I laughed again, my heart squeezing as we got easily back to our old routine and banter. I then moved over him and grabbed his hardness, already dripping with precum, before I easily slid down, ridge by ridge, my own body wet and ready.
He closed his eyes. “Can I touch you now?” he asked in a tight voice.
I began to bounce up and down, the sound of splashing water filling the room. “Yes, you may.”
He wasted no time placing his hands on my waist, careful of his talons pinching too much into my skin, although I enjoyed the borderline pain. I balanced my hands onto his shoulders as I felt him vibrate within me, every ridge brushing against my sensitive walls. He lifted me to the tip of his member before impaling me again, his hips jutting up to meet me. The pleasure unfocused my vision, and it felt as if I were losing control.
We continued like this, a building crescendo of desire, until we snapped. My body burst again with orgasmic relief, legs shaking as I felt him release inside of me, splashing my inner walls with ropes of his heat. I screamed his name, unabandoned, as he pushed me further to orgasm against his vibrating cock.
He called my name as he came, releasing words of love and lust, his body spasming between my thighs, nails digging intomy ass. I would see the marks later, and I didn’t care. I owned them.
Before I could take another breath, he buried his knot inside of me. I was filled so tightly that it almost hurt, but in no time, I settled again, like I always did. He ground slowly, his cock and knot vibrating inside my already-raw inner walls. I circled my hips, craving as much of him as I could have, resting my forehead against his head. He moved his hands to my back, slowly rubbing up and down in such a gentle touch that it nearly brought tears to my eyes.
No, I did have tears. They were already leaking down my face. How long had I been crying? I straightened up and lifted a hand to wipe them away, but Ivan leaned forward, his own face serene, and kissed both cheeks. He didn’t ask me what was wrong. There wasn’t anything wrong. We both knew that these were tears of happiness. He then kissed my mouth again, and I had no idea how long we rocked in the water like that, mouths entwined, bodies united, until we came again.
Unknown moments later, Ivan spoke. “I sometimes dreamed of you. I had dreams of things that seemed so real that it hurt when I woke up. Now I know they were real memories of us. So, you see, even a spell could never make me forget you.”
My heart disintegrated at his words, forgetting how open he’d always been with how much he loved me. It had made losing him all the more painful. But he was here now, and there would not be a third separation. I would put the realm into darkness before I let anyone else come between us. I crashed my lips against his once again.
He said something in my mouth, and I pulled away, chuckling. “What?”
He gave me a wide, boyish grin. “I said I remember why Yosef didn’t like me.”
I shook my head. “What?”
“You remember when they had that party after the court ball and we got the last minute
invite?
“Ah, yes. Ok, that’s random, but why?”
“He said you were wasted potential as a bartender. And that’s when I called him a turd. So, the reason I couldn’t remember why he was mad at me when I was under the spell was because it was about you.”
I nodded slowly. “Makes sense. He wasn’t wrong though.”
He shrugged. “I know, but no one talks about my omega.”
I kissed his forehead. “I love how you have my back.”
“I love how you have mine,” he replied, still kneading my back. “I think we make a pretty great team. And now that our families don’t hate each other, I think we’re going to be even stronger.”
He was right. We were a team. We knew what we both needed. Through him, I learned that trusting someone to help me didn’t mean giving up power. It sometimes meant growing it. And I would do everything with that power to secure our future. To secure the future of dragon-kind and fae-kind alike. Every battle that Ivan and I faced proved that we were stronger together. And I would never let this dragon go again.
