Total pages in book: 119
Estimated words: 110079 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 550(@200wpm)___ 440(@250wpm)___ 367(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 110079 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 550(@200wpm)___ 440(@250wpm)___ 367(@300wpm)
Adrian chuckled. “Your brain finally started working, huh?”
Haru flashed a cheeky grin. “I need to make sure my Adrian is safe before I fill him with my cock.”
Adrian rolled his eyes but didn’t lose his smile. “We’re in the royal palace. You’ve been unconscious for about a day. You seemed physically okay, so Shey and I thought it might just be exhaustion.”
“And you have been taking care of me?”
Adrian nodded. “It wasn’t all that easy getting you washed and dressed, but I wasn’t about to let any of the palace maids help.” He hooked a hand around the nape of Haru’s neck and pulled him close so that their lips brushed as Adrian spoke. “You’re mine, and no one else is allowed to touch you.”
Haru kissed Adrian, wanting to lose himself in the feel of his lips. His mate was in his arms at last, and he would let nothing happen to him again.
He stretched out on top of Adrian, and they rolled together, tangling their legs in the blankets. Haru thrust his tongue into Adrian’s mouth and his hands smoothed along Adrian’s back, kneading muscles until a small, pained grunt escaped his lover. Haru immediately lifted his hand and broke off the kiss, worry filling his eyes.
“Don’t give me that. I was in an explosion. Of course, I’m bruised.”
“I want to see.”
Haru didn’t give him a chance to argue. He started unbuttoning Adrian’s shirt and pulling off his pants. They shoved the blankets off the end of the bed. He stopped moving when Adrian was finally sprawled across the middle of the bed, completely naked and looking like a delicious snack that Haru desperately wanted to devour.
Yes, there were bruises. A couple marred his arms and another larger one spread across the right side of his rib cage. The ones on his back were larger and darker. Yet they went well with his motley collection of scars from a lifetime of danger and heroism.
As much as he worried about keeping Adrian safe, he loved that his mate was a daring man of action who never shrank from his duty. He dove in, always doing what had to be done and protecting the weak. His mate was a brave, honorable man. An excellent addition to the Omari clan.
“Well?”
Adrian’s voice cut through Haru’s wandering thoughts. He blinked and found Adrian staring at him with an expectant expression.
“Huh?”
“Are you going to do something about them or just look at them?”
“Do?” His mate was destroying his mind. What could he do?
A slow, wicked grin spread across Adrian’s lips. “Kiss them and make them better.”
Yes! He could do that. A brilliant idea. Not only was his mate brave but also very smart.
Without another word, Adrian rolled onto his stomach and shoved his arms under the pillows. He released a contented sigh as he stretched out, ready for Haru to do his work.
The dragon crawled on top of Adrian, placing his knees on either side of his lover’s hips and leaned close. He pressed his first kiss to a dark-brown bruise on his left shoulder. He moved across his back to the other shoulder, covering his warm skin in slow, wet kisses. His tongue dragged along that wonderful skin, licking and kissing every inch of him. Tension flowed out of powerful muscles built from years of activity and relentless training. Happy noises rose from Adrian, and Haru smiled against his body.
He gradually moved lower, kissing each bump of his spine. He paused to work carefully around a large purple bruise that engulfed his right side near his ribs.
As he reached Adrian’s ass, he repositioned his legs between Adrian’s so he could sit on his heels as he kneaded those two perfectly round globes like mounds of dough.
Adrian rose on his forearms and partially twisted to gaze at Haru over his shoulder. “Ready for me to flip so you can get my front bruises?”
Haru stuck his index finger in his mouth and swirled his tongue around it, getting it nice and wet. He pulled the digit out and held it up. “I don’t think I’m done with this side yet.”
He slid that wet finger down Adrian’s crack to play with his hole. His mate let out a soft, pleased sound as his eyes fell shut. That was not nearly a satisfying enough reaction.
Grabbing both cheeks in his hands, Haru spread him open and pressed his face close, licking with the flat of his tongue across that tight hole. The shocked yowl that erupted from Adrian was much more satisfying, especially with the cursing that followed.
Haru licked and sucked the pucker, loosening the hold until he could ease a finger inside. Adrian seemed torn over the entire affair. Sounds of clawing at the bed reached his ears under Adrian’s desperate moans, as if his upper body was trying to pull him away. Yet, at the same time, Adrian thrust his ass back as if he were begging for more.