Chapter 22

David

Stormy’s face was flushed and she was breathing hard when she slid down from David’s neck in the meadow. He could tell from the way she tiptoed towards him that her core was still highly sensitive after the massive orgasm they shared mid-flight. She bit her lip and leaned into his face. She placed her forehead against his snout, while her hands rubbed up and down his neck. She massaged the sides of his face as he heard her breathing return to normal.

David was glad he wasn’t the only one so severely affected by their flight. There was such an intimacy in what happened between them when they flew together. While the physical sensation and result of mutual satisfaction was incredible, the closeness he felt to her afterwards meant so much more to him.

As she lightly kissed his snout, he realized his moment had come. He had wanted to tell her last night but she seemed to have so many other things on her mind. What he wanted to say, he wanted to be unhindered by the stress and struggle of the world around him.

He nuzzled her and she gripped his face so she didn’t fall over. “Sweetness, I think I am falling in love with you.” David thought, knowing she could hear his thoughts when he was in his dragon form.

She raised up and looked at him. She took a deep breath and began to squint. “David, you have had my heart all along. I love you too.” He heard her voice again as if it was on the wind.

She leaned in and kissed his snout. She ran her nose along his scales and inhaled his scent. She released him and began to look around the valley. She bit her lip and stared at the landscape around them. They were in a grassy area beside a mountain lake that was almost impossible to reach without the ability to fly. He watched as she drank in the sight.

David pushed his nose against her arm so she could hear his thoughts. “This is one of my favorite places. It’s so beautiful here. I come when I want to be alone. I am so happy that you let me share it with you, My Sweet.”

Stormy clapped her hands happily. She swiped her palm in front of her face and began to point to the area around her.

“Beautiful?” he thought and she clapped her hands and bounced happily.

She made the gesture for beautiful again, and pointed to him. “You think my dragon is beautiful.” He asked her in his thoughts. She bit her lip pensively.

She nodded her head and smiled. She pointed to him again and made the sign for everything and beautiful before pointing to him a second time.

“You think I am beautiful and not just my dragon?” He thought as he tried to decipher what she was telling him.

Stormy nodded her head and threw her arms around his neck. She put her forehead against his scales and sighed happily. David used his head and body to curl around her so he could hold her close. He wrapped his wings over her protectively.

He wasn't sure how long Stormy allowed him to hold her. If David had his way, they would have never left that moment. She patted him and walked a few feet from him. She pointed to her eyes and then the ground in front of her. He understood she wanted him to watch something.

She began to move her hands as she traced patterns in the air and then raised them gracefully. The ground in front of her began to shift and all of the sudden day lilies began to spring from the earth in clumps and burst into beautiful blooms. She spun her hand in a circle and a beautiful stone fountain with a dragon at the top appeared. She drew more patterns with her arms and drew a square in the air when stone paths began to crisscross through the garden that she was growing with her magic. She wiggled her fingers and daisies began to spring up near the lilies.

After she has finished the garden, she bit her lip and turned back to David. Her eyes were large and round like she thought he would disapprove. David was in absolute awe. He pressed his snout against his hand. “You’re incredible. Thank you for sharing your magic with me”

David laid down and Stormy sat in the grass leaned up against him. She reached up to his neck and drew a question mark on his scales. He understood she was asking his to tell her more about himself so he began to tell her common things that lovers share with each other. Because he was in his dragon form she was sometimes able to answer with short one or two word answers. It was one of the most incredible mornings he had experienced.

He wasn’t sure how long he spent with her before she kissed his snout and looked up at the sun. She pointed to her arm signifying time and then waved good-bye.

“Are you telling me we have to go back?” David asked through his thoughts. He wanted nothing more than to stay with her on this retreat forever.

Stormy nodded her head. She made the sign for no and the gesture for want. He understood she wanted to stay as much as she did. She laid her head against his snout and wrapped her arms around him.

Suddenly the world around him turned into pure white light. His feet clawed as the ground fell away from him. He felt like his body was being dragged by a shepherd’s hook. And as quickly as it started, he found himself back on solid ground. He looked around and realized he was back at the castle. They were alone, in the garden just inside the wall.

David stepped behind a bush and shifted back into his human form. He returned dressed and grabbed Stormy’s hand. He leaned in and kissed her gently as they walked to the castle. “Thank you for today,” he whispered in his ear.

They were almost to the entrance when Daniel came running out of the castle. He was waving enthusiastically and smiling. “Mate!” he called. “I missed you, Honey !” He skidded to a stop in front of her like he was suddenly remembering he had hurt her feelings that morning.

“May I, Sugar,” Daniel asked sheepishly as he opened his arms to her.

Stormy smiled, and dropped David’s hand. She stepped into Daniel’s embrace and gave him a small peck on the cheek. She stepped out of his embrace and looked at David with a frown. She held up three fingers and pointed to a empty spot in the courtyard as she counted down.

The portal opened and Angie stepped through. Daniel gave her a terrible scowl and opened his mouth like he was going to argue. Without a word, Angie grabbed Stormy by the wrist and pulled them both back through the portal.