by Rosette Lex
“She won’t be a problem and I already informed her that her memory would be wiped…” I said and trailed off as a pang of sadness struck my chest.
“Well I will deal with that later, for now you…you stay with her and I will deal with Angel and his band of mad scientists,” Tristan said, he was studying me closely and seemed to want to say something else.
“What is it?” I asked and Tristan tilted his head at me.
“You have recognized this Sabrina as your mate, haven’t you? I’ve never seen you this calm nor have I seen your eyes get so soft when speaking about another person,” Tristan smirked and I rolled my eyes.
“Whatever I feel does not matter, I don’t deserve her and after everything she has been through, she needs a normal life.” I said without passion or conviction. I knew by then that I wanted Sabrina in my life and would be empty without her. “Are you sure you can handle Angel on your own?” I asked Tristan and he lifted an eyebrow at me.
“From what you’ve explained, you are more likely to kill him than interrogate him and simply allowed for his memory to be erased. Like I said, I will handle it. Go back to her and I will come to the cottage when all is said and done,” I nodded and then Tristan turned to leave.
“You should tell her how you feel, even if she won’t remember it tomorrow…” Tristan went back into his home and within the blink of an eye, I was back with Sabrina. Tristan was right; I wanted our last night together to be memorable for us, even if she won’t remember anything in the end.
Chapter 7
Sabrina
I was gently woken from a dream I was having about Doran. He had been washing my hair and just whispered to me that he loved me. In the dream, my entire being filled up with joy, because I loved him too.
When I opened my eyes to the still dark room, only illuminated by the fire burning in the fireplace, I realized that there was a lot more truth to the dream. Over the days we’d spent together, I had grown feelings for him, real feelings.
“Sabrina…” Doran’s voice was soft and he brushed his hand down my arm, causing me to shiver. I looked over at him and saw his eyes were bright on mine, I touched the skin on his neck and almost withdrew my hand; he was so hot.
“What’s the matter?” I asked and he shook his head, if I was reading him correctly, and I had gotten to know him over the time we’d spent together, I’d say he was a little sad.
“I want you Sabrina…I—I know that you are untouched, so to speak, and waiting for the right person, but I want to be the right person tonight, I want you,” the words came out of his mouth in a rush and I stared at him in surprise.
“You do?” I had to ask, just to make sure. Doran nodded, his face was very sincere and I couldn’t be there and tell him that I didn’t want him just as badly. I wanted him to be the one to take my virginity.
“I want you too Doran,” I said without hesitation and his face registered triumph before he pulled the blankets back and shoved them off of the bed entirely. I had a feeling that I wouldn’t be feeling cold as long as he was next to me…or on top of me.
I had to say I grew a bit nervous as he slid his hand underneath the camisole I wore and brushed his fingers lightly across the underside of my breast. Chills ran though me shortly after and they left goose bumps in their wake. Doran’s glowing blue eyes never left mine.
“Are you afraid?” I shook my head; I wasn’t afraid of him. I just didn’t know what to expect. I had never had sex before, never even been penetrated in any way down there. I knew it might hurt, but how much would it hurt? Would it turn me off completely and then what? I didn’t want to have to just leave Doran hanging.
“I know probably just as much as you about this, we will feel our way through it. If I hurt you in any way or you want to stop just tell me and it will stop,” Doran kept his eyes on mine and I knew I trusted him enough to keep his word. He wouldn’t hurt me.
“Okay…” I whispered and he slid up against my body and I felt every hard ridge of him against me. Doran pulled off my tank top in one easy motion and he slid off my pajama shorts and panties.
After he all but tore out of the sweat pants he wore and I saw that he wasn’t wearing boxers underneath. “You were going commando?” I asked and Doran looked at me, bemused.
“Command…?” I giggled at his adorable expression and he smiled, though still a bit confused about my comment.
“Never mind, kiss me please,” I said and Doran’s smile widened before his lips met mine. He kissed me softly, brushing his lips over mine, once and then again before he became more urgent and passionate.
His lips moved feverishly against mine while his tongue slid into my mouth to taste and caress mine. He then swept his tongue over my bottom lip and captured it in between his teeth and bit down harder than I would’ve thought he’d do.
I liked it though, the electric sensation shot right down to the sensitive muscles in my belly and caused them to clench deliciously. I gasped, because no one before Doran made me feel that level of arousal before. What’s more is it was only from a kiss.
Doran’s mouth slid down to my neck where he sucked on it softly before he nibbled his way to my breasts. My hand delved into his silky smooth hair, which was loose around his shoulders for once.
My breathing picked up considerably, and it didn’t hurt as much as it would have a week ago. I’d been working on taking deep breaths with Doran and the exercises really helped. Doran’s hand slid south while his mouth closed around one nipple and sucked hard. My back arched with the bolt of pleasure that slid directly in between my legs.
I realized belatedly that his fingers found my clit just as he sucked my nipple into his mouth. Doran applied the perfect amount of pressure to the sensitive nub and rubbed it in quick circles.
I was going to orgasm really soon if he kept that up. My entire body seemed to heat up and I knew some of that was because of Doran also, he was like the sun and I would gladly let him burn me up.
Doran’s mouth slid to my other breast and it closed around my nipple, that time he bit down gently and I cried out as my orgasm crashed over me like a swift wave. I barely had time to recover from the aftershocks of pleasure when Doran’s mouth was all of a sudden on my sex.
I cried out in more shock than anything and then I moaned when his tongue slid out against my clitoris and then froze when I felt his fingers slide against my folds before circling around my entrance.
Doran looked up at me and I was stunned by how beautiful he was. His hair was tumbled down around his face and his eyes glowed nearly white. “I won’t hurt you, remember that okay?” Doran said huskily and I nodded.
“You taste so sweet Sabrina…” he murmured before his tongue slid against my sensitive folds to lap up the building wetness. My vision blurred a little bit and then I felt his finger push slowly inside me. It went in a bit before we both felt the barrier. Doran’s eyes never left mine as he continued to circle his tongue around my clit, sending shocks of pleasure through me and as he slowly pushed his finger deeper into me.
The feeling was very strange; it was like he was pushing something open that had been stuck together. The feeling wasn’t that painful, only because he was masking it with the pleasure his tongue brought. Then his finger met no more resistance and he pulled it out to examine his finger.
There wasn’t any blood like I thought there would be, I could see clearly from the light coming from his eyes. Yes, it was eerie, but I had grown used to it. Doran then put his finger into his mouth and he moaned as his eyes fluttered shut. When they opened, the light behind his irises had died down a bit and he looked completely awed.
“You taste so sweet,” Doran said and I smiled shyly.
“I’m glad you like it,” Doran’s eyes flashed and he slid his finger back inside of me. He started to move it in and out slowly and gradually the alien feeling melted into ripples of pleasure. I couldn’t help the soft moans that fell from my lips and my hips started to move on their own accord. Wha
t new instincts did Doran just unlock? I barely had control over my right mind.
Doran’s eyes never left mine as he pushed me towards that inevitable fall into orgasm. He lowered his mouth to my clitoris and flicked his tongue against it relentlessly until I was crying out his name and falling apart at the seams. Doran’s eyes brightened all over again as he watched me shake with shock after shock of pleasure from the climax.
“You’re so beautiful Sabrina, so beautiful…” he murmured as he licked his lips and then wiped some of the wetness from his chin on my inner thigh. Doran rose to his knees and my eyes widened when I took in the size of his erection.
It stretched up to touch his belly button and was both thick fully engorged. I wondered briefly how he would fit inside of me. Then he spread my legs open wide enough to settle his waist in between them and he lowered over me onto his forearms. “Put me inside Sabrina…if you’re ready,” Doran said gruffly and I gripped his hard cock and guided him to my entrance where he paused before pushing inside.
“Look at me Sabrina, I don’t want you to look away, I need to know you are with me,” Doran said clearly and I nodded, my gaze was star struck, but I didn’t care. Doran was everything I needed him to be and more.
I locked my gaze onto his and saw nothing but gentleness and awe, there was lots of heat and something else, something deeper I was afraid to identify. Doran slowly slid into me and I gasped as he filled me up. He went just as slow as I needed him to so I could adjust to the feeling of having him inside, once he was fully sheathed within me he stopped so I could grasp the fact that he had successfully taken my virginity and was buried deep at that.
“Are you alright?” Doran asked, he was holding himself tightly restrained and his eyes were nearly white again. I nodded and then lifted my head to kiss him as he started to move slowly in and out of me.
Doran picked up his pace the more lost he became and he made soft sounds of pleasure that drove me crazy. He dropped his head to cuck on my neck and I let out a breathy moan as the sensitive area send bolts of pleasure right down to my sex. I felt my muscles tighten and clench around him and every time it did he would curse or groan and thrust into my harder.
Doran began to hit some spot very deep in me and it sent indescribable, liquefying pleasure throughout my every nerve ending. My eyes widened and I begged him not to stop until I was screaming his name and then shattering into a billion pieces underneath him.
The room blurred and went out of focus and all I saw was Doran, all I felt was his warmth and the pleasure he made me feel. Soon I felt him quickly slide out of me and then I felt the warmth of his release on my belly as he cried out gruffly.
The look on his face was one of pure pleasure and bliss, I felt such a compulsion of ownership in that moment, I couldn’t bear to think of any other woman having Doran and experiencing all that he made me feel.
After the time it took for us both to recover, Doran informed me to stay put as he went to retrieve a washcloth to clean me up. He was gentle with me, like he always was and then after that, he opened the window in the room to let in some cool air, as it had gotten way too hot.
Quite frankly, I needed a shower, but I was too content and relaxed to move. Doran climbed into bed just as I shivered from the cold breeze that came through the open window. He warmed me instantly and I fell promptly asleep.
* * *
I woke up to the sound of male voices downstairs, one I distinctly knew as Doran’s and the other deep voice I couldn’t place.
“You found him then?” Doran said with an impressed tone.
“Of course I did, you know I have my ways with these things, what with my heightened sense of smell and all. Yes, I found him hiding out in a shack far in the woods, away from Keene and near Saranac. I turned his safe place into a prison and kept him there until he told me everything,” the other man replied a bit smugly and Doran chuckled.
If he was laughing, then obviously, he trusted whoever it was that was there. Especially, when I was naked in barely the next room.
“Everything? Just like that?” Doran sounded unconvinced and I wondered what the hell they were talking about.
“I threatened to take away every memory he had until he was reverted back to an infantile state and left to crawl around crying for his mother’s breast,” Doran burst into laughter and the other man chuckled. I was still stuck on the, ‘take away every memory’ part.
That must have been Tristan, the one who was going to erase my memories before Doran sent be back to live my life. My heart felt heavy and tears threatened at the corner of my eyes. I didn’t want to lose to lose Doran or the wonderful memories I had of him and our time together, I didn’t want him to leave my life.
“Anyway, he told me the whereabouts of the other men working with him and each of the three scientists who discovered us in the first place. While I was wiping his memory of us, I traced his thoughts to make sure he was telling the truth with the information he gave. No violence was necessary; he will wake up in his apartment none the wiser. As will the other men with knowledge of us. I also had to burn down their lab, I know you would have liked to do that, but I was pressed for time,” Tristan finished relaying his report to Doran and I simply held my breath for when I would come up in their conversation.
There was a long pause and then Tristan spoke up again, “Now…what of the woman, Sabrina?” Another long pause and Doran spoke too softly for me to make out what he said about me. “So what is your choice then?” Tristan asked and Doran sighed.
“It is not my choice, it is hers. Regardless of how I feel, even though these past two weeks have been the best—” Doran cut himself off and I heard him sigh heavily, I sat up slowly and tears welled in my eyes.
“How could someone possibly want to be marked as a dragon-shifter’s mate for as long as we live? I am an alien…she deserves a normal life…” Doran trailed off again and Tristan spoke up in an annoyed sounding alien language. It wasn’t like any language I had ever heard, but it was beautiful and flowed off the tongue.
Tristan got more and more worked up as he berated Doran and Doran only spoke with intermittent, sullen acknowledgements. Whatever Tristan was trying to convince him of, or was telling him, it didn’t sound like anything that would allow Doran and I to be together.
I got up silently and went into the bathroom to shower and get dressed. I supposed if Tristan was going to wipe my memory, I might as well be showered and dressed for the occasion. With every passing moment, my heart seemed to crumble a little more, I didn’t want the time with Doran to end, I didn’t want to forget him and never see him again. I wanted Doran.
When I stepped out of the bathroom, he was standing there, in front of the bed with his head angled down and his hands shoved deep into his jeans pockets. His hair was loose and hung around his face, hiding his expression from me. He looked up though when I stepped directly in front of him. I gave him a sad smile and then sighed.
“It’s time, isn’t it?” I asked and Doran’s eyebrows drew together before he schooled his expression to be completely unreadable.
Chapter 8
Doran
Sabrina was attempting to look brave, but all she achieved was to look beautiful as always. I wanted to take her in my arms and never let go, but Tristan was right. I would simply give her the option and if she said yes, then I would have her. If she said no, then Tristan would erase her memory and I would bump into her at the Euro Café and see what would happen then. I wasn’t going to give up because…because I loved her.
“I…I love you Sabrina and I want you to know this. I want you to know that I want to be with you, I do not want you to forget me. But I also want for you to choose to be with me, you make your own happiness and I will understand if that is in a normal life with a normal human mate. But if you choose to be with me Sabrina, to be marked as my mate, then it will be forever and I will spend every second of it, making sure you are happy. There is nothing more that matters to me,” I paused an
d took a deep breath before I continued.
“And…and if you don’t want me, Tristan can erase your memory of me. If you choose to live without me you won’t have to remember any of this, there will be no confusion, no pain…it will be as if our time together never happened,” I finished in a rush and then studied her face, I kept my eyes on hers while her mouth slowly stretched into a grin.
“I don’t want to forget you or leave you Doran…I love you too,” Sabrina said and my chest filled with joy to a nearly painful level. I never thought I could physically swell with the emotion but I did in that moment. I felt like soaring, she loved me too.
I beamed at her and her eyes filled with tears. I took her into my arms and kissed her deeply, she accepted me, and she wanted me. I had truly found my mate!
