I entered her slowly, giving her time to adjust to my girth.
“Oh God, yesss…” she moaned, thrusting her hips up to take me deeper. “It feels so good.Youfeel so good, Timur.”
She wrapped her arms around my neck, gazing up at me. There was no fear or confusion in her eyes anymore. No haze of intoxication. The need remained, but it was directed at me now, only me.
I moved carefully at first, ready to retreat at the slightest sign of hesitation from her. But she welcomed me eagerly, opening up and taking me in. So I let it all go, taking her and giving her everything I had. I thrusted furiously, yet she clung to me, begging for more.
Lust rolled over me like the Big Wave, flooding my senses. The sight of Elaine’s face blurred. Red haze drew over it. Arousal swelled to a ball of fire in my groin.
Elaine shattered with orgasm under me, screaming my name. But I didn’t stop, making her come again before my insides tightened and the release finally came for me too. I growled through my clenched teeth, afraid to release a fire with a roar.
My arms shook when I finally pushed away from her.
“Are you alright?” I asked, terrified that I hurt her. During those few moments of insanity, blinded by my approaching climax, I couldn’t remember what I’d done.
She panted, her fingers digging into my shoulders, her hair messy again.
“That was… Wow, I mean sex is never boring with you. But what was…Eeek!” she screeched suddenly, wiggling from under me.
“What is it? Elaine? What’s going on?” I looked down where she was staring.
Her eyes open wide, she covered her mouth with her hand.
“Oh my God, is that…?” She pointed down at my crotch.
My cock remained as hard as ever, even after the recent release. But that wasn’t what had scared her. At the base of my shaft, a crown of slim glowing appendages appeared, undulating slightly like sea grass in the ocean. I felt arousal crackling through all of them, sparks of magic igniting the fire of desire that spread through my muscles and bones.
“The mating cluster,” I exhaled in recognition.
Elaine hovered her hand over it, visibly drawn to it but afraid to touch.
“Is that what happens during the mating fever?” she marveled.
I fell onto the bed on my back, tossing an arm over my eyes with a groan.
“Yes.”
The memories of my last mating fever rushed me. I’d lost the woman who’d caused it then, and it’d devastated me. I deeply respected and admired Valeni. I mourned her. But I didn’t love her, not the way I loved Elaine.
I moved my arm away, meeting her concerned look.
“Yes, my sweet. It’s the mating fever.” I stroked the side of her face, and she leaned into my caress with a soft smile.
“Are you… Are you going to fuck me into oblivion now?” she asked, still wide-eyed, but sounding more intrigued than terrified now.
“Only if that’s something you want.”
Gods, fucking was all I could think about now. The dragon’s animalistic need for coupling merged with the fae’s mating urge, creating a head-spinning mix. But I’d be damned if I hurt her, even if the lust burned me alive.
She bit her lip, leaning over me. “Are you sure you can give me that choice? Because that’s not what I’ve heard about the shadow fae’s mating fever. I heard it turns you into animals, unable to think and incapable of restraint.”
“I’m already half animal, remember?” I raised my tail between us in demonstration. “Only half of me is still of fae. I only have half as strong of a mating fever to restrain.”
Of course, the dragon half remained permanently aroused by Elaine. It’d be torture akin to death to stay away from her. I hoped I wouldn’t have to, and it was a relief beyond measure when she gently stroked my hair, then kissed me, pressing her flushed body to mine.
“I don’t know if it’s still the lingering aftereffects of the golden hyacinth or if it’s the usual effect that your charming selfhas on me, but I absolutely don’t mind being ravaged by you,” she murmured between kisses.
Her smile was brilliant. The look in her eyes was the one that would send me into battle for her without a moment of hesitation. And I couldn’t hold the words back anymore.
