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I watched them all as the truth flickered on their faces. They may not have wanted to believe it, but I think deep down they knew the truth. It must have been why they didn’t try and fight us.
“We didn’t want this to happen,” Buck said. “Fighting isn’t the way we have been raised, but we couldn’t stand by and let this happen. We couldn’t just let Ilvar destroy everything.”
“And I know that you’re hurt and confused right now,” I added, “but I wanted to come here myself and tell you the truth of what happened. We all have friends and loved ones to mourn. Nobody came out of the battle unscathed, but I hope that youcan see that Ilvar was mistaken to follow the path he did. There is no way for us to get back to Drakon. This is our home, and we have to make the best of it. What Ilvar sought to do was divide us. He spoke of hatred and superiority, when we need to focus on the things that unite us. I’m sorry for what happened, and I’m sorry that I have to stand here and tell you this news. I hope that, going forward, we can enjoy better relations with each other and maybe become one thunder again. Since our numbers have been greatly diminished, we are going to need each other in the future. Our blood is the same, even if, over the years, we have been pushed apart.”
I knew it was too soon for any of them to agree, but I hoped that, by giving form to the idea, it would help them consider it. They wore troubled looks on their faces. Some of them were still scowling, but plenty just looked sad. I hoped they would be able to understand that none of us had wanted this, none of us other than Ilvar. He had met the fate he had reserved for other people.
I waited in case any of them wanted to speak to me. Only one of them did; my father.
He looked older than I remembered, as though this whole process had aged him. Seeing him again made me realize how close I had come to losing him though, and I hated the thought of never seeing him again. There was nervous tension between us. Buck, Mason, and Brett stepped away to give us some privacy, although they had barely moved out of earshot.
“I’m glad to see you again,” he muttered, and then he wrapped his arms around me in a tight embrace. He had hardly been one to show such public displays of affection, but it was clear that something had been weighing on his mind. “I’m so sorry about before. I’ve been thinking about it, and I should never have let Ilvar have such an influence on me. I should neverhave listened to him instead of you. I should have let you have a say in your own life. I’m sorry for letting myself get distracted.”
“It’s okay Dad. I know how persuasive Ilvar could be. I’m just glad that you did the right thing in the end.”
He nodded, but still looked pensive. His gaze flashed towards my three companions. “I noticed how you referred to yourself as ‘we’. Seems like you’ve found a new home for yourself.”
I wore a rueful look. “I have Dad. I know it’s not necessarily the home you would have chosen, but I’m happy with them and this place… I never really agreed with the lessons we were taught.” I didn’t add that they had come in handy in the end.
“You know there’s always a place for you here. This place could be different.”
“It’s not my home anymore. I belong with them. I… I love them,” I said.
Dad nodded with understanding. “Like the queens of old. Maybe, some things haven’t changed as much as you’d like to think,” he chuckled to himself, and I was glad to see that he wasn’t too unhappy about it.
“You could come with me,” I said, arching my eyebrows, my voice rising with hope. I suspected that I knew what his answer would be though. Indeed, he shook his head.
“I need to stay with them. We’re going to need each other to recover from this. It’s going to take some time to heal the wounds. Some of them aren’t going to want to believe that Ilvar could have forsaken us like this.”
“But you know, right?”
He gave me a somber nod. “I suspected when he told us to wait here. I assumed we would all leave together. It’s why I told you where he could be found. I’m just glad that you survived all this Kadie. You know I wouldn’t have been able to leave withoutyou. And no matter what happens in the future, I will always be here for you.”
“And I’ll always be here for you as well, Dad. I’m not that far away, and I’ll visit often. I want you to get to know Mason, Buck, and Brett as well.”
“I will, in time, but, for now, I must mourn. We must mourn. You go and grieve as well. It is a sad time for all dragons,” he said. He kissed me on the forehead and then, bid me farewell. He shared a nod of understanding with my three lovers, no doubt silently asking them to protect me. It was a promise they would not break.
Then, we returned home.
*
The dead had been mourned. It had been a couple of weeks since the battle, and things were returning to normal, or about as normal as they had been. There had been no violent stirrings from the dragons Ilvar had left behind, and no rumblings from the island either. As far as I was concerned, it was all behind us. We could carry on and live in peace.
The wounds had healed as well. Mason, Brett, Buck, and I were all back to our best and we did not have to worry about the aches and pains that irked us. We had spent the time getting to know each other better and deepening our connection. After going through something so intense, it was nice to have time to learn about each other like this. We had put our lives on the line for each other, and now, we got to understand why that was so important. I had been attracted to them from the very beginning and the vision had obviously helped with that, but spending time with them like this helped me to take them into my heart.
We all did different things. Brett and I would take long walks. Mason and I would explore nature, while Buck would take me near the human world and teach me about all the things that I had never experienced. We also spent time together as well,enjoying the same kind of pleasure that we had shared before. Our mouths and tongues and fingers were used to the taste of each other, but there were still new territories to broach. Before there had been a sense of doom about the world and so, I may have rushed into passion before I was ready. That’s not to say I hadn’t wanted to do it, just that, in other circumstances, I may have taken more time. I had no regrets though. I loved exploring this side of myself, and I knew I had the perfect three men to accompany me on this journey.
And now I was ready for more.
I told them that I wanted to spend some time with them alone. I’m not sure they thought anything of the request, although I was wearing a coy smile and so, I thought they might suspect something else was happening. I wore a slinky, thin dress that barely clung to my skin, and if the light hit it from the right angle, then it showed the flesh underneath. We made our way to a glade near a waterfall. The cliff face was sheer, and the water crashed into a small lake. The water in the lake was crystal clear and cool, while it came down in a frothing foam from the waterfall. The sound was thunderous, and it was easy to lose ourselves here, to pull away from the world and let everything else we had experienced fade away. Nothing mattered except the things that we felt and each other.
I laughed as I skipped to the edge of the lake and, without any warning, I teased them to come in after me. I shrugged off my dress and looked over my shoulder in a coy gaze. I saw them all staring in awe at my naked body, and then I fell into the water. It enveloped my body. I swam under the surface, moving away from the edge. The three men chased after me, splashing loudly as they entered the lake. Their limbs stretched out, trying to chase me, but I nimbly swam away, always teasing them by being out of their reach. I laughed when I emerged from the water, before ducking down again and changing position.We swam and played like this for a while before, eventually, I let them catch me, losing myself to the sweet warmth of their embraces, and the heat of their kisses.
I murmured with delight as I beckoned for them to take me out of the lake. They placed their arms around me and carried me out. Water dripped along my body, making my flesh glisten as the sunlight danced upon it. They laid me down on the soft moss and I looked up at them. They were naked too, cleansed by the lake, glowing with the glory of the sunlight. They smelled fresh, and their muscles were all honed to perfection. I reached out to touch them, eager to feel them and pleasure them again. I took them in my mouth, one at a time, and moaned loudly. The noise was swallowed by the thunderous crash of the waterfall.
I opened my mouth wide and moved from man to man, taking them deep in my throat, paying attention to what I had learned before. I ran my tongue around their hardness, tasting the musk that swam over me, losing myself to the rhythm of my head moving back and forth. Their hands caressed my cheeks and ran over my scalp, pushing the strands of my hair back. They grunted with pleasure and a haze fell upon us, a sweet haze in which we could lose ourselves to these feelings.
Then I felt them pushing me back. They descended to the ground with me, spreading their arms around me and kissing me again. My hair splayed across the ground, melting into the grass. I felt the tendrils of pleasure rushing over me. They tweaked my nipples and gripped my thighs, while a hand ran over my throat and my lips. I took their fingers into my mouth and sucked on them, afterwards exhaling a low and languorous breath. I squirmed as the pleasure danced in my body and I wanted so much.
