Page 25 of Monster's Melody

Though my song didn’t apparently work on Vorzak, it did eventually work on the dragons.

As my song wove its magic around them, spines that were standing straight up began to lower, and the dragons, one by one, began to settle on the ground.

By the time I reached Nika, she’d lowered her head to watch me rather than Vorzak.She resisted the longest, but eventually, she too, succumbed to the magic of my song.

When all the dragons were calm and settled, I began to unwind the melody, letting it die slowly as I backed away.When I reached Vorzak, I caught his hand in mine and pulled him with me until we were well out of reach of dragon flame and dragon teeth.

As we moved, one of Vorzak’s snakes landed on my left shoulder and began to slither down my front.

He nudged his way into my blouse, just as another snake wound its way around my waist, pulling me toward Vorzak until my back was plastered to his front.

A third snake slid down my right arm, winding its way around and around, then trailing down my right hip to wrap around my leg as well.

None of this should have been possible, but apparently, while I’d been singing, Vorzak’s snakes had been growing.

By the time we reached the rest of the class, I had snakes writhing around me from the top of my head to the tip of my toes.

“Nicely done, Ms.O’Donnell.”Professor Vesely said, somehow managing not to notice or simply ignoring my newly acquired snake accessories.“All right, class, homework.”

Everyone groaned.

“Come prepared on Wednesday to discuss what went wrong here today, how it might be avoided in future, and ideas for what to do in these types of situations.Obviously, Ms.O’Donnell made use of her siren gifts.What else might we have done to keep everyone safe?Class dismissed.”He turned and walked back toward the dragons, where the stable hands had already begun coaxing them to their feet and leading them back to the stables.

“Uh, Jasmine,” Mikaela said nervously as she backed away from me.“You appear to be wearing a number of snakes.”

I rolled my eyes.“I know and I have no idea why.”

“You don’t know why?”Vorzak exclaimed somewhere behind me.

I couldn’t see his expression because I was wrapped so tightly in his snakes that movement was practically impossible.I couldn’t even turn my head.

I should probably hate the experience, but instead I was loving it.It was like being hugged by all of them at once.

Not that I’d ever admit that to Vorzak.

“No, I don’t.Can you please call your serpents back?”I demanded, even as I surreptitiously pet the ones I could reach with my fingers.

They were just so affectionate and sweet and incredibly cute, even at their current size.

They were also kind of kinky.

The one that had reached my feet was busy sucking my big toe while the ones who’d managed to infiltrate my shirt were nuzzling my nipples, all of them making my breath catch in my throat.

And we won’t speak of what the ones at my waist and hips were up to.

Dear goddess, what was wrong with me that I found this incredibly sexy?

I couldn’t decide which was turning me on more.

The heat of Vorzak at my back, his hands gripping my hips, or his many snakes caressing me in ways I’d never imagined.

Vorzak let out a rumble of annoyance.His snakes all hissed in response, but then one-by-one, they began to slowly retract.

I yelped when the ones at my breastandthe one sucking my toe gave me tiny nips on their way out.

The pain was sharp, but then it morphed into a delicious heat that settled deep and I whimpered a little.

The snake twining around my thighs had been casting for scents with his tongue and thus, was all up in my business.He seemed the most reluctant to leave, though he finally gave one last flick of his tongue and slowly shrank back until he joined the others.