Page 40 of Bartender Mate


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“You pushed too hard, Q.” Was all the help I got. “I trust that last night’s events might have finally taught you a lesson in restraint.” Radon’s gruff tone caused Quasar’s purple hue to dim a little more. His tone softened when he returned his attention to me. “I am pleased to hear that you won't fall pregnant by accident, Tess. This is reassuring to all of us.”

He nodded, kissing me on the top of the head.

Any further discussion was thwarted by the heart-wrenching squeal of agony which came from one of the warring dragons. A rending of leathery flesh caused a gasp to go up from the Stellar Misfits all around me, who had gathered–grim faced–to watch the outcome.

The turquoise dragon seemed to be dipping lower in the sky, now, his wing beats off tempo. Like he was struggling to remain aloft. Blood ran off his scales in rivulets, and the fresh tear in his wing looked painful.

“It is done,” Quasar intoned dully from where he was sitting. “Zinc won.”

With a heavy sigh, Quasar hefted himself from his seat looking like a party balloon who’d lost all its helium, but my eyes were glued to the dragon who’d landed with a thud in the middle of the clearing. Argon’s body shrank at an incredible rate. In the blink of an eye, the entire beast was replaced by the shape of a man.

Argon grabbed his arm to staunch the bleeding. I was no wallflower, but the sigh of the thick long gashes which had torn his flesh open made my stomach heave.

Without missing a beat, however, Eden hopped to her feet and threw him the VP cut. “Proud of you, baby!” she teased, holding her arms outstretched. “You made him work for it real good. Now come and claim your consolation prize.”

The new VP grinned at his mate. “You got it, baby.”

The feral hunger in his eyes would have been frightening, if she didn’t squeal in delight as he threw the cut over his naked shoulders and strolled to her side, throwing the giggling Eden over his shoulder. His cock stood to rigid attention, declaring to one and all exactly what kind of celebration Argon had planned for his moment of defeat, and it was not the reaction I would’ve expected from such a proud warrior.

“Eden’s gonna be alright with them, right?” I pressed.

“She’s with her bonded mates.” Shrugged Quasar, still sounding hollow. “There’s nowhere she’d rather be.”

The rest of their mated group followed close behind, looking equally eager to get in on the action, and not the least bit worried about the recent change in leadership. Once they had disappeared from view amongst the trees, a slap of flesh rang out over the valley, and the scream of delight which followed along with more giggling, accompanied by an eager chorus of snarls from her bonded mates, made everything okay.

Then I noticed Quasar. He stood halfway up, his gaze rooted to Asteroid. The mutinous look on my happy-go-lucky Misfit’s face bordered on terrified but Asteroid only offered him a curt nod, tension riding his huge frame.

“What, now?!” he demanded, his breath a shaky whisper. Instead of answering, Asteroid stomped over to us, and handed Quasar his cut, before reaching down to unbutton his jeans. “Like, right now? Can’t it fucking wait?”

Quasar flapped a hand between the four of us in feeble protest.

“No time like the present,” Asteroid rumbled, dropping trou and sending me a blistering look filled with a million things we’d never said. Then he kicked his ankles out of the denim and dropped the jeans on the bench between Radon and Quasar. “Cad is ready to take it and she feels my beast’s refusal to submit. The sooner our dragons settle this, the sooner we can grow this Weyr into a healthy clan. Club. Whatever. Into something we can all be proud of.” He pulled his shirt over the back of his head with one hand, and dropped that too. His voice was husky when he addressed me, “You gonna watch me battle, little mate?”

All I could do was nod, and do my best not ogle the giant cock swinging half erect between his thighs. Where the fuck did he tuck that thing? It practically needed a third pant leg to call its own. And he wasn’t even fully hard yet.

I swallowed thickly, my gaze bouncing between the three men and the golden skinned goddess that was stalking toward us. That female possessed the sort of deadly elegance I would never be able to emulate. Her skin practically shone in the morning sun, flawless and graceful.

“You take too long, Asteroid,” she snarled, her hands fisted on her hip, ready to shift and naked as the day she was born. I couldn't help but get a little prickly at the unwanted proximity. She was in our space, standing too close to my males. Damnit, not mine. But, regardless, thatfemalewas definitely not welcome over here, in our little bubble, while rubbing all that naked and supreme confidence in our faces. “We fight, or you forfeit.”

“We fight.”

Asteroid turned towards Quasar, fisting his hand in the other man’s hair, and pulling him flush. Their sensual lips danced together for a moment, reminding me of the way the Quasar had kissed me. His lips on mine, feasting and worshiping me like that, turning me into a molten pile of horny in a split second.

“Win,” Quasar whispered to his bonded mate as they slowly–reluctantly–broke apart.

Asteroid turned, took two giant strides to reach us and grabbed Radon roughly, smashing their lips together in a brief but possessive kiss. The brutal battle of dominance of the two males, each giving as good as they got, just solidified the state of my panties.

I was fucking soaked just looking at them.

Lips and teeth and tongues were all smashed together and fighting for the top spot. Until Asteroid pulled roughly away, gave me one last blistering look–which told me in no uncertain terms that I was next, just as soon as he’d taken care of business–then stalked off.

Fuck.

I let out a shaky breath I even didn’t realize I’d been holding.

Asteroid was hot when he was worked up right before battle.

His cock wasn’t half hard anymore. Nope. But this was a warrior in complete control of his own destiny. He took that pent up lust and passion which he felt for his mates and used it to fuel his beast.

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