Aroused In Fire (Curse 0f The Dragon Book 2)

by Jadyn Chase

  I went to work on his fly and slid his pants down to his knees. His stiff member pointed straight at me. No more Mr. Nice Guy. Those were the only thoughts I could formulate at that moment.

  When I stood up, he crushed me to the wall again. He snarled in my ear in a guttural undertone. “I love you, Rosie. I love you so much.”

  His hot tip touched my enflamed crevice and sank into my engorged box. I sobbed at the excruciating agony of it all. All the overwhelming emotion and intensity of our first time came flooding back and I couldn’t stand it.

  My mouth collapsed on his shoulder at the thickness breaking me apart. Christ, I loved him so much I couldn’t cope with it. I needed every inch of him opening me up, making me feel things I never felt before.

  He pried his chest backward to glare down at me. All the time, his hips kept pumping his thick shaft into me. It touched places I didn’t want touched. It excited nerves that I didn’t want excited. It ignited emotions I couldn’t contain.

  He leaned back enough to watch my face while he penetrated my deepest being. His eyes left me nowhere to hide. His smoldering countenance demanded that I explode in emotion and reverence for him. “Do you love me? Do you, Rosie?”

  I could only rasp out between broken gasps. “I…..I love you. I love…. you always.”

  Saying those words ruptured my climax in a million screaming particles. I couldn’t hold myself together. I dissolved on his rigid shaft and poured over him crying in ecstasy. He held me up. He supported me against that wall when I couldn’t stay upright. He received my essence and fed it back to me.

  I heard him speaking into my ear, but I couldn’t make out the words over the crashing surf of my own blood. I only knew I was with him. I was in his hands. He still scared me. This whole crazy thing scared me.

  I only knew I hadn’t been the same since that night he spent in my apartment. The last three weeks nearly killed me holding him at a distance. I couldn’t face going back to the apartment without him. I needed him there. I needed him inside me. I needed him in my heart where he belonged.

  At every pump, I inhaled him into me. I sank down on his blistering shaft when he withdrew and I disintegrated in hot waves of ecstasy. Then he drove in and sent me spiraling away into madness.

  He dragged his mouth down my neck and sank his teeth into the most sensitive flesh behind my ear. Sparks rained over my scalp and into my eyes. I couldn’t see. I could only taste the delicious bittersweet agony of splintering on him. Now that I unlocked my heart, he awoke me to the fullness of my own sensations. I combusted in him, never to be the same.

  He was a dragon, a monster, an animal. He devoured me in greedy mouthfuls. He destroyed me, but I didn’t care. A thousand fantasies boiled in my mind and they all portrayed him taking me, taking me as his own. I was his sacrifice, his slave, his tribute. I offered my heart and soul and body to the dragon in all its ferocious power.

  Far from frightening me, those thoughts excited me beyond belief. They triggered a cascade of erotic emotion I never could have dreamed of. I wanted all of this. I wanted to belong to him, to give myself to him, and to be taken by him. I climaxed again and again until I lost track of the power surging through me.

  Out of the distance, I recognized he wasn’t moving anymore. He lay against me sweating through our clothes—or was that my sweat? It didn’t matter. It was our sweat now.

  His lips grazed my ear and sent a sizzling rocket of sensation to my fevered brain. “I love you, Rosie.”

  With that, he lifted off me. The air hit my skin and his prick slithered out. It left a trail of wetness on my thigh that unleashed a fresh wave of molten desire. I wasn’t finished with him—not by a mile.

  Just a few more steps and I would get him into the apartment. I could lock the door and take him to my bedroom—our bedroom. I pulled up my pants and he did the same. We both stood on our own feet and prepared to face the last few blocks’ walk.

  Out on the sidewalk, I glanced right and left, but I didn’t see anything. He took my hand. I could relax in that hold. I was safe with him no matter what happened.

  We swept into the open. The building raised its many windows before us. I moved my hand to my pocket to take out my keys. Just a few more steps….

  We stepped off the curb to cross one last intersection. The minute we got to the other side, five guys sauntered out of an alley and blocked our path. They wore hats pulled low over their eyes and two of them wore sunglasses to hide their features. Their pants sagged low around their hips, revealing their underwear.

  One of them jerked his chin at me. “’Ey, Missus. Got any dosh to spare?”

  I recoiled in alarm. I just wanted to get Alex inside and shut the door. I didn’t want to deal with these assholes. I didn’t like the looks of them. No decent person would go panhandling strangers in the middle of the night like this.

  I grabbed my handbag and yanked the zipper. For some reason known only to God Himself, the damned thing wouldn’t budge no matter how hard I tried.

  Alex narrowed his eyes at the men. Then he looked at me. “What are you doing, Rosie?”

  “I’m trying to…. I’m trying to get out my wallet.”

  “What on Earth for?” he asked. “Surely, you don’t intend to comply with these cretins.”

  I gave the zipper one last vicious jerk and it came loose. I dove in and snatched out my wallet. “Don’t make trouble, okay, Alex? I’ll just give them some money and get into the building.”

  “You’ll do no such thing!” he snapped. “You’re not giving these highwaymen any money.”

  “Please, Alex,” I panted. “Just let me handle this.”

  “You should listen to your bird, there, tosser,” the man interjected.

  Alex rounded on him swelling out his shoulders. “How dare you speak of this lady in that tone? She is not a bird, I’ll have you know. Now apologize before you wind up in serious trouble.”

  I pulled a few notes out of my wallet and tried to shove past him. “Forget it, okay? Just drop it. Here’s your money. Now will you please get out of our way?”

  Alex batted my hand. “You are not giving him money, Rosie. Are you forgetting? I’m a dragon. These malingerers can’t do us any harm.” He turned back to the stranger. “I would advise you, Sir, to apologize to this lady for your shocking rudeness and be on your way. You have no idea who you’re dealing with.”

  I hesitated. Maybe he was right. Maybe this was one of those times when a dragon just might come in handy. He could shift and scare the ever-loving crap out of these fools. That would send them running.

  For a second, I half wished he would. I couldn’t wait to see the looks on their faces when he erupted out of his skin and….

  Before I could finish that thought, someone down on the end of the row lunged at Alex. He caught Alex behind the ear and smashed his skull in with his fist. Alex’s head whipped aside, and he buckled at the knees. He folded onto the ground at my feet. In half a second, all the others dove in kicking and punching.

  I made one jump to intervene and thought better of it. The men closed over Alex swinging arms and legs everywhere. I leaped clear and pulled my phone out of my pocket. I had to think hard over the pounding thumps of these brutes’ blows on Alex’s back and head. The guys cursed him and shouted insults and threats.

  I hit 111 and pressed the phone to my ear. I gulped trying to steady my nerves, but I couldn’t think with all those guys attacking Alex at once. I stuck my finger in my other ear so I wouldn’t hear them.

  The operator’s voice came through clear as a bell. “111 Emergency. Would you like Fire, Ambulance, or Police?”

  “Police!” I shrieked. “We’re being attacked!”

  The minute I said that word, they all broke away. I flung the bills at them and they reacted instantly. They pawed the bills off the ground and bolted.

  I fell on my knees next to Alex. By the time the operator came back, the danger was gone.

  “Do you still need Police?�
� the operator asked.

  I fought down mounting nausea helping Alex up. “Yes! Those guys robbed us and beat up my…..my friend.”

  “Does he need an ambulance?”

  I heaved Alex into a sitting position. Blood ran from his nose and ear. “I…. I think so.”

  “I’m dispatching them now.”

  Alex cradled his head in one hand and groaned. He swayed in my arms before he caught his balance and sat upright. “Rosie…..”

  “Just sit still,” I breathed. “The Police and the ambulance will be here soon.”

  Just then, a siren echoed through the streets. Flashing red and blue lights winked around the corner and a Police car skidded to a stop. Two officers jumped out and shone their flashlights at us. “What’s the problem here?”

  “A bunch of guys just robbed us and beat up my friend,” I repeated. “They took our money and ran off that way.”

  One of the officers walked off in that direction while the other stayed with us. In a matter of moments, four more Police cars motored up.

  The first cop squatted in front of Alex. “Can you tell me what happened?”

  “They came out of that alley there.” I pointed to the spot. “They asked me for some money.”

  “What did you do?”

  “I got out my wallet, but Alex…..” I glanced down at him.

  He lifted his battered head and I noticed a glint of excitement in his eyes.

  “Alex what?” The cop jotted everything down in a notebook.

  Alex paid no attention to the cop. A grin spread over his face. “What do you make of that, Rosie?”

  “Make of what?” I asked.

  “No dragon,” he murmured.

  “No what?” the cop cut in.

  I couldn’t answer. I stared down at Alex in astonishment. He didn’t change into a dragon, not even when those guys beat him to a bloody pulp. “Did you…. did you do something?”

  “Nothing happened. I didn’t change.”

  “What does that mean?” I asked. “Does that mean you can control it now?”

  “I didn’t do anything. I never controlled it and I can’t control it now. It only happened when I got hurt and it didn’t happen now. Maybe…. I’m cured.”

  “How?” I blurted out. “How could you be cured?”

  He lifted one hand and took a fistful of my jacket. He pulled me down and smashed his lips into mine. “Maybe you cured me.”

  I broke away in surprise, but the cop interrupted by clearing his throat. “What’s this about a dragon?”

  I waved him away as best I could without taking my eyes off Alex. “It’s nothing.”

  “So….?” The guy prompted. “What happened? Did you give him money?”

  I didn’t know what to say. Should I lie about what really happened? I didn’t want to explain to a couple of cops why Alex thought he would change into a dragon.

  Before I could answer, Alex piped up. “She tried to. She took the money out of her handbag, but I stopped her.”

  “Why?” the cop asked. “Don’t you know it’s best to give these jokers what they ask for?”

  Alex laughed. He bowed his head and burst into a full-throated belly laugh. “I thought we would be safe. I thought I could protect her.”

  The cop snorted and bent over his notebook. “You thought you could protect her! Turns out, she protected you, mate.”

  Alex shot me another mischievous grin. “What do you say, Rosie? Maybe it will never come back.”

  I laid my hand on his arm. “We don’t know that. Let’s not get ahead of ourselves.”

  Someone tapped me on the elbow. I turned around to see two paramedics at my side. The ambulance sat at an angle across the street not far away. I got so absorbed in Alex that I didn’t notice it.

  “Excuse me, ducky,” a tall man said to me. “If you’ll allow us, we’ll just take a look and see what we have here.”

  The medics moved in and shunted me to the periphery. I watched Alex from a distance, but he didn’t show any sign of distress at being surrounded by these strangers. He laughed and joked with the medics while they examined his neck and cleaned up his face.

  I hated to think what he was telling them. None of them would ever believe that stuff about the dragon. I didn’t want to believe it was really gone. What if it came back without warning? What if he burned himself making tea and destroyed my apartment?

  I shoved all those thoughts out of my head. I stuck my foot into this thing with him. I wouldn’t back out now. I put all those fears and phantoms about the dragon in the same basket with my dread nightmare of losing him some other way.

  I didn’t want to love him because I didn’t want to face the heartache that it might not work out. I didn’t want to walk away from him, but I couldn’t live without him. All those emotions and insecurities jumbled together into one enormous wad of fear. It threatened to choke me and suffocate me if I let it.

  I made my choice and I chose him. That meant accepting every part of him, even the ones that scared me. Whatever he was, I wanted him.

  After a while, the medics stood up and retreated to their vehicle. They jotted down a bunch of paperwork and then the cops took over. I drifted to Alex’s side in time to hear the cop say, “Just tell me your address, mate. I don’t need all that other tosh.”

  Alex laughed again. I’d never seen him laugh so much. “My address? It’s Dover Castle, Kent.”

  I bumped his shoulder. “Quit joking around.” I turned to the officer. “My address is….” I gave him the address for my own apartment.

  The guy looked back and forth between me and Alex. “Does he live there, too?”

  Alex glanced up at me, too. A question darkened his features. Did he live there? “He does now.”

  The cop snapped his notebook shut. He stuffed it into his pocket glaring at me. Then he jerked his head sideways. “Would you mind a word, Miss?”

  I followed him a few yards away. He swiveled me away from Alex and murmured low in my face. “Are you sure he’s right in his mind, Miss? Are you sure he ain’t gone a bit topsy from a few too many blows to the head?”

  “I’m sure he’s not. I’ve known him a while now and he seems normal to me.”

  He leaned closer and lowered his voice to a confidential whisper. “Do you know about all that dragon stuff he keeps spouting? He says he changed into a bloody dragon and flew all over the blimmin’ countryside, for Christ’s sake.”

  I had to smile. “Yeah, I know, but he’s very sane. I’m certain of that.”

  “Nevertheless, I have to recommend you take him in for a psych consult.” He pulled out a business card and handed it to me. “It’s either that or I’ll have to take him into protective custody?”

  I frowned at the card. “Protective custody? What does that mean?”

  “It means he ain’t safe being on his own. It means he could be a danger to his self and we take him in to make sure he don’t do nofin to harm hisself.”

  “He’s not in any danger of harming himself or anyone else.” I experienced a stab of guilt saying that. If Alex changed back into the dragon, he could easily hurt someone, including me. If, on the other hand, he wasn’t going to change anymore, what harm could he do?

  The cop pointed to the card one more time. “You give me your word of honor you’ll take him for a psych consult, and I’ll let him go on your recognizance. Otherwise, I have to take him in.”

  “All right. I’ll take him for a psych consult.”

  The cop gave me a clipped nod, but he kept shooting daggers at me like he didn’t believe what I told him. I guess I really had to take Alex for a psych consult, now that I gave my solemn word to a Police officer that I would do it.

  The cop strode away to find his partner and go hunt up the guys who robbed us. I watched him out of sight, but I took my time sauntering back to Alex. I would wait at least a month before I took Alex anywhere near any trained mental health professional, especially one who might have the authority to lock
Alex up for being dangerously insane.

  I would train him. I would coach him. I would teach him all about the modern world. I would do everything to integrate him into society. Then, when I satisfied myself that he was ready, then and only then would I honor my promise. I never told the cop I would take Alex in right away. I could choose the time and manner of fulfilling that oath.

  Alex peered up at me when I returned. “Is everything under control, Rosie?”

  “Yeah. Everything’s under control. Let’s go home.”

  He dabbed a gauze square to his nose and looked at it. When he saw the bleeding had stopped he wadded it up and got to his feet. “They seemed nice chaps.”

  “Who—the cops?”

  He broke into a grin. “I certainly didn’t mean the men who did this to me. Of course I meant the cops—them and the medical personnel.”

  “Yeah, well…..” I hooked my hand through his elbow. “Do me a favor, will you? Don’t tell anybody else about the dragon. You won’t make any friends that way.”

  “What was I supposed to do—lie to an officer of the law? I had to tell the truth about what happened.”

  “You didn’t have to tell them about you turning into a dragon because you didn’t turn into one. You could have told them you tried to stop me from giving those idiots any money and that was why they attacked you. You wouldn’t have been lying and you would have avoided making people really uncomfortable hearing a story they couldn’t possibly believe. You need to be more careful.”

  He faced front and matched my steps heading for the building. “You’re absolutely right, Rosie. I didn’t think of that.”

  I got out my keys. “You’re going to get into a lot of situations like that in the future. Do us both a favor, okay? Keep all that dragon stuff to yourself. You and me and your family and the twins know about it. No one else has to know. You’ll only get into trouble if you try to tell anybody.”

  I unlocked the door and we began to ascend the stairs to my apartment. Only after I locked and bolted us in did he break the silence. “If I’m not to tell people the truth about who I am and where I came from, what am I to tell them?”

  I sat down on the couch. “I suppose we’ll have to come up with a cover story.”