Page 20 of Desired By the Dragon

I gushed around him, the scent of our arousal filling the air, a warning to anyone who might interrupt us that they did so at their own risk. Then Max started to move, pounding into me, the muscles of his back and chest flexing deliciously as I cried out for him.

He grunted, pulling back and smirking when a river of arousal burst from my pussy. “Good to know that wasn’t just a one off,” he panted and then he was fucking into me again, the angle deeper, longer, and I whimpered. I’d never been fucked like this, tender and rough at the same time, enduring, like he could do this all night or until he’d wrung every bit of pleasure from me that he could.

“It was a one off,” I said breathlessly, tilting my chin up in an unspoken request and practically purring when his mouth covered mine again. “Until you, I’d never…”

His eyes flashed and the sound that escaped him was like I’d broken and remade him all in one move. “Fuck, Kiernan⁠—”

There was no more time for speaking then, just the hot push of him into my body and strokes of approval against my waist, my thighs, worshipping my breasts like he wished we could take it slow but the vastness of our hunger overrode everything else.

Max pressed closer and I saw stars as his cocks found a spot inside me that made my pussy throb. “Yes, yes, Max.” I pushed back against him, riding him harder and faster, loving the way he matched me stroke for stroke — until I broke, the wave crashing over me. My pussy tightened, clamping down around him as I gushed, trembling, and felt his own release hit my sensitive inner walls.

We panted together, sharing the same breath as exhaustion started to sweep in where only hunger had been before. I went limp and he caught me, cradling me against his chest as he sat us down on the leaf-covered ground and then sat back until he was flat to the earth and I was draped across his chest.

“That was…”

“Yeah,” he said hoarsely and I laughed, feeling my muscles starting to unclamp from around his cock, but it would probably be a little while until we were actually able to extricate ourselves. “You changed your mind.”

I looked out at the damp grass, not realizing it had rained while we’d been… “My dragon knew better than me what I needed.”

He nodded, like that made perfect sense, and stroked his large hand up and down my spine. “The heat can be rough, especially the first one.”

“Sounds like there’s a story there.”

Max laughed and the sound of it rumbled through me pleasantly, echoing in my chest. “Someday I’ll tell you.”

I stiffened at the same time that my internal muscles finally released his cock and I eased off of him before standing awkwardly.

“What did I say?” His brows were drawn low over his eyes, cheeks still flushed pink from fucking me.

“Nothing, it’s just getting late is all.” I hesitated, glancing up to see the sky slightly lightening. “Or early, I guess.”

“Kiernan—”

“I said it’s nothing.”

He fell silent and then nodded, standing up and pulling his pajama pants back on. A rustle in the bushes to our right made us both freeze before the faint sound of chatter reached us, likely some tourists camping out in the woods despite the signs warning them away.

As if to attempt to break the tension, Max smiled as he passed me my vest top. “So next time I’m thinking we⁠—”

“There won’t be a next time.” I turned my back to him as I slid on the garment and untangled the straps so my arms could go in. “This was it. Okay? One night, just to get all of this-this lust out of our system, and that’s it.”

Silence. Then, “Right.” His laugh lacked humor and I made myself numb to it. When I turned back around, his face was shut down, blank, like he was protecting himself from me. I took in a deep breath, inhaling the smell of wet leaves and pine and him, and then I prepared to let the shift take me so I could fly home, shower, and forget all about the way sex with Max had made me feel strong, powerful.

Complete.

I brushed the thoughts aside, knowing that in that direction only trouble waited.

“Thank you,” I said, hesitating. “Really.”

“Anytime,” he muttered and I didn’t wait around to see if he meant the words, just took off into the sky and didn’t look back.

Chapter Nine

Max

It had been a whole week of silence. I hadn’t caught so much as a glimpse of Kiernan about town and, to my vast irritation, I’d been looking.

“Jeez, Max. I think you just gave that student a nervous breakdown. Maybe tone it down a little?” Taylor frowned, eyes on the fleeing back of the young guy I’d just snapped at in the middle of the corridor. “Do I even want to know what’s got your tail wedged up your ass?”