“Come here, Kai.”Once again, he didn’t raise his voice.However, he didn’t need to.After the long days, they spent intertwined with each other, his cock buried deep inside of her as he whispered all sorts of things in her ear—salacious and sweet—Kai knew his voice.
She was in tune with him, even in a noisy crowd of shifters.
Kai rose, only pausing a few seconds to ensure her sister was okay, then she started down the table toward him.
Left.Right.Left Right.Mesmerized, Aodh watched her wide hips swing and her thick thighs’ graceful movements like a clock at the end of a hypnotist chain.His cock throbbed and began to swell in his pants as he took all of her in.The dress she wore clung to her full breasts, narrow waist, and curve of her hips.He wanted to watch the delicate material slide over her body as it drifted to the floor and revealed her nakedness beneath.
The closer she got to him, the more the heat that bonded them intensified.He had the mind of a madman, all incited by the need to grab her by the waist and pull her body against his, feeling those soft curves provide succor to his body.
She stopped a few feet before him.Her eyes held a glaze, and there was a flush to her cheeks, evidence of the juice’s effects.“You wanted me?”
Damn.Did Kai know how those three words affected him?Slowly, Aodh rose to his feet and reveled at her golden-brown eyes, darkening as she consumed him with her gaze.He wasn’t the only one affected by desire.
“Yes.”
“She is lovely.”Liekki’s rough voice was loud enough to be heard across the room.“Don’t be selfish, brother.You don’t have to yield to pressure if she’s not the one.If you’re not planning to breed with her, I’m sure there are a lot of shifters who wouldn’t mind a sample when you’re done.”
Aodh didn’t have to look down to see the cerulean that radiated through his markings flash to a blood orange as he growled and stood to face Liekki.His dragon didn’t care.It was his brother who agitated him.A fire pit was still ready to spew and turn rocks into lava.Kai was his woman.
Even though his beast hadn’t claimed her, the beast was possessive as fuck of his things.
In his peripheral, Aodh could see more than a few male Drahks turn in his direction, their markings glowing yellow with curiosity.His scent marked her now, but it would simply be a matter of another Drahk fucking her, and it would not even have a lingering trace.Were they waiting for him to reject or offer her up to another?
The hell I will.
Before he could respond, Kai had stepped around him and placed her small stature between them, standing up to Liekki.
“What makes you think I haven’t conceived?”
Aodh would have laughed at the comical scene if he wasn’t pissed at his brother’s words.There was no way his mate could beat Liekki, but the fact she wasn’t afraid to stand her ground and challenge him was damn striking.Aodh figured it was the juice bolstering her courage.
Aodh understood Kai’s perspective.In her world, as much unprotected sex as they had, there was a significant chance she would have gotten pregnant.For his kind, it didn’t work the same.
“Leave it alone, Liekki,” Aodh bit out.“Mind your damn business.”
However, his brother was too fucking hard-headed to listen.Liekki tipped his head down and cast his violet-flamed gaze on Kai.He chuckled.“Oh, spitfire, if you’d met my brother’s dragon, you wouldn’t have been sitting so comfortably in that chair.”
Kai’s beautiful, full lips parted on a gasp.
Liekki roared with laughter.
“Back the fuck off, Liekki!”Aodh grabbed Kai and shoved her behind him.Rich, gray smoke curled out of his nose and circled his brother’s head.
“My only job is to serve your orders, Mckenna.”Liekki bowed his head, but not low enough that Aodh couldn’t see the broad grin before he walked away.
Aodh watched as a female Drahk stepped in his brother’s path.Liekki barely paused in his stride as he wrapped an arm around the rich, mocha-toned female and strutted out of the hall.
“What did he mean—?”
“We’re leaving.”Aodh faced her, then took hold of her hand and started to turn.
He stopped when he felt Kai’s resistance.He glanced back at her, his brows pinched.
“I can’t.Morlie.”
Shit.Just that quick, he’d forgotten about her worry over her sister.
He stared at the people still moving in a rhythmic mass on the floor, Morlie still in their midst.“Eilidh!”
