Page 19 of Dragon Daddy’s Second Chance (Mysteries of Dragon’s Island #5)

CHAPTER 18

***BLAKE***

A nticipation made it hard to breathe as Blake made his way along the trail. He was excited to see Wren, excited to tell her what he’d spent most of the day doing, and thrilled that his dream was about to come true. The ring he’d picked out for her was warm in his pocket, and the speech he was going to say was memorized. Now, all he needed was the woman that he loved. He’d been surprised at first by her invitation to meet her for a sunset dinner, then realized it was the perfect setting to propose and decided that it was fitting that Wren had set it up.

They really were the perfect pair and he had every intention of making sure they were married before they left the island in a week. Max had been more than happy to arrange the details, but he realized that he was getting ahead of himself. Proposal first, ceremony second. A smile on his face, he followed the map for a few more minutes, then found himself in a small clearing at the end of the trail. Looking around, a bit confused, he waited, wondering if Wren was late, then he heard rustling in the bushes behind him.

His gut told him that something wasn’t right, so he spun around, bracing himself, but found Lisa smiling at him from the foliage. “Well, hey there, Blake,” she said, ambling out. “You look very handsome tonight, good enough to eat, if you know what I mean.”

A sick feeling began to form in his stomach. “What are you doing here?” he demanded, looking back down the trail, hoping to see Wren coming. “Where’s Wren?”

“Oh, come on now, Blake, you knew I was the one who sent that note,” Lisa said. “Wren isn’t the adventurous type, or didn’t you know that? I’m sure she’s sitting home waiting for you, but you’re right where you belong. I knew that you’d come for me, and I knew a virile man like you couldn’t resist me.”

Trying not to panic, he started to back away from Lisa. “Umm…I think I’ll just go see where Wren is,” he said. “I think you got the wrong message. She’s the one I want, not you, Lisa.”

Lisa took a few steps around him, blocking the only exit from the clearing, slowly unbuttoning her shirt, and then throwing it aside. “Oh, Blake, you poor, poor man,” she said, advancing on him. “You don’t know what you need. You’ve gotten so used to my pathetic sister, you don’t know what a real woman is.”

Before he could stop her, Lisa released the clasp on her bra and slipped it off, making alarm bells go off in his head. Backing away from her again, he looked for a way out but saw only dense vegetation and realized that she’d picked the spot carefully as a sense of doom slowly settled over him. But the ring was still warm in his pocket, reminding him how much he had to lose, and he pushed the feelings away.

His only hope was to turn her around so he could make a run for the opening in the jungle and get away. “Lisa, you don’t want to do this,” he said, taking a step to the side while tuning his body a little. “Wren will never forgive you when she finds out that you tried to seduce me.”

“Oh, that’s not what she’s going to think,” Lisa purred. “She’s going to think it was all you. Now come here. I’m actually looking forward to having sex with you.”

Lisa was suddenly on him, kissing him and dragging his hands to her breasts, but he managed to push her off, and chest heaving, backed away from her again. “Lisa, this is crazy. You can’t think this is going to work,” he said. “I don’t want you, I want your sister, and she knows that. She’ll never believe you.”

“It won’t matter; once we have sex, the damage will be done,” Lisa said. “Stop fighting this, Blake, you’re going to like it. I know a few tricks my sister doesn’t. It’s going to be fun.”

“No thanks, I’ll stick with your sister,” he said. “She’s all the woman I need.”

“You heard him.” Wren said, stepping up behind Lisa. “Leave him alone. You’re just making a fool of yourself, Lisa.”

Lisa gasped and turned around. “What are you doing here so early?” she demanded. “You’re not supposed to be here for another half an hour.”

“Sorry to break up your party, but after Mom and Dad’s little visit, I was restless,” Wren said, taking a couple of steps towards her sister. “Your plan isn’t going to work, little sister. You can’t seduce Blake like you did the rest of my boyfriends. He can see right through you.”

“But look at me! He took my clothes off, he was going to have sex with me,” Lisa said, her face full of panic. “He touched my breasts, he kissed me, you saw the pictures from the marina…”

“Enough,” Wren bellowed. “You’re done here, Lisa. Go home. You aren’t going to break us up, I’m not going to marry some stranger, and Theo isn’t going to boarding school; you’ll have to find another way to talk Bruce into marrying you. For the first time in your life, you’re not going to get what you want.”

Lisa was silent for only a second, then she let out a scream of anger and charged at Wren, who smoothly deflected the attack and got in a punch that sent Lisa tumbling to the ground. She started to get up, but Wren walked over to her,she pushed her back down, then got right in her face and stared at her.

“I wouldn’t get up again. While you were off painting your nails and chasing my boyfriends, I was learning a few things from the guys on Dad’s boat,” she said. “I promise you that you won’t come out on top in a physical fight, so just stay down there.”

Lisa fell back with a whimper. Wren walked over, picked up her clothes, and threw them at her. “Go home now,” she said, then turned her back and stomped away. “I’m done here.”

Blake was so stunned that it took him a second to get moving. “Wren, wait for me,” he called, running to catch up to her. “That was incredible. You’re like a warrior princess or something.”

“I’m so sick of all this,” she said, looking over at him, tears in her eyes. “I just want everything to stop, I can’t do this anymore.”

He reached out to pull her into his arms, but Wren shook her head. “I’m tired of crying all the time,” she said, her face full of anger. “I don’t want to cry anymore, so I’m going to be angry for a while instead.”

She turned and marched off up the trail. “Hey, where are you going?” he called. “You can’t just go stomping off into the jungle.”

“Then you’d better come with me,” she called back. “Because I’m going either way. ”

***Wren***

Once Wren got started, she couldn’t stop. Years of pent-up emotion came pouring out, but not in the form of tears, but in an adrenaline rush that propelled her through the jungle. She didn’t pay any attention to where she was going; she just took the first path she saw and climbed, sweat pouring off her body, her muscles beginning to ache, and Blake following along behind her, filled with confusion.

When she finally got to the crest of the huge hill, her chest was burning, and she was forced to stop to catch her breath. Leaning over with her hands on her knees, chest heaving, she fought to take a deep breath as the last of the emotions drained out of her. Blake appeared at her side, then gently put his hand on her back, but didn’t say anything, and she was grateful. One word from him would have been all it took.

“I’m tired of all this. I just want my happily ever after. Why is that so hard,” she finally said. “Haven’t we been tested enough? When will it ever stop?”

This time she let him pull her into his arms. “I don’t have the answers to those questions, Wren,” he said, rubbing her back. “But I do know this. Every time we make it through something like this, we come out stronger. You fought for me back there. That says more than any words ever could, and you believed in me, you believed in our love; if that was a test from the universe, I’d say we passed with flying colors.”

“I hope that means it's over because I can’t take any more,” she said, her legs beginning to tremble. “I think maybe I need to sit down for a few minutes.”

“It sounds like there’s a stream over there behind those bushes,” Blake said, looking down at her. “Do you think you can make it that far? ”

“I think so,” she said, nodding her head. “I’ve never hit anyone before, I can’t believe I did that.”

“She attacked you,” Blake said, helping her over to a break in the bushes. “All you did was defend yourself.”

“But I still feel…bad,” she said, then stopped, her breath catching in her throat when she looked around. “Oh, Blake, it looks like we found more than a stream. Isn’t it beautiful? I love waterfalls; they carry so much power, all that water tumbling down; there’s nothing better than standing in the spray on a hot day.”

Blake looked at her and smiled. “I guess life isn’t all about tests,” he said. “Come on, let’s go sit by the water.”

He led her over to the pool that had formed under the cascading water and helped her down onto the soft moss that covered everything. Then, he put his arm around her and pulled her close. They sat in silence, listening to the water splashing onto the rocks, and she slowly felt her strength beginning to return. The warmth of the love between them fed her soul in a way nothing else could.

She finally turned to look up at Blake. “Sorry about earlier. I guess I lost it just a little bit,” she said. It just felt like everything came bubbling up all at once, and it was more than I could handle. Moving seemed like the only way to get through it.”

“They say exercise is good for stress,” Blake said, shrugging his shoulders, then grinned at her. “I think I heard once that sex is another good treatment, too.”

“Oh, really?” she asked, grinning back at him. “And you got this from a reliable source?”

“Oh, definitely,” he said. “Would you like to experiment and see if it works?”

“Hmm…as tempting as that offer is, I’m all sweaty and gross,” she said, getting to her feet. “I think I’ll go swimming instead. ”

Blake watched her shimmy out of her clothes with an amused look on his face, but she could see the desire blossoming in his eyes, and she played it up before striding over to the water. By the time she dove in, he was already on his feet, stripping off his clothes as he followed her, and her heart began to race with desire. The water felt wonderful as it washed away the sweat and dirt from her skin, and she welcomed Blake with open arms when he swam over to her.

His mouth found hers in a kiss so full of promise that it took her breath away for a second, forcing her to wrap her legs around him or sink to the bottom. Blake pulled her closer, slipping his erection between her folds, and she gasped as her body came to life, need already beginning to build deep in her core. He kissed her until they were both breathless, then carried her out of the water and back over to the moss-covered bank. When he laid her down, the smell of nature filled her senses, and above her head, the stars had just begun to twinkle in the sky, and for the first time in a long time, the world felt as if it was just as it should be.

Blake found her mouth again and kissed her as his hands roamed over her body, stroking her soft skin with his rough hand until she was squirming beneath him, desperate for more. When his mouth finally found one erect nipple, she let out a sigh, but she gasped when he pushed her legs open and slipped his finger between her folds, then cried out when he gently began to stroke her.

Pleasure rushed through her in waves that only grew with each movement of his finger; she grabbed Blake’s shoulders and dug her nails in, then cried out his name when he took her soaring over the edge. Breathless with the power of her climax, she let out a little scream when Blake grabbed her by the hips and flipped her over, but when he urged her up onto her knees, she understood.

Heart hammering, her body throbbing deep inside, she rose to her knees, then felt Blake behind her, his hands still on her hips, his erection rubbing against her already swollen nub. Pleasure started to radiate through her again as Blake rocked his hips, then with one hard thrust, he drove himself into her, deeper than ever before. Blake’s growls of satisfaction matched her own cries of pleasure as he drove himself into her again and again.

When she finally tumbled over the edge, her climax brought Blake along with her, and the feel of his body shuttering and pulsing inside her sent another even more powerful barrage of sensation through her. Calling out her name, Blake emptied himself inside her, then completely spent, collapsed on his side, pulling her with him, her body still pulsing with waves of pleasure. She closed her eyes, floating on a cloud of pure sensation, unaware that the air sparkled with tiny bursts of light around them, nor did she notice when they floated down and landed on them.

Neither felt it as the light slowly soaked into their skin, but Wren did feel something stirring deep in her belly, then a flash of warmth that made her open her eyes. It faded away a second later, and she forgot about it, but the seed had already been sown with a little help from the island.