Noxx ran his tongue lightly against her opening, erasing her capacity for thought.
She fell back, closing her eyes, a slave to the sensation.
His big hand pressed down on her belly as he licked her again, stopping her from lifting her hips to grind against his mouth.
She was already close, so close…
He toyed with her a little longer, until she was a shivering puddle of lust.
Then suddenly, his mouth was gone.
She had no time to protest, he was crawling up again to cage her head in his arms and cover her body with his.
His skin was hot to the touch and his weight was so satisfying, pressing her to the floor.
“Are you ready to accept me?” he asked, his voice tight with need.
“Please,” she managed to whimper.
His eyes went hazy with lust and a slow smile spread across his face. “You begged.”
“Please,” she said again, forgetting all other words.
He took himself in his hand and dragged his rigid cock against her. He was big, so big it frightened her a little.
But she needed him more than she needed her next breath.
Luna moaned and angled her hips up to accept him.
“Let me see your eyes, my love,” he said.
She gazed up at him.
“You are mine,” he told her.
She expected pain, but there was only pleasure when he sank inside her, stretching her deliciously, and filling her completely.
“Gods,” he groaned, stilling himself so that her body could adjust to him.
“Please,” she said for the third time.
“I don’t want to hurt you,” he said through a clenched jaw.
The pleasure was so intense she couldn’t speak. So she jogged her hips against him instead, sinking her nails into his arms.
He surrendered and gave her what she wanted.
Her mind splintered and she lost track of her own sounds as he thrust again and again.
Her first climax was upon her right away, as colors seemed to burst before her eyes.
“Good girl,” Noxx praised her, his voice thick with lust.
She had barely come down when the next one took her.
Luna was being lifted skyward, she had just enough time to think of the dragon before the bliss split her mind.
“More,” Noxx growled, sliding his hand between them to toy with her throbbing clitoris.
Luna screamed out her ecstasy, as one climax flowed into the next.
“Please,” she gasped at last. “Please, I need you.”
“Luna,” he groaned.
His rhythm changed and each thrust became deeper, more intense.
She could feel his muscles clenching, sense the thin line of his control draw taut and then finally break.
It sent her flying again.
“Mine,” he howled as he brought them both over the edge.
She closed her eyes and felt him jet inside her over and over as her own pleasure embraced her.
At last, he fell on her chest and there was no sound but his ragged breathing and the thunder of her own heart in her ears.
“I love you, Luna,” he told her. “I will always be yours and you will always be mine.”
“I love you too,” she murmured, her heart threatening to burst with happiness.
“We have about an hour,” he whispered.
“Until what?” she asked, stupefied. What else could he possibly have planned?
“Until we do that again,” he told her.
“I’m sorry if I didn’t make it obvious, but I’m perfectly satisfied,” she told him. “I mean like, maybe too satisfied.”
“Give it an hour,” he said with a smug smile. “I warned you about this already.”
“Days,” she said, suddenly remembering what he had told her about a dragon’s claim.
“Does that frighten you?” he asked, rolling onto his side and stroking her cheek.
Impossibly, a whisper of need shivered through her at the contact between his hand and her face.
“We have to go get the baby in the morning?” she said, panicking a little.
“Remember how I went back in to have a word with Maple and River?” he asked.
She nodded.
“I mentioned to her that we might need help with the little one for a few days,” he said. “And I left her with plenty of credits to provide for him and for her family until we return.”
“Oh, God, did she know why we needed a babysitter?” Luna asked, covering her face with her hands.
“I didn’t tell her,” Noxx said. “But I’m sure she could easily figure it out. Are you embarrassed?”
Luna thought about it for a moment and lowered her hands.
“I guess not,” she said. “This is just how it’s done, right?”
“Yes,” he told her. “This is how it’s done.”
She smiled and felt the blood rushing to her cheeks. “You’re amazingly good at that.”
“You might have only liked it because it was unexpectedly intense,” he said lightly. “Shall we try again to make sure?”
And though she had been very sure she was fully satisfied, Luna felt a hunger for her mate rise in her again and she reached for him, her heart at peace, but her body on fire.
27
Luna
Luna let the wind lift her hair over her head as she clung to Noxx’s back, laughing.
At long last, they had emerged from their cocoon of claiming to pick up baby Sol, and some much-needed parts for their food replicator.
Though she appreciated a good walk as much as anyone else, Luna loved that Noxx had shifted to fly them to town today.
Too soon, they were landing on the rocky beach by the lake.
Friends from the cave village ran to them, smiling and greeting them warmly.
Luna allowed an older gentleman to take her by both hands and recite a blessing to her, as Noxx shimmered back into manhood.
“We thank you,” a young woman called to Noxx, blushing.
“It was our pleasure,” Noxx told her, placing a possessive hand at the small of Luna’s back. “But we need to go pick up our son.”
“Of course, great warrior,” the old man told them. “And should you ever need us, know that the people of Clotho are your brothers and sisters.”
“Thank you,” Noxx said gruffly.
He was clearly moved, and it brought tears of gratitude to Luna’s eyes.
Any sign that he was softening and opening his heart to the world around him was welcome to her. If she’d had any part in bringing it about, that would be her proudest accomplishment.
“They’re so polite,” Noxx murmured to her as they headed down the path to the town.
“They owe you their lives,” Luna told him. “And they like you. They like our family.”
“Why does it sound like you’re about to say something important?” he asked, stopping to look into her eyes.
“They have each other,” Luna said. “It makes them happy to be together. But they need a new home. The people of the town have taken them in for now, because of the emergency, but they can’t live here forever.”
“Yes,” Noxx agreed.
“I want that for Sol,” Luna said.
“What do you mean?”