Firebreather 2: A Royal Continuum (19 page)

"How nice," Tanner said, releasing Matthias. "Ava,
lefne
, you want to take over for a minute?"

She stepped close to Matthias, her attention divided between his increasing arousal and Tanner getting naked. She still couldn't believe she'd been fortunate enough to land two hulking, handsome Dracon as mates.

"So when did you decide to go after Tanner?" she asked.

"Like it was with you, I knew as soon as I saw him that he was special. That he meant something to me."

"Love at first sight?" Tanner mocked over Matthias's shoulder, and Ava swallowed hard at the steely erection Tanner sported.

"Yes," Matthias answered honestly, and the three of them grew silent at the simple honesty of his response.

"Then why didn't you simply tell Tanner how you felt?" she wanted to know. "And when you did finally have us both together, why didn't you tell us the truth? Why mate with us without our knowledge? We should have had a say in it."

"You did," Matthias burst out. "I could never have marked you with my scent, mated with you both if you hadn't allowed it, even subconsciously. I know you love me, Ava, even if you refuse to admit it. And I know Tanner wants more of me than even he admits. He just needs to let go of his fear and we can all become one."

Ava frowned. Matthias had somehow regained ground. He wasn't supposed to dominate this discussion. He was in
their
power now, under
their
control. Tanner nodded, reading the images she projected.

Ava licked her lips and slowly bent to her knees, where a cushion had been placed by Tanner. She stared at Matthias's cock, so proud and stiff before her. And then she took him into her mouth, catching his lust and his love in one large gulp of emotion as she ran a tongue over his pulsing shaft.

Tanner watched with a surprising hint of envy as Ava did what he'd been dreaming about. But he had his own part to fulfill in their little play, and he'd be damned if he'd do it on his knees while Matthias mastered him. Not that the prince was actually commanding Ava at the moment, but Tanner needed a dominant position to make his point.

"You should have told me what you were doing," he whispered in Matthias's ear before tonguing the sensitive shell and nipping the lobe.

Matthias shuddered, thrusting into Ava's mouth as far as his restraints would let him.

"But you like to be in charge, don't you, Matthias?"

Matthias groaned and shook, trying desperately to ease his frustration. But Ava kept him on edge, and Tanner teased him from behind, adding to the sensation. "But you're not in charge right now, are you,
lefne
?" Matthias continued to moan, and Tanner stepped closer, pressing his cock into the crease of Matthias's ass. "Answer me. Who's in charge right now,
lefne
?"

"You are. Christ, Tanner. Can't you and Ava feel how much I need you both?"

"But that's just sex. You come and you have what you wanted." Tanner shrugged, reaching around Matthias to rub his hands in Ava's silky hair.

"No, dammit. That's not all I want." Matthias's sudden anger was palpable, and combined with his frustration when Ava let him fall from her mouth, turned the space around them very warm with a firebreather's rage.

"Then tell us." With Ava kneeling before him, Tanner thought she looked absolutely beautiful. Both subservient yet demanding.

"I want you both." Matthias growled low, his dragon flying close to the surface. Tanner could see the immediate lust swamping Ava as she stared at their prince, and Tanner felt a need as well. To master the firebreather, to stake his own claim that would not be forgotten.

"And what will you do to have us both?" Tanner asked, pushing his cock toward Matthias's puckered hole. "Will you give us your love? Your sex? Your soul?"

Grunting and straining against his bonds, Matthias stared down at Ava, and through her eyes Tanner saw his deep love. The feeling spread through Tanner's body, a complete sharing of emotions.

Matthias's voice was husky when he answered. "I would give you everything I am. Everything I have."

"Then take what we are." Tanner felt impossible tears in his eyes and noted Ava's welling as well. "Take the love that's freely given." He couldn't help chuckling as he lubed his cock. "And a little bit more."

Matthias groaned. "I knew you were trouble from the moment I first saw you. Both of you," he clarified, nodding at Ava.

Tanner grabbed Matthias's hair and tugged him to look over his shoulder. Meeting his lover's mouth, Tanner showed him exactly what he intended, thrusting his tongue deeply into Matthias's mouth as he plundered the prince's hidden depths for more.

When he let go of Matthias, he saw Ava staring up them, breathing hard. Her nipples were tight little buds, and she fingered herself as she watched.

"Do it, Tanner. Do it now," she breathed, her eyes shining a rainbow of desire.

Tanner returned his attention to Matthias's tight ass. And pulling his cheeks apart he pushed forward with the head of his cock. Little by little he penetrated, past Matthias's rim. The ecstatic agony made him want to shove hard, to feel that tight flesh gloving him. But he also sensed Matthias's discomfort, so he waited, willing his mate to feel the pleasure.

After a moment, Matthias pressed back, and Tanner gave him what he wanted. Not sure how far exactly to go, he tuned in to Matthias's feelings, in awe of the riot of pleasured pain conflicting his mate.

"God, that feels so good," Tanner couldn't help admitting as he added another inch.

"Don't stop." Matthias groaned and tensed his arms, clenching the manacles around his wrist. "All the way in me, Tanner."

"Maybe this will help." Ava kissed Matthias's shaft, causing him to jerk back harder into Tanner before she took all of him in her mouth.

Now fully seated, Tanner shook from the force not to come. The feeling of his cock inside his mate, of Matthias's sensations being sucked and penetrated, the pleasure Ava took in tasting her lover, all combined to bring him right to the edge. He took a moment to do no more than savor the experience, his hands tight over Matthias's waist.

"Move," Matthias moaned. "Fuck me harder, Tanner. I won't break."

Tanner shook his head, knowing Matthias couldn't see him. "Always so controlling." He pulled out and thrust again, harder this time. And the prince's groan satisfied him to no end. "I'm in charge, now, Matthias. I'm claiming you, like I claimed Ava. You're mine. Say it." He began thrusting in and out, verging on orgasm even as he worked to stave it off.

"I'm yours. Always," Matthias gasped his body trembling. "Ava, God, I'm going to come, baby."

She moaned and sucked harder, for Tanner clearly felt Matthias's euphoria. And then Tanner hit that special spot inside of Matthias again, that pleasure point that pushed him past desire into rapture.

"Yes," Matthias cried, coming into Ava with force.

She swallowed and moaned, her pleasure inciting Tanner to the same cataclysmic release. He shot hard, pumping cum up Matthias's ass and down his thighs.

The moment seemed unreal, his brain not fused to his body, but floating above them as sheer sensation overwhelmed not only Tanner, but Matthias and Ava as well.

His climax pulled them in with him, and they shared their bliss as only true Dracon mates can. When Tanner was finally able to relax, he felt Ava's hands around his body, and realized she'd stood, hugging past Matthias to bring them all together. Their center, Matthias, hung limply, his body dragging on his arms, and Tanner hurried to undo his wrists from the restraints. Ava caught the message and freed Matthias's legs, and the three of them stumbled their way to the large bed.

"I'll never forget that, as long as I live." Matthias groaned and settled between them, tugging Tanner and Ava closer. "I love you both so much. You have no idea how hard this past week has been."

"Matthias?" Ava leaned up on an elbow, her beauty both inside and out shining as she stared at him in concern.

"Watching you two fall deeper into love was both a blessing and a curse. You both needed to heal, and helped each other more than I ever might have hoped. But I was on the outside looking in, and it about killed me."

Tanner stroked his chest, then reached up to run his fingers through Matthias's satiny hair. "Poor prince. I guess the sex we shared wasn't enough, was it?"

Matthias stopped his hand and forced Tanner to meet his gaze. "No, it wasn't enough. I'll always need more from you Tanner, and Ava, than just sex. My heart tells me you belong to me, and me to you." He smiled, a quirk of full lips that had Tanner leaning down to kiss him. Ava followed. "You see? Love makes it all so much better."

Ava grinned. "And that vision I saw isn't a part of it? That little fantasy playing about in your mind's eye?"

Matthias wrapped a hand around her neck and brought her down for another kiss.

"What vision?" Tanner couldn't help fondling Ava's breasts, caught by her pale skin. And the contrast between her flesh and Matthias's served to inflame his lust all over again. They both belonged to
Tanner.
To
him.

Ava giggled, and Matthias gave him a wicked grin. "That fantasy Matthias has of taking your firm white ass, Tanner. Except he's going to make you beg him for it."

Tanner stared, aroused at the thought and yet not willing to concede his submission so easily.

"Relax, Tanner." Matthias pulled Tanner down for a kiss, leaving him breathless. The prince lay docilely beneath Tanner while still managing to command the situation. "We're both dominant males, and I have no problem taking turns being on top. Do you?" Matthias wrapped a hand around his cock and began priming him, and Tanner sucked in a breath.

"No problem here. Not for the man I love." He smiled at the deep welling of emotion in Matthias, and realized he'd never before said the words out loud.

"Good," Ava murmured before pushing Tanner onto his back. "Because
I'm
taking charge now. And you two are going to do what I say when I say."

Tanner and Matthias glanced at each other and grinned. "Now that's one I didn't see coming."

Matthias shook his head, then gasped when Ava took him in hand. "Well, it won't be long until you see 'it' coming again."

Their laughter turned to groans as the male Dracon gave into their female, listening to what their hearts had to tell them. Love, in the end, ruled them all.

Marie Harte is an avid reader who loves all things paranormal and futuristic. Reading romances since she was twelve, she fell in love with the warmth of first passion and knew writing was her calling. Twenty-two years later, the Marine Corps, a foray through Information Technology, a husband and four kids, and her dream has finally come true. Marie lives in Georgia with her family and loves hearing from readers.

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