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“Don’t be embarrassed, Elora. I would be more worried if you weren’t attracted to us, because it would mean you don’t feel the bond at all,” Silas says.

Somehow, I don’t think anyone would find them not attractive. They look like sex on legs, with their masculine bodies and godlike looks.

Oh my god, he is listening. I forget to block him from my mind. I feel Matitus quietly chuckle, trying to pry my hands from his face as he goes to blab my thoughts to them.

“Don’t. It’s bad enough you keep invading them,” I tell him. I glare down at him, and he smiles back mischievously.

Moving my hand from his lips, Matitus smirks. “Oh, how will you survive the embarrassment when we can all hear you,” he whispers, gripping my hips as I go to get off him.

I sit up, my legs straddling his waist as he holds me in place. I can feel his erection growing underneath me and I raise an eyebrow at him and feel Dragus sweep my hair to the side, exposing my neck where Matitus marked me. I flinch when his fingers brush the mark and tingles spread down my neck and shoulder, making me shiver.

“Just remember what you also promised, Elora. Dragus and Matitus will know if you resist the mate bond,” Silas says, rubbing his hand up my thigh. My heart hammers in my chest at his words and the meaning behind them.

“We won’t force you, Elora. Just don’t deny what you feel,” Matitus says softly, causing me to stare down at him. Silas nods in agreement.

“Aren’t they the same thing though? The mate bond will make me want to even if logically I don’t want to,” I tell them, and they shrug.

“Like I said, we won’t force you, but.”

There is always a but.

“We will know if you don’t want to. We just don’t want you to deliberately shove what you feel aside because you don’t want to be with us. Make sense?”

“Not really,” I tell him, and he softly chuckles.

Dragus presses into my back as he kneels behind me, his knees on either side of mine, straddling Matitus. Fear consumes me when I feel his breath on the back of my neck. His arm snakes around my waist, pulling me against him and I forget how to breathe as my heart beats so hard and erratically that I can hear it.

Dragus moves his hand to under my shirt. Matitus’s hands run up my thighs and under the pajama shorts I have on. His hands stop at the apex of my legs as he brushes his thumbs against my hips.

“Breathe, Elora. It will only hurt for a second. I promise,” Matitus says making my gaze snap to his. I take a deep breath as I feel the points of his fangs press against my skin. Silas sits up and places a hand on Dragus’s shoulder, gripping it tightly.

“Just a precaution,” he whispers. Silas has said before that Matitus and Dragus can sometimes struggle with control, and I know that’s why he has grabbed him. The thought scares me. But I don’t have enough time for that fear to completely register as his teeth break through my skin over Matitus mark. I scream and squirm for a second while Matitus’s grip and Dragus holds me in place. His teeth slice through my skin. It hurts but doesn’t last long when, all of a sudden, a pull, like an elastic band snapping into place, links us together. I feel his tongue roll over my skin and pleasure explodes throughout me as I lean into him. A moan escapes me and my body relaxes against him, my head rolling back onto his shoulder.

I feel a little high from his bite when he pulls back. I can feel through the bond the struggle he actually has, but he forces himself because he doesn’t want to hurt me. His teeth leave my skin and he runs his tongue over it, making me shiver. He seals the mark then kisses the side of my face.

Dizziness rushes over me, and my head spins as I feel him move away, and I slump against Matitus, feeling sleepy. I can feel his venom spreading throughout my body. I don’t remember feeling this when Matitus bit me.

“It’s because Dragus isn’t a pure Dragon. One mark has little effect on your body, Elora. Two will make you feel tired, and Silas may just knock you out for a few days,” Matitus answers my thoughts as I allow my eyelids to flutter closed. I try to nod my head when sleep consumes me.