Ambushing Ariel (16 page)

“Ariel, help me!” Mandra ground out between gritted teeth. “Forgive me!” He cried out as he felt the pressure building. “Forgive me!” He repeated in a choked voice as he slammed into her again and again.

Ariel bucked as her body responded to Mandra’s possession. She felt the hot waves tearing through her as she gripped the side of the table and held on. The feel of Mandra’s hard, thick cock sliding in and out of her pulled at something deep inside her and she felt her body explode into shattering waves of heat and ecstasy as her climax gripped him trying to keep him connected to her forever. Ariel cried out as her body clamped down on Mandra’s trying to hold him inside. The force of his withdrawal then re-entry against her sensitive nerves caused her to erupt again with a scream.

“Yes,” Mandra cried out as he bent over Ariel’s back and bit down to mark her again as his first climax hit him.

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Mandra pulled back and gently licked the second mark he gave Ariel. He could feel her vaginal walls as they squeezed his cock, milking him until he wanted to cry out at the pleasure of it. He knew this was just the beginning but the intensity of it took him by surprise. If this was the beginning he wasn’t sure either one of them would survive. His whole body felt like it was about to melt. He let his forehead drop down until it rested on Ariel’s shoulder. He had to be the worst mate in history. It would be a miracle if Ariel ever forgave him for taking her like this. Hell, he was still dressed. He had torn her clothes off of her like he was a barbarian of old. How could he treat his mate like this? He pulled back until he was standing. Biting his lip, he slowly pulled out of her smaller body with a deep groan.

“Are you alright, little one?” Mandra asked gently as he ran his hand lightly down her back.

“Uh-huh,” Ariel murmured not moving.

“Can you ever forgive me,” Mandra whispered when he saw that Ariel was not moving.

Ariel tried to raise her head. It took two tries before she was able to look at Mandra over her shoulder. It took a few seconds to focus her vision. She was definitely still in the moment!

“Only if you promise to do that again and again and again,” Ariel said with a silly grin on her face. “’Cause I’ve got to tell you…you are one very hot hunk of love.”

Mandra frowned down at Ariel until her words sunk in. His face broke into a huge grin as he realized the she was not upset with him at all. He was glad because her wish to do it ‘again and again, and again’ was about to come true. He could already feel the dragon’s fire building deep inside him and knew her body would be responding to it.

Ariel’s eyes widened as a shaft of heat flashed through her causing her to almost scream out at the intensity. “What the hell is happening to me?” She panted.

“Your wish to do it again and again is about to come true,
mi elila
. The dragon’s fire is just beginning. We will come together many, many times in the next few hours but I refuse to take you on the table again,” Mandra said as he bent to pull up his pants.

“The floor is okay with me,” Ariel moaned as she began to sink down onto it.

Mandra scooped up Ariel’s sagging body and moved rapidly toward his bedroom. “I refused to take you on the floor,” Mandra growled out in indignation.

“Have you ever tried it?” Ariel asked as she began nipping his jaw and working her way down to his neck.

“No,” Mandra choked out as Ariel bit him hard on his neck.

Mandra groaned as he sank down onto the plush rug in the sitting area of his bedroom. Ariel was already pushing his pants down far enough to grip his cock and guide it to her throbbing channel. Mandra cursed out loud as he sunk into her again. He had absolutely no control when it came to her. His mind was nothing more than a haze of need. Caging Ariel’s smaller body under his, he took her on the floor over and over until Ariel lay limply under him. Her body covered in a light coating of sweat and the inside of her thighs with his seed.

“I need to bathe you, little one,” Mandra whispered against Ariel’s ear. “I also need to let you rest for a little while before the next wave of dragon’s fire.”

“Next wave?” Ariel asked dazed. “Are you serious? How can you even still be able to get it up?”

Mandra chuckled. “It is the dragon’s fire. It will not be sated until all the fire has burned through us both. It will not be sated until my dragon’s mate is born.”

Ariel tiredly turned her head to look up at Mandra who was in the process of pulling out of her sore body. A loud moan was pulled from Ariel as she felt him sliding out of her. Damn, but even that turned her on!

“I don’t think I can move much less make love any more. Besides, I’m getting a little tender down there,” Ariel said with a blush. “It’s been a while.”

Mandra’s eyes flashed at the thought of another male being with his mate. He would have to kill the male but Ariel didn’t need to know that yet. Right now, he needed to take care of her because the coming hours would be brutal on both of them. This was the most difficult time for a female. During the next few hours, her body would begin the transformation. If she did not complete it, she could die as her body would be torn between two beings: her human side and her dragon. If the transformation failed her body would begin rejecting the dragon’s blood leading to the death of both of them. Mandra refused to believe Ariel would not survive.

Mandra gently lifted Ariel up off the rug with a grimace. He had to admit while he did like taking her on the floor, he was determined to take her in a bed the next time they made love. Mandra walked into the huge bathing room located off his bedroom and gently climbed into the huge tub. He shifted so she was on his lap so he could reach over and turn the water on. The tub quickly filled up with hot, steaming water. Mandra sent a quick message to the symbiot on Ariel to heal her. He held her tight against his body as the gold dissolved and slowly moved down over her.

Ariel gasped as she felt Mandra slide her legs apart and the gold symbiot moved down between her legs. She started to struggle but Mandra held her immobilized against him. He whispered softly to her to let it heal her but Ariel was beyond listening. It was one thing to have Mandra touching and feeling on her. It was another to have Precious doing it.

“Stop! What in the hell are you doing?” Ariel muttered fiercely as she fought to get away. “Precious, get away from me!”

Warmth flooded Ariel at the same time as Mandra began playing with her sensitive nipples. The moment he touched them the fire lying smoldering inside her flared to life again. Ariel stilled as it swept through her. She arched into Mandra’s hands as a loud groan was torn from her when the fire crested and broke over her in a flood of intense need.

“Oh… oh… oh!” Ariel cried out as the flames gained in heat. “Mandra, it’s coming again,” Ariel cried out hoarsely as she spread her legs needing relief.

“Sit on me,” Mandra demanded harshly.

He quickly turned Ariel around until she was facing him. Pulling her up just high enough so she could straddle him, he waited as she aligned his cock with her soft flesh. His breath escaped in a loud whoosh as she dropped down heavily on his throbbing shaft. She rose up again and continued to ride him as she held his hands to her breasts.

“Play with them,” she begged. “Please, squeeze them. Pinch them. I like it rough.”

Mandra leaned forward and captured first one than the other in his mouth sucking on it until they formed taunt peaks. He felt the walls of her vagina clench him tightly as he nipped, sucked and pinched her nipples until they were hard, swollen nubs begging to be fucked. He loved her breasts. They were big enough to fill the palms of his hands and the nipples were a dark rose color that begged him to suck on them. He flicked her right nipple while he sucked on her left one and was rewarded with her orgasm. Mandra pushed both of her breasts together so he could suck on both nipples at once while he drove upward into her with such force he lifted her up out of the water.

“Oh God!” Ariel whimpered as she came again.

Mandra moaned around her nipples as his own body exploded deep inside her. The fire had returned with a vengeance. Mandra’s eyes widened as he saw a ripple of rose colored scales appear along Ariel’s chest and up her neck. Mandra felt his dragon’s roar of triumph at the beginning transformation.

Soon. I have my mate, soon,
his dragon growled impatiently.

Yes, soon we will all have our mate with us.
Mandra growled back.

Mandra rose up without pulling out of Ariel, ignoring her gasp as it drove him even deeper inside her. He also ignored the water dripping down their bodies as he carried her out and over to the huge bed. He turned and lay back across the covers, keeping her on top. He loved looking up at her. Her head was thrown back and her mouth was slightly open. When she looked down at him, she had a dazed expression in her eyes.

“I love you,” she whispered hesitantly. “I love you, Mandra Reykill.”

Mandra stared up in wonder at the beautiful, alien female who turned his life upside down and couldn’t help but be thankful she had been brought to him. She was fragile and delicate and beautiful and strong and fierce and his! She was so many things all rolled into one. He had no doubt that she was strong enough for a Valdier warrior. Her strength, courage and compassion seemed to know no bounds in the short time since he first saw her. She was fiercely loyal and protective as well.

“As I love you,
mi elila
,” Mandra replied tenderly. “You are my little warrior.”

Ariel leaned over Mandra and kissed him deeply. “You bet your ass I am,” Ariel said quietly against his lips. “Can I keep you?”

Mandra grinned as he began rocking harder. “You bet your ass you can,” he replied fiercely.

Mandra looked down at his sleeping mate and bit back a curse of frustration. He had to return to the palace but he did not want to take her with him. He was afraid to but he had to return. His brother Zoran and his mate had been attacked. Abby had been taken. It was imperative that he return and help in the rescue. Mandra wanted to spirit Ariel someplace where nothing could harm her but the thought of leaving her here, even with Asim tore at him. What if something should happen to her while he was gone? It would be better to have her in the palace where there were more guards and their symbiots to protect her than one lone warrior and his symbiot. Mandra would need to take his with him on the rescue.

“What’s wrong?” Ariel asked sleepily.

Mandra sat down on the side of the bed and picked up one of Ariel’s small hands in his. “We need to return to the palace. A situation has arisen and my assistance is needed.”

Ariel struggled to sit up. She didn’t bother with the sheet that pooled around her waist leaving her bare. After everything they had done, there wasn’t a part of her that Mandra didn’t know or had touched. Ariel pushed her tangled mass of pale blonde hair back from her face as she studied Mandra carefully.

“Is it Cara?” Ariel asked frightened.

Mandra shook his head. “No, your little friend is well. I am afraid it is the one you call Abby. Zoran and her were attacked. Zoran was left but Abby was taken,” Mandra said quietly.

Ariel’s hand went to her throat as she thought about the sweet artist. “Why? Why would they take Abby? She is new to your world. It isn’t like she knows anything or would hurt anyone.”

Mandra pulled Ariel into his arms and held her tight. He didn’t want to worry her with what was going on. Creon believed things were not as they seemed. It was not just a small rebel group of Cruizans they needed to worry about. It appeared something much more dangerous was in the works. Mandra had returned late yesterday afternoon to the palace for a short meeting. That was when he, Creon and Ha’ven, the leader of the Curizans, had discovered Zoran unconscious in a meadow not far from the palace.

“Is that why you were gone so late last night?” Ariel asked looking up at Mandra.

“Yes. I think you would be safer in the palace until we have the men responsible for this,” Mandra said. “I need to know you are safe.”

A shiver went through Ariel before she nodded. “I’ll get ready. Will Asim mind keeping an eye on the little ones?” Ariel asked as she got out of bed.

Mandra jumped when four little white fluffs of fur jumped out as well. “What in the name of all the Gods are they doing on our bed?” Mandra growled out trying to step over the rodents that were trying to crawl up his pant leg.

“Oh, they got cold,” Ariel said as she disappeared into the bathing room.

Mandra scowled down at the furry white rodents and fought back a groan. “Don’t get used to it. That is MY bed. I do not sleep with food,” he growled out menacingly.

Two of the little white fur-balls took off after Ariel while one hid under the bed. The littlest one just looked up at him with its big, black eyes, shivering as if it was cold. Mandra glared back trying to intimidate it but it continued looking at him so soulfully that he finally bent down and picked it up. He glared at it for a moment before pulling it closer.

“You are just as bad as she is, you know that don’t you?” Mandra growled out softly trying to ignore the little creature as it snuggled up against him.

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Ariel moved quietly along the corridor toward Carmen’s living quarters. She had already visited with Cara and Trisha. All of them were worried about Abby. Carmen was still being reclusive. Ariel moved with determination to see her how her sister was doing. She fought back a nagging fear that Carmen was still unhappy here and would want to find a way back to Earth. Except for Trisha’s dad, Ariel realized there was really nothing left for them on Earth but death and heartache. If Carmen made it back, Ariel knew her little sister would die. She also knew she would have to keep her promise, no matter how much her heart hurt at the idea of leaving Mandra.

A frown creased her forehead as she noticed the number of guards outside her sister’s rooms. Why on Earth they felt Carmen needed six or more guards was a mystery to her. She pushed her way through the men and knocked on the door.