My pulse quickened. I’d never done anything intimate anywhere besides my room or office, much less outdoors.
“Are you sure?” I asked.
Alaric’s blue and green eyes glinted. “Trust me. We’re going to need the space.”
In his fervor,Alaric all but dragged me to the private beach. He gripped my hand possessively; his skin was hot, and I felt his rapid pulse beneath his palm.
A thick canopy of trees blocked the castle from view. Moonlight shone on the water’s surface, as if illuminating the space just for the two of us.
Alaric stopped where the earth met the sand, then breathlessly pulled me into a kiss. His unrestrained passion made my blood sizzle. I seized his arms with mirrored intensity. As I kissed him, feverish and unrelenting, my dragon awakened in my soul. A deep growl laced into my voice as I panted for breath.
Alaric broke apart and licked his lips with a smug grin. I realized that was exactly what he wanted.
Then I understood why he’d brought us outside.
“Oh,” I murmured. “You are averynaughty kitty.”
“And you’re an ultra pervert,” Alaric said fondly. “We’re a perfect match.”
I chuckled as I stripped from my clothing. I placed my jacket on a flat ledge on the ground, then laid the rest of my outfit beside it. When I stood naked before him, Alaric’s gaze was already glued to my hard cock.
I knew he was in no mood for foreplay when he tore his own clothes off, threw them haphazardly aside, then licked the head of my erection.
I gasped. It wasn’t the smooth wetness I expected. Instead it was rough, almost painful, but in an utterly delicious way. I liked it.
Alaric noticed my surprise. “I shifted my tongue,” he said playfully, sticking out the spiked appendage. “I thought you’d enjoy that.”
I admired the rows of soft bristles adorning his tongue. “I do.”
He smirked. “Then let me show you more of it.”
I gritted my teeth and hissed as Alaric dragged his barbed tongue up the length of my shaft. My sensitive skin screamed inecstasy. Fuck, that sensation was amazing. My teeth shifted into fangs as I bit my lip hard enough to draw blood. The coppery taste provoked my dragon further. I felt him tense and coil like a predator primed to spring.
Alaric moaned like a porn star as he licked my throbbing cock. His purposeful teasing worked. We’d barely begun and I already felt pent up. I grabbed Alaric’s shoulders and pinned him to the ground. He gasped, but his eyes glittered with desire. His legs parted. I scented the thick, heady aroma wafting from between them.
My nostrils flared as a bolt of greed struck me. Primal desire took over. I wanted to fill my mate until he overflowed. I wanted to fuck him senseless.
I sank my fingers into Alaric’s thighs and hiked them up to expose his entrance. It twitched, wet and inviting. Another ripple of lust spread like a drop of ink in water, seeping across every inch of my body.
As the salty air stung my lungs, I noticed how hard I was panting, nearly gasping for breath in my delirious state. Every inhale flooded my nostrils with Alaric’s pheromones. They robbed me of all rational thought, reducing me to a primal, crazed beast.
Alaric’s eyes went wide, glinting with satisfaction. Then slowly, he looked smaller. And smaller.
As my senses sharpened, I realized I was staring down at my mate through dragon’s eyes.
My previously human-sized lust was now amplified a thousandfold. My dragon’s instinct to breed was the only thing on my mind.
I arched my long neck down to nuzzle Alaric’s cheek. “Is this what you wanted?” I asked in a coarse rasp.
“Yes.” He purred as he wrapped his arms around me, his fingers tangled in my feathery mane. “And I always get what I want.”
The fact that he wantedallof me—not just my human side, but my dragon too—made my heart soar with equal parts love and raging desire.
Alaric wanted me, and I wasn’t about to disappoint him.
I angled my beak-like snout over his face and slid out my tongue. Alaric leapt to catch it with his own, kissing me like his life depended on it. As his barbs glided roughly against my smooth tongue, a torrent of pleasure cascaded down my spine.
A satisfied growl vibrated in my throat. I dug my claws into the ground on either side of my mate, anchoring myself for what I was about to do.
