Page 28 of Destined Paranormals: Volume One

It was an incredibly tight fit until Aleric shifted. When he did, I took another step inside and dropped my satchel beside his.

“Before you shift, wait just a minute. I need to ready the fire, and if you would please light it?”

I nodded in understanding. I would agree to anything at this point. I was so incredibly excited to finally be here.

It took only moments for Aleric to walk to the back of the cave and bring forward an armful of wood. He placed it on a small pile of ashes, and after he had the logs situated as he wanted, he nodded at me.

I called for my fire, letting a short burst out, and when the wood was completely engulfed, I relaxed. Once I knew the fire had caught, I initiated my shift. When I was back on two legs once again, Aleric was there, quickly wrapping his strong arms around me. That was probably a good thing because my body was ready to give out. I was completely drained of energy.

“I am so proud of you, Konrad. I know it’s not much, but this is my cave that I found one day while I was out exploring the area. I thought it might be best to come here first.”

I snorted. I simply could not help myself. I knew exactly why Aleric had brought me here first. I looked around the cave. My alpha had somehow managed to bring a trunk as well as a bed. Although, it was only sticks and rope.

“I have…” Aleric never finished. Instead, he moved to the trunk and opened it. When he pulled out a thin mattress for the bed, I grinned. “I promise my bed in the house is thicker and much more comfortable. I have only ever been the one in here, but I am certain the bed will hold the two of us. It is sturdy.”

“You are rambling, Alpha,” I said, walking over to where he was smoothing out the mattress. As I got closer, I realized it was simply several blankets sewn together. There would be no complaints from me. As long as I got to spend time with my alpha here, I was going to be a happy, and hopefully soon claimed, dragon.

“Yes, well, I know what my dragon and I both want, but I also know that I should at least offer you another meal before I—” Aleric shuddered and closed his eyes as I ran my hands down his torso. When I reached his hips, I didn’t stop.

Never before had I been this bold with a lover, but this was my mate. My alpha. If I could not share my most intimate desires with him, then I couldn’t share them with anyone.

My fingers touched wiry hair, and then I found his shaft. It was hot and velvety soft and rapidly hardening. I moaned at the thickness, not that this was the first time I’d noticed. Hardly. I simply had not been given a good opportunity to explore the hard muscles that dipped and rose on my alpha’s body. I was a dragon shifter, and as such, I was muscular. But I was an omega, and my build was more slender than that of an alpha’s.

“Konrad. I won’t be able to stop. I’ve denied my dragon for too long, and now that we are here, I am having a difficult time convincing myself that I should wait a bit longer.”

I took the warning for what it was: an opportunity to wait if I was unsure. I had flown for days and days next to this alpha because he was my alpha, and I was more than ready to finally be claimed.

“Aleric, I wish to be yours. I hope to give you many children,” I whispered against his neck. I pumped my hand up and down his now-hard shaft, and Aleric’s hands grabbed ahold of my hips. “I can think of no better place to go through my first heat as a mated dragon than here in your cave.”

That was all it took for me to suddenly find myself picked up. I wrapped my arms around his shoulders and legs around his narrow hips, immediately rolling my hips, grinding my own hard shaft against Aleric’s flat stomach.

Aleric’s fingers grabbed my hair, forcing me to meet his gaze, and when I did, my lips parted at the look of desire.

“Have you been with others, Konrad? We never discussed it.”

“I have. Dragon heats can be too much to endure without the help of another, but that is something that I have never experienced. You will be the first and only for that.”

Aleric nodded, seeming to understand. Then again, he had an omega father. I was sure he did understand.

Aleric’s hand in my hair tightened before it pulled my head back. When my throat was completely exposed, I closed my eyes. When Aleric’s lips found my neck, I moaned and rolled my hips again. When sharp teeth carefully nipped at my skin, I shivered in anticipation. I would have a claiming bite before morning. I was sure of it.

When my alpha’s lips found the spot where my neck and shoulder met, he bit harder but not hard enough to break the skin. The bite turned into a gentle kiss, then harder suction, pulling another moan from me.

“Right there. Soon, you will wear my mark there for all others to see.”

“Yes,” I whispered.

“And you will bite me in return.”

“Yes, Alpha.” I would do whatever he asked of me if it meant I got his shaft into me, his knot locking us together and his seed filling me as his teeth sunk into my neck.

We were falling, and then my back hit the bed. Aleric’s lips and teeth found my shoulder, and I could only hold on to his hair, hoping to finally get a taste of my alpha. He seemed to have other plans, though, and moved farther down my body. I had no room to complain. Aleric was slowly working his way down my torso, and I hoped he ended up where I had only experienced once.

Aleric shouldered his way between my legs, and I spread them as far as I could. My alpha did not disappoint. When his tongue swiped out at my shaft, I sucked in a deep breath and held it in anticipation. I looked down my body and watched as he lapped at the clear fluid that was leaking from the skin covering the head. I closed my eyes and dropped my head back when a large hand wrapped around my shaft and gently pulled the skin down.

I should have kept my eyes open. Hot, wet heat suddenly surrounded my shaft, causing my eyes to fly open. I had been blessed with an alpha that gave pleasure. Many didn’t, for they felt it was beneath them and it was the omega’s duty to please the alpha. That wasn’t Aleric though.

“Aleric. That… I will lose my seed quickly,” I warned. I should have kept quiet because he released my shaft and looked up at me.