Sverre approach slowly, his hands held out before him. Ladon stops pacing and glares. The two of them having pregnant women creates a connection. It must be strong enough to fight back the bijass as Ladon doesn't attack Sverre. It hasn't been that long since Amara kicked Ladon out of the birthing room but I imagine for him each passing moment drags like entire marks of the suns.
Empathy wells in my gut. Unsure if his woman, his treasure is okay, or if his child is here. Have there been complications? Are they both well? Imagining how powerless he must feel right now creates an ill feeling in my stomach. How would I react if Amara was in there?
Sverre places a hand on Ladon's shoulder and talks to him softly. I can't hear the words but in a few moments Ladon relaxes and nods. The two of them pace back and forth together. The immediate threat of Ladon losing control to his bijass passes and I return to my own thoughts.
"Well?" Astarot asks.
"Well what?" I ask.
"Are you going to do it?"
I don't answer him immediately. Do I tell her? Putting her on the spot in front of others could be bad. It might backfire. She's pregnant, with our child. I know that's what the machine was saying. I need the commitment between us. I need to feel she accepts me and is ready to create a life together with me.
"I…" I want to say yes but I can't. What if she says no?
"But?" Astarot asks.
"What if she denies me?"
"Will you give up then?"
"No."
"Will you walk away from her?"
"No."
"So tell me, what do you have to lose?"
There is wisdom in his words. The door to the delivery room opens and Jolie is there. Her face glows but tears stream down her face. Her smile spreads across her face wider than I've ever seen. Ladon is next to her so fast I don't see him move, leaving Sverre standing on his own.
"It's a boy!" she says. "Come, come see Illadon!"
Ladon is through the door before she finishes speaking. The rest of us follow. Trepidation makes my scales itch. I shift my wings creating a soft fluttering sound then take a deep breath before I walk through the door behind Astarot.
Calista lies on the bed with the new baby at her breasts. Her hair is matted to her head but there is a beautiful glow to her face I've never seen before. It's stunning. She looks beautiful, filled with life, and powerful. Ladon is next to her, leaning down to be close. He kisses her forehead, resting his head against hers while staring down at the tiny life in her arms.
Sverre is with Jolie while Astarot and I stand off to one side in awkward silence. Amara is on the far side of the room from me, not far from the bed with Inga, Lana, and Rosalind. Mei is moving around doing something with the machines that helped with the birthing.
The baby takes my breath away. He's so tiny. I've never seen a baby before in my life and did not understand one would be so small. His little hand clutches for a hold on the blanket, letting me see his fingers. They're perfect with the smallest nails, wrinkled fingers each one so flawless. Out of the corner of my eye I see Amara and I'm drawn to her stomach. In there is our child, growing. Our child, which will be small, defenseless, dependent on her and I for everything.
Meeting Amara's eyes for the first time I see tears. My heart breaks at the sight and I want to run to her, to destroy whatever is causing her pain, but in that instant I realize they are tears of joy. I understand as I feel almost the same. Hope fills the room, a joyous feeling that pervades everything. A buoyancy that is so new, so different, it lifts my spirits and fills me with wonder at the possibilities of the future.
"Go to her," Astarot whispers, pulling my attention to him.
When I look over I see he's not staring at the baby but at the other females. Following his gaze it strikes me who he's looking at.
"Her?" I ask, keeping my voice soft. "She's your one?"
He starts as his eyes dart back. "What are you talking about?" he hisses.
I smile knowing I found his secret. I will keep it for him but I know. I know what he is experiencing. In some odd way it makes me feel a kinship to him.
"Go handle your own affairs," he growls.
"Of course," I say.
I close my eyes and inhale, filling my lungs with clean air then let it out slowly. When I open my eyes, I brace myself then walk over to the human females. They watch my approach and it's like they're waiting to see if I'm a threat before they stampede. Doubt creeps in but I push it aside. Amara watches me closest of all, I can't read the look on her face. It doesn't make my task easier but then nothing with her is easy. It doesn't matter because she's worth it.
"Amara," I say.
She looks up and swallows. Her eyes blink several times then she looks away and wipes away a tear. "Yeah?"
"I need to tell you something."
Her face flushes pink, and she looks at the surrounding girls. "Okay," she says at last.
I take the moment to gather my thoughts. There's a smacking sound as the baby pulls away from Calista's breast. I glance over and see she and Ladon are both watching.
"I love you Amara. I have from the moment I first laid eyes on you. I cannot imagine my life without you in it. You are the suns in my universe. You burn bright and beautiful and I want to embrace you and hold forever."
"Shidan-"
I hold up my hand and shake my head. "Please, let me finish," I say, and she purses her lips then nods. "It's more too. I need you. I need you because together we are stronger, better than we are apart. I have never known this feeling. I have never known love. When the devastation happened, I was a child. I was alone but I learned to survive. I don't want to be on my own any longer. I don't want a world you are not a part of. You are the most amazing person I've ever met."
I lower myself to my knees in front of her and take her hand. "Amara," I continue. "Will you be my treasure, my love, and my mate?"
Tears run down her face. She wipes at them with furious motions. My hearts pound so hard I'm unsure how they don't explode out of my chest. They roar in my ears. My hand holding hers trembles as I wait for an answer. The room is silent as if everyone is holding their breath.
The moment drags on. I can't breathe. I can't blink. Anticipation builds until I'm sure I've fallen into some stuck moment in time that will never end.
"Yes," she says, her voice cracking on the single word.
A weakness runs up my spine and I almost fall over with relief. My hearts beat even faster as I leap up and sweep her into my arms, twirling her as our lips crash together with bruising force. Her tears flow as we kiss. There's the sound of applause and people laughing then there are arms around us pulling us into an embrace.
I set her down on her feet at last. The women have gathered in a circle holding the two of us. All of them have tears and laughter. Joy expands my chest. I've never felt so much happiness. I can't contain it. Laughter breaks out of me and then I can't stop. I have to have the release.
"Congratulations!" "I'm so happy for you!" "Totes jealous, girl!" The girls' words are a blur.
From across Calista's bed, Astarot is grinning from ear to ear. He was right. I gambled it all and it worked. I turn into Amara, holding both her hands and losing myself in her beautiful eyes.
"I love you," I say, loud enough for everyone to hear. "Always."
"I love you too," she says, rising to kiss me.
The sounds of oohs and ahhs surround us. Everything is perfect.
Chapter Twenty-Five
Amara
I can't believe he did that. In front of all these people. What if I'd said no? He's brave, so damn brave, it's one thing that makes me admire him and yes, I have to admit it; I love him.
It's okay. I can love him. He needs me as much as I need him. He doesn't take away from me, together we are more. Just like on the ship fighting the pirates. It took both of us. One alone wouldn't have been able to do it.
It took both of us. Raising this baby will take both of us too. No way I can face a fu
ture of caring for a tiny life alone. I have told no one else yet about the baby. I haven't come to terms with it yet. Looking at the baby in Calista's arms, a warmth spreads out from my stomach.
Illadon is looking around the room, smiling and cooing. He locks eyes with me. His beautiful, gold flecked, greenish eyes with their dragon slits look just like Ladon.
"Congratulations," Inga says, pulling me into an embrace.
"Thank you," I say as I return her hug.
Shidan leans down close, nuzzling and kissing my neck.
"I'm so happy for you," Mei says as she comes over and hugs me then Shidan.
Lana comes up next and hugs me. As she embraces Shidan, in her low cut shirt and skin tight pants, a stab of jealousy drives into my heart taking me by surprise. I've never felt it before but once I recognize it for what it is I know it's ridiculous. Lana is my friend. Her natural flirtatious nature is just the way she is.
"You deserve this," Lana says as she walks away and I smile.
As everyone's attention returns to Lana and the baby. Shidan and I stand back, holding hands.
"It's time to let them rest," Mei says as the day grows late.
No one wants to leave but everyone says their goodbyes one at a time until Shidan and I are the last ones. I walk over to the bed and lean down to hug Calista.
"I know," she whispers.
"What?" I ask in surprise.
She doesn't answer me but puts a hand on my belly.
"How?" I ask, my eyes widening in surprise.
Calista just smiles.
"Tell no one," I insist.
"I won't," she agrees. "How long?"
"Not long," I say and Calista nods. "It's okay."
Somehow her words fill me with relief from a tension I didn't know was still there. She's been there, she's done this. I know women have been giving birth since the dawn of time but that's human babies. Giving birth to a hybrid, alien-dragon baby is more than overwhelming. Reassurance from the first woman to do it goes a long way.
She kisses my cheek as we embrace once more then Shidan and I take our leave. We walk in silence towards my apartment, holding hands. We're comfortable, relaxed and natural. We make our way through the city as I think about logistics of our future. Where will we live? What preparations do we have to make for the baby?
Eventually we find ourselves outside the small building Shidan has been using as a home. He kisses me, then in a single motion sweeps me off my feet, carrying me through the door and pushing it closed. He takes me straight to the bed where he lays me down. Clothing flies as we can't get undressed fast enough.
Cool air hits my bare skin as Shidan kisses his way across my stomach. He circles it again and again with tiny kisses and drags of his tongue. His hands roam, fingers leaving hot trails of fire. I wiggle and squirm under his touch. My heart pounds into overtime and my pussy grows wetter. One hand trails over my mound piercing my soft lips and I moan, pushing my hips up.
Warmth burns in my stomach as he teases me. Shidan moves lower then his tongue is teasing my opening, piercing my folds, seeking my clit. When he finds it I scream his name in pleasure and surprise. His rough tongue drags across my sensitive nub, my pulse pounds in response as he lavishes me with his mouth and tongue. Alternatively he sucks then licks and it's driving me mad.
Grabbing his head I pull him in close. He doesn't stop. Relentless as he drives his tongue deep into my pussy then slides it up across my clitoris. I trail my hands around his head. His love and attention fills me with warmth.
He pushes me up to an edge then I'm falling over. I clench my thighs around his head as crashing waves of pleasure wrack my body. When it passes through and my muscles unclench I fall back into the blankets and breathe heavily.
"I love you," I exhale, then Shidan is here, his tongue drives into my mouth.
His first cock slides in, he doesn't wait to take what he needs. I'm so wet that even with his enormous girth we don't need to go slow. We kiss, our tongues working, then he pulls back and thrusts in again. He groans his pleasure into my mouth.
He pistons in and out faster and faster. No considerations to time, noise, or anything that is not the pleasure of our moment, the love we share.
I rise to meet each thrust and retreat in time. My heart pounds and I feel his fall into time with mine, his second heart like an echo as our chests press into each other while our hips join. I break the kiss to breathe and he rises onto his forearms driving in faster. It's too much. His eyes close, his head arches back.
"Amara," he groans as he thrusts deep into me.
"Shidan!" I cry.
I feel his massive load filling me as his cock pulses over and over pushing his seed deep inside. He collapses on top of me gasping air. Running my fingers down along his back I touch his wings and remember the beautiful, shimmering wings of the baby. They're gorgeous. What color will the scales of our child be? Will it be a boy or a girl? What will we name it?
Shidan's cock softens and he pulls out, rolling over to lie beside me. My head rests on his arm as I trace the bulging muscles of his chest. He's lying on his side, his tail makes it impossible for him to lie on his back. We kiss, soft, gentle kisses. Trailing my hand down across his rock hard abs I find his second cock already at attention and ready. I smile then kiss my way across his chest and down. Tracing the lines of his abs with my tongue until at last I come to his cock.
I tease the head and he groans then I lick down the soft underside. I grab his balls with one hand and work them while moving up and down his massive dick with my tongue. He moans and shifts under my attention as I work it. I lick down to his balls then suck one of them into my mouth and out before tracing my way back up his shaft where I tease the head again.
He groans. His long arms reach down and tease my nipples while I tease his cock. I roll over and press my ass back into his hardness. Parting my legs he slides into my pussy. He grabs me by my neck and pushes me forward then he pounds in over and over.
My orgasm comes fast and hard.
He thrusts in, bottoming out and I'm falling into an orgasm so intense I feel my pussy clamping down on his cock and milking it. He spills his seed once more. Every part of my body tenses as the pleasure overloads my senses. I'm torn apart and created anew in my love for him and his for me. We are one.
As it passes, we turn back into each other and cuddle as sleep comes to claim us.
No matter what the future holds, I know together, we will face it and come out on top.
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DRAGON'S BABY
Red Planet Dragons of Tajss
Book 1
MIRANDA MARTIN
& JUNO WELLS
Calista is happy with her life of scientific research. She has no need for a man, she has her books, her friends, and her work. Things are fine until her ship is attacked by space pirates and crash lands on a desert planet with heat so intense she and her friends can't survive without help.
Ladon is a Zmaj warrior resigned to a life alone, who only desires to protect his treasures. His hopes for a mate faded long ago, yet when he meets Calista something stirs. It takes no more than one look to know that she belongs to him. He's been alone for so long but she is the ultimate treasure and he will protect her.
Now there's only the small problem of her living long enough to understand.
A devastated planet, a mysterious history, space pirates, and threats environmental and alien beset them on all sides. The sexy Zmaj warrior will have to battle the planet's ultimate threat in an epic effort to obtain the one thing he knows Calista needs to survive. Then maybe they can begin to come to terms with the feelings they create in each other.
But will the other humans accept this huge and alien looking dragon warrior? Or will they find him just as big a threat
as the rest of the red planet? The future of both their races depends on it.
CALISTA
My head is pounding like a solid bass drum being played by the Metallica drummer. Double beat, single beat, double beat, single beat. The intro to One ponds through my skull. I'm hot, really, really hot. I try to open my eyes but it really is too much effort. My mouth and throat feel like I've been eating sand, and my eyes feel glued shut. I give up. I must be trapped inside a sun it's so damn hot and I just don't care to even try. I tell my hand to move but it feels like it's a million miles away.
Someone moans and cries. A grunt of pain echoes through my head cutting through the pounding. My hand responds at last slowly raising until I feel it touching my forehead. I rub across my eyes. Something gritty covers them so I wipe it away the best I can. Everything feels distant, disconnected from me, and hard to accomplish. The simplest of tasks take monumental effort to push past the pulsing pain in my head. I don't want to be here. Forcing my eyes to open it feels like they tear their way across my eyeballs then I'm assaulted by bright light that temporarily blinds me.
"Gah!" I cry out.
"Calista?" Jolie's voice comes from somewhere close by.
I blink repeatedly trying to clear my vision so I can see my friend.
"Yeah?" my voice sound tentative even to me.
"Are you alive?" she asks.
"Maybe?" I still can't see so I wipe at my eyes furiously and at last my vision clears.
I wish it hadn't. I'm lying on my back staring up at a red-orange sky with wispy clouds that look like purple bruises. A blazing red sun glares down at me angrily. Pushing off the ground I rise up to my elbows. As I do they sink a little.
Sand, red sand dotted with massive chunks of steel and bodies for as far as I can see. In the distance are rock protrusions that rise high breaking the skyline and my line of sight. It looks like we're in some kind of valley or the middle of a desert.
"Damn," Amara says whistling.
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