He leaned down to kiss me. Just a quick peck and then a nuzzle before he said, “I did choose you for bedding, but the magic chose you for me. And I'm glad it did because it knew better than I what I needed.”
“Yeah, all right. You turned that shit around.”
Vaxarion's hand slid down my back to rest just above my ass. “I should have kept you my slave for longer. Maybe it would have taught you some respect.”
I snorted. “I respect you. But I'm your mate now. That means I can call you on your shit.”
“Call me on my shit?”
“Yes. I can point out when you've said or done something wrong.”
“Ah. Yes, you have that right. You're a duke now, outranked only by me.”
“Thanks, but I knew that.”
He nodded. “Because you have a duke friend.”
“That's right. Well, he's more Teng's friend, but yes. Lock's union is even more shocking than ours.”
“How is ours shocking? Sea Dragons take lovers outside our race all the time.”
“But I'm a pirate.”
“No one down here cares about that, especially not me.”
“True.” I slid my hand on his thigh. “Maybe it's only shocking to me.”
“Why?”
“Because I never thought I'd get anyone as incredible as you, much less form an eternal bond with him.”
“That is an excellent answer,” Vax said with a happy rumble.
“At least I'm not a human.”
“I only know of one other Sea Dragon king who has mated, and he mated a human.”
“No, he didn't,” I scoffed.
Vax beamed at me. “Yes, he did. A human from another world.”
“Shut up! Now, I know you're teasing me.”
“No, it's the truth. When the Dragon Gods fought, it opened rifts through space and pulled two men here from another world. Both men mated Dragon kings—one on land and one in the sea.”
A shiver ran over my arms. “You're serious.”
“Yes.”
“Two men from another world?”
He nodded. “Both human.”
“There are humans in other worlds?”
“Yes. Their world only has humans as the higher life-form.”
I snorted. “That can't be true.”
