Cyn went tense, then sat up, taking me with him. “Tell me.”
“Tell you what?”
“Why do you think it's Juri?”
“He's the only one who knew I was down there, Cyn,” I said gently. “And he was acting odd. Juri could have called the castle Horns to arrest me, but he didn't. He knocked me out and took me to the dungeon himself, leaving me there alone. I thought he had left me there to stew, but maybe his plan was to enchant me, then leave me to wake up and escape. He knows I'm a thief and yet he didn't take my tools.”
Cyn scowled. “Juri has been loyal to me for many years. He's the one who flew you into Tuvasi to find the mueyaru.”
“Yes, but who else could it have been?”
Even as he considered it, his hand went to my arm to absently slide up and down. “I don't know,” he said at last. “We will investigate him.” He frowned deeper. “Maybe I should return and confront him.”
I shook my head. “We need proof first. Without it, he could talk his way out of your accusation, and then he'd know that we suspect him.”
“But that man is in my castle, running my kingdom,” Cyn growled.
“And we will get him out of there. Just as soon as we find proof.” I straddled his lap, hiding my grin when he instantly responded, his cock rising to push against mine. “But right now, we have more important matters to attend to.”
Cyn growled, his hands going to my ass—spreading it and lifting me to then angle me down onto him. I helped, reaching between my legs to hold his shaft steady and guide him home. We groaned together as I slid down his length, settling back onto his lap more securely. My arms went around my mate, and I kissed away his fury as I began to move.
“Don't think I don't know what you're doing,” he growled in my ear.
“Don't think I don't know that you like it,” I drawled back.
Cyn grunted, then used his grip on my ass to quicken my pace. “I like everything you do, Mate. As long as you do it on my dick.”
I burst out laughing, and Cyn groaned.
“Especially that,” he said. Then he got a wicked look and his hands slid upward.
“Cyn! Don't you dare!”
“You're the one who wanted me to be silly.”
“No, you implied you didn't like silliness, and I—”
My mate tickled me, making me laugh and twitch uncontrollably. But I didn't stop riding him. Not until he filled me with his mating essence.
Chapter Twenty-Three
On the second day, Kimu knocked on my door. We were naked; me sprawled across the Dragon King, my body still shivering from the last orgasm he'd given me and tingling from his essence. Yes, he was still coating me with that stuff. And we still had at least another day to go. I was both praying for it to stop and continue forever.
Cyn started to snarl at the sound of the knock, and when Kimu called out that it was him, he carefully set me aside and climbed out of bed, his teeth bared and his glare focused on the door.
“Whoa, big guy.” I got up and moved as fast as I could on my shaky legs, intercepting him before he reached the door. “It's Kimu. My friend.” I cupped his cheeks and forced his head down. “Please, don't hurt my friend.”
Cyn blinked, took a deep breath, and let it out on a shudder. “Oh, fuck. Ru.” He swallowed roughly. “It's the mating magic. My dragon is too close to the surface right now, and he sees everyone as a threat.”
“Got it.” I pushed him backward into the bathroom. “Stay here. I'll talk to Kimu.”
“I don't know if I can.”
I pointed a finger at him. “You come out and it's no sex for at least an hour.”
Cyn looked so horrified when I shut the door on him that I couldn’t help chuckling as I walked away. Snatching my pants from the floor, I headed to the door.
“Hold on, Kimu,” I called out as I pulled on the pants, then I unbarred the door and opened it.
