Page 36 of Dragon Me Through Space

“N-Nothing,” I lied and took a deep breath to calm myself. There was no way that Scout wouldn’t have detected them taking a DNA sample from me. They might be able to knock me out with a gas, but Scout was immune to all of that, which was a big reason I had created him and integrated him with myself.

He ran a hand through his hair, messing it up, and said, “I don’t understand people well, but if you tell me what I did wrong, I’ll make sure I don’t do it again.”

I set my hand on his arm and smiled up at him. “You didn’t say anything wrong, Wayne. I just thought of something that was scary. It wasn’t you.”

He dropped his hand down from his hair and set it on my upper arm. “While you’re with me, I won’t let anything hurt you. I’ll destroy it, just like that ship of mercenaries.”

This Dragonkin was so unlike any other male I’d encountered before. Also, why did they sound like they were falling for me as stupidly fast as I was falling for them? I barely knew them and yet the butterflies they gave me were undeniable, especially when they said things like that.

“Thank you,” I said and stood up on my tiptoes to kiss his cheek. “Now, let’s start our project.”

His eyes widened at the kiss, but he quickly grabbed the leaf and showed me the slow and tedious process of stripping long pieces off of it. Once all the strips were separated, we had to soak them in water for twenty minutes to make them pliable, then braid and knot them into a long strand that would become a bracelet. You had to resoak them occasionally to keep them pliable, which was part of what took so long to complete the bracelet.

“This is actually pretty relaxing,” I commented as I continued braiding and knotting the strands. Wayne’s looked way better than mine and it was difficult to untie a knot to fix it without it having a weird crinkle or bend from the first knot or braid. “Have you made many of these?”

He shook his head. “I’ve never made one before since the tradition is for the female to make it for the males, but my mother and sister taught me how to do it, and I watched my sister making hers.”

“It sounds like you love your sisters a lot,” I commented.

He nodded. “My eldest sister is everything I’m not. Bright, warm, and bubbly. She understands people in ways I can’t and tried to explain things to me as I grew up. I was always tinkering with things, working on new tech gadgets and didn’t have a desire to interact with people. Still, she made me roleplay talking to others and instructed me on proper responses or body cues to watch for. I can’t wait to see her and hug her again, as well as my younger sisters.”

“Are they back on your home planet?” I asked.

He nodded again. “Yes, my eldest sister and her mates live there together. She’s likely lain several eggs at this point. Her goal was to have a whole hoard of babies. My two younger sisters aren’t yet seeking mates. My family has been very lucky in terms of birth rates, we’ve had the highest yet”

“What is your plan? Do you just want to search for a mate and then return to your planet? Or is there something else you guys are doing?” Maybe if I just asked bluntly, they’d give me an answer.

“We are searching for our mate. What happens after that … well, I can’t really say.” He shrugged and took a big drink from his bottle. “Preston knows the plans, though, which is what matters.”

I took a drink as well and suddenly felt the alcohol hit me. “Whoa, this is … strong.”

“I forgot to tell you I finished your hammock,” he said and stood, pointing to a hammock that was about halfway between the floor and their hammocks. “Can you reach it?”

It was still relatively high up, but I felt certain I could do it. I set down the bracelet I was making and looked up. Yeah, I could make it. Standing, I focused on my hammock, squatted down, and jumped.

I made it higher than the hammock, but due to my inebriation, misjudged it and sailed over. I yelped and flailed my arms, trying to grab the hammock, but fell back down towards the ground.

Wayne rushed forward, his strong arms catching me as I fell, causing us both to fall to the ground, me atop him.

Laughter burst out of me and I smiled down at him. “Sorry!”

He smiled up at me and pressed his lips to mine. “You’re not hurt?”

I shook my head, my face aflame with lust, and licked my lips. “No, sorry. I didn’t realize the alcohol was so strong.”

He slid his hands down to my hips and I felt his erection against me. “You’re truly a beautiful creature, Xoe.”

“Yeah?” I asked breathlessly, heat pooling in my core.

“Yes.” He kissed me again and ground against me a bit, making me moan into his mouth. “Do you want release, Diamond?”

Even though I’d just been with Zeke yesterday, I was already wound up again. Over the past ten years, I’d not experienced such extreme lust as I was now. Was it the Dragonkin? Were they causing this to happen to me somehow? Or was it just because it’d been so long since I’d been with males I wasn’t fleeing from?

Whatever the reason, I wasn’t going to let these opportunities go to waste. Who knew how long it would be before I got a chance to sleep with men who weren’t planning to sell me the next day?

I nodded vigorously, grinding against him. “Please.”

He smiled and rolled us over so that he was atop me and in quick movements had us both stripped of our clothing. With firm, but tentative hands, he squeezed my breasts, making a purring sound as he did. “Your breasts are beautiful, just like the rest of you.” He leaned forward and swirled his tongue around one of my taut peaks and moaned in the back of his throat as he did.