A loud groan rose from my throat.
She wrapped her thighs around me, drawing me nearer.
I kissed her hard and fast, enjoying my fill of her lips before sliding down her beautiful body for more. I started with her nipples, tasting each strawberry-peaked breast, suckling until her rosy buds grew hard.
Vanya gasped and arched her back, instinctively thrusting her flesh further into my mouth.
My heart soared and my mind raced as I moved lower, pressing my lips to the supple flesh of her belly. I slid down until I could tear her tiny lacy panties off with my teeth. The scent of her arousal was so amazing to my inner beast that I buried my face between her thighs and inhaled deeply as soon as she was completely naked.
“Oh! God...” Vanya grabbed my head, to push me away or to tug me closer, I wasn’t sure.
But regardless, I extended my tongue and licked her swollen flesh over and over again, swirling, suckling, and nipping.
She shuddered beneath me and moaned, clearly unafraid to express her desire.
I used my hands to pry her wider, pushing apart her thighs to grip her tight ass in my callused hands. Then I brought her pussy to my mouth and indulged in the delectable feast that she was. Her pussy lips were wet and gleaming, pink and perfect, and she tasted like paradise.
Gods, she was worth waiting for!
“Jaegar.... Please... Please... Come up to me!” Vanya’s hands were more desperate now, tugging at my hair with need.
A deep growl rippled through me. There was no reason to make either of us wait any longer. She was clearly ready and wanting, and so was I. My cock was painfully rock-hard and pulsed against my belly with arousal. I stalked on top of her once more and lined my dick up with her wet entrance.
She raised her legs and wrapped them around my waist once more, locking me into her so neither one of us could escape. “Please,” she gasped out again, arching her back as her pussy brushed against the head of my cock. “I need you, Jaegar.”
I wasn’t going to get a more beautiful or honest request than that. I rolled squarely onto her luscious body and surged forward, the head of my cock sliding into the heart of her. If I’d had any reservations that Vanya was made for me, the feel of her perfect cunt embracing me erased all doubt. A pleasure unlike any I’d ever felt washed over me as her heat consumed me.
I am home.
Vanya shivered in my arms, her hot gasps making my need for her grow.
I slid back, then thrust forward again, the tight clasp of her body welcoming me with every move. I kissed her, softly at first, then more passionately as the heat between us grew. Rocking and undulating my hips, I increased my pace.
Our tongues tangled, and her gasps began to build in volume and desperation. I fucked her sweet, delicious body harder and faster, claiming my dragon shifter princess mind, body, and soul. With each frenetic thrust, and each moan, my orgasm roared down on me, threatening to push me over the edge. But I didn’t want to fall—not without her.
As if the moment couldn’t be any more perfect, Vanya began to arch against me, her breathing labored as she squeezed her eyes shut tight.
My pulse quickened at the raw beauty of what I was about to witness.
“I... I...” she stammered, then her cry pierced through the haze of pleasure filling my brain. Her body bowed, then released like a spring. Her pussy rippled and spasmed around my cock, calling upon my own orgasm without remorse.
I buried myself deep in my mate’s body, and with a throaty roar, I let myself ride that wave of ultimate bliss with her.
We endured ecstasy together, our bodies entwined, heart to heart, and lips to lips, before we collapsed in a pile of spent, sweaty limbs.
I rolled onto my back and pulled her on top of me.
Vanya was breathing as hard as I was, her heart thundering in her chest as she came down.
“Are you okay, my love?” I asked, struggling to slow the thumping of my own heart.
She nodded. Glancing up to meet my eyes for a moment, she lay her head back down and nuzzled into my chest. “Yeah,” she assured me breathlessly. “I feel amazing.”
I chuckled, relief flooding my soul as I wrapped my arms around her body and held onto her tight. “Me too, beautiful.”
Vanya settled against my chest and before I knew it, her breathing settled into slow, rhythmic cadence of sleep.
But I couldn’t sleep. There was no way, at least initially. I lay awake for many hours afterward, just letting her warm the long hours of the night that were often too dark. Alone in my mind, my past haunted me. My choices provided an ample feast of my thoughts.
But with Vanya’s valiant heart beating against mine, and her warmth heating my skin, I eventually managed to fall asleep and made it through to sunrise without any of my usual nightmares.