Page 51 of Courting the Dragon King

“Sometimes he could. It depends on how strong they are at the time. I’d feel a light, feathery touch on my skin.” Wraith paused. “Sometimes he would even put his hand on my— Anyway, he passed on soon after … well, after. But there were other ghosts.”

He’d felt mouths and tongues on his cock. He’d had ghosts who’d fingered and fucked him. The fingers, cocks, and touch varied in terms of firmness, but none had felt anywhere near as real as with Konrad.

“Wow.” Elias shook his head. “I thought I’d heard it all.” He paused. “And you enjoyed it, right?”

Wraith’s whole body was on fire. He nodded.

“You know that first ghost probably just wanted one last good fuck before passing on. And he got that with you.” Elias waggled his eyebrows.

Wraith laughed.

Gerard re-entered the room, carrying the wine and goblets. He poured the wine and handed it out. Then he sat beside Elias.

“Gerard needs to meet Umbra!” Elias declared. “You should call her back, Wraith!”

Chapter

Twenty-Six

Wraith looked between Gerard and Elias.

Gerard frowned and glanced towards the door, as if worried Konrad might reappear. “I do not know if this is a good idea.”

“Oh, come on!” Elias grabbed his arm and gave him a little shake. “She is a good girl and will not hurt you. And wouldn’t it make sense for you to meet her, since your job is to protect us? Part of that should be assessing potential threats. You can check her out and determine for yourself whether or not she is actually a danger to us.”

Gerard hesitated. “It will not harm anyone?” he asked Wraith.

Wraith shook his head. “No. I promise.”

Gerard stared at him for several long seconds. “Okay, then. As long as it behaves.”

“She will!” Elias looked expectantly at Wraith.

Wraith bit his lower lip, gaze flicking to Gerard. But it wasn’t like Gerard could actually hurt Umbra, even if he wanted to. Wraith had jumped on top of Umbra when Konrad had drawn his dagger, but that had been instinct. The dagger would have gone straight through her.

Wraith chanted, “Come to me, Umbra. Come to me. Come to me.”

He never had to push his will into his words and make it an order for Umbra to come to him. She always wanted to be by his side. However, Wraith did have to order her to leave, as she was always reluctant to do so.

A ball of dark shadows appeared before him. Gerard drew in a breath. The shadows swirled, taking the form of his hellhound.

“Hello,” Wraith said.

“Hello!” Umbra said. Of course, only Wraith could hear her. She glanced around quickly before hopping into Wraith’s lap, despite being far too big for it. Wraith fell half backwards.

Elias laughed. Gerard stared at the hellhound. His jaw tensed. Umbra jumped off Wraith’s lap.

“It’s so good to see you again, Umbra,” Elias said. “I hope the grumpy dragon king didn’t scare you off.”

Umbra barked and wagged her tail. “He didn’t scare me! I’m very brave!”

Wraith smiled. “Umbra says that she wasn’t scared and that she is very brave.”

“Of course. You’re such a good, brave hellhound,” Elias said.

“I am!” Umbra’s tail wagged.

“She can talk?” Gerard frowned.