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  “Asher,” Lillian pants out when I finally let us come up for air. Kissing her neck, I squeeze her tit in my hand and pinch her nipple, earning me another moan from her. “Please, Asher.” She licks her lips. “Take me to your room. I don’t think I can take any more of this teasing.”

  “You’ll take all the teasing I give you, Lillian.” I say as I rip open her button-up shirt. She gasps at me and I grin. “I’ll buy you another work shirt, darling. I just want you so bad, I’m just going out of my mind. I can’t patiently unbutton every button without losing my shit.” Kissing her one last time, I put her down and tug on her hand so she’s following me.

  “You have a nice home.” Lillian says, glancing around as we make our way up the stairs that lead to my room. “Do you live alone?”

  “Are you asking if I have a girlfriend, or something?”

  I can’t see her face, but I know she’s blushing. “Well? Do you?”

  “I don’t fuck around on women I’m with, Lillian.” I say, miffed that she thinks I could cheat on someone so easily. “I might not have long lasting relationships, but every girl I’m with knows where they stand and what I’m looking for. I never lie and I don’t play games.”

  “Then what is this, Asher?” Lillian asks, letting go of my hand, making me pause my movements and glance down at her. I’ve known Lillian for such a short time, but I know that she’s stubborn and confident in herself—two qualities I find very sexy in a girl. So it shocks me to see insecurity in Lillian’s eyes. “Am I just another fuck buddy you’ll be done with in the morning? Should I know that’s where I stand before we continue?” she’s glaring at me now and I know I fucked up.

  “You’re different.” I whisper, not knowing how to convey what I’m feeling for her right now. But I have to try so I can assure her she’s not just another fling for me. “I don’t know what that means, but what I do know is that I want you.” I grab her face in my hands and kiss her lips sweetly. Her green eyes still seem unsure, so I give her a little more. “I’ve never felt this way for a girl before, Lillian, so I can’t promise you flowers and chocolates, but what I can promise you is honesty. And I’m being honest when I say; one night won’t be enough for me.”

  Lillian nods her head, a small smile crossing her face. “That’s good enough for me. Now, take me to bed and show me how much you want me.”

  I scoop her in my arms again and rub my face against her neck and growl. God, what is it about Lillian that’s having me acting so animalistic?

  Entering my bedroom, I tear Lillian’s bra in two, but manage to keep her pants intact, after she glared at me for destroying the bra. Undressing as fast as I can, I grab a condom from the back pocket of my pants and watch Lillian as she teases me on my bed.

  “I knew you were packing.” Lillian comments from my bed. She’s lying down, staring at me with humor as she plays with one of her breasts. It’s refreshing to see a girl who’s comfortable in her own skin and knows she’s sexy a hell. There’s nothing wrong with shy girls, but confidence is hot. “But what I’m wondering now is whether you know how to use that thing properly?” she smirks as she says that last comment.

  I walk towards the bed, making sure to fuck her with my eyes as I do, and stop when I’m at the foot of the bed. She shallows hard and licks her lips, something I’m learning she does when she’s nervous or excited, and I hold back my smirk at her obvious desire for me. “I do know how to use my cock, you smart-ass, but you have me wondering whether or not you know how to use that sassy mouth of yours for anything other than talking back?”

  Lillian’s eyes widen in desire and she nods her head. “I think you’ll find that my mouth has many uses, Asher. Sassing you is a particular favorite of mine, but I can think of another use that you and your cock will enjoy every much.” She crawls to the end of the bed and gracefully gets up. Kneeling in front of me now, she grabs a hold of my throbbing cock with her right hand, and squeezes me lightly. My breath catches and she smirks. “Enjoy my sassy mouth, Asher.”

  Then she wraps her mouth around my cock and proceeds to suck and lick my length. I groan my pleasure and wrap my hand in her hair, controlling how fast she takes me into her mouth. Lillian doesn’t say anything about me taking control over her blowjob and instead, follows my lead and takes me hard and fast in her mouth. When I hit the back of her throat I grind my teeth and fist her hair harder, trying my best not to shoot my load into her talented mouth before she’s ready to fall over the edge with me.

  “Enough,” I say, pulling out of her mouth with a pop. She stares at me innocently on her knees and I start reciting the alphabet in my head to keep my body calm. “On the bed. Now.”

  Lillian does as I say without a word and soon, I’m on top of her, putting on the condom I grabbed earlier. When I check her pussy to see if she’s wet, I moan when my fingers come out soaked from her juices. She’s definitely ready, and from the pinched look on her face, she’s hurting as well.

  “Don’t worry, darling. I’ll have you screaming my name soon. Just hold on tight and enjoy the ride.” Smirking at her, I position the head of my cock at her pussy’s entrance and push in just an inch. God, she’s so tight. I push in slowly, allowing her to feel all of me stretching her out, and when I know Lillian has adjusted to my size, I pull out almost all the way and push back in, harder this time.

  “Asher!” Lillian screams, clawing at my back with her sharp fingernails.

  The pain that comes with her clawing at me causes my cock to twitch inside of her and my eyes roll into the back of my head. I clench the covers on my bed, my body shaking from desire and something else I can’t identify. All I know is that my body is burning for Lillian and I intend to put out the fire with her body.

  I thrust into her with restless abandon and soon, I feel Lillian’s pussy squeezing around me, and I know she’s close. Increasing my speed, I bend my head down and bite down on Lillian’s shoulder and she shouts in pleasure. A few more pumps of my cock and Lillian comes all over me, but I keep pushing inside of her, loving the way her channels are causing my cock to lose control.

  And less than a minute later, I reach my orgasm and roar out my pleasure.

  Coming down from my high, I pull out of Lillian, dispose of the condom, and grab Lillian into my arms. We’re both breathing hard, so it doesn’t surprise me that we remain silent for a few minutes while we both try to catch our breath. After a few minutes, Lillian leans back into my arms and sighs. “That was wonderful, Asher. I take back what I said. You know how to use your cock beautifully.”

  I laugh my ass off at her comment. “And you have a very talented mouth. Sassy as hell, but talented, nonetheless.” As I speak, my skin continues to get hotter and hotter, until I’m worried that I’m coming down with something and might get Lillian sick. But I can’t be getting ill. I was fine just a few moments ago.

  “You’re burning up, Asher.” Lillian suddenly shouts, pulling away from me and eyeing me with worry. When our eyes meet, hers widen and she gets up quickly, slowly backing away from me. “Asher…what’s going on?”

  I sit up and frown, my vision starting to blur and my head starting to pound. “What do you mean?”

  “Your eyes! They’re glowing gold!” Lillian shouts and begins to jump from foot to foot. “Oh my god, are you okay? What’s going on? Are you sick? Do you need a doctor? Is this my fault? Did my body glitter cause some kind of chemical reaction to your eyes?” she begins speaking rapidly, obviously scared shitless over something I can’t see.

  My eyes are glowing, my skin feels as if it’s on fire, and my vision is starting to distort. A thought comes to me and I shake my head.

  This…this isn’t possible. Lillian can’t be my mate. This is just a mistake.

  But even as I try to soothe myself, my body continues to change, this time, it’s my hands that are changing. I turn away from Lillian and timidly, look down at my hands and gasp at what I see—talons. I’m starting to grown talons.

  This can’t
be happening.

  “Get out!” I yell at Lillian, beginning to freak out myself. Although I’m worried about me transforming into a foreign creature, I’m more scared for Lillian being in the same room with me as I change. I don’t know how to control myself in my dragon form and can’t predict what will happen when the transformation is complete. I might hurt her. I could kill her. No. I won’t. “Leave Lillian!”

  “But…Asher.” I feel Lillian approach behind me and I jump away, not wanting her to see me like this and not wanting me to hurt her by accident. “What’s going on? I’m scared.”

  You and I both, Lillian, I say in my head, but since I have no time to explain what is happening to me, I have to get rid of her and fast. “What did I fucking tell you? Get the hell out of my house and don’t come back!”

  Lillian curses and runs around the room, grabbing her torn clothing in record speed. Although I don’t want to turn around and face her, I jog over to my dresser and throw her one of my button-ups so she’ll be covered as she leaves. “I’m sorry, Lillian.”

  Lillian pauses at the door and I hear her sniff back her tears. “So am I, Asher.”

  Then she leaves and I’m alone.

  How did I fuck this up so fast?

  Chapter 3

  “What the fuck, Asher?” Hailey’s voice screams from somewhere downstairs. I hear footsteps on the staircase and know that she’s coming upstairs to me. Thank god. “Lillian just called me, Asher. You know what she said? That you kicked her out of your bed as soon as you were done fucking her last night. What the hell is your problem! Lillian is a good woman and I thought you guys would be perfect together, but then you go and do some stupid shit like this. I—” Hailey stops yelling at me when she sees me through the doorway of my bedroom. Eyes wide, she curses. “You found your mate.”

  I roar, confirming what she said. I take a step towards her, but freeze when the floor groans underneath me and I hear something crack. Shit. This is not good. These floorboards are not strong enough to support a fully-grown dragon. So what do I do? I’ve been stuck in this one spot for almost a whole day now and the only reason the floor hasn’t caved in yet is because I haven’t moved more than a foot. I don’t think this floor can take another day of my dragon weight, so I’m glad Hailey came when she did.

  “Asher, you need to calm down and change back into your human form.” I huff steam at her, trying to tell her that I tried changing back and it didn’t work. Hailey somehow understands me. “You probably can’t change back because you’re freaking out and are over-thinking it. Think about something that calms you and makes you feel human. Take deep, even breaths, and let your mind focus on that one thing.”

  I close my eyes and try to think of something that calms me, but nothing comes to mind. I’m starting to freak out again when Lillian’s face comes into my mind and she smiles sweetly at me, telling me everything will be okay. Slowly, I feel my body shrink and my wings suck back into my body. And in a few minutes, I’m back to my human self and feel a million times calmer.

  That is, until I open my eyes and I see the damage my room took. As a dragon, I took up nearly the entire space of the master bedroom, so when I tried to take a step, I ended up crushing my bed and all my furniture. And when I tried calming down, I ended up setting the curtains in my room on fire. It’s a good thing the fire just started a few minutes before Hailey showed up, otherwise I would have been in big trouble.

  “Go get dressed. I got the fire.” Taking a deep breath, Hailey opens her mouth and water bursts out of her. She puts the fire out in record time. When I give her a bewildered expression, she shrugs. “I’m a water dragon, Asher. That means I can breathe water, even in my human form. It took a lot of training to use my powers while in my human form, but you’ll get the hang of it.”

  I’m putting on a pair of sweatpants when the reality of my situation finally seeps in. “I’m a dragon now.” I collapse to my knees and stare at my hands, where, not two minutes ago my talons were. “I’m no longer fully human. What the hell do I do now?”

  Hailey kneels down so she’s at the same level as me. Waiting until my eyes meet hers, she smiles and moves a piece of my dark black hair off my face. “Well, first, I’d get someone to come fix your bedroom. Dad has a guy who’s a clan member that can help you out, so you don’t have to explain this to some random human. Second, I’d get off my ass and apologize to Lillian.”

  I snort and stand up. “She’ll never forgive me for the way I treated her.”

  Hailey rises as well and shakes her head at me. “Lillian is my best friend, Asher. I know her better than anyone, so I know she’ll understand if you just explained.”

  “Seriously, Hailey? Lillian is the coolest chick I’ve ever met, one of the bravest too, but I doubt she’ll accept what I am now. Hell, I can’t accept it and I just transformed.” I grind my teeth and close my eyes. What a mess. “She’ll never look at me the same, Hailey.”

  “Lillian is my best friend, Asher. She’s the craziest bitch I know, never backs away from a challenge, and never lets a guy make her cry. But today, Asher, you should have heard her on the phone with me. She was heartbroken. I would have came earlier, but I had a doctor’s appointment and couldn’t move it to a different day.” Her eyes glance away from me and she sighs. “You got to her, Asher.”

  I glare at my cousin and storm away. “Thanks for making me feel better, Hailey.” I call over my shoulder and continue to walk away, jogging down the stairs so I can get a drink from the kitchen. I stop in my tracks when I see Lillian’s torn shirt laying on the floor by the front door.

  Picking it up, I sniff it and instantly smell Lillian. I don’t know why I’m torturing myself, but I can’t help it, I need to be close to her, even if that means I have to keep this shirt as a pillowcase.

  I know. That sounds sad, even to me.

  “Asher! Will you stop running away from your problems and just listen to your smarter cousin?” Hailey grabs my arm when I try to pass her and grips me hard. “It’s a good thing you got to her, Asher, because that means that Lillian cares about you. She’s never shown any real interest in anything long-term with a guy and when things start getting serious, she runs. But this time, she tried to stay and help you. She wanted you to want something serious with her.”

  I glance at Hailey. “I want what she wants, Hailey, but even if my dragon is demanding me to go find her and claim her as mine, I can’t do it. It’s one thing to want something long-term with Asher, the man, she’ll never want anything to do with Asher the dragon.”

  Hailey bites her lips and looks away guiltily. “Yeah…about that.”

  I narrow my eyes at Hailey. “What did you do, Hailey?”

  “Well, Lillian and I were roommates back when we were in college. When I met Cal, I went to tell Lillian all about him and about how I thought he was the one and I…well, I shifted for the first time right in our tiny bedroom.” She blushes and covers her face with her hands in embarrassment and guilt. “I nearly killed Lillian since our room was so tiny. She only came out unscathed because she ran into the bathroom for cover. It’s a good thing I breathe water and not fire, otherwise our dorm room would have been toast.”

  “You broke the number one dragon rule. Never be seen by humans.” I shake my head and whistle. “How did you keep that from the clan?”

  Hailey shrugs. “Easy. Lillian doesn’t have a huge mouth. She kept my secret and promised never to tell. Two years have passed and she still has kept my secret, but it seems it’s no longer needed, considering she’s your mate now.”

  “She’s not my mate. Not anymore.” I avert my gaze. “You should have seen her before she left. I hurt her, Hailey. And I don’t think I can fix what I’ve done.”

  “No offense, Asher, but grow a pair of balls.” I gape at her and she laughs. “If Lillian is your mate, which she is, she’ll understand and love you no matter what you are. The only question is will you be brave and bare your feelings to her? Are you willing to go t
he extra mile for her?”

  “I am. I love her.” I frown. “How is it possible I just met her and I love her already?”

  Hailey smiles. “You might have just met her, but your dragon has been waiting all his life to meet his mate. He’s loved her for as long as you’ve been alive and only when you have met her could he become one with your human form and claim her. Never underestimate your dragon, Asher. He is a part of you now.”

  “So you really think I have a chance?”

  She nods. “I do. But I’d act quickly if I were you. The longer Lillian is upset, the harder it is to reason with her. You could say she’s a bit stubborn that way. You’re both stubborn assholes.”

  “I guess we’re a perfect match then.” I smile and grab my car keys. “Lock up behind you before you leave. I have to go grovel.”

  “She’s at Inferno right now. She’s working a shift there tonight to cover for a friend of hers.”

  Lillian is a bartender at the hottest nightclub in the city?

  Yeah, I’m running now.

  *******

  “Are you going to keep fucking my boobs with your eyes, or are you going to order a damn drink sometime today?” Lillian barks out at a large man in a suit who’s been staring at her for over five minutes now. I was going to introduce him to my fist, but it seems Lillian beat me to the punch.

  “A gin and tonic.” He orders and I roll my eyes. What kind of man orders that? “And I’d like your number, when you have a moment to write it down.” He winks at her and my fists clench in anger. Heat fills my mouth and I have to tell my dragon to chill out. Turning that stupid human into a shish kabob will not end well for us.

  Lillian snorts. “I wouldn’t fuck you if you were the last man on earth. And seriously, you order a gin and tonic?” she shakes her head and slams a beer down in front of him. Quirking an eyebrow up, she dares him to correct her drink choice for him. “Trust me, little man, I’m doing you a favor. No chick, I don’t care how desperate, will fuck a man who orders a gin and tonic.” Grabbing his money, she makes his change and hands it back to him, but he drops it into her tip jar and walks away quickly. “Thanks for coming to Inferno! Hope you have more game next time!” she calls out and the girl next to her, who’s also bartending, chuckles at her.