Making Love 🌶🌶🌶

MADDIE

I sprinted down the stairs and charged through the throng of dancers. There was no time to shimmy my way past. I needed to get out of there ~fast~.

By the time I reached the street, I couldn’t hold back my tears.

Darren wasn't anyone special to me. It wasn't like Loch was torturing Harry or Darshan. But why was he torturing anyone in the first place? It made no sense…

Unless everyone was right.

Adara, Thea, and just about everyone else had warned me about Loch.

I knew my mate was acting differently, but something just wasn’t adding up. How could my mate turn into a stone-cold monster?

“You saw him, didn’t you?” Hael asked.

He stood beside my kneeling body. I looked up into his surprisingly sympathetic face as the tears rolled down my cheeks.

“What I saw…” I stammered, “was a monster.”

Hael’s giant hand rested on my shoulder and gently squeezed. My brand burned from his touch, but not with carnal desire. I was just feeling his kindness. It was nice.

He helped me to my feet and brushed the dirt off my pants.

“I came here because I knew you were in the club,” he said. “I thought you would be in there dealing overhead.”

My jaw dropped.

“You knew about that?”

“I know everything you do,” he said. “Especially when it happens in our clubs. Which might explain why Darren got the brunt of Lochness’ madness.”

~Lochness.~

Zayda was right about everything...

“I was hoping I’d get here before you saw him like this,” Hael added.

“Too fucking late for that,” I replied.

“Yes, indeed. And it’s terribly unfortunate, little mouse.”

I rolled my eyes and wanted to scold him for using that pet name but thought better of it. Now wasn’t the time or the place.

“I need to go,” I said, trying to push past.

“No.” Hael’s breath came out sharp.

I stopped and turned to look at him.

Something in his tone sounded urgent.

“Whatever you have to say, you better make it quick,” I snapped.

I told myself I’d never obey my dragon mates again, but I found myself listening as Hael spoke in his familiar drawl.

“You can leave…” He took a bold step forward and tilted my chin up so that I was staring straight into his dazzling eyes. His hand warmed my skin.

“...Or you can confront me. Talk to me, mouse. I’m listening.”

“You’ve never listened to me before. Why start now?”

I knew I was pushing it, but Hael needed to give me an answer. He was the only one who could protect me from Lochness, but there was no way I would go back to him until the air between us was cleared.

“Because I care for you, mouse,” he said in a frustrated growl. “Every part of you. Even your fresh little tongue.”

His voice softened. “Come home with me tonight, Maddie. A beast needs

his beauty sometimes—and you can’t keep running from our bond forever.”

His offer was tempting, and I couldn’t ignore the comfort I felt in his presence—not to mention the growing heat between my thighs.

But I wouldn’t give Hael an inch; memories of the Dobrzyckas’ nasty behavior were still too fresh in my mind.

“No,” I said firmly.

“No?” he snarled. “You think you have a choice? I’ve given you space. Time. Do you understand how generous I’ve been?”

I shrugged, unimpressed. Hael’s grip tightened around my chin.

~Fuck! It’s turning me on!~

“What else do you desire then, my precious Maddie? How else may I please you, sweetheart?” He grimaced with self-restraint.

I liked toying with him.

~“Sweetheart?”~

I had to admit, his good manners were making me blush.

Part of me wanted to say fuck it all and give into my lust, but I had too much self-respect. There was only one way I’d go home with Hael tonight. And I’d bet my life he wouldn’t go for it.

“What if…if…” I searched for the right words, suddenly feeling small under the intensity of his gaze. “We tried having sex where we...well...ever heard of making love, big guy?”

I was definitely blushing now.

“You want me to fuck you sweetly? Is that it, little rat?” Hael looked like he might burst out laughing. Just as I expected.

“Forget it,” I said, shaking my chin from his grasp. As I turned to go, Hael took my arm.

“Wait, Maddie.” I faced him, seeing his smirk.

“I’ll oblige you this once,” he said. “But ~only~ this once.”

I waited for another laugh, but it didn’t come. Hael was dead serious.

I moistened on the spot.

A night of hot sex with my mate where I didn’t have to worry about getting locked in a cage? It sounded too good to be true. But something in Hael’s demeanor told me it wasn’t. Surprisingly, I felt like I could trust him.

Had the space actually strengthened our bond?

Hael steered me away from Club Emerald. I tried to take my mind off of the place. Off of Loch and Darren. Off of everything that had happened there tonight.

“I can’t wait to make you my bitch,” I joked, giving my mate’s firm butt a hard smack.

Hael came to a sudden halt, lifting me off the ground as if I was no heavier than a doll.

“What did you say, rat?”

“Nothing!” I squeaked. Hael smirked with satisfaction, giving me a small kiss before placing me back down on the street—the sweetest he’d ever given me.

“That’s what I thought.”

I followed after him, my pussy buzzing like a beehive.

This was going to be a night to remember.

***

I looked out the window at the city below. The neon maze stretched on for an eternity, glowing brighter than the twinkling stars above.

The Dobrzyckas’ penthouse at the top of Req Tower was just as luxurious as I remembered. But tonight, it was quiet and empty.

From what Hael told me, Adara really had made the club her new home, and Loch...well, apparently, he hadn’t been home much lately. Remembering our altercation earlier, I didn’t want to think about where he might be right now.

Tonight, it was just Hael and I.

All alone.

I stared at the mint bracelet around my wrist—an extra precaution for whatever lay ahead. I didn’t want Hael reading my mind in bed, or anywhere else for that matter.

“Ready, mouse?”

Hael finished the glass of red wine in his hand. I finished mine, too.

“Ready.”

He guided me to the bedroom, holding the back of my neck. I couldn’t wait to make love to him. To experience how we’d pleasure each other without threats and punishments.

Sure, the last time we’d had sex, he was also on good behavior. But he and Loch were also half-delirious from the potion we’d given them.

This time would be different.

Hael’s hand left my neck as he began unbuttoning his shirt. I made myself comfortable on the bed, gleefully watching him undress. It had been far too long since I’d seen his abs of steel up close. I crossed my legs and pursed my lips, playing the brat.

“A dragon lord, stripping for ~me~? Wow. If only you had a G-string I could stuff a few bills into...”

Hael shot me a smirk and became a cloud of black mist. He reappeared naked on the bed next to me, his giant manhood already stiff.

“You’re the only thing that’s going to be stuffed tonight,” he whispered, stroking my hair. I playfully swatted his hand away.

“~Gently,~” I reminded him—though the thought of his battering ram blowing my doors off their hinges had a certain appeal as well.

“But of course,” he said, tickling under my chin. “Right after the fireworks show.”

“Fireworks?”

Green flames suddenly sparked on my clothes. Without so much as singeing my skin, Hael’s fire ate up my outfit in seconds. I shook off the ashes and curled up closer to my mate.

We were both naked now.

He kissed me gently, his light touch running along my bare skin. I felt like soft clay, and his artist’s hands were the only thing keeping me together.

“Is this sweet enough for you?” he asked, pulling away from my lips. His hands drifted closer to my waiting sex.

“Uh-huh,” I said, already drunk on his affection.

He finger drew a wide circle around my mound. I shuddered uncontrollably.

“Shall we fuck then, Maddie?” he said, proceeding to nibble my ear.

His finger tightened its circle. My walls clenched.

~“Please,~” I urged.

He kissed me again. This time our mouths opened, our hungry tongues fusing into one. I pushed him back onto the bed and mounted him, bouncing on his hips.

“I want to be on top,” I said, taking his cock in my hands. It felt like the handle of a baseball bat, but probably a hell of a lot harder.

Good thing, because I was going to make Hael hit home runs all fucking night.

“I’m at your mercy, mouse,” my mate chuckled, his body going slack. “Do your worst.”

I rubbed his tip against my slick lips, making him harder still. Then I pushed him into me.

My brand screamed with heat.

I dropped my ass down and closed my eyes, pummeling his shaft as fast as I could.

~Ooooh myyyyy gooooood, I missed this!~

“Maddie!” Hael snarled. He sat up and grabbed me around the waist, driving himself deeper. I cried out as he kissed my neck tenderly.

“You said you wanted to make love, but you’re fucking me like a little dragon whore. You’re breaking our deal.”

He slid out and flipped me over, my juices leaking onto the fresh sheets. He crawled on top of me, pulling me close.

“This is what sweet is, little mouse…”

I gasped as his cock plunged inside, but he took his time filling me, doling out my pleasure in frustratingly small rations.

I clutched his hair, trying to speed him up.

“Come on! Faster!”

Hael stopped, only halfway in.

“HAEL!”

He flashed a devilish grin.

“FUCK ME, DAMN IT!”

He slipped out of me. I groaned loudly—but ~definitely~ not from pleasure.

“Kiss it first. Kiss it, and I promise I’ll fuck you so hard you won’t walk right for a week.”

He stroked his glistening cock, slickened by my wetness.

~Ugh. Dragons.~

I crawled toward him on my hands and knees. He sat back as I took hold of him, nursing our mixing fluids from his tip.

“Better?” I asked when I’d had my fill.

Hael wiped my mouth.

“Much,” he said, pushing me onto my back.

In a flash, he took my ankles in his hands and pointed my legs to the ceiling. His cock flew into me like a javelin hitting its mark. I writhed beneath him as he fucked me deeper and deeper, finally getting the satisfaction I’d so desperately craved.

My insides buckled and twisted. A shriek erupted from my throat as I came.

“And you wanted space from this?” Hael gasped, maintaining the steady pace of his thrusts. “You’re insane.”

“You...make me...insane…” I mumbled, my brain reduced to mush. “You’re...going to keep this up...all night...aren’t you?”

“Is that a question or a statement?” he asked, leaning down to kiss me.

I fixed him with a naughty look and spanked him sharply.

“~Statement.~”

As I felt the tremors of another orgasm coming on, I rested my head back on the pillow beneath me.

I hated to admit it...

But it was good to be back.