“But their husbands, mates, are all like you? Drakonian?”
“Yes, they are like me. We originated from a planet many galaxies from here called Drakonia. We were an advanced race already space traveled, had mages who could teleport us from one location to the next on our planet in an instant.”
“What happened? How did you end up on Earth and why didn’t our government know about you?”
He ducked down to wash his hair, thinking about how much to tell her. Viper told her everything. There was no point in keeping things from her now. She was his mate. He no longer fought it. He wanted her to know him and hopefully accept him.
“An enemy race called the Votens attacked our planet. We were in the middle of negotiations when it happened, so they caught us off guard. Usually, we used the portals to transport our people from one location on the planet to the next, but it had to be modified so that our people could leave the planet entirely. We split up the destinations to make sure that if one route turned bad that we would not lose the entire race. Most of our people used the portals, but we still had warriors engaged in battle with our starships cruisers.”
“You left warriors behind?”
“We had no choice.”
“Were they killed?”
“Not all of them. At least two cruisers survived, and they used mage magic and wormholes to find us here on Earth.”
“You mentioned mage before. Are you talking about wizards?”
“Similar. For our people, mage are Drakonians unable to shift, but they have magical abilities in place of that defect.”
Callie dunked her head next and when she came up, she pushed her locks back behind her. “So the mage adapted your teleportation portals to bring you here.”
“They also sent some tribes to other planets.”
“Why didn’t our government detect something? Especially if your battle cruisers orbited us.”
“We arrived hundreds of years ago. Your governments as you know them didn’t exist. We were stranded here, in a lesser-developed world, cut off from everything we had ever known. Our people spread out so we could keep our existence hidden from the human inhabitants.”
“But you didn’t always remain hidden, did you? That’s where the stories of dragons came from.”
His mate was smart. “Yes. Sometimes one of our kind would show themselves. Stories would circulate. Our people had to remain in human form to protect ourselves.”
Callie shook her head. “I don’t know how you all did that. I’m not sure if I could survive being forced from my home, taken to a new scary place surrounded by people who didn’t understand me.”
Viper shrugged as he moved closer to her, little by little. “We learn and adapt. I think you did amazing with what happened to you. I am sure few females would handle being kidnapped by dragon shifters half as well as you are taking it.”
Callie laughed, a sweet tingling sound that stroked over his body. “Oh, I am planning a full meltdown as soon as it’s safe.”
Viper placed his hands on her waist and dragged her closer to him. The feel of her naked flesh against his made him and his dragon growl with a fire of need. “You can melt in my arms.”
His face pinkened a little and her response was a whisper. “That’s not what I meant.”
“Does my being different bother you?”
“Of course not.”
“Good, because I can’t resist you any longer.”
Leaning down, he claimed her lips in a deep passionate kiss. When he pulled back, he smiled at the desire in her eyes. Then she jumped up into his arms and claimed him back.
Chapter 18
Callie had never been kissed the way Viper kissed her. It lit a fire inside her she was tired of denying. Life was too short. She should take what she wanted and not worry about every little thing. Tomorrow would come soon enough.
She launched herself at him and kissed him with everything she had been holding in. It was unlike her, but screw that. Callie wanted Viper, and by the feel and size of his erection, Viper wanted her too. Wrapping her legs around his waist, Callie rubbed her slick body against his.
“You are so damn sexy,” he growled between kisses.
She was impatient as his hands worked to remove her undergarments. He tossed the material to the lakeshore. Once her breasts were free, his hands cupped her, massaging gently. His hands were large, strong, warm, and had calluses from years of hard work. They were very manly hands, and his touch was heavenly. She wanted his hands on her entire body.
"You’re sexy too,” she groaned as he nibbled her neck. Callie was impatient for him. She reached under the water to stroke him.
“Careful, I don’t want to lose it too soon.” Viper stroked down her back, then squeezed her butt.
She felt her body’s response to him and knew she was ready for him. “I want you inside me now!”
He growled. “That’s good, because I can’t wait any longer.”
Viper gripped her hips and raised her, positioning her opening directly above his shaft. Then he slowly lowered her. They both moaned as their bodies fused with his penetration.
He paused long enough to ask her. “Are you okay?”
Callie released a breath she was holding. It had been a while, and he was damn big. “Yes. I need you to move.”
Viper did as she demanded of him. Cautiously at first, moving her up and down on him. Up, down, in, out, harder, and faster. She gripped his shoulders, holding on for dear life as he took her. She had never felt so… wanted and desired as she did with him.
“So perfect,” he growled.
She wanted to deny that she was anywhere close to being perfect, but no words could form. As a librarian, that
