Salvation

by Eden Robins

  Sabrina smiled at him.

  That smile. It had so much power over him. He felt many things were possible when her eyes lit up and her mouth tilted up at the corners. It made him want to smile back. He felt light, free and young again.

  “Yes, I understand, Eric. And I want the same thing.”

  Her words freed him

  He pressed his lips to her and told her in unspoken ways just how much he loved her. Their bodies moved together, flowing and connecting. After kissing her neck one last time, he rose to his feet then gently slid the tablecloth down her chest and spread it out on the bed.

  Eric stared down at Sabrina’s beautiful body. He felt like someone had just punched him in the stomach. She was everything he loved about women, lush, curvaceous and soft. His fingers itched to touch her. Slowly undressing, he let his gaze meander and linger, enjoying so many things about her.

  Sabrina made a soft noise, almost a moan, and his gaze flashed up to her face. She looked like a woman ready for love. His love. Her eyes were half closed as she watched him remove his clothes, her mouth slightly parted, and she was breathing hard. Her breasts shivered seductively with each rise and fall of her chest. Unable to stop himself, he touched one, sliding his fingers along her tightening nipple.

  Sabrina moaned, leaned her head back and closed her eyes. Arching her back, she brought herself closer to his touch. Her actions told him one thing without a doubt—she wanted his touch. She wanted him. She had told him with words, now she was telling him with her actions. Lust charged through him. Eric’s body twitched and tightened to the point where he didn’t know how much longer he could take it.

  Removing the last of his clothing, he lay beside her again, but this time rolled her over on top of him. The feel of her softness almost undid him. He kept himself in check, barely.

  Sabrina gasped as she sprawled over his body.

  The feel of him, hot and hard, beneath her sent her desire soaring. Unable to stop the passion overtaking her, she rubbed her breasts against his firm chest. It felt so good she couldn’t hold back the moan of pleasure that left her lips. Eric responded by growling low in his throat. The vibrations from the noise ran over her skin and left her squirming with need.

  Eric grabbed her by the waist and lifted her higher, so his mouth came even with her chest. Before she could catch her breath he took one of her nipples in his mouth and suckled it. The pulling sensation made her crazy. Heat shot through her body in strong waves, leaving her shaking and breathless.

  Keeping his hands around her waist, Eric held her close and alternated between breasts, sucking and licking her nipples until they were wet, swollen and stiff. Each pull of his mouth plunged her deeper into the pool of desire that she found herself immersed in. Sabrina rubbed herself against him, trying to satisfy the ache that was becoming more and more powerful with each passing second.

  Sabrina moaned with need when Eric lifted her higher again. This time she found his mouth focused on a very different part of her. Kneeling over him, barely able to hold herself upright, Sabrina held the headboard of the bed for support. Spreading her legs wide around his head, Eric lovingly kissed her center. The minute his tongue penetrated her lips she came undone. Throwing her head back, she moaned in pleasure. His mouth felt good. So damn good. And his tongue played her like an instrument he knew very well.

  Eric released her waist and ran his hands down her body, gently gliding his fingers over her hips while his mouth played havoc with her senses. He worshipped her behind, alternately caressing her cheeks and lightly running his finger down the middle. When he grabbed her bottom and pulled her tighter against his mouth she cried out.

  Sabrina couldn’t stop the cries that were escaping and growing louder and louder. It was too much. His tongue ran over her hard nub again and again while she wound tighter and tighter. Something built up inside her. It was so strong she was shaking from the force of it. She gripped the headboard tighter. Fear washed over her as she thought about her dragon self. Would she lose control? Would she transform and become her dragon? And if she did, would she hurt Eric? Sabrina stiffened and almost pulled away from his touch, but as he shifted his attention lower and reached her core, all she could focus on was his touch. Without hesitation, he delved inside. The feel of his tongue plunging inside and his hands roaming her body threw her over the edge. She shattered into a million pieces, convulsing from the force of her climax. Her hips jerked forward again and again while she cried Eric’s name over and over.

  She wasn’t sure how long she knelt over him, jerking and bucking her hips, but at some point Eric gently rolled her over so she lay on the bed. He leaned above her, softly caressing her stomach. She slowly floated in and out of consciousness.

  She came back to herself when Eric spoke.

  “You are so beautiful, gatita. Bringing you pleasure like that brings me incredible pleasure.”

  Sabrina slowly opened her eyes. Eric was close, staring lovingly at her face. He caressed it with his eyes, running his gaze over each feature until he stopped at her mouth. His attention lit another fire inside her, a small twinge in her womanhood that ignited as he focused so intently on her mouth.

  Sabrina licked her lips, unable to stop herself. Eric’s eyes flared wide and he growled low in his throat. Lowering his head, he pressed his lips to hers. The pressure was light but enough that she parted her lips for him. His tongue slid inside.

  Her body came to life again. He coaxed her tongue out to meet his, and they danced and twined around each other. The feel of his tongue and the taste of herself in his mouth took her to another level. She wanted Eric. Completely this time. She wanted him inside her. Although she had never made love, her body seemed to know. It seemed to crave the feeling of Eric inside her. Raising her hips, she pressed against him.

  He sucked in his breath sharply and pushed down to meet her. He was so hard and hot against her. Sabrina wanted more. She squirmed against him, lifting her hips to his. Eric groaned. He grasped her waist and held her still while his mouth traveled down her neck to her chest. Once again he laved her nipples until they became wet, sharp points, aching with need. He sucked on them so hard it almost hurt, but not quite. The pain was pleasure. One hand left her waist and slid down her stomach and lower, until he slid through her curls and between her wet lips.

  Sabrina felt a moment of embarrassment as she realized just how wet she was. Eric’s fingers were probably coated with her juices. Maybe he wouldn’t like that. Was it normal? His next words dispelled any doubts she may have had.

  “I love how wet you are, gatita. Knowing that is for me, all for me, drives me crazy. So wet and warm, mmmm—”

  The last words were lost as Eric fastened onto her nipple and teased it with his tongue. He rubbed her clit at the same time, and Sabrina thought she was going to fly off the bed. She felt tension build up in her again and moaned with need. She plunged her fingers in Eric’s hair, pressing him tighter to her.

  Eric resisted, pulling slightly away. He took his hands away and lifted his hips.

  Sabrina gasped from the loss of his touch.

  “I’m here, my love. Don’t worry, I’m here.”

  Eric gently spread her legs. Sabrina felt her face flush as she watched Eric stare at her. Specifically, one part of her. He seemed momentarily fascinated by her woman’s center. His eyes flared wide with desire.

  “So beautiful,” he murmured.

  The need inside her was out of control. She needed him. And she needed him now. Inside her, connected to her, touching her.

  “Please, Eric.”

  Her voice was low and husky, more similar to the dragon’s than to hers.

  Her dragon! Could she be breaking free? Could she be transforming and not even realize it? She felt a spiraling tension similar to what she felt right before the dragon transformation, but this was different. Sabrina tried to focus on that, but before she could worry about it Eric grasped her hips, tilted them up and plunged inside her.

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sp; The pain tore through her.

  It was too much.

  He was too big.

  He was killing her.

  Eric went deep, not giving Sabrina a chance to pull back. He knew she was a virgin. He tried to prepare her as best as possible but knew the best way to proceed was to just delve inside and let her body get used to him. So he dove in as far as possible and stopped. He clenched with the effort it took not to move. She felt good, so damn good.

  Sabrina made a soft, distressed noise and lifted her hips as if trying to push him off. She squirmed under him, gasping his name. The feel of her movements was driving Eric crazy, bringing him closer to the edge, but he tried to soothe her with his words.

  “Please wait, Sabrina,” he said in a voice strained with need. “Try to get used to me inside you. Let your body feel me and get familiar with it. The pain will fade, my love. I promise. Just try to concentrate on my touch.”

  Eric kissed her mouth softly then sucked her bottom and top lips. Running his tongue over her mouth, he tried to entice and tease, then plunged his tongue inside and danced with hers.

  He slid his hands up her body, skimming her stomach. It shivered from his touch and he smiled inside. Good, she was still responding to his touch. His fingers slid higher until he reached her full breasts. Running his fingers over her nipples again and again, he felt them tighten and peak beneath his touch.

  Sabrina started to squirm again. But as she arched her back so her breasts rose higher, he realized she wasn’t moving because of the pain. She was moving because she wanted his touch. She wanted more.

  Eric moved his hips a little, just enough to create some friction. Sabrina gasped against his mouth and tilted her hips up to meet him as he slid in again. He repeated the action again, this time faster and harder. Again Sabrina tilted up to meet him.

  She was ready.

  Grasping her hips, he started a slow rhythm that left both of them gasping. Plunging deep and strong, he made sure Sabrina felt his touch, felt him inside, at the center of her. And as he delved in again and again, he found the spot that had her moaning his name. He made sure he slid against that spot every time as they connected.

  Sabrina clenched around him.

  Eric almost lost it. He was going to very soon. He knew that, but he wanted Sabrina to have her pleasure again first.

  She clenched tighter and tighter while lifting her hips so that she could take him deeper. Her moans of pleasure grew louder and louder. She was so close, as was he.

  Lightly pressing his mouth to her ear, he whispered what he wanted most. “Come for me, gatita. Come all over me. Let me feel you lose control.”

  Sabrina gasped at his words. Her hips lifted a couple more times then she convulsed and tightened around him. Crying out his name, she bucked and jerked against him.

  She was coming for him. Just like he wanted her to. Just like he’d imagined her doing so many times in the past.

  It blew Eric’s mind. His plunged in deeper and faster until he split into a million pieces. His body jerked from the force of his orgasm. Eric roared Sabrina’s name as he lost control, spilling his seed inside her.

  As his orgasm consumed him, something happened. Something he had never experienced before. Sabrina started glowing. That glow, that energy, suddenly shot out of her and lit up the whole room, temporarily blinding him. When he could finally see again everything had changed. One minute he was in his bed with the woman he loved, and the next he was soaring in the sky with the golden dragon Sabrina in his arms, beneath him.

  He was flying!

  Shocked, he looked down at himself and realized he was no longer in human form. He was a golden dragon, just like Sabrina but much larger. He held her close as he flew across the night sky, his powerful wings taking them higher and higher.

  It was incredible. The feeling of flying was unlike anything he had felt before. As they soared along in the darkness he felt a freedom like he had never known. And happiness. He felt happy. Happy to be alive, and happy to be with his mate.

  His mate.

  Sabrina suddenly squirmed against him, and he remembered how connected they were. Eric was holding her back tightly pressed against his chest. He knew she couldn’t fly in this position. He knew that she was completely vulnerable. It was up to him to keep them from falling to the ground. She was straining against him, tilting her hips back and rubbing sensuously against his hardness. The urge to mate took over.

  He flew higher than he had ever flown. To the point where the oxygen became almost too thin to breathe. But he knew he had to do it. It was the only way to ensure their survival.

  Then Eric flipped them both over and they plunged headfirst toward the ground. Sabrina struggled against his hold. He leaned forward, biting the back of her neck. He instinctively knew doing that would keep her paralyzed, unable to move until he released her. She screamed in protest but couldn’t get away. She was his. Male satisfaction coursed through him as he found her core. Giving in to his need, he pushed inside her with one strong, deep thrust.

  They both roared from the pleasure of it. And as he plunged into her again and again, they continued their deadly descent downward. The image was clear and vivid. The experience realistic. The fear overwhelming. He felt the wind rushing by them as they spiraled downward toward the ground. But he couldn’t stop them.

  Eric couldn’t fly. Not like this.

  Once they were locked together like this, he could do nothing but complete the task. They would mate all the way down, and only when they’d both found completion would he be able to fly and lift them back into the sky. If they didn’t before they reached the ground they would both be dead. That was the dragon way.

  He knew that. And he knew Sabrina did too.

  Yet she had let him take her. She had flown with him, knowing that she would have to trust him in every way, even with her life. And as they continued falling, locked in their mating embrace, he knew he would do everything he could to live up to that trust.

  He pushed into Sabrina’s wetness, tilting her hips slightly so that his thrusts went deeper. She made soft noises, expressing her pleasure to him. His movements grew faster. The noises she made got louder and louder. Lust and need charged through him. His pumped faster and harder until they had established a rhythm that had them both gasping.

  Then he felt her. Sabrina screamed. The sound spread across the night sky. Her muscles clenched around him and her hips convulsed helplessly. Eric felt her squeeze him from inside her core and lost it. His hips bucked forward again and again as he drove himself wildly into her wetness. His orgasm took over, blocking everything else from his mind as he spilled his seed deep inside her. Sabrina continued to contract around him, squeezing and pulling him as if needing to take every last ounce of his seed from his body.

  And in that moment, Eric knew one thing with absolute certainty.

  They had not only mated.

  They had created new life.

  Their offspring.

  But it wasn’t possible. Was it? As an immortal, he wasn’t supposed to be able to reproduce. Yet he knew with absolute certainty that he and Sabrina had just made a new life. That thought shocked him and brought him crashing back to their situation. Seeing the ground approaching fast, Eric pulled carefully out of Sabrina and regained his ability to fly. Using his great strength, he pumped his wings and swerved upward just as they were about to hit the ground.

  Eric held Sabrina tightly against him but released her neck as they soared safely back upward toward the night sky. Just as they reached an altitude he felt comfortable in, everything suddenly became blurry. The sky wavered and faded into nothingness. The air whipping by him ceased and the world around him went dark.

  Sabrina woke up with a start.

  Something heavy was on top of her.

  She couldn’t move.

  Her eyes flew open. She didn’t know where she was. She could tell it was night by the open window across the room. Panic mode set in. She started to squirm. S
he tried to break free.

  “Do you always move this much when you wake up, gatita?”

  Eric’s teasing voice stilled her movements. His breath against her ear tickled her. Tingles of awareness spread through her as Sabrina realized two things at once.

  The first was that she was lying on her stomach in Eric’s bed. The second was that it was Eric who was lying half on top of her. His arms rested over hers and their fingers were intertwined. His upper body was pressed against her, while his lower body lay only slightly over her.

  Before she could comment on this he rolled over to his side and grasped her waist, bringing her with him so they lay together spoon fashion.

  Eric wrapped his arms around her waist and pressed himself close. He kissed the back of her neck and ran his fingers lightly along her stomach. The feel of him against her and his fingers teasing her stomach sent desire crashing through her.

  Sabrina stamped it down as best she could. She needed to clear her mind and figure out what was going on. She blushed as she remembered exactly what had gone on the night before. She and Eric had made love. And it had been incredibly fantastic. He had been so gentle and loving, while at the same time sexy as hell.

  And what about the dragon dream? It had been so vivid, so real. Eric had been a dragon. A magnificent golden dragon. And they had mated in the night sky, plunging toward the ground, just as her ancestors had done for centuries. It had been a moving, touching experience.

  As Eric’s fingers played along her stomach she remembered something else. They had mated, but they had done so much more. They had created life. They had created their offspring. Her own fingers covered his as she thought about that. In her dream, she’d carried Eric’s baby.

  He twined his fingers in hers.

  “You experienced the dream too, didn’t you?” Eric asked.

  “You dreamt about dragons too?”

  “Yes, I think we must have shared the dream,” Eric replied, all teasing gone from his voice. “Flying through the night sky, connecting and mating as we spiraled to the ground. Was that your dream?”

  “Yes.”