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“A odh...” Kai’s voice came out in a breathless waver as she stared up at him, her eyes bright with the same desire he could feel reflecting in his.

Unable to resist, he claimed her full, swollen mouth again in a hard kiss, no temperance.

Her sweet taste and the heady scent of her arousal thrilled him and overwhelmed his senses.

When he saw her tearing into the pavilion in a blaze of beautiful fucking glory, ready to battle anyone for the sake of her sister, it stoked the fires inside of him.

Even though in his Thunder, it was wrong to touch someone else’s sword once it had been granted to them unless the Drahk had fallen in war.

At first, his beast bristled inside him as they first recognized the sword in her hand, but the spark of offense instantly squelched at Kai’s fierce behavior.

She was a fucking sight to behold, with her body tense and her gaze hot and piercing, even as her arms trembled bearing the weight of the sword.

Both pride and desire swelled his chest and cock.

At that moment, he wanted to use his strength and authority to order everyone out of the structure or lay Kai out on one half of the circular table and fuck her before all the members of the council and their seconds, leaving no doubt that she belonged to the Mckenna, “God of Fire” and alpha over his Thunder.

He wanted the others to smell her cream as it coated her pussy for him and him alone as he drove into her, and she screamed his name.

No other time since he’d lain with his first female as a young adult Drahk had he felt such a firestorm of need.

A desire to claim, to bond. His vision was a blue haze, blurring out everything but the woman in his arms. At the same time, his view of Kai was penetrating and clear.

Every detail and color heightened. Her need for him was intense, matching his own.

It locked into him like spikes into his soul, his very being. He had to have her. He must have her.

The only thing he felt was fire. Every part of his body was blazing for one reason and one purpose to fuck Kai.

Mine .

Ours , his dragon countered.

Everyone else in the meeting place had left. Only he and his dragon remained before her. The two of them were in an all-out war for dominance—to claim Kai.

After all the time he’d urged the ass to show itself to Kai so they could mate her, the arrogant, stubborn bastard hibernated within him and remained silent on the issue.

Now, the beast wanted out. He wanted to preen and bristle before her and reveal his magnificent glory.

But just like Aodh, the one thing his dragon always acknowledged was daring valor.

And Kai had displayed a whole hell of a lot of it today.

Had any of the council come for her with a sincere, clear challenge, he would have sliced them in half or singed every part of their body.

Fuck, it had been hard enough smelling the flint of desire that all had for her, some because she was human and they wanted a taste, others because regardless of the fact she was his mate, they would have leaped at even the slightest chance to fuck her, males and females alike.

Breeding issues be damned. Kai was just that fucking gorgeous and unaware of her sexiness.

And that right there was every shifter’s weakness.

Regardless of how often they had fucked, Kai still exuded innocence. And shifters and entities being filthy erotic creatures at the core, they wanted to corrupt her and do all manner of nefarious things to her, like Aodh.

All the other times they had been together, Aodh had held back. He had to restrain himself because a large part of him refused to accept her. However, now that part of him, his beast, was raring to go, be a part of their mate to the point it was tearing Aodh apart inside.

Aodh continued to roughly assault Kai’s mouth, giving her all and taking everything through the kiss. He bent at the knees until he could slide his right forearm under her ass, using it to drag her up his torso to feast on her mouth at a better angle.

She gasped at his action. Aodh used that opportunity to take the kiss further. He drove his tongue deeper into her, sliding it toward the back of her throat, fucking her with it. It was a carnal action. He commanded her mouth and forced her to submit to him.

Kai’s gasps and quivers revealed her shock at the intensity of his kiss and hold, but she didn’t shy away. Instead, she pressed her lush body against his, gripped his shoulders tight, and sucked along his tongue as it thrust in and out.

A growl rumbled at the back of his throat, riding along with the fire that was rolling high from his dragon’s lust. Along with her sweet flavor was the crimson, cinnamon-honey taste of fire that filled his mouth.

That fire drove him. That fire his dragon released.

Only one other time had his beast engaged with her, but a small blaze that shot forth out of his mouth that night behind Kai’s back was nothing compared to the inferno roaring from his dragon now.

He swallowed repeatedly to keep it at bay.

It was a risk if he didn’t because there was a strong chance if he released it, he could burn the whole forest down around them.

Aodh knew he needed to take Kai back to their suite, a place built in stone and marble, fortified to house their dragon’s lust. However, he couldn’t wait that long.

It was the single reason he’d given over Kai’s sister to his brother’s care and protection.

Aodh recognized the ferocity of his desire then.

Hell, Liekki probably smelt his sulfuric cinnamon, too.

His brother was all Drahk like him and understood how Kai’s intrepidness would signify to Aodh’s dragon.

He had to have her now. Aodh had them out of the wall-less, ceiling-less structure and into the forest in a few long strides.

Now. Want. Mine.

Aodh grunted as he tore his mouth from Kai’s. The rudimentary speech of his dragon was accompanied by his beast’s claws digging and ripping at Aodh’s core, trying to get out. He wanted Aodh to shift.

Aodh held off.

Mine. Now. Aodh fought his dragon. He’d waited so fucking long for the beast to acknowledge, accept, and claim Kai, but now that the moment had finally arrived, Aodh refused to surrender the reins of dominance just yet.

Aodh took the bursts of fire, received every lick of flame his dragon spewed along the walls of his core, and fueled his lust with it.

He allowed the sizzling assault to boil his blood and feed his desire.

“Aodh, how...how—?” Kai glanced up as he allowed her body to slide down until her feet were on the ground.

Her gaze latched onto the large canopy of the massive tree’s branches and leaves overhead.

Shocked, she looked from left to right at the dense forest where they now stood, the meeting place no longer within her sight range.

Aodh forced his sword into the ground, enjoying the bite of the raw, black obsidian digging into his palm. His hand tingled as warmth and energy radiated up his arm until the vibrations surrounded the roaring fire in his core. His hearthstone’s call always lured him, drew him.

After tonight, it would fall second to Kai—his mate.

He stalked toward her, closing the small gap he’d allowed between them as he secured his sword. He braced himself with a hand on the wide tree trunk as he leaned into her. “You’re mine, Kai.”

She stopped assessing the dense forest around them and met his gaze as he towered over her.

“Aodh...your eyes,” her voice came out breathless, needy from lips swollen from his kisses.

The heat didn’t only fill his eyes, but a cerulean haze filtered his vision with a sapphire fringe at the periphery. However, his sight became sharp and clear, and he zeroed in on Kai.

With his free hand, he gripped her wide, plush hip and drew her to him as he leaned into her, his hard cock seated against her soft belly.

Kai was smaller than him by several stones, but he didn’t fear breaking her, as he had when they first had sex.

He knew her form’s mouth-watering, thick curves could take his strength and provide a haven for his vigor.

She was made perfect for him. “I want you. I’ll have you, little flame. ”

Kai pressed her palms to his chest over his shirt. Her touch was steady and sure. “Yes.”

Her gold-flecked, almond-brown gaze was dark with a passion that matched his own.

He dragged up the side of her short dress, glad about her choice of clothing. Otherwise, he’d have ripped her pants in two, not wanting to delay getting inside of her. Aodh groaned when his hand contacted her bare, supple skin. She felt like warm silk.

The heady scent of her desire filled the air between them, making him want to devour her. But later, he would lay her down and spend time with her. “Are you ready for me, mate?”

Her moan was guttural as he glided two of his fingers between her thighs and into her folds.

She was sopping wet. Her pussy lips were swollen and deftly parted, allowing him to stroke down her slit.

She was slick and drenching his hand in juices.

He circled her entrance with his fingers before slipping them back up to her clit.

He rubbed her stiff, engorged peak, and her body quaked against his hand.

“Aodh!” she cried. “I need you.”

“You’ll have me.” Aodh continued to massage her pussy as he tore at the fastening of his pants with his other hand, then shoved them down to his thighs. Reaching for her, he cupped her bare ass and lifted her higher until he could angle the head of his cock against her wet center.

“Oh...Aodh.” She parted her thighs more and arched against him.

He tucked the front of her skirt beneath the bodice of her dress. Glancing down, he could see her shiny cream coating her sex and the inside of her thighs. He licked his lips and fought his desire to taste and fill his mouth with her savory essence.