Dragon's Challenge - D. R. Rosier Page 0,9

and beautiful for their master until he passed, and their tree was returned to the real world.

She felt warmth in her chest for master, something the humans called love. She was confused by the deep overwhelming feelings that had grown and accompanied her need to serve Muranth in all ways, but Nysa had explained what it was. She wasn’t as wise or learned as the water nymph, but her and Willow were extremely intelligent. They’d even gotten used to being around humans, knowing master would keep them safe, although acting like an arrogant elven sorceress wasn’t easy or natural for them, they both pulled it off for his sake.

Gods, it was hard not to go to him, wake him, and pleasure him. He was so generous in bed, and pleasuring him wasn’t just a service through instinct, but a deep and satisfying thing to her in ways she still didn’t entirely understand. She’d do anything for him, but her love and his love for her made it a joyful service. Her mouth watered for his hard but so very soft and silken cock, sometimes the need to pleasure him was overwhelming, especially when he cradled them so firmly but gently in the night.

She bit her lip, and then closed her eyes to enjoy the sensation of being cradled gently against him.

Nysa woke slowly, pinned between the soft and supple flesh of April and Shar. She loved her two bedmates almost as much as she did master, it was her honest feelings for them that allowed her to truly discern her love for Muranth. It was more complicated with him, all twisted up in her desire to serve him.

She’d grown even further the last six weeks with Muranth. She was pleased with the coin her businesses were bringing in, and to a lesser extent her investments. Her ale was now sold in the two closest villages as well, and she’d pretty much cornered the ale market in the capital city.

She also had plans to do the same in the port city, when the time came that they made it there.

After last night, they also had an investment in the mine. It would take money to reopen it, many of the miners had died in the goblin raid. She suspected that would be an extremely lucrative investment even with the guards she had insisted be hired to patrol the lower tunnels against another attack.

She was content. She’d finally approached master about the possibility of creating a daughter. She’d been so hot at his response, because she could tell the idea turned him on a lot. It made her feel warm and beautiful. She’d always felt sexy and desired, but that was about physical pleasure and fucking, him wanting her to have his baby made her feel loved and cherished.

And what a difference that had made in her life. Her driving instinctive need to serve, those instincts, had been partially suborned by the overshadowing love they shared. She was happier every day.

Of course, their child would have to wait. He’d feared for her life, even more than the possibility of her killing his humans, although that was a part of it as well. She would have his child when they went back to his home dimension, where her daughter wouldn’t have to be a hunter of men.

Her daughter would still be a hunter at heart of course, but so was she. She enjoyed the battle last night, a whole lot. Her and master fought together as one unit flawlessly now. But she didn’t have to be violent, and didn’t feel the need to be, unless her, master, or what was master’s was threatened.

Her deepest wish was that their child would find what she’d found, a master to love and serve that would take care of her back. Perhaps bonded to a dragon like she was, perhaps even master’s male issue with his dragon mate once he’d claimed one.

She snuggled into April, and knew the fairy wasn’t present yet, she must’ve still been reporting to Khalea, as she fell back asleep.

Shar of course, snuggled into her own back, wasn’t asleep at all. The demoness just loved to cuddle as she lay and watched over them.

Nysa didn’t say anything, and pretended not to notice, because she knew the demon would be embarrassed at getting caught doing it.

Shar was really glad her link to the lower planes was broken, and it wouldn’t be reestablished until Muranth’s bond expired. It meant they couldn’t find her, or even