Dragon with the Girl Tattoo by Julia Mills

Chapter Six

Being a Black Panther and a Vampire with an almost infinite lifespan, Tessa never bothered making a bucket list. Thought it was stupid when her human friends talked about it. But now, she completely understood the desire to commemorate the big things in life, and her list started and ended with never leaving the warm embrace of her Dragon. Lennox kissed like a demon, set her panties on fire with a single look, and danced like Patrick Swayze in Dirty Dancing. In a word, he was perfect.

“He can call us Baby anytime,” Pandia purred.

“And twice on Sundays.”

Flying over the hills and whipping around curves like he’d been born on a Harley, Tessa wrapped her arms around Lennox’s waist and prayed for patience.

“Yeah, right,” Pandia chuckled. “I can feel how much you want to beg him to pull over and make love to you under the stars.”

“Shh,” Tessa shushed. “What if he hears you?”

“Then he knows for sure he’s getting lucky tonight.”

Laughing right along with the Black Panther with whom she shared her soul, Tessa was just about to once again tell Pandia to hush, when Lenn’s thought floated through her mind.

“Thank the Heavens we’re just a few minutes from home.”

Letting Lennox into her mind had never been the plan. She and Pandia had talked about it and decided it was too soon. Hell, they’d never let anyone but her immediate family – not even the Master of her Kiss, who was also her father’s oldest brother, in that deep.

Mind control was a legendary trait of her ancestors, and although no one in her family had shown any particular expertise in that area, Tessa wasn’t taking any chances. Uncle Ulnac was a major narcissist on a good day and a real bastard all of the time, she had no doubt trusting him would get her killed…or worse.

But with her Dragon, it had come naturally. It was second nature to completely open herself to him, and exhilarating to feel his desire, his arousal, and his need to have her as his own and protect her from all harm.

Finding her True Fated Mate was everything she’d been told it would be, and so much more. Pandia purred when his Dragon King, Vulcan, roared. The usually standoffish feline who was more than a little overprotective of the human she shared her soul with, had shown nothing but love and acceptance for Lennox and his Dragon. In fact, she wanted to be set free to run her fur along his scales and scent their Mate just as the Guardsman covered Tessa in the musk of his masculinity.

For the first time since recognizing she was not only a Black Panther but also Vampire, Tessa almost lost control when Lennox thought of biting her neck and marking her as his own. She wanted to not only feel his canines deep inside her but also let her own fangs free and taste of the one man able to complete woman, Black Panther and Vampire.

Racing through a massive iron gate and equally huge stone wall, Tessa’s grip on her Mate tightened as he continued to accelerate through what she instantly recognized as his Clan’s Lair. Making a sharp right, followed by an almost immediate left, her Dragon skidded to a stop. Slamming the kickstand into the dirt, he jumped off his bike and had her in his arms faster than even her preternatural senses could track.

“Oh, my Goddess, Tessa,” he reverently murmured. “I need you.” His words sent fire racing through her veins as his lips took hers with the wild abandon of their life-affirming, all-encompassing connection.

Lost to his kiss, Tessa heard the slam of a door somewhere in the back of her mind a split second before her body was sensually sliding down her Dragon’s. Deepening his kiss, she felt the wall behind her as his hands slid from her waist, down her legs, and under her skirt.

Shockwaves rocked her body as the tips of Lenn’s fingers left fiery trails on the heated flesh of her thighs. Tearing her lips from his, Tessa gasped as his index finger teased the tip of her aroused clit through the silk of her panties.

Legs spreading wider of their own volition as his finger moved with more determination, Tessa could barely catch her breath when his teeth teased the lobe of her ear. “Tell me you want me, Mo chroí. Tell me you need me as much as I need you.”

“Oh, Goddess…yes… Lennox…” she panted, her nails biting into his shoulders as her head fell to the side and her hips rolled against his.

“Say it, Tessa. Say you want me,” Lennox’s tone turned darker, more demanding, making her need for him even greater.

Opening her mouth to answer, the Vampire instead groaned as her Mate’s finger left her clit. Just about to beg for more, the words were stolen from her lips as he ripped the panties from her body and slid not one but two fingers into her pussy. His thumb took up where his index finger left off, teasing her clit as his fingers moved in and out, making rational thought almost impossible.

“Open your eyes, Tessa.”

At his commanding tone, her eyes snapped to his as her Panther purred. Lennox was strong and domineering in all the right ways. He had her best interests at heart and wanted only to please her in every way possible.

“What else could you want in a Mate?” Pandia sighed.

“Absolutely nothing…”

With his fingers deep inside her, his thumb laying on her clit, Lennox leveled his emerald gaze and demanded, “Say it, Tessa.”

Moving closer, the heat of his body nearly setting her on fire, she saw the eyes of her Dragon shining in the depths of his gaze. Unable to stay still, needing to chase the orgasm building within her, Tessa’s rolled her hips forward.

Her heart beat louder as Lennox growled low in his throat and his hand tightened on her hip. Shaking his head, his eyes glistening with barely contained want and desire, he ordered, “No, you’ll not have release. Not until you say it, M ’ionmhas.”

Searching her lust-soaked mind for what he wanted, needed her to say, Tessa pleaded, “Please, Lennox…please... I need…”

The words froze on her lips, and her mind went blank as he leaned closer still, moved the tips of his fingers deep inside her and teased the sensitive bundle of nerves at the height of her channel as he growled in a deep, sexy tone, “Yes, Mo chroí? What do you need? Who do you need?”

“You!” She screamed, swallowing his growls of triumph as his lips smashed onto hers and his fingers began a furious pace in and out of her throbbing pussy.

Wild with passion, Tessa climbed his body, rolled her hips and met her Mate thrust for thrust until she threw back her head and screamed her release. Still reeling from the most explosive orgasm in her already very long life, the Vaepanther struggled to breathe as Lennox continued to tease her flesh with kisses, as he lifted her into his arms and climbed the steps she hadn’t known were there until that very moment.

Feet touching the hardwood floor at almost the same moment Lennox pulled her sweater over her head, Tessa’s bra went flying over his shoulder as the rip of her skirt echoed through the room. Time stood still. She couldn’t catch her breath.

Lennox was absolutely everything she’d ever wanted in a Mate. Then just as if she’d read her mind, her Dragon laid his lips to hers as if she was the very air he breathed.

Walking her backward until the edge of the mattress touched the back of her legs, Lennox scooped her up and sat her on his bed. Standing to his full height of six-foot-six, he stripped off the light-blue T-shirt. Tossing it to the side as his elegant fingers reached for the button on his jeans.

“Oh, my Goddess,” she breathed. “You-You’re beautiful.”

“Not near as beautiful as you, Mo phiseag bheag milis.”

Watching as he unzipped his pants, Tessa’s fingers tingled with the need to help. Fighting the urge to get up and rip the jeans from him, she sat on her hands, begging with her eyes for Lennox to hurry.

Eyes never leaving hers, he slowly bent at the waist and pushed the soft, worn denim over his muscular thighs, causing Tessa to damn near hyperventilate. But when he stood up revealing his beautifully erect cock, her brain almost short-circuited.

“Like what you see, Mo ghrá?” he purred, closing the distance between them and putting one knee on the bed, momentarily breaking the trance his perfect body instilled within her. Eyes snapping to his face, her heart did a silly little pitter-pat when she saw his panty-dropping grin and glowing green eyes.

Deciding it was her turn to play, Tessa leaned back on her elbows and spread her legs, breathing, “Oh yeah. I love what I see.” Letting her head fall to the side, she teased, “Come here and let me show you just how much.”

Nodding, Lennox’s grin widened as he leaned forward, his hands sliding up her calves and under her thighs. Sniffing the air, he rumbled, “You smell good enough to eat.”

Dropping to his knees, he gently pulled Tessa’s ass to the edge of the mattress and put her legs over his shoulders. Face hovering over her glistening curls, her Dragon winked, “How about I check that out?”

Before she could so much as ponder a comeback, Lennox laid the flat of his tongue at the bottom of her slit. Licking from top to bottom, he sucked her throbbing clit between his lips, teasing it with his teeth until she saw stars. Squealing his name, her fingers dove into his hair and her hips flew off the bed.

Thrusting his tongue deep inside, Lennox licked and sucked until she was sure she’d lose her mind. Heels digging into his back, holding him in place, she moaned his name, telling him in the only way she could that she needed more of what only he could give her.

His tongue dove deeper. The tip curling to tease her sensitive g-spot. Pulling back, he licked her outer lips and teased her clit before doing it all again. Over and over her Dragon drove her higher and higher until Tessa was crying out, begging for release. “Yes… oh yes… Lennox… yes…”

Groaning his agreement with his lips against her heated body, goosebumps danced up and down her body as he sent her arousal soaring when he pulled her clit into his mouth the final time and bit the tip. No longer able to hold back, Tessa pulled his hair and wailed his name as orgasm after orgasm echoed throughout her body.

Unable to think or breathe…she could only feel as she held onto her Mate with all the strength she could muster. Licking and sucking, Lennox took everything she gave then went in for more, only slowing his attention when she could finally take a deep breath.

Slowly lowering first one leg then the other from his shoulders, her amazing Dragon kissed the top of her thighs then each of her hips before tenderly making his way up her body. Caging her in with his hands on either side of her head, he smiled a very proud smile before leaning forward until his lips hovered just above hers as he breathed, “We’ll be doing that again…verysoon.”

With the tip of his cock teasing her center, Lennox slowly rolled his hips, igniting new and fiery flames of arousal within her, as he sighed, “But now…” Pushing just inside her pussy, Tessa moaned with immense pleasure as the tip of his tongue teased her upper lip and he added, “I need you, Tessa.”

Pushing further into her once again needy body, Lennox shook his head and gave a raspy chuckle, “Easy, Tessa,” as she rolled her hips to take all of him. “I want to enjoy as much of this as I can. But if you keep moving that sexy body of yours in all the right ways, I might just explode before I’m ready.”

Tired of waiting, she needed to feel him moving inside her immediately, if not sooner. She wanted to be claimed from the inside out by the man the Universe made for her more than she’d ever wanted anything in her very long life.

Wrapping her legs tighter around his waist, she held onto his shoulders and with all the strength she had, rolled them over in one fluid motion. Stopping only when she was straddling his lap with his cock buried deep inside her, did she roll her hips against his, reveling in the burn of her inner muscles as they stretched to accommodate her Mate’s size.

Following her lead, Lennox’s hands closed over Tessa’s waist as he started to lift his hips, slowly at first but quickly picking up the pace. Holding her tight, he sat straight up, sucked her breast into his mouth, and teased her hardened nipple with his teeth.

Her eyes crossed and her heart sang as he lifted her straight up in the air so far that his cock threatened to fall from her pussy. “Oh, please…” Was as far as she got, before Lennox pressed her down as quickly as he’d picked her up, seating himself within her all over again.

Trembling, her body on fire, his fingers left a fiery trail as they slid down her hips and landed on her ass. Massaging her heated skin, he urged her to rock back and forth as he groaned, “Yes, Tessa. Yes, Mo ghrá.”

Leaning forward, kissing her lips and jaw, Lennox sucked his way down her neck, all the while rolling his hips in tempo with hers. Moving faster, her climax rushing to its peak, Tessa nearly lost all control when her Dragon growled, “I love your body… your scent… your soul,” against her skin. Breathing ragged, his heart beating in time with hers, he added, “I want to bite this spot right here.” Tongue swirling at the base of her neck where her pulse beat against her skin, he vowed “I want, no, I need to mark you. The world needs to know that you are mine, just as I am yours.”

No sooner had he uttered that one solemn promise than did her Mate thrust himself into her as quickly as he could. He touched all of her. She was becoming one with the man the Universe made for her, and nothing had ever felt so right.

Her pussy contracted around him. His fingers bit into her hips. Lifting her from his lap one more time, Lennox dropped her onto his cock, forcing a moan of untold pleasure from both their lips.

Need rocketed through her body. Tessa trembled with desire. There was no doubt she was melting from the inside out, knowing if she died in that moment, it had all been worth it.

Riding the waves of her impending orgasm, she completely and totally surrendered to the passion only Lennox could ever give her. Continuing to lift and impale her, moving faster with every move, her Mate’s movements became jerky.

His hands warmed upon her skin, growing hotter with every stroke. His breath came in pants. She was bathed in his warm, wonderful smoldering scent. Then with one final push, Lennox buried himself as deep as he could go within her at the precise moment his canines closed over her pulse and pierced through her skin, leaving a temporary mark, a promise of the one he would leave after she’d accepted his proposal of forever in each other’s arms.

An orgasm, the likes of which she’d never thought possible, burst through Tessa like a runaway train. Pleasure surged through every fiber of her being, leaving her dazed, confused and utterly blissful. Lennox’s cock pulsed inside her as he roared her name, bathing her insides.

Pulling his teeth from her skin, her Dragon gently lifted her from his body. Laying her head on the pillows at the head of the bed, he followed along, also laying down and facing her.

Gently caressing her cheek, he tucked a stray hair behind her ear, kissed the tip of her nose, and smiled “I’m never letting you leave this bed.”

Feeling the pull of sunrise before she could answer, Tessa yawned. To her surprise, Lennox burst out laughing, “And that’s my cue to let you sleep.”

With her embarrassment heating her cheeks and quickly moving south, Tessa tried to hide her face, only to have Lennox grab her hands and pull her to him. Laying back, he positioned her head on his chest and wrapped his arm across her back.

“No way, Mo piscín. No hiding. You’re mine, and I am yours. There’ll be no secrets between us.” Running his hand up her spine, his words and his actions did something very scary things to her heart.

“It might just be that L word,” Pandia purred.

“You might be…” But that was as far as she got.

“Rest, Mo chroí,” he cooed, dripping a kiss atop her head as he wound his fingers through hers. “After what we just shared, you deserve a little R and R.”

Wanting to answer, needing to tell him everything she was feeling and that she was sorry she yawned in his face after he’d given her the single, most amazing experience in her life, Tessa just didn’t have the energy. The pull of the sunrise was too strong. She had no choice but to succumb to the day sleep of her Vampire side as she listened to the beat of her Mate’s heart and felt the beginnings of what she had no doubt was love growing in her heart and soul.

“Sleep, Mo cheann lómhara,” was the last thing she heard as another of Lennox’s kisses atop her head ushered her into peaceful dreams of a celestial blue Dragon with glittering scales flying across the night sky.