This time, when the world stopped spinning, they weren’t faced with a crazy daddy ranting. “Holy shit,” he whispered, wondering if he was hallucinating or if there were truly two moons.
“Welcome to Fey,” Lula said.
“Like Fey, a town, or—” Abyle was like him, a little awed, a lot freaked out.
“There are many Realms similar to your Earth. This is the home of Jenna, the Fey Queen. She was chosen by the Goddess to watch over many, and this is her world. It’s a refuge for others and well, it’s very close to your home. What do you think?” The usual confidence in her tone was absent.
Atika shook off the unease, knowing they’d have time to explore after they bonded to the one female who had been created for them. “I think this world and ours pales in comparison to you. I do have to ask why you brought us here instead of somewhere on Earth?”
Not that it would make a difference, but he wanted to see inside her head.
She shrugged, her eyes locking on his, then his brother’s. “I wanted a place of safety for the three of us. This place can handle whatever transpires and will also make sure none of us are injured, so if I need to be bond to this form, the Realm with insure I am.”
He didn’t like that she felt she couldn’t be herself with them. “Will you show us your dragon?”
Abyle nodded. “I bet she’s as gorgeous as you are.”
“You want to see my dragon? Like the real one, not the human-sized one?”
“There’s a difference?” Atika wasn’t sure why her scent changed from sweet cotton candy to a little sour apple, but he liked both, a lot.
“The dragon I’ve showed the...wolfies and the others isn’t my full size. I didn’t want to scare them.”
Atika snorted. “You’re our mate. Nothing about you will scare us. Well, unless you leave again. No, that won’t scare us as much as piss us off. Come on, show us, and then we’ll show you our other forms.” He made sure to use the plural so she would know there were more than one.
“Fine, but don’t say I didn’t warn you. I’ll start out with the one the others have seen.” Lula took a step back, and then another and another until a good twenty feet stretched between them.
One moment they were facing Lula in human form, the next a gorgeous pink dragon stared down at them. ‘I’m going to fly and then become my true size,” she said clearly as if still in her human form.
A gust of wind nearly knocked he and Abyle over as she launched into the air. He was in awe to see she didn’t need to take a flying leap or run to gain air, just flapped those gorgeous wings, and then she was over them, blocking the dual moons. He thought he was prepared for her to increase in size by two or three times. But...ten, twenty? Sheot, she was huge and even more beautiful. And she was their dragon mate, to love and protect.
“Damn, she’s perfect. And man, she can soar, brother,” Abyle whispered.
“I know. I think I fell in love a little more, if that’s possible.”
His brother crossed his arms over his chest, nodding in agreement. They stood there watching as she flew back and forth, bursts of flames escaping every few minutes. Finally, after about fifteen or so more minutes, she descended, getting smaller and smaller until a tiny pink dragon landed right in front of them.
“That was exhilarating. Can you take one of us up with you sometime?” Abyle blurted.
Atika elbowed his brother, thinking he was a fucking wanker for asking such an insensitive question.
Lula’s form shimmered and then she was in her human form again, wearing clothes, dammit.
“You want to fly with me? Weren’t you scared of how—large I was?” She bit her lip, fear written all over her gorgeous face.
“Mi amore, does this look like we were scared?” Atika moved in front of her, pulling Lula’s body flush with his. There was no way on any Realm she could miss the way his body had reacted to her, no matter what form she was in.
“Is that a pole in your pocket, or are you glad to see me, beary?” Lula grinned up at him.
“We need to get something straight. The name Barry sounds like a weak-ass human who sings weak-ass songs. So, no Barry for us. Second, it’s not a pole, but my dick that needs some attention. I think it’s got an owie that needs kissing.”
She slapped his chest and giggled. He loved that sound and would make an ass out of himself daily if he could hear it more often.
“Hey, if you’re kissing owies, I got one, too.”
“What am I gonna do with you both?” Lula asked, her right arm reaching for Abyle while she kept her left on Atika’s chest.
“Love us. Love us long and hard for the rest of our lives.” Abyle kept his arms around Lula, fearing she’d try to get away again.
“That sounds like a really good plan. Why don’t we go to my place, where I happen to know there’s a bed big enough for the three of us.” She nipped his chin.
A rumble left his throat at the thought of her taking other males there.
“You stop that. I’ve not had a bevy of males here. Could you imagine my mama and Jenna allowing that?”
At the mention of her mother, he and his brother froze. “Ah, Lula, is your mother here, and is she gonna fry our asses for mating with her daughter?”
Lula tapped her chin. “Well, I don’t know. Do you both have proper intentions?”
Atika pushed Abyle back, and lifted Lula into his arms. “If proper intentions mean fucking you every which way, after claiming you good and proper, then yep.”
“Then she’ll be fine, mates-to-be.” Lula reached over Atika’s shoulder for Abyle. “Come on, I need you both.”
Abyle smiled, he and his bear feeling as if their world was finally becoming complete. Of course, they’d yet to show Lula their other forms. Later, they’d do that. Right now, they’d show her how much she meant to them with their bodies. They knew she was older in years, but to them, she was Lula, their mate.
“One more question, Lula. Do dragons mark their mates?” Atika asked, the three of them stopping at his words.
Lula took two steps ahead, turning to face them. “I know that shifters bite their mates on the muscle between neck and shoulder. I can’t wait to wear each of your marks. One on each shoulder. I too, can mark you both in the way of your kind. I would love to see you with my mark, if you approve?”
Atika reached for Lula, her words nearly undoing him. “Ah, mi amore, I want that, all of that more than just about anything.”
After he finished kissing Lula under the two moons, Abyle pulled her to him, taking his time to kiss and murmur he also wanted Lula wearing his claiming mark.
Lula, clearly impatient to start with the claiming, flashed them to her home. Although she didn’t warn them, neither he nor his brother were nauseous. “Do you think that bodes well for us for future travels, or was it because it was on Fey?”
“I don’t know,” Lula answered.
Chapter Six
“WE’LL HAVE TO DO SOME experimenting when it’s not an important flashing,” Abyle said with a chuckle.
“Why are you laughing?” Lula asked, spinning in a circle nervously around the large living space.