by Aidy Award
A cranky dragon, who she loved, yeah, that’s right loved, didn’t scare her one bit.
Kady reached out and held Neo’s muzzle between her hands. She stroked the small scales on his face, looked into his sparkling eyes, the same ones that she saw in the man, and softly called his name. “Neo, calm your beast and come back to me now.”
He huffed one more time, but then his form shimmered and soon she held the man’s face. The face that had her heart on fire for him.
Neo grabbed her in his arms, lifted her under the knees and carried her back into the house faster than they'd come out of it. He was heading back toward the bedroom again and with the adrenaline of that last battle still coursing through her system, a good romp in the hay sounded like a great idea.
“Neo, wait. Stop. What if Inanna is hurt too? She was with me when owl cult dude showed up.”
He didn’t stop. “Kur can care for her.”
Kady had to admit she was totally turned on by his single-minded drive to reaffirm life together. She hoped they'd have a long time together to get in lots of loving. But one of them needed to have a clear head and it definitely wasn't Neo. “No. She was trying to protect me. Put me down. There will be time for some nookie later.”
Neo growled but set her down. “We will be nookie-ing as soon as you tend to Inanna. I need you in my arms, under me, crying my name as I make you come. I need to know that you are okay and that you are mine.”
Aww. That made her heart go pitter-skip-patter. “I know, I want to feel you inside of me, and know that you’re okay too. First let’s make sure our gnomes are all right, and then get the hell out of here. I'll feel a lot better when there are more dragons around to help us fight off the shadow.”
That was not a sentence she ever expected to say out loud. How different her life had become in less than a day. This was the scariest and best time she'd ever had in her entire life. All because of Neo and what he'd helped her discover about herself and the world around her.
Neo stared at her for a few moments and then nodded. He took her hand and gently touched the wound. “I’ll go help Kur finish hooking up the trailer to his vehicle. You tend to yourself and Inanna.”
He kissed her hand and then went outside. Kady found Inanna sitting on a stump in the yard. She had Percy in her lap and was stroking his belly. He was in hedgehog heaven.
“Aww, Percy. I wondered where you’d gone off to. I’m glad you’re okay.” Kady tapped Percy’s snub nose, happy her tiny friend wasn’t injured.
Inanna smiled and handed him over to her. “Little thing was biting at the pant leg of one of our evil friends. He’s a tough little familiar.”
Inanna had said several times that Kady had a familiar. She hadn't really thought about what that meant until just now. Hopefully on the trip to New York she could ask Inanna more about what being a familiar meant. Right now, she was happy her little guy hadn't gotten hurt while trying to protect her and Inanna.
Percy crawled up Kady’s arm, nuzzled her neck and then disappeared into her sleeve. “Are you okay, Inanna? Were you hurt?”
The asshole had tossed Inanna out of his way like a rag doll. Well, that wasn't exactly right. He'd struck her, but Inanna had more floated away than been thrown. She didn't appear to have been hurt at all. Lucky, because that man ranked right up there with Darth Mal if you asked Kady.
“Oh, I’m fine. We garden gnomes are built solid. We should have a look at your hand though.” Inanna nodded toward Kady's wound.
It still hurt like the dickens. Inanna picked a couple of flowers from the base of the stump she sat on and mushed them up in her hands. “This will help with the pain until you and your dragon can heal the cut with your soul magic.”
They bandaged her up and then set about picking up the pieces of furniture and bits of the door and doorjamb that had gotten broken in the fracas. Kady dragged the rug over to cover the hole in the floor. She still couldn't believe the knife thing had literally burnt a hole.
“Oh, the dagger. I left it in the grass. That thing could hurt someone.” Kady dashed outside and found the knife easily in a ring of dead grass. The handle didn't seem to cause any damage. It was that freaky black glowing blade. She wished she knew how to turn it off like a lightsaber.
The moment she thought that the blade retracted into the handle like magic. Her magic? Yikes. She picked it up gently, but almost dropped it again when the trailer jolted as Kur and Neo got it hooked up to the truck.
Kady eyed the vehicle and hurried back over. “I don’t know where you kept that big rig hidden all this time.”
Kur laughed. “It's funny how people don't look for things in plain sight right in front of them when it isn't what they expected.”
Inanna joined her husband, pecking him on the cheek. “So true. We’d better get on the road. Now that the wards are down, we can call Nin—uh, my friend—and get you connected with your team.”
They all worked on the final preparations. Kur nailed a tarp over the broken door, while Inanna moved the truck and trailer to the hidden entrance to the road.
Neo paced back and forth with a phone plastered to his face. After a few minutes he growled and looked like he wanted to toss the phone across the field. “I can't get a hold of anyone in Rogue.”
“Maybe they're all just busy?” It was weird to think that people could be living double lives as both normal-seeming humans and dragons. Neo had even said something about wolf shifters too. That would make for a hectic day, heck, a chaotic life. Did they have jobs and things? Like, were there dragon accountants and baristas and firefighters?
“I thought maybe they’d, umm, fly up here and get you.” Kady had begun to worry about how much time she and Neo still had together. Would he go back to his job as a warrior or whatever in New York without her when they got to Rogue?
“I fear there may have been an attack on Rogue. I don't know how and where else they would have stolen Yvaine's soul. I can't believe Jett would even let it happen. I suspect that the Wyverns have everyone working overtime to defend against the shadow warriors. We've got to get there and share what we've learned about your powers.” He started up his pacing again.
Kady hated seeing him so worried about his friends. “We're doing everything we can. Do you need a task to keep your mind off of what we can't control right now?”
“Indeed, I do, my curvy witch.” Neo’s voice had jumped down an octave and he stalked toward her.
Kady’s heart revved, excited by the lust in Neo’s eyes. He had plenty of ideas for his own tasks to keep them occupied. She could practically see the fire coming out of his ears... or his pants. “What do you need to do?”
He backed her up against the wall and caged her in with his arms. “My part of the mission is key to defeating the shadow warriors.”
Her breathing joined in the race with her heart, competing to see which could go faster. “It is? What part of the mission is that?”
He leaned in and nibbled at Kady’s earlobe. “You and I have learned more information about them – and how to destroy them – in the past day, than my team and the entire Black Dragon Brotherhood has been able to since the day we first discovered their evil soul-stealing ways.”
“That’s good. I’m glad I could help.” She ran her fingers along the back of Neo’s neck, wanting to tease him as much as he was teasing her.
“It’s very good. I will be responsible for making sure you learn to wield your magic. Help you learn to control it.” He scraped his teeth over that incredibly sensitive spot on her neck and Kady's knees went wobbly.
“Mmm-hmm.” This sounded like the best assignment ever.
“You and I both know how to build your powers up, to make them want to erupt from deep inside of you.”
Uh, yeah, they were about to burst right now. Into flames and orgasms. “Oh, yes, we do.”
Kur cleared his throat. “Ahem.”
Oops. She’d completely forgotten he was still in the room.
; “We’re set to go. You’ll be more comfortable riding in the container house, than in the cab with me and Inanna, I think.” He winked and unhooked one corner of the tarp they'd set up to cover the broken door and stepped outside. “Maybe you two can call up some of Kady’s magic to shield us on our drive to New York while you’re at it. I don’t think those spooks and their humans are going to just let us truck on down the road.”
“Okay, we’ll work on that,” Kady called.
“Yes, let’s work on that. Right now.” Neo stripped her shirt right up and off her. He tossed it, and Percy too, onto the couch. The hedgehog didn't seem to mind. He scurried into the cushions, probably looking for lost snacks.
“I don’t think I’ve paid nearly enough attention to these fucking amazing tits of yours.” Neo cupped his hands over her bra and lifted her breasts.
Kady wiggled her nose and in a blink the bra was gone. His skin next to hers tingled and burned in a lovely way.
He stroked his thumbs across her nipples and the telltale glow of arousal sparkled across her chest.
“Yes, sweet fire, show me your soul. Harness the feeling, understand how my touch calls to your body, to your magic.” He lowered his head and licked one nipple and then sucked the other into his mouth.
A burst of light flooded the room when he did that. “Ooh, Neo, that feels so good. I love it when you do that.”
He bit at her sensitive skin before letting her breast fall from his mouth. “I’ll do it all night, but you must focus on how it brings up your power.”
Kady closed her eyes, imagined having Neo touch her and pleasure her, and pushed the feeling out and all around them.
“Yes, Kady. Good.” He unbuckled her pants and pulled them down her legs, following them until he was on his knees in front of her.
Kady helped him the rest of the way by making her undies go the way of her bra.
“Fuck, I love these lush thighs of yours.” He kissed one, then the other, working his way from above her knee to her pussy.
Kady had never particularly liked her thick thighs, except maybe that one time they had caught her cell phone and kept it from falling into the toilet. But with each of Neo’s licks, nips, and kisses, she grew to like them more and more.
“Your dark curls call to me. Look how your plump pussy is already wet. It’s begging to be licked.” He buried his face in between her legs and growled, or maybe a rumble came from his chest. Was he purring? Did dragons even do that?
Who cared?
“Yes, please.” How could he keep talking at a time like this? She needed his mouth on her now.
He looked up at her with those mesmerizing blue eyes. “I’m going to lick, and suck, and even bite your sweet pussy, but if you don’t focus your power, I’ll stop, my love.”
“Oh, that’s not fair. How would you like it if I said you had to fight off the bad guys while I sucked on your dick?” Yeah. She’d blurted that out.
Neo stood up so fast, she didn’t even have time to blink. He pushed his fingers between her legs and stroked across her clit. “Focus your power now, and I’ll be sure to let you try your seductive plan just as soon as we meet anymore of those owly bastards.”
“I’m going to hold you to that.” Actually, at the moment, she didn’t care at all. She only wanted Neo inside of her, pushing them both to orgasm.
“Push the field you have around the two of us outwards. Wrap it around the transport.” He pinched at, pulled at her clit, driving her crazy.
Yeah right. She could hardly stay standing up, much less do anything important with her magic. “I can’t focus with your fingers doing that.”
He stroked her faster, pushing her higher. “You must. Your magic, this thing between us, draws them. If you don’t focus, and create your shield to protect us, we won’t make it to New York.”
No pressure.
“Kiss me, Neo.” She took several gulps. Sex and magic were intertwined, and she wasn't sure she was good at either. But she thought she could be when she was with Neo. “I can do it, if you kiss me and make me yours.”
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Could he kiss her? The question was, could he stop kissing her.
Never.
Neo had to work to focus himself. Yes, he wanted to love on Kady, bring her pleasure, hear her call his name as she came. He also had to help her understand how to control her magic and the power she could wield with it.
She may be their only hope.
If he could help her harness her power, they could evade the enemy, and she could learn to wield it against them strategically.
He continued to slide his fingers through her plump pussy. He wanted to bury his cock in her wet heat more than he wanted his next breath. But not more than he wanted Kady to have hers.
He would deny himself to help her learn to save herself.
She might be the only way to save his friends, his family, his brethren, not to mention the rest of the world, if the forces of Hell got to run rampant. Control of her power was the only thing that could protect them all. “Turn your light to shield, surround the vehicle with it. See it in your mind’s eye.”
He was making this all up as he went along, but this was how he shifted into his dragon form. He saw the dragon in his mind and then he was the beast. They had no other teachers or mentors to ask. The gnomes had a modicum of magic, but nothing like Kady's. He hoped it would work for her the way it worked for him.
“Neo, I can’t.” The inside of the room was ablaze with the light from their souls. Kady panted and her sex fluttered against his fingers. “I’m so close. Please, Neo. Let me come. Ah, please.”
No more mister nice dragon. “Don’t even think about coming until I tell you to.”
“Oh, God.” Her eyes went darker with lust, she shivered, and her legs shook. She liked when he took control. So did his dragon.
“Look at me, Kady. Do this for me, harness your lust, your pleasure. You did it before, I’m just asking you to be aware of where it is. Surround the vehicle so we can disappear into the dusk, but don’t let your light overflow.”
Sweat beaded on her lip and across her brow. Neo didn’t let up on her for a second. He leaned in and scraped his teeth across her neck again because he knew it drove her crazy. This spot was exactly where he wanted to bite and mark her. Could she feel how close he was to completing their mating?
Something in her changed, calmed. Slowly the light turned into a silvery-red translucence and the furniture around them dissolved away. Her body continued to quiver, and her breath came in gasps. She closed her eyes and gritted her teeth.
“That’s it, sweet fire. Just another minute more and I’ll let you come.” Much longer and he was going to spill his seed in his pants just from watching the beauty of her at the point of ecstasy.
The floor beneath them dissolved next and it appeared as if they were flying over the road. The walls and the part of the vehicle where the gnomes drove were still visible. “More, Kady, give me more. Your power and your pleasure are mine. I want it all.”
Neo had been gripping her hip with the hand not between her legs, but that wasn’t using it to his advantage. He slid it around and kneaded the flesh of her plump ass. Would she like a taste of the darker pleasures he'd read about?
Testing her limits, he ran a finger between the globes of her ass and stroked over her tight little hole there.
Kady whimpered but kept her calm. She thrust her hips, riding his fingers all on her own.
“Take your pleasure but control the power it brings.” He swirled his finger around her anus, testing and teasing the sensitive skin.
In a blink, not only the were the walls gone, but so was the entire vehicle and the gnomes. The only thing around them was the road, the mountains, and the late afternoon sky, all flying past.
He'd found exactly the right combination of sexy, hot, and filthy to get her high on his touch. “Keep that up and I’ll give you all of the dirty fucking you can take.”
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Kady threw her head back, reveling in what Neo could give her and her own power. “Yes, I want that. I want everything from you.”
Far into the trees, two dots of shadow that were trying to hide from Neo's notice kept pace with each of their turns. Kady was in control, but her fire, in this form, pure soul, attracted the shadow like insects to a flame.
Two more appeared behind them, and still another two on either side. Had they been there all along and Kady’s power made them visible, or was she attracting more? Neo cursed Hell for giving him power over the element of shadow and then rendering it useless with this new threat.
None of the bastards attacked, or even approached. They had learned the lesson that was the burn of Kady’s power. That was their mistake, because they wouldn't be safe from her until they were all back in Hell. “Sweet fire, are you ready to explode again?”
Her eyelids fluttered and she stared up at him, panting and smiled. “In more ways than one.”
“Then let it all go, blow those damn shadows away and come for me.” Neo pushed Kady over the edge, sliding just the tip of his finger inside her tight pucker.
She cried out, her body bucking against him. “Neo, oh god, yes, yes. Neee-ohhh.”
Kady grabbed onto his arms, tipped her chin and stared directly into his eyes, into his heart, calling his name and connecting them in a way more intimate than he could have imagined.
Neo felt his own soul swept up with hers. Together, they pulsed, building, reaching, until finally together they exploded. They were everywhere and nowhere. They were one, and a million pieces.
The shadows around them shrieked, burning, as they dissolved into the white-hot purity of the fiery magic he and Kady made together.
Kady cried out, in pleasure or in pain, Neo wasn’t sure. The singe of the shadows touching the soul magic bit under his own skin.
With an imploding whoosh, the two of them were back in their bodies, panting, melting into each other’s arms. Neo dropped to his knees, not being able to do anything but hold Kady’s body. The romance novels had never said anything about having an orgasm without using his cock.
