Can't Get Enough (Dragon Kin) - G.A. Aiken Page 0,48

her back but his fingers continued to stroke her skin, teasing her.

Ailean rocked up into her while he pulled her body down. Shalin threw her head back, the feel of him inside her nearly more than she could bear.

“Kiss me, Shalin,” Ailean panted. “Kiss me now.”

She looked at him then, but didn’t understand what she saw. What she knew he was trying to tell her with his expression alone. Yet even though she didn’t understand, she was still drawn to him as she’d never been drawn to another. And, she feared, as she never would be again.

Shalin kissed him and the power of it tore through them both. Holding her arms tighter, Ailean slammed her down as he pushed up, the rhythm of it bringing her to climax within seconds, her surprised screams disappearing into Ailean’s mouth. He groaned in absolute pleasure and kept going, kept taking her. She exploded a second time, reduced to nothing more than whimpers and soft mewling.

Finally, when she didn’t think she could take much more from him, he brought her down hard and held her in place as he climaxed inside her. His face buried against her neck, he groaned and gasped as his pleasure seemed to roll on and on, yanking her over the edge a final time. She nearly passed out from the intensity of it and could do nothing more than let her body go limp against his.

Ailean released his grip on her arms and Shalin brought them forward, too weak to do much of anything but drop them around his shoulders.

“Oiy,” he said softly. “Lazy sow.”

She knew she should be insulted but she was simply too tired to argue with him at the moment. “What?”

“There’s another reason I like to keep you around.”

“And that is?”

“I love you.”

Shalin tensed at the words, but Ailean’s hands rubbed her back, soothing her. “Sssh. No need to panic. I just wanted you to know everything for when you make your decision.

“I’ll stay the night,” he added.

Arms around him, Shalin laid her head against his shoulder and nodded.

14

Shalin awoke early to the puppy scratching at her head. She dragged herself up and gave him water and food. She checked on Nightmare, who seemed to be enjoying his solitary life quite well. She gave him some fresh water and hay before pulling on another little frock left by Ailean’s kin. Once dressed, she set off to find Ailean.

It had been a long and delightful night with the dragon. He hadn’t let her get much sleep but she didn’t really feel the need to complain about it. Besides, after their night, she’d come to a decision. But there was one thing she had to do first, and she wanted to let Ailean know.

Eventually she tracked him down by the cave entrance. Still human as well, he stood naked at the very edge, staring out over the land. She walked up to him and immediately knew something was wrong.

“What is it?”

Ailean nodded toward the east.

She looked and immediately her heart fell. “I see lightning.”

“And not a cloud in the sky.”

Shalin let out a little sigh. “I guess Theodoric’s kin didn’t abide by his decision.”

“I had a feeling they wouldn’t.”

She nodded. “As did I.” Shalin began to pull off the dress, preparing to change and not wanting to ruin it, but Ailean stopped her.

“No.”

“Why not?”

“If you shift, and they catch up to you, they’ll take at least one of your wings. Stay human as long as you can.” He took her hand and dragged her back inside. “Take Nightmare back to the castle.”

“No.” She stopped, and he turned to face her. “If I go there, they’ll only follow.”

“They’ll go there anyway. I need you to protect the castle and my people.”

“Me? How can I protect them?”

“Think of something,” he said plainly, again dragging her toward where they’d bedded for the night and where Nightmare was standing. “You’ve read enough books. You must have some ideas.”

He stopped long enough to open the gate built into the cavern walls and let Nightmare out. Shalin quickly grabbed the puppy, but Ailean shook his head.

“He’ll be safer here.”

She nodded and placed him back on the ground. Ailean again grabbed her hand and pulled her out of the chamber and down deep into the catacombs, Nightmare right behind them. It took some time, but eventually she saw a shaft of light and she finally knew how he and his kin had been getting in and out of this cave. Which quickly brought her to