Maiden Flight (13 page)

Let us do this small thing, Adora. If I cannot be with you, at least a part of me will be. Let me think of you, shielded at least a little by my shed scales and my love. Wear them for me, Adora, so I can fly away with at least some feeling of peace in my heart. I won’t be able to leave you otherwise.

Adora went to the dragon, touched by her palpable emotion. Putting her arms around Kelzy’s thick neck, she hugged her, closing her eyes as Kelzy’s sparkling wings enclosed her in a warm embrace. They held each other for long, long moments.

“I love you, Mama Kelzy.”

I love you too, child. We’ll come visit when we can.

Adora realized that Kelzy would bring Jared whenever she found time away from her duties at the Lair to come visit her. The idea appealed to her more than she thought it should, but she let go that thought as Kelzy pulled away.

“Watch the creatures of the forest,” Jared counseled as he prepared to leave, climbing aboard Kelzy’s back with a lithe grace that belied his huge size. “The animals will know when skiths are about and the birds will go quiet and fly away. The game animals flee and even the rodents scurry away. Listen to them and look to the trees whenever you’re outside. Know which ones you can climb high – at least twenty feet off the ground. More if you can manage it. Trees with thick leaves may provide some barrier to venom spray if there are enough leaves between you and the skiths. Plan ahead, Adora. It could save you.”

She took his words to heart, nodding solemnly. “I’ll do as you suggest, Sir Jared. Thank you once more for the leather and for fixing my roof.”

“I wish I could do more, but I’m not much of a carpenter.”

“You managed in a few minutes more than I could do in a year so compared to me you’re an expert and I thank you.” Her hesitant smile earned her a return grin from him. It lit his solemn face and made her feel good for having caused it.

Kelzy turned with him settled on her back, preparing to take off.

Be careful, child. Your daughter and her mate will come to see you and we’ll stop by when we can, but do as Jared says and prepare. War is coming and the skiths will pour over the border first. Beware of them. Kelzy moved farther out into the small clearing from which she would have a clear path to the sky. I couldn’t bear to lose you again now that I’ve finally found you. Take care, child, and if you change your mind, come back to the Lair with Kelvan or pack your things and I’ll take you back the next time I visit, okay? Promise me now.

“I promise.” Adora waved to Jared who held up his hand in goodbye.

Kelzy flapped her great, sparkling wings and a moment later was airborne.

“I love you, Mama Kelzy.”

The clearing was empty and the beautiful blue-green dragon winged off into the sun. Adora was alone.

* * * *

Newly mated as they were, Kelvan and Rohtina, along with their knights, were given a few days freedom from drilling and patrolling. They made the most of it, flying off to the forest and beyond to frolic and play, mate and explore. Belora went with them, of course, sometimes riding with Gareth on Kelvan’s broad back and sometimes with Lars on the sparkling golden Rohtina.

Both men made Belora feel warm and secure no matter what flying antics their dragon partners engaged in, swooping and diving at each other like children. One memorable day, they spent at the lake where Gareth and Belora had first met, the three of them fucking hard and fast while the dragons mated in the skies above the lake, plummeting to earth to take an unlikely swim in the cool waters as they floated in the aftermath.

They also spent time moving into their new quarters. Lars brought Rohtina’s things – shed scales, lots of pretty rocks and gems she had found in her travels and asked him to collect, a few exotic plants, and the oils and potions that helped keep dragon scales supple and shiny. Gareth had similar items from Kelvan’s stash and together the two knights organized the small room set aside for the dragons’ belongings.

Belora helped settle the men’s clothing, taking the opportunity to clean and tidy everything they owned. She repaired the few things that needed it and made note of their sizes so she could begin work on new things for them.

She wasn’t a terribly gifted seamstress, but it was an occupation she enjoyed and she knew they wouldn’t be embarrassed to wear the plain things she could make for them. She also took charge of the small kitchen area, combining the meager stores from each of the knights’ previous dwellings and procuring a few things she felt they would need now that she was in residence.

Her mother had taught her how to brew potions and make ointments, lotions, and tinctures. Although she was not a truly gifted healer, she knew the basics and even a bit more than most herbalists. She took the opportunities that presented themselves as they traveled around during those few days to gather some herbs that she knew she could use and set up an area in the kitchen where she could work. She made fragrant bathing salts, gentle herbal soaps, and lotions for her skin as well as ointments that could be used to heal most cuts and abrasions, potions and tinctures to keep on hand to cure coughs and colds and other useful items.

She set it all up and knew she would have time when the men were back to drilling and patrolling to do the real work of making remedies for both her own household and to share with the rest of the Lair. She knew that Silla, the older woman who had been so kind to her mother, was the closest they had to a true healer in this new Lair. She would undoubtedly welcome Belora’s help and the few potions and cures she could add to the Lair’s supplies.

The dragons liked to play in their new, much larger wallow too. Belora and the knights spent a great deal of time sweeping sand back into the large oval pit at the center of their suite, but they didn’t mind. The dragons were so happy together, their joy infectious.

Of course, that wasn’t the only thing that passed from the dragons to the knights and their new wife. Several times, Kelvan and Rohtina had flown off to frolic and caught their human partners almost unaware when the mating heat would surge. At such times, Lars and Gareth would come looking for her with such wild lust in their eyes, she knew the dragons were unconsciously feeding their lusts to their partners.

At such times, Belora would feel an echo of the incredible fever the dragon lust inspired and open her arms wide to her two lovers, welcoming them between her thighs and into her soul. They would take her together at such times, both needing to be inside her at the same moment in order to fulfill the dragon lust riding them so hard.

Gareth was speaking with General Jared Armand, Kelzy’s partner, when a sudden urge from Kelvan caught him unawares. His dick started to harden and he cursed, looking desperately for a way out. He had to get to Belora, and fast. But first he had to extricate himself from this discussion with his commanding officer.

Jared saw his fidgeting and chuckled. “Dragons giving you trouble?”

“You could say that.” Gareth breathed a sigh of relief that his commander was so understanding.

“Get out of here, Gareth. Find your mate.” He slapped him on the back and turned away, moving on to another knight who wanted his attention.

Gareth took off at a run for his quarters, praying to the Mother of All that Belora would be there. The knights cheered him as he passed, knowing or guessing what emergency took him so unceremoniously away from the common areas.

When he finally reached his quarters, the pain in his loins was almost unbearable. Kelvan and Rohtina were already joined, rolling and plunging in the way of dragons, high up in the sky, reaching for the sun. Gareth was nearly insane from the pressure.

He loped through the door and began tearing at his clothes even before he reached the bedchamber.

“Thank the Mother!”

Belora was there, already on the bed, with Lars’ big cock in her tight pussy, her bare ass facing him… inviting him. Lars saw his friend in the door and moved his big hands to spread her cheeks, dropping the small jar of sweet-smelling lotion on the bed near their hips on the way.

Gareth didn’t need any further invitation. Freeing his cock from his leathers, he scooped a dollop of lotion onto his fingers, quickly coated his cock, and reached in to stroke her anus. She had grown used to this over the past days and her body accepted him readily enough as he pressed forward, seeking the heaven of her tight ass.

Belora squeaked as he joined her.

“It’s just me, my love.” He bent to whisper in her ear, finishing with a sharp nip to her earlobe that made her squirm.

“I didn’t think you’d make it in time.” Her breath came in pants as both men moved in her, driving her lust higher.

“I ran all the way here.” He pressed in, feeling Lars’ hardness through the thin barrier of flesh that separated them. He also felt the explosion that was nearing in Kelvan’s body as the dragons began to reach the limits of their flight. The dragon’s lust pushed him, as he knew it pushed Lars, to heights no human male could achieve. It was a gift of their partnership with the dragons that they could reach such peaks and for such long, nearly endless moments.

He felt it coming and knew Lars would go with him when the dragons reached their zenith. It was up to the two human men to make sure Belora went along with them. He used his teeth to nip at her neck while Lars sucked her nipples.

“Now, Belora! Now!” He called, just as Lars bit down on her nipple and the dragons burst together into the sun. He emptied himself into her ass as Lars’ cock pulsed in her vagina, their ecstasy echoing the long plummet to earth of the dragons. It went on and on, holding all of them in its grip while the pleasure wracked their bodies. Belora’s climax rolled on and on, her inner muscles milking both of their cocks and he was glad to know that she was with them every step of the way.

Finally, after long, long moments of tight muscled ecstasy the dragons began to come back to themselves. They pulled apart and beat their wings just in time to save them from crashing to the ground, releasing their human partners from the rigor of their pleasure. Lars relaxed within her cunt as Gareth felt himself easing in her tight, tight ass. Belora was nearly unconscious from the pleasure and the men settled her between them as they each found the energy to pull back from her luscious body.

Gareth looked down at himself in disgust. He hadn’t even managed to undress. His pants were open just enough to release his cock and his shirt was hanging wide, but he had his boots on in bed. Too bad he didn’t have the energy to remedy the situation. Later, he thought. He’d get the damned boots off later.

* * * *

Adora took Jared’s advice and spent her evenings sewing a set of clothing for herself out of the incredibly soft leather he had given her. It was the softest hide she had ever felt and every time she stroked it as she worked, she thought of the tall, strong man who had touched her slumbering heart with the gift. Remembering Kelzy too, she used two of the precious, incredibly strong dragon scales, sandwiched between two layers of hide to make protective soles for a pair of soft boots that laced up her legs and held the leggings close to her body.

The outfit was somewhat indecent, fitting so closely to her skin and emphasizing the curves of her womanly form, but she couldn’t resist the soft swish of the leather next to her skin and the warm feel of it between her legs.

It reminded her that, although she had a grown daughter now mated and probably starting a family of her own, Adora herself was still a young woman.

She had seen only thirty-eight winters and could still have more children of her own, if she really wanted to do so.

She had not even given thought to such ideas. Before meeting Jared, that is. Suddenly, she felt alive again as a woman. She experienced strange feelings in her body that she had not felt in years. Actually, she was not quite sure she had ever felt the way she was feeling at the moment. Jared had awakened something within her that she had not even known existed and she really wanted to see where it would lead, but she was scared.

Jared was not very encouraging. Although he had given her the specially treated leather and been so incredibly thoughtful about her safety, he had given her no outward sign that he was interested in her as a woman. In fact, he had done quite the opposite. He had been polite to the extreme at all times, but somewhat distant. He had not been rude exactly, but not warm either.

Still, there was something about the man and his quiet strength that appealed to her. His thoughtfulness was even more attractive, and the fact that he was gorgeous and superbly built didn’t hurt either, she thought with a wry grin as she finished off the last seam on her new outfit.

She had pants, boots, a shirt, and a small head covering that would protect her from the worst of a skith venom spray, should she be caught in a dangerous position. Personally she thought she would never need such protection, but she was a practical person and knew well the value of being prepared for all contingencies. Plus, the leather was so scrumptious that she could not resist making a complete set of gear for herself from it.

The design for the clothing was from her own imagination and perhaps a little strange looking, but very functional if she did say so herself. She had used the precious dragon scales to reinforce certain parts of the outfit like the knees and arms and to add a bit of decoration around the neckline. Kelzy’s sparkling blue-green looked beautiful against the soft brown of the hide.

Gareth and Kelvan had dropped in to check on her briefly on their way home from patrolling the border the day before, but she had not seen her daughter for a few days. It would be a few days yet until Kelvan was free from his duties long enough to fly Belora and Gareth over for a visit, and Adora looked forward to it already.

But today was the day to replenish her herb stock, so Adora found herself on the deer trails in the forest near her small home with a sack of herbs she had already collected and more to gather. The first inkling she felt that something was wrong was when the birds grew quiet. Since Jared’s warnings, she had learned to be even more observant of her surroundings than she already was. The birds going quiet could mean nothing, or it could be something quite dire. Adora cocked her head, listening, and felt the little hairs on the back of her neck creep up in alarm when the sounds of the forest did not resume after a reasonable amount of time.