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Chapter Thirty-Three

Elena

W e both woke up several times. Either he or I nudged the other for more mind-blowing sex.

I didn’t know sex could be like that, honestly.

I knew women could keep going at it for hours.

We didn’t have a refractory period like men do.

It was usually a one-and-done sort of deal, but not with Anaki.

It must be a dragon thing because he was coming once, twice, and sometimes three times before he passed out from exhaustion.

His dicks had to be chafing, because my pussy was delectably sore after the fifth round of who knew how many hours. We were a panting mess, and both of us noticed the small headaches appearing, which he thought was strange.

I was no stranger to pain. May it be my muscles with my disease or just the general aches and pains, but it unsettled Anaki. He’d never had a headache in his life, and I could hear Scales grumbling on the other side of his mind, saying something was happening but wouldn’t elaborate on what.

We took a break by eating and drinking, believing that too much sex was the culprit. We hoped that wasn’t the case and prayed to the goddess that it wasn’t. We were both still very much in the touching and honeymoon phase of whatever this was called, the beginning of our bonding?

Anaki had to break a few things to me that I’d not searched for in his mind. One of them was to come to terms with… me becoming a dragon.

I dropped a carton of eggs on the floor when he casually blurted it out, like it was the most natural thing in the world. He stared at me with not one ounce of regret on his face, and cleaned it up like it wasn’t a big deal.

“How else will you carry our fledglings?”

Who the hell did he think he was?

After some yelling, more of me cursing at him in Spanish, and pacing around the room, he would follow me, always touching me and ensuring I was okay. He eventually fucked me into the mattress, double penetrating as always to ensure I got pregnant sooner.

That was another conversation to be had because, obviously human birth control doesn’t work on the supernatural.

Because, of course, it didn’t. The other shifters had super sperm, and they wanted to impregnate everything that they could!.

He told me not to worry because when Bones was here—I never recalled Bones ever being here—he said that I wouldn’t get pregnant until I had my full shift. It could be a while, because the texts he’d collected from Beretta said dragon females took a long time to fall pregnant.

Which was true to the story he told me. Dragon females don’t fall pregnant easily because male sperm was not potent.

Hence the double dicks, I guess.

Somehow, I don’t believe that will be the case for us. Call it a woman’s intuition.

Bones also hypothesized that once we mated, my pain would go away since I would soon change into a dragon.

Although becoming a dragon and enduring excruciating pain the first few shifts would be daunting.

It would be worth it to have my chronic disease magically disappear.

I’d had no pain in my muscles, only my poor, dear pussy being stretched to the max each time.

Mary and fucking Joseph!

Anaki lay back down on our mess of a bed and checked on Bear and Nadia with his phone while I pulled out mine. Anaki rested his head in my lap, and I played with his hair as I texted Abuela.

She snapped back really quickly with a text message, saying to leave her and Luis alone as they were with the spring fae.

I was sure Luis was having a fun time with all the magic around them, but I couldn’t help but miss my little man. He was so happy to push me away to go have fun in this new place, but he was all I had for so long.

Anaki’s arm lifted, and his fingers curled into the back of my hair. “What’s wrong, Mama? You got all sad on me.”

“Thinking about Luis. He hasn’t wanted to see me.” I sniffed.

Anaki pulled the phone away so I could stare down at his face in my lap.

“Love, he’s a kid, and he’s in a new place with all this cool stuff.

It isn’t because he loves you less. Plus, Abuela is being, well, Abuela.

She wanted you to find me. You have been taking care of her and your son for so long. I’m sure she’s keeping him distracted.”

I nodded. It was true, and keeping a young child like that distracted wasn’t hard to do.

Was I wishing he wanted me more? That he was a level five clinger?

He was never that sort of child, always independent.

Very much like Emmie. I wouldn't be surprised if he started taking lessons with Tajah, lessons I wouldn’t approve. I scowled and balled my fists.

“Oh, there is my sexy, angry Mama. Are you gonna punish me again?” Anaki bit his lip and wiggled his butt on the mattress.

“Do not distract me. I’m still upset they performed a ritual on my child without my permission and opened up some inner magic inside him.”

Anaki shrugged his shoulders. “It was fate. And really, the best tutors for him are right here at the Iron Fang. Tajah is the best, and Bram was a professor at some big-wig magical university thing. He’s in excellent hands. I’m not worried, and we are bonded, which means you shouldn’t worry.”

I narrowed my eyes at him.

“You shouldn’t.” He pulled me down and met me halfway for a kiss.

“Now I’m giving you vibes. Vibes of calmness through the bond.

” He wiggled his fingers at me and made a ghostly noise.

“I know it was wrong that they did that, but what's done is done. We will work on it together to establish boundaries. In fact, we can go right now if you wish.”

I hummed and leaned back on my hands. “Maybe in a bit. I am really enjoying myself.”

Anaki smiled. “Yeah? I’m not that bad to be around?”

I giggled and shook my head. “Nah, you are alright.”

Our moment was broken when my phone rang beside me. Anaki turned and buried his face into my lap. His tongue slithered out of his mouth and licked close to my pussy.

I let out a long sigh. “Stop, it's Emm!” I slid my finger across the screen to answer.

“Hello?” I said in a breathy moan. It was right when Anaki slipped his tongue right over my clit.

Naughty dragon. I slapped my hand over his naked butt and he squeaked and pulled away.

“Hey, sorry I haven’t called,” Emm began.

Not that I cared that she hadn’t called. Anaki had told me why Emm didn’t call. Emm and Locke were mating just like we were, and more than likely, she was in heat. Warm blooded animals go into heat, and had ruts where they have uncontrollable sexual desires to fuck .

Which was hot.

Journey was the first human to transform into a wolf in the club. She experienced a nesting period where her body was slowly changing. So far I haven’t had those instincts—yet.

Dragons do have heats and ruts, but since I am a human about to change into a dragon, there will be complications.

Since the goddess has willed this to take place, I’m putting trust in her.

Something I’m not sure is wise or not, but I don’t have a choice.

I’m scared to death about the change, even more scared that I will have animal instincts.

Rutting, heat, nesting, falling pregnant. Having a baby with Anaki—that is something I wanted. The way he got so excited at the mention of another child, and he already loved Luis. I could feel it between us already.

I cleared my throat. “So, how have you been?” I prodded. “Has anything interesting happened to you in the past few days? I bet it has been—exciting.” Anaki snorted in my lap and kissed my stomach.

“Yeah, it’s been something. I have something to tell you.”

“No, no, no. Let me guess!” I said giddily. “You stopped pursuing Locke as a bounty and fucked him into oblivion. In the forest, no less.” I raised my finger and pointed at her invisible self like she was in front of me.

She was silent.

This was too good.

“And, and,” I screamed excitedly, “you took that big nasty knot and let him come all up in you raw.”

Anaki gasped and bit my leg to cover his laugh. “Mama, what are you doing?” he nuzzled into my thigh.

“Elena!” she screamed. “How the hell?”

I cackled. “Emmie, I am fine! Just a headache, though. So are Luis and Abuela. We are all doing great. Better than ever.”

“Then, how did you know? About a knot? How— ”

I continued to laugh hysterically. “I’m sorry. It’s just that I’ve never been so happy for you. Have you bitten him, yet?”

I ran my fingers through Anaki’s hair. He was smiling up at me. I’ve never felt so loved before. This never felt so right, so inevitably right I just had to let go and let it happen. Why did I fight so much?

“Elena, what’s going on?” Emm growled into the phone.

“All the things Abuela told us as children are coming true, Emmie. We have soul mates. I’m just so happy for you. That you are letting this happen.” I could almost hear the wheels turning in her head.

“But you guys are still in Venezuela. Our family is apart, and now that I am with Locke, I can’t leave. I don’t know how I’m going to get you all out of there. I’ll raise the money. I’ll work at the bar here in town. I’m not hunting or doing bounties.”

I was silent for a long while. Emm was always unapologetic.

She was brash, thought of herself, and did what she thought was necessary for the family.

This was her way of showing love. No matter what I said or did, she would never really listen.

It was her way of showing love. She would hurt or kill anyone who stepped in the way of us.

No remorse. “Emmie, are you feeling guilty?”

“Yes. And I think that was why I haven’t bitten Locke, yet, to complete the madness.”

“It’s so hot. You should have done it already,” I whispered.

“You act like you know everything that has happened to me!” Emm snapped. “Do you know about wolves, knots, biting, where have you—wait. Like you have been through it?”

I rolled my lips inward and bit them. I guess I wasn’t really supposed to tell her yet. I just got so excited. Does this mean Locke was going to kick my ass? I really doubted it.

“Where the fuck are you?” she screamed into the phone. I pulled it away and squinted my eyes.

I smacked my lips. “I can’t tell you that right now. You are in the middle of your mating thing, and you are in heat. Which—let me tell you—”

“Shut up! What the fuck! Where is Abuela? You two monsters have kept secrets from me!”

“Emmie, we had to. You were still coming to terms with Locke, and—”

“Don’t Emmie me!” I shook my head even though she couldn’t see me. “You knew things were weird and said nothing!”

Like she would have believed me.

“Because I couldn’t!” I screamed back. “Locke wanted to keep it from you. He wanted to tell you himself. You wouldn’t have believed me. And, anyway… I needed my time, too.”

I looked down at Anaki. His eyes were soft, his hands roaming my body, teasing me with those fingers and claws. I got what I wanted, now Emm needed to let go and get what she wanted.

I probably shouldn’t have said anything, but I was high on my own love. Emm would see it through and fall for her man, in time. I wish she had stayed on the phone for longer so I could have told her I found my mate, too.