Chapter 172
Xethia
“My lord-Oh!” I whispered as quietly as I could, but with all the giggles…. I wasn’t as stealthy as I thought.
There was a forest fire in my gown from his words… and being claimed on the spot…. I wanted it *off*….
*Right Now.*
Zairiel is too smooth for his own good!
He pulled away, amused with himself at how red I was… I blushed.
“Now you have my mark.” He smiled.
I could feel a raised tattoo, but I would look at it later….
With magic he summoned a hand mirror… I didn’t know what surrounded the horned skull, but I assumed he gained it from battle…. I wonder how many other dragons did he have to kill to get to me? Originally this connection went… nowhere…. No matter how high I flew, or far I traveled, it only went up, then turned gray.
“I will cherish this my mate… You know, I was starting to think you weren’t real.” I said honestly… and I pressed myself to his body. It was a little instinctual, and his approving growl, along with a tempered hold made me weak.
I wanted more than a gentle hold.
I was Hot.
Almost flustered from how much I wanted… more. I need to get a grip! I hid how he made me feel. Or at least, I wouldn’t encourage him to take me away before saying goodbye to my family, or being married off by father, as is tradition….
“I felt the same way.” He chuckled, waltzing with me smoothly. He carried me as we danced, since I felt like I was made of gelatin. I was picked up as if I weighed nothing... I was placed near the crook of his neck. “As I give you my mark, give me yours.”
He tasted of smoke and campfire… I could close my eyes and see a star filled night, overtop an endless forest… I saw images with my eyes closed.
I wonder were all the smiling relatives still alive? Did they miss him? His life was filled with love…
Then death…
So much death. I pulled away.
He destroyed stars…. Entire races of men and drake alike…
It is what he eats. He can’t gain nutrition from anything less…I was held by a man who eats stars, and sheds crocodile tears for trillions of people.
I don’t know how to feel about that.
“Do I scare you?” He asked.
“No.” I said firmly. I only discovered how *small* I am…. I am likely no more than how I used to see humans… mortal…
“Yet you hold my whole heart my beloved.” He said this softly, pressing his forehead to mine. “And these claws are only for balance; Narru sought to destroy that for power. You have my word.”
I could feel hot sparks trail down my spine… He gave me goosebumps with his loving gesture. All he did was rub my back in comfort, but his gentleness didn’t stop me from examining those words of his.
I could tell he was being genuine… Vows like that, even though there is no one to correct him, would be followed for honor’s sake. I looked up into his eyes, and the whites of them were gone, along with his normal irises. They were replaced with two purple stars… He looked so concerned, steeled even. There was no lie in them….
His hands on my back were comforting and proper. I was his mate, but not once had he acted beyond that of a gentleman. “Is there anything I can do to quell your fears?”
“I want nothing husband.” I said feeling shy. “The only fear I have is that I may miss a step.” I joked. He snorted a giggle.
I don’t think I’d ever truly felt… timid… delicate….
I liked it.
Ok…. I liked it Too much… His scent had me on fire…
“Oh… I see you *do* want for something.” His fanged grin told me he was up to no good. He leaned in, and whispered in my ear. “My little wife, I would tell you what I want, but the night is too young.” He leaned in a little closer. “And I scent your heat. You hide *nothing,* little birdie.” He chuckled.
“My lord.” I said in submission… but it was wanting.
So many eyes were on us…
“My lady.” He smiled. I’m going to get myself in trouble with those fangs of his…
It’s illegal for him to be this handsome!
\------Zairiel-----
ooh My FUCKING GODS!
**A GIRL!!!!**
A HOT ONE!
AND
she likes me.
No weird tentacle catfishes who are *actually* tentacle-fish on Bender!
No Bullshit Ass tricks to tease me.
I’m going to fucking put this realm in my mouth and Fucking Shake It Like A Chew Toy!
AHH!!
She’s so damn Cute! Her diamond scale skin is so sparkly, I get why she hides it with a mortal skin tone… but she literally glitters.
Its like looking at a disco ball in a dress…. One with breasts the size of New Jersy.
I resisted making a mating call, snorting steam; I’ll scare her. I haven’t marked her yet; it’d be rude.
Is this cute aggression?!
It Must Be!!
She’s so small, only going to the bottom of my pecks, but all the females are super tiny…. I could probably put her in a hand and show her the cosmos.
…no… that might be a little much for her. Some mortals don’t take knowing that much well. I’m *designed* to, but even with myself I’m not thinking about it all the time or anything. I just know Infinity’s secrets.
I want to see her shifted. I want to fly with her under my wings and hold her under the damn moon.
No… I’m going to fuck her on that moon…
Narru’s castle is *mine* now… so….so…
So hot…
Why am I so hot? The room feels stuffy.
“Are you alright…my lord?” She asked innocently…. I was burning now.
“Fine, just sentimental.” I LIED.
I was Excited! I get to take her on dates and buy her stuff and have someone to hang out with!
I don’t even care if she doesn’t like the same things! There’s Something we can do together!
“Of what?” She asked innocently.
“Of *you*.” I chuckled. She looked surprised, and I relished her gentle hands on my robes…. If not for having absolute self-control over this body, I would likely be rutting…. The scent of outright sex coming off her is too much for my small, dirty mind.
She’s mortal…. I need to calm down.
Awe Shit she’s feeling my waist! Think of something brain, Anything!
**not a SINGLE helpful thought**
AH! She Kissed My Cheek!
I cleared my throat. *She doesn’t need to know I’m weird as fuck…* I almost cooed like a damn pigeon. I have no fucking social skills anymore running around Infinity.
“Would you like to speak with your people?” I asked.
I will make sure she always has access to here if she wants… I won’t be a boar and hoard her all to myself...
Maybe instead of that stupid moon, I can show her my dinosaur collection? I love that solar system…. I really do. It was the first thing I ever earned.
It was my motivation for my first kill.
It’ll always have a special place in my heart, but none hold more room than my little star…. She shines.
“I would… husband.” She blushed when she said it, but I wouldn’t tease her too much… Just a little bit.
“I would very much like to meet any you hold dear little wife. You shan’t see them later on tonight.” And when I said it, she became so red her scales reflected her shyness. It made her look like a pink ruby.
When the song finished, they clapped, and we made our way to Iceblood. He looked nervous, as if I’d kill the father of my mate in front of her. But I could understand why he was standoffish. He knew what Realm Eaters were, being the God of Winter.
Narru made only the 5 ‘masters’ gods, their children were all born in proper flesh, since the Pearls of the Dragon Gods were mortal…. And she does not know this…
I scanned the room. Only the five males know.
Interesting…
“It doesn’t feel right to simply call you your name sire.” He bowed his head.
“It doesn’t feel right that my mate’s father bow to me so lowly.” I said extending my hand. “Rise father-in-law.”
We shook wrists like proper men.
“On behalf of my late maker, I apologize for his actions.” Said Iceblood. “I don’t know what he did, but it sent another of his house.”
“Aye.” I said looking him in the eyes. “He tried disrupting the balance of the stars for power, yet, to be honest, this is more than enough for one man.”
I control a corner of all that is within this Layer… How is that not enough? I looked at how happy these mortals are… Their world is a good one. Riddled with the aftermath of a great, terrible war yes, but the people are healing…
Narru would have ruined every world. Every little creature. No one deserves that unless their world is corrupt, AND the only way to rectify it, is with Realm Eater intervention.
He lost his mission in his greed.
I’ve had a lot of time to float around by myself with only a computer for entertainment… I swear this to myself that I will remain satisfied. There is no need to sunder the cosmos when I already have the only person I ever wished for…. I finally get to hold her hand.
And it feels nice.