She looked at him, dirt smeared and naked and a slow smirk spread across her lips. “Dude, don’t you own any clothes. You’re so…so….”
He growled a laugh. “Naked?”
Grinning, she nodded. “Yup.”
He wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her close. “Well, that’s how it started.”
With a sigh, her lips brushed his. “And I wouldn’t have it any other way.”
He kissed her hard and then broke their embrace, stepping back to look at her. “You’re amazing,” he said.
She nodded. “And it seems I’m also a dragon.”
Ryker laughed. “A dragon that needs lessons on how to be a dragon.” He lifted her whirling her around. “But we have all the time in the world for that, right?”
He stopped mid-whirl, realizing his simple question wasn’t so simple, and his eyes sought hers. “Where do you want us to be, Camille?”
“What do you mean?” she asked.
“I want you with me more than anything, but after being held for so many years I will never force you into something you don’t want. I have to be here, at least for now, but if you want to go back the Earth, I won’t stop you.”
She chewed on her lip, her eyes locked on his. “I want to be with you, Ryker. Wherever that may be. Hell, we’ve already traveled the cosmos to be together, so maybe we’ll be lucky and have the best of both. Earth and Nova.
He laughed. “I already have the best, and it’s you.”
Epilogue
“Slow down, Ryker. Where are we going?” Camille laughed, huffing as she tried to keep up with his long strides.
“The ocean. You showed me yours, now I get to show you mine.” He winked.
The flesh between her legs ached at his double meaning. God, would she ever get enough of this man? “Uhm, I think you’ve already showed me yours. So much so I think I could pick your private parts out in a line up.”
He tsked. “Such a dirty mind. I think you need to cool off before I show you my surprise!” Without warning he bent and scooped her over his shoulder.
“Ryker!” she squealed and he ran with her down a paved path lined with gorgeous flowering bushes. “The ocean is the other way! Where are we going?”
“To the falls. Or at least I hope so. This path wasn’t here all those years ago, but the cliffs that form horseshoe bay are the same. My dragon knows the way. Kind of like how you described GPS.” He winked. “G-spot Positioning system, remember?”
Camille laughed out loud. “I know I originally said GPS stood for that, but I was kidding.” She bit the inside of her cheek not to laugh since he seemed so proud of his human analogy.
He laughed, letting her slid into his arms from his shoulder as he slowed his pace. “I know what a G-spot is, Camille. After centuries being made to tap that over and over on so many women—”
“Ugh!” She plugged her ears humming the Star Spangled Banner. “I didn’t want to know then, and I certainly don’t want to know now.”
Ryker pulled one of her hands away from her ears. “What I was about to say was I watched your human television when I couldn’t sleep, and then again while you were at work. I learned a lot about your world, including what a GPS really meant.” He smirked. “You’re very clever, by the way, making that joke.”
“Fire-breath! You really are a brat.” She pummeled his neck, playfully. “So what are these falls?”
He grinned again. “The most beautiful waterfalls you will ever see. Rainbows are everywhere you look, and unlike Earth, the water is pink. The falls are tiered and feed into the ocean. I found this particular grotto when I was child. I used to think of it as my own personal place of magic.”
The two turned on the path, and there in a secluded hollow above the beach were three magnificent waterfalls.”
“Ryker! You weren’t kidding. This is amazing!” Rainbows were everywhere in the churned up spray, and it was easy to see how anyone could imagine this as home to magic.
He put her down, but kept his arms around her waist. Dipping his head to kiss her, he nipped her lip. “I’m glad you love this place as much as me, Camille, but the falls aren’t your surprise.” He turned her around and then pointed toward the beach where two people walked toward them.
Camille squinted to get a better look. “Looks like Gerri’s back from latest her trip home.” She raised her hand to wave, but then froze, straining harder to see. “Oh, my God! VALERIE!”
She whirled around, throwing her arms around Ryker’s neck, kissing him all over his face and mouth. “How? When?” she asked between kisses.
He grinned, pulling her arms down. “Well—” He shrugged. “You said you wanted the best of both, so I got it for you.”
Camille lifted her hands and cupped his face, her eyes on his. “Ryker Dragos, I love you so much sometimes I think I’ll explode.”
He chuckled. “The only exploding I want is when you come so hard you soak my cock.”
Her mouth slanted in a sexy smirk. “That’s a promise.” She went up on tiptoe to kiss him again.
“Go,” he whispered, and she squealed, hugging him again before taking off toward the beach.
He watched her race down the path and nodded to himself. “Definitely, the best of both.”
Acknowledgements
My thanks go out to Milly Taiden for inviting me to write in her amazing world. I dream about Gerri Wilder and the women and men born from Milly’s vivid imagination. Now my characters from Dragon My Heart Around join her cast and extend them to new places and new adventures and, of course, new loves!
I hope you enjoyed the story, and if you did, please check out my other books and look for more of me in Milly’s other Kindle World, Sassy Ever After!
Keep reading my lovelies, and Godspeed.
Marianne Morea
About the Author
Marianne Morea was born and raised in New York. Inspired by the dichotomies that define ‘the city that never sleeps’, she began her career after college as a budding journalist. Later, earning a MFA from The School of Visual Arts in Manhattan, she moved on to the graphic arts. But it was her lifelong love affair with words, and the fantasies and ‘what ifs’ they stir, that finally brought her back to writing.
Visit her website: http://www.mariannemorea.com
If you enjoyed the story, please feel free to email me. Reviews are always welcome on Amazon.com and Goodreads!
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SASS MASTER (Sassy Ever After)
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