It was a delicious stretch, and I cried out as I felt him fill me, touching every part with a silky stroke. I’d made it three-quarters in before the stretch bordered on pain. I gave him apologetic eyes, reaching my capacity. He looked down at me and stroked my hair, kissing the top of my head. He was way too tall to connect to my face from this position. Still, the gesture was tender and sweet.
He pulled almost all the way out, to the tip, and then slid back in to the exact length I had stopped. His control was impressive. However, I could barely concentrate on how expert his movements were because I was currently floating on a cloud of absolute pleasure. In and out. He practically buzzed as he moved within me, and it took no time before I came for a third time that night.
He drove into me faster, but still not past my comfort. I could feel his body stiffen around me and the skin on his chest and arms shimmered, a slight pattern of bronzed scales appearing over the surface and then disappearing just as quickly. Then he erupted, filling me, grunting his held-in desire. He kept thrusting, even after I could feel no more of his heated liquid in me. Finally, he slowed to an eventual stop. He wrapped his arms around my back and flipped us until I was resting on his chest, his cock still inside me, hot and semi-flaccid.
I didn’t want him to withdraw. It felt too right to have him attached to me like this. How odd was that? How odd was everything? I didn’t know this man, but yet, I just wanted to stay connected to him. I wasn’t safe. Yet, I felt safe. Confusion poked at the back of my mind, but I batted it off for the present comfort. Worry would kill me if I allowed it. Still, I did need a basic question answered.
I rubbed my cheek against his heated, brick-hard chest, feeling very drowsy. “What’s your name? I’m Lila.”
He brushed a hand up and down the length of my back like I was his pet. “Luca.”
My heart momentarily stopped. At least it felt like it.
I didn’t believe in coincidences, but this couldn’t be true. He couldn’t be the Luca that Xander and Yosef were searching for. Could he? I didn’t want to give away my cards right now, so I wouldn’t let him know my connections. If he was just a random Nodoor soldier with the same name, I could get myself in real trouble if he found out I was connected to high-up Prinath leadership. He could even be giving me a fake name. Neither of us had reason to trust each other. Just because I led with partial honesty didn’t mean he would. But if he was the missing friend, then that led to more questions. Namely, if he was able to freely move about, why hadn’t he gone home?
CHAPTER22
LUCA
I’d given her my real name without even thinking. I’d been so good all this time. I stuck close to the name I’d given to everyone else, Loren. Now, without even blinking, she knew my name. I would say she bewitched me, and, in a way, she had. Dragons always connected to each other in some form. That only intensified since our encounters were so rare. For us, it was clearly sexual. Although, I had no doubt she would accuse me of using magic. She didn’t seem to understand her lineage.
Breathing treasures were not often in my grasp, yet now I had one. She had no idea how special she was. A dragon, even a partial one, was very rare. We’d gone to dangerously low population levels centuries ago and had the best chance of survival in the fae realm. How she ended up in the human world was beyond me.
She belonged with her kind. I’d scented her as soon as she was brought to the prison. I only cursed myself for not getting to her earlier before those criminals laid their disgusting hands on her. I hadn’t thought when I killed them. My mind fell into rage, and all I wanted to do was destroy them. Rip them apart. Didn’t they know she was mine? Even if she wasn’t, to attack a woman like that was unforgivable. The other guards would tolerate it, but I never did.
They knew what they were doing by putting her in that cell. It didn’t matter who she angered, that was not an equal punishment. But now I had her, and I would not give her up. Although, I suffered no delusion she wouldn't try to escape. There was no safety for her anywhere but here. We were stuck for now, and I would keep her safe.
However, I knew she was a fighter. She wouldn’t just stay here with me. I’d have to keep her distracted. Comfortable and happy. It would be hard to do in this city, but if anyone found out that she was part dragon, they would breed her. Dragons were a commodity for battle, and not just anyone could bear dragons. It was limited to only other dragons, even if partial. I couldn’t recall the last time I’d come across another dragon. It had been ages. And here was one so beautiful, so feisty. I was intrigued and drawn to her.
I felt her tense in my arms as soon as I said my name. Why did that bother her? I hadn’t built any type of reputation here. My goal was to stay under the radar. Had she known another Luca? Had that bastard hurt her?
I gave her a gentle squeeze. “Do you not like my name?”
She chuckled. “Your name is beautiful. Angelic even.”
“Not what you expected?”
She lightly bit my pec, and my stomach clenched in response. She didn’t need to do much to turn me on.
“I thought your name might be Rock or Bull,” she joked.
I groaned, saddened that I’d made such a first impression on her. I’d been accused before of being too violent, but I had to in order to survive. Dragons were prized, but we weren’t treated like treasures. Perhaps she had escaped such an upbringing being in the human realm. “I’m sorry.”
I heard her suck her teeth. “You saved my ass. Thank you. You know, I have a friend that is stuck in the cells too. Brown skin, long blue braids. Her name is Melina. Let’s get her, too.”
My heart froze. “I can only get away with taking one captured. I’ll have someone I trust take care of her. I’ll call him.” I trusted few others in this city, but one other guard had shown to have similar sentiments as me. I had no worry that he would take good care of Melina. He’d better.
Lila maneuvered herself so that she was now straddling me, my dick still inside her. Warm and content.
“Thank you. I wish we could help them all,” she said.
Of course, she would have a kind heart. Even better. “I want you to know that I would never hurt you.”
She gave me a twisted smile. “You did smack me on the ass.”
And a beautiful ass it was. My fingers itched even now to grab it. However, it was not the right thing to do earlier. “I apologize. I had to make me taking you out of there believable.”
She leaned upwards, balancing her hands on my chest, so that her face was close to mine, and then she snaked her tongue out over my lips. A tremble went down my spine, and I could already feel my dick getting hard inside her.
