The Dragon Army roared again.
“The towers you see behind me, those attached to the main keep, are your new homes. You have tonight to settle in, find yourself a bed and perhaps even a mate to share it.” I grinned at them as they growled anxiously, casting eager looks at each other as they realized that I'd created a race, not just soldiers. There were both male and female dragons before me. “That's right; I ask for your loyalty and obedience, but I give you life and love and, hopefully, even laughter. Rejoice in your birth, my dragons. Discover all the joy that this world and your new bodies can offer you. Tonight is for pleasure; find it where you will but do not go beyond the walls. We will do that together.”
They went solemn and every dragon eye focused on me.
“No; I don't want you roaming the world just yet,” I confirmed. “That time will come soon enough. You will see it all; I promise. But tonight, we celebrate here, in our home!”
A banquet appeared on long tables around the enormous courtyard, along the edge of the tropical gardens. The scent of roasted meat drifted tantalizingly to the army, and my dragons started to become aware of all the hungers of their bodies.
“Feast, my children; on food and on life itself!”
The dragon warriors rushed for the banquet and fell on it ravenously. Teeth tearing into meat, jaws opening to guzzle wine, claws grasping for more, and growls of bliss rumbling up savage throats, the Dragons consumed the entire bounty laid out for them. The human soldiers backed away and disappeared into their barracks, not wanting to become a part of the feeding frenzy. When the feast was gone, different appetites rose and the sound of savage mating filled the night as couples paired off and ventured into the gardens to discover other pleasures.
“Perhaps we should get you back upstairs,” Sin suggested as he warily kept his eyes on the lusty Dragons.
“I'm perfectly safe, Sin,” I chided him. “They are my creations, they cannot hurt me.”
“I understand that you made them, but they're feasting and fucking for the first time. Things could get out of control.”
“I am in control,” I insisted.
Despite my protests, the Star Gods stepped up beside me, arms crossed and eyes scanning the area. I had no intention of staying to watch my new army enjoy themselves but since my general and commanders were obviously against it, I felt as if I had to, merely to prove a point. I crossed my arms over my chest and settled in to watch.
They were exuberant, to be sure, but not barbaric. There was no abuse, no sex that I had to stop because it wasn't consensual. None of them tried to venture beyond the walls either. Instead, they enjoyed the gardens before they started to head into the castle and find their promised towers. They bowed as they passed me, each of them reverent and grateful. That is, until one male decided to try his luck with his goddess.
“Goddess,” the dragon warrior growled, “I want to give you pleasure too. Will you join me?”
The Dragon warrior reached for me, and my commanders and general moved forward to stop him. But I didn't need their help. I stepped into the warrior's embrace and laid my hands on his cheeks. He went still, staring down into my eyes worshipfully. The Star Gods and Sin paused to watch us.
“I am your goddess, not your lover. That's why I made two sexes; so you could love each other. Find a dragon woman to mate with; a goddess only finds pleasure with a god.”
“I understand,” he rumbled and released me gently. “But I will think about you when I fuck my mate.”
“I'm okay with that.” I grinned at him and something inside me responded to the banter.
This was me, wasn't it? This playfulness. This silliness. This teasing. A dragon tells me that he'll fantasize about me while he has sex with his lover, and I take it as a compliment. Of course, I do. How else would I take it? In the midst of insanity, I crack jokes. That's my thing. Wait; was this insane?
Snap out of it! Star screamed in my mind. Damn it all; I thought we were through with this already? Why are you fighting me, Vervain? Look at all I've given you. You will rule the world. And yet you hold back. You cling to jokes. To your old, pathetic self. Enough. Maybe I shouldn't have stopped you from kissing your star gods. You need to get over your other life; your other men. And the best way to get over a man is—
“To get under another,” I whispered as I glanced at Viper.
Interesting that you turn immediately to him instead of Sin. Is it because you're more attracted to Viper or because fucking a real man would feel like cheating on those traitorous husbands you're still clinging to?
Viper is a real man, I snarled. We took his soul from the Void. The only difference between him and Sin is the fact that Sin got to have a childhood.
Yes; that's absolutely true. I just didn't think you were aware of it. So, my question is; knowing that, do you still want to sleep with Viper?
I went still and stared at Viper. His eyes gleamed in the shadows of his face. That reptilian stare snared mine immediately and made things clench low in my body. Viper went still as he focused on me; a predator sensing his prey. Waiting for the right moment. Anticipating the kill. He blinked. One hand started to lift toward
