Page 51 of Driven by Dragonblood (Blood Born #3)

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M y alpha’s warmth and strength were the foundation beneath me, my beta’s heat a protective one over my back.

Our heartbeats slowed, emotions settling. Silence owned the room and our thoughts, but the feelings among us floated as though on a gentle wave, through one and into the other in a never-ending circle. Comforting in a way I had hoped for but never expected due to our rocky beginning.

Unrest in the atmosphere brought healing rain, sustenance to grow things. Working through the turmoil, and sometimes pain, was part of the process.

I now realized that truth while resting between my mates, our entire beings known to each other without hindrance or second-guessing.

Had our finding one another been easy, our connecting accomplished without effort, there would be no reward. Yes, our inner beasts would have connected without issue, but my human half wouldn’t have held appreciation in my heart if this bond hadn’t been earned .

“You, my sweet love, are perfect too,” Patrick murmured, his chest rumbling against mine.

I smiled, a heavy sigh relaxing me further.

“Your drive to find us and the hard choices you made in seeking out your mates are admirable. Your vast knowledge of the half of me that I’m ready to explore and understand…

” Patrick swallowed hard as tears laced his voice.

His warm palms slid along my thighs bracketing his torso.

“I’m thankful that you opened up this part of me that fills what I’d always seen as an empty void in my soul. ”

“But you made the choice to claim us,” Jaxon pushed for our alpha to understand that none of us were better than the other, that we all had areas we needed to grow in.

Patrick’s humanity had aligned with his inner beast, and as one, they had staked their claim before another dragonblood. He’d spoken what had solidified in his mind without manipulation or coercion, gifting me the fulfillment I had dreamed of since childhood.

I had found my mates, and we were bonded in every way until we rested among the stars.

Peace sank into my bones.

I woke to bright sunlight—and Jaxon’s face buried between my thighs.

Lifting onto my elbows, I blinked, glancing around to find Patrick and all trace of his energy gone.

What would have sent my anxiety through the roof twelve hours earlier didn’t even prick at my emotions since the question of Patrick committing to us fully had been eradicated the night before.

Smiling, I lay back, stretching, my pussy growing wet beneath Jaxon’s loving licks and nibbles .

“I want you to come all over my mouth, baby,” he said, his voice muffled by my slickened labia.

“Mmm.” Still smiling, I grabbed hold of his hair and shifted my hips to meet his hungry mouth.

“Did you like having our dicks inside you last night?” he asked, pressing a finger into my core and lifting his head. Sleepy, blue-green, and full of lust, his eyes swallowed me up the second our gazes caught.

“Yes.”

He pulled his finger from my pussy and slid it down over my asshole, pressing until he slipped past the ring of muscle. Holding my gaze, he flicked his tongue out, up and over my clit while fucking my ass with his finger.

“More,” I said, my heartbeat kicking up, leaving me breathless.

Laid out flat on the bed, he pressed two fingers from his other hand into my pussy.

I groaned and tipped my head back, my thighs clutching at his head while our memories relived our coming together last night.

Every inch of my body begged for release, and my unselfish beta returned his focus on making me come twice, both times crying out his name.

“What about Patrick?” he asked with a teasing tone once I lay spent and lax beneath him.

“I’ll call out his name when our alpha comes home from work and gives me pleasure while you watch,” I said exactly what went through my beta’s mind.

“Mmm.” Jaxon lay beside me, cupping my cheek to angle my head toward him. “He loves us. Completely. You felt that last night, didn’t you?”

A burst of sunshine lit my soul, radiating between us.

“Yes,” I simply stated what he already knew to be true, my smile a warmth my beta adored. “I didn’t take note of what the turning point was, though.”

“When that dragonblood cop checked us out. Didn’t you feel him go all alpha and shit?”

He had been flooded with jealousy, indignation that another Blood Born dared to look at what belonged to him. Warmth roused in my core at the memory, a reminder that newly bonded mates were insatiable for one another.

How had he found the strength to leave us this morning?

His drive amazed me, his stubbornness something to be admired.

But I longed for him, yearned to feel the completion he’d gifted us the night before.

“Let’s go see him,” I suggested, a vision of what I wanted causing Jaxon to groan.

“He told me to stay away from Lockwood when he left this morning. If we go, he’ll beat our asses.”

“And?” I pushed, snickering when he hopped out of bed as quickly as I did.

We’d never gotten to finish that spanking scene, and visiting our alpha at his place of work ensured he would follow through with punishment this time.

We quickly dressed and hurried out the door, driven by the dragonblood rushing through our veins, spurred on by the beasts prowling beneath our skin.

Hand-in-hand and invisible to the human eye, we approached Lockwood on foot, adrenaline causing both of our heart rates to thrum.

Patrick wouldn’t be pleased to feel us draw closer, but Jaxon looked forward to our alpha watching his dick disappear into our cloaked mouths one after the other. Invisible lips, tongues, and teeth taking him to the point he fed us his cum, ordering us to swallow it down .

A shiver rippled over my beta, and I giggled under my breath.

The second his energy rippled through us, I second-guessed my choice to sneak into his office.

“You’re crazy enough you belong in there,” Jaxon whispered as we drew alongside the fence across from the third wing.

“The first time I ever climaxed was right here,” I told him, drawing up beside the chain-link fence.

Both of our gazes locked onto the barred window.

“I couldn’t see you, but I sure as fuck felt you.”

“I watched you masturbate,” I murmured as the memory fed my libido, readying me for mating.

“Do you regret anything?” he asked suddenly, turning and grasping my face in his hands.

“Not one moment—even the bad times. We’ve had a hard-earned happily ever after, but it’s been so worth the effort. Wouldn’t you agree?”

Jaxon hummed, gave me a quick peck on the lips, and once more laced his fingers through mine. “You might regret going in there right now, though.”

My smile warmed him clear to his toes in his sneakers. “Never.” It was my turn to place a chaste kiss on his bowed upper lip. “Pain, pleasure,” I murmured against his mouth, “I want it all. With both of you.”

“Forever?”

“Forever,” I vowed.