When she was only ten paces away, one of the wolves turned, its teeth bared. Now she was in trouble. It sprang at her, and she knew she would have to try to fight it off. But that would risk losing the touchstone in the process. If the wind took it away, they were doomed. Yet in one swift movement, the dragon swung his head, bending down to bite its head off.
Tara stood, horrified at the blood spurting everywhere. However, survival mode kicked in and she ran towards Dòmhnall. Only when she had her hand firmly on his scaly dragon hide did she put her hand on the lump of wood, praying she had it right.
Because if she didn’t, not only would she look stupid, but also they would certainly end up dead. The sky above them shredded, and she moved closer to press her body against Dòmhnall’s. This was the end. The snarls of the wolves, the tearing of the azure sky, and the screaming of the wind as it swept across the world. All of it suddenly stopped.
Chapter Eighteen – Dòmhnall
“We have a gift for you, Tara. Artemis, who watches over us, asked us to gift you a piece of our forest.” The dryad walked towards Tara, a small carving in her hand. It was a dragon, its scales a shimmering green, just like Dòmhnall.
“It’s beautiful,” Tara said, transfixed. Dòmhnall knew he was supposed to do something. But what? He eyes rested on Tara and he remembered. Starting forward, he reached out for her.
“And such a likeness to your mate, the dragon lord.” The dryad’s voice was so mesmerising, ensnaring Tara, he had to stop this happening again.
“If he will ever have me,” Tara murmured.
The dryad smiled gently, pity in her face. “And this is why Artemis granted you such a gift.”
Just as his hand touched Tara’s, she came to life, stepping back. “It’s a most perfect gift. But I don’t need it. Thank you.”
The dryad smiled. “You have found each other.” In her hand, the small dragon turned to dust and blew away on the breeze. “I am glad we have had this chance to meet you, Tara. Dòmhnall, thank you for coming.”
With that, the dryad stepped back into the tree, blending with the bark. Tara rushed forward and grabbed hold of her, trying to stop her. “Don’t you just disappear! You owe us an explanation.”
“Tara,” he said, pulling her back.
“Let go of me. They can’t just do that to us and then walk away. Cowards,” she yelled.
“Tara,” he said more forcefully. “Let it go.”
“Let it go! They nearly killed us. And don’t even get me started on how hungry I … am.” She stopped fighting him and her shoulders drooped. “It didn’t happen.”
He shook his head. “No. At least not in this world. But she is right. Isn’t she? We have found each other.”
Tara looked up, her eyes fixed on his. “Yes. I believe we have.”
He held out his hand, she took it, and he led her away from the grove, away from the dryads, back towards the Stronghold.
“You know when we set out earlier, I was thinking of how much I wanted to take you to one of these glades and make love to you under the moonlit sky.”
“Romantic. I never thought you had it in you.”
He laughed, low, deep, thrilling to her senses. “I wasn’t in a romantic mood when I thought it earlier. I saw you as something that was mine; mine to claim. Now though, well … I am a changed man.”
“What happens now, Dòmhnall?” she asked, and he could feel the fear, the unease in her voice. And hear the unasked question, do we go back to how we were?
Chapter Nineteen – Tara
“You are completely sure about this?” Tara asked for the hundredth time.
“I have never been more sure.”
“Because there is no going back.”
“Are you trying to back out, Tara?” he asked.
“No. It’s just so … uninviting.” She placed her hand on the stone altar, marked with blood from those who had been a dragon’s sacrifice before her. Only this was a sacrifice of a different kind.
“Well, technically you are still a virgin.” He sidled up by the side of her and wrapped his arms around her waist, pulling her to him. “I remember the taste of your skin on my lips.”
He lifted up her shirt, his hand finding her breast and she closed her eyes, summoning all of the memories of when they thought they were trapped in the other world. Damn, she wanted him. So very badly.
Dòmhnall lifted her, placing her on the stone altar, then he undid her pants, kissing her soft stomach and then pulling her pants down over her thighs. Her panties went too, discarded on the floor. Then he pushed her knees apart, looking at her intimately before drawing a finger along the length of her slit. As she gasped, he lowered his head and kissed her thighs, starting at her knee and then working his way up towards her heated need.
Tara pushed her hands into his hair, tugging on it as he plunged his tongue deep into her sex. She cried out, the sensations flooding her body, too much. Dòmhnall ran his tongue along the length of her sex and then paid special attention to her clit until it throbbed and pulsed with a life of its own. His fingers went inside her, two, stretching her inner walls, stroking the sensitive flesh, but not too deep. Her virginal blood, and she at least hoped there would be some, was to be spilt on the altar.
Above her head, the moon rose, its rays almost reaching the moon window. Her dragon chose not to hurry. Instead, he brought her to a shuddering climax, his fingers and mouth working in tandem to make her come hard. Prolonging her climax until she was utterly spent.
Then he moved to climb on the altar, easing her back until she lay flat on the cold stone. He pulled his shirt over his head, and then threw it aside. Tara reached out, stroking his chest, feeling his muscles flex and relax under her hands. Above her head, the first rays of silver moonlight shone down on the altar.
Dòmhnall undid his pants, moving to lay between her thighs. If they hadn’t visited that other world, she would be frozen in panic right now. As it was, she knew everything would be all right, that he wouldn’t hurt her. Most importantly, she knew she could trust him and he would look after her. As she would always look after him. Partners, mates, forever.
She gasped when he guided himself into her sex. He was less gentle than the first time in the cabin, more eager, and his desire to be inside her made her arousal return. She dug her nails into his back, urging him on. She wanted to be her dragon’s sacrifice, to bleed on the altar, to fulfil her destiny and bear his child.
When he thrust into her and her hymen broke, she cried out. He caught her mouth with his, drowning out her pain until it subsided. In and out, he thrust, deeper, impaling her on his cock until her orgasm hovered once more in front of her eyes.
She looked up, the moon now at the highest point in the sky, its eerie glow filling the room, covering the two bodies mating on the moon altar. Dòmhnall lifted her shirt, pushing the cup of her bra out of the way and sucking her breasts, the sensations between her sex and her breasts connecting and sending her over the edge.
There, under the light of the moon, he came inside her, claiming her in the most primal way. This dragon who had lived for millennia had finally taken his mate and made her his. Now there was only one more thing he needed to do. Tara had thought it would take time for him to get used to the idea, but she was wrong.
“We are one now,” he said, kissing her shoulder, and brushing the hair back from her face. “You still have that white streak, you know.”
“Really? I don’t see how. What happened in that other world, never really happened at all. I’ll get rid of it.”
“No. Not yet. It reminds me that what we went through happened, if only in our minds. It was so real.” He kissed her again, and then pulled away, leaving her body chill as she lay half-naked on the cold stone. The spell between them was broken, and she wanted to get dressed and leave the room. He had what he wanted, and now she felt used as he turned his back on her. Would they ever be able to regain the closeness they had experienced when they were trapped together in
another world?
She made to move, swinging her legs over the side of the altar, but he stopped her. “Tara. Wait. There is something else we should do while we are here.”
“What?” she asked quietly.
“You know.” He took her hand and placed it over his heart. “You can take it from me. I willingly give it to you.”
“Dòmhnall…”
“We swore an oath. It was real to me. I hope it was real to you. Now we have to live by that oath. I give you my heart stone and with it my long life. We are one, bound together, for eternity.”
She wrapped her arms around his neck and sobbed, feeling like a stupid, whimpering fool. “I never thought you would give it to me. Not after you were betrayed before.”
“That was a lifetime ago. Now we have a new life, together, here in the Stronghold. We will have a son and he will one day take my place. He will need a good, strong mother to watch over him. A powerful woman to help teach him about the new world that is outside Spellholm.”
“If you are sure. Now?”
“Now, before the others find us here. You can do this alone?”
“Yes,” she nodded. “I know the spell, and the moon makes my power stronger.”
He lay down on the stone altar. “I love you, Tara, and I trust you with my life, my heart and my soul.”
“So you should.” But she smiled at him all the same. Closing her eyes, she said the magic words that would bring forth his heart stone. Dòmhnall grunted as it left his body, but she didn’t let her concentration fade; she needed to get this right. Turning her hand, she repeated the spell. And then she felt the weight of the thing she had longed for him to give her for so many years in her hand. Opening her eyes, she marvelled at the beauty of it.
“It looks more healthy than before.”
“I am glad you approve. Maybe it is filled with love now, whereas before it was shrivelled up and half dead.”
“Like your heart?”
“Like my heart before you, Tara.”
They swapped places. Tara felt nervous about using the spell on herself, but she didn’t want anyone else to get their hands on Dòmhnall’s heart stone. So she took her time and under his watchful gaze, the heart stone disappeared into her body and was absorbed into her own heart.
For a while she lay there, trying to get used to the different rhythm of her heart. It beat in time with his now, the years stretching before her as immortality settled on her body.
“So what do we do now?” she asked as he helped her sit up.
“Two choices. We either go and tell everyone that you are now officially my mate. Or we go and make love under the trees.”
“As much as I would love to let the other dragons know they have a mistress as well as a master, I vote for making love. But not under the trees. I have a sudden distrust of them right now.”
“Then let me escort you to my chamber, my lady.”
She giggled. “That is going to take some getting used to. I have been called many things. But never a lady.”
“Get used to it. If anyone ever says anything bad about you again, they will have…”
“Dòmhnall, Dragon Lord of Spellholm and the greatest dragon to ever live.” Her voice boomed, mocking him.
“On second thoughts, I welcome their insults. I think you can look after yourself.”
“As I always have,” she said.
He pulled her into his arms. “You are no longer alone, Tara. We are one.”
And as he led her to his bedchamber, that was all she could think of. They were now one. Dragon and witch for eternity.
The End
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