Ivormantis (15 page)

Both dragons emerged from the depths of the pool the falls fell into. The sight that greeted them made their eyes widen in shock. Sapphamire assumed that when the fireballs hit the water, the water would absorb the power and weaken them. He couldn’t have been more wrong.

Sitting afloat along the water, as if they were huge floating candles, were several fireballs. The fireballs energy never dissipating, because the water never had the chance to absorb its energy. It was as if there was a thin layer of protection between water and fire. A shadow fell upon the two dragons in the pool of water, causing Sapphamire to look up. Above him he watched Ivormantis fly in, carrying Meldamiriel on his back.

Just as Ivormantis touched down, Meldamiriel looked on at the pool of water in front of her with glee. Clapping her hands, she yelled, “Yes, it worked!”

Ivormantis turned his long neck around to her and nuzzled against the side of her head with his big nose. “Yes, you are quite amazing, little mate. However, I couldn’t help but notice your energy signature is becoming quite strong from all of our activities. Can you try to use either the water, or even the wind, to help break down or send them away from here?”

Naquadus jumped out of the water, not even waiting for the elf to dissolve the energy fireballs. “Meldamiriel, use the wind. You have the ability of creating hurricane strength winds. Use that to decimate the energy signatures.”

Sapphamire climbed out of the water and all three dragons watched silently as the little elf once again closed her eyes to concentrate. The first thing that happened was the fireballs were suddenly extinguished. With a simple ‘pop’ sound, the fireballs disappeared as if nothing was there in the first place.

With her eyes still shut, she murmured loud enough for the dragons to hear her. “Hold on, it’s about to get windy.” She concentrated on the energy of the wind until she had a firm lock on it and had complete control over it. All around her the wind suddenly picked up, blowing the trees in the nearby forest until they were nearly bowed over in half.

After a minute or two of the fierce winds, everything calmed. The howling winds were replaced with a stillness that would have given away a pin dropping. Meldamiriel opened her eyes and smiled up at Ivormantis. “It is done. My energy signature has been completely removed and blown apart so much that it is impossible to trace it back to me.”

Suddenly, three men emerged from behind the waterfall. “Little elf,” Edmond, the leader of the white werewolves called to her. “Next time you want to create a weather phenomenon, could we at least have an advanced warning?” The grin on his face told everyone that he wasn’t mad at her in the least.

Blain quickly emerged from where Sapphamire sat a moment ago. Walking over to his friend, he greeted, “Sorry about that, Edmond, we are trying to work with Meldamiriel to get her more comfortable with the use of her powers. She was creating a good energy signature, so we had her demolish it and scatter it on the wind. Did we cause any damage?” he asked out of concern.

The white wolf shifter shrugged his shoulders as he shook his head. “Nothing a bit of hammering and nails couldn’t fix. We felt her power signature and I sent Bryan to go make sure trouble wasn’t brewing. When he reported back to me you were in a training exercise, I didn’t worry,” he stopped and chuckled. “Just caught us a bit off guard.”

“Sorry, we’ll try to remember to give you guys a courtesy call next time we come out here to practice.”

“Oh, that’s okay. I seriously doubt you’ll catch us off guard again so easily. It actually came in the form of a good lesson. ‘Don’t get to comfortable and complacent.’ Out here, you always need to keep your guard up.”

Dominic and Meldamiriel walked up holding hands. “Hi, my little Omega,” the wolf shifter greeted with reverence.

“Hi, Edmond. I’m truly sorry if I caused any of you damage. That wasn’t my intention. I just wanted to break down and disperse the energy particles in the air.”

“It’s okay, little Omega. We stood inside the tree line and watched your training in awe. Your powers are still not at full potential yet, but they will be very soon.” He stopped and stared at her, his dark eyes seemed to be looking into her soul. Out of habit, she inched closer to Dominic, relying on his strength to keep her safe if the need arose.

Edmond cocked his head sideways. “Little one, do you fear me? Believe me, you have nothing to be fearful of. I, on the other hand, can promise you I won’t be doing anything to piss you off any time soon! You hold the power to protect yourself from any type of attack, little one. And your powers are still coming out. Within a day or so, you will be very powerful.”

Dominic leaned down and hugged her. “You know, Edmond is right. You had no trouble keeping Sapphamire and Naquadus away from you. Plus, you had them chasing their tails at the end!” He chuckled.

She smiled up at him, and a small giggle escaped her. “I guess I did have their dragons chasing their tales, didn’t I?”

Back in the castle, Dominic and Meldamiriel walked hand in hand up the stairs. At the top of the stairs, Dominic stopped them. “I thought we might explore my bed tonight, if you are okay with that.” The sparkle in his eyes told his mate just what he wanted to explore.

She had never been in his room, let alone known where it was located in relation to hers. Blain and Natasha’s castle was so huge that it could be anywhere. Still, she wanted him to know she trusted him. “Sure, where exactly is your room?”

“Right across the hall from yours.” He watched as her eyes went wide for a moment as she processed this information.

“You’ve been right across the hall from me the entire time?”

He nodded as he led her into the door across the hall from hers. This room was slightly larger than hers and had more of a masculine feel to it. The colors were a dark brown and light blue, but the only thing she really noticed was the huge four-post bed in the center of the room. It looked much larger than even a king-size bed. She suddenly realized why he wanted her to stay with him in this room tonight. The bed in her room looked to be a queen, and while it was plenty of room for her, bringing Dominic to her bed was a complete different story. She remembered worrying if he was going to roll off the bed onto the floor several times.

She glanced up at him to find him watching her. “Nice bed,” she stated cheekily.

“Yes, it is just a tad larger than the one in your room,” he returned.

“Whatever will we do with all of this extra space?” she teased as she walked over and sat down on the edge of the bed.

He followed her over and sat down next to her. Picking up her hand, he started running his tongue over her pulse point, sucking lightly before slowly moving up her arm while continuing his ministrations. “I’m sure we will figure something out,” he murmured against her skin.

By the time he reached her shoulder, she was ready to tear off her shirt and stick her breasts in his face. They were tingling, her nipples getting hard as little pebbles, and he hadn’t even touched them yet! He slowly moved up to her neck, still swirling his tongue along her skin. She reached up and buried her fingers into his hair as she tilted her head back for him.

She never imagined being able to experience love like this. She assumed a long time ago that her life would be in peril as long as she lived. She always thought she wouldn’t be in any one place long enough to find love. Thankfully, fate had smiled down on her and rewarded her for not giving up.

Now, her mate’s mouth moved up to her lips and she gladly turned her head a bit to be able to meet his mouth. She opened immediately, loving the way he lingered with his kisses, like he was exploring a cave each time he kissed her. Never rough, never in a hurry, he always considered their kisses to be just as important as the act of sex itself.

Long, long moments later, after he had explored every nook and cranny in her mouth, he slowly started snaking his hand up under her shirt and around her back to flick her bra closure open. She was wreathing underneath him as he gently rolled and then pinched her nipples between his thumb and index finger.

She sighed when he finally broke the kiss. Even though she needed the air, she wasn’t ready for him to stop. She found herself chasing after his lips with her own. She finally opened her eyes when she heard him chuckle.

Suddenly looking down, she tried to remember climbing up in his lap and straddling him with her legs wrapped tightly around his middle. She certainly didn’t remember that move! But he wouldn’t let her have the time to ponder on it. In one move, he grabbed the hem of her shirt and pulled it up over her head. Her bra was just dangling on her shoulders, but that was soon landing in a heap on top of her shirt on the floor.

He gave her no time to be self-conscious about being nude from the waist up, even though he remained fully clothed. He claimed her mouth again, just a bit more aggressively than last time, his hands automatically going back on both breasts.

When he broke the kiss this time, she took advantage. Before he could snuggle into her neck, she started to yank his shirt upwards. He helped her out by taking over as the shirt reached his chest. He flung it over on the floor a quick second later.

While he finished taking off his shirt, she wasted no time moving off him in order to unbutton his jeans, then lower the zipper. She pushed both jeans and underwear down to his knees in one sweeping motion.

His hands went to her hips, pulling her back down against his body, grinding against her for just a moment. Then he stepped back and picked her up, gently deposited her on the bed, and immediately went to work to get her bottom half as naked as the top half.

He quickly removed her pants and stood next to the side of the bed, admiring her body. This small, but powerful, Omega Elf was all his. He hoped the love he had for her in his heart showed in his eyes.

Reaching down, he picked up one foot and placed a tender kiss on the arch. Starting at the foot, he skated the tips of his fingertips up and down her leg until he could see her juices gathering. He sat her foot down, but bent her knee and spread her wide. He started his work on the other leg.

He relished the womanly scent that was hitting his nose as he continued his torment on her. She began to squirm as he brought his caress around her knee and then skated up the inside of her leg. Her juices were leaking copiously and he had to have a taste. Bringing the leg down that he was tormenting, he bent her knee and opened her up.

He knelt on the floor, dragging her to the edge of the bed. He swiped his tongue through her folds, scooping up her juices as he went. He loved the taste of her.

Glancing up at her, he instructed, “Put your hands on those beautiful tits, baby. Just take your fingertip and run it all around your nipple, but leave the nipple itself alone so I can see it grow hard.”

She looked at him for a moment in confusion and then quickly complied with his request. Both of her little hands came up to caress her breasts as she started lightly running her fingertips all over them. He watched her for a moment, betting that this was the first time she was getting to learn her body. It wasn’t taking her long to figure out what she liked, at least when it came to her breasts.

He leaned down and swiped his tongue through her again and moaned as he swallowed her juices. He stuck his tongue in her hole as far as he could, wiggling it and stroking in and out. He could feel her inner walls trying to clutch onto his tongue. He chuckled. As she started bucking her hips, he removed his tongue but replaced it with two fingers, searching for that special spot. Finding it quickly, he brought his mouth around her little clit and sucked, lashing it with his tongue as his two fingers, buried deep inside her, rubbed over her sweet spot until she exploded. Her muscles clenched tightly around his fingers as she bucked wildly, her orgasm going on and on.

He brought her back down slowly, gently removing his fingers as he lapped up her juices. He could still feel tiny tremors running through her body as he climbed up to the top of the bed. Reaching down, he pulled her up with him, holding her until the last of the tremors faded.

When Meldamiriel finally came back down off the high her orgasm took her to, she found that she was draped across Dominic, his hand lightly caressing her back, and he was whispering that he loved her.
What
?!

She sat up so fast that her head spun. “You do?” she asked innocently.

Dominic cocked his head at her, while Ivormantis decided to join in on the conversation. ‘
You big duffus!
She doesn’t know we love her, because someone hasn’t told her before today.’

He wasn’t going to let his dragon put him in a bad mood today. ‘
Ivormantis, I’m ashamed of you. You know how important this is! Why haven’t you told her, yet?’

He could see in his mind’s eye his dragon roll his eyes at him. Yes, his dragon rolled his eyes! ‘
Smartass!’

“Baby, I have loved you since the first time I saw you. I fell in love while you were still scared of me, so I kept it to myself, allowing you time to get to know me. Make no mistake, though, I do love you. And I’ll love you for the rest of my life,” he stopped there and looked into her eyes, trying to read her emotions. “Do you think there will come a day when you will feel the same for me, my little elf?”