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  "Where is she?" His words were slurred together as he seemed to be looking for her. "Damn it all!"

  The bag was yanked from the floor, and Ava knew she was seconds away from being discovered. She held her breath and closed her eyes, praying that Titus was too drunk to notice the change in weight of the bag.

  He carried it out of the bedroom and sadly knocked the bag on the walls of the cavern several times. Ava was certain she would be covered in bruises if she survived flying with a drunk dragon. The moment he transitioned into his beast, the bag was clutched in his claw and he took flight. Her body remained warm from his grasp and he soared toward the East Sea, where his brother lived and the portal resided.

  Ava briefly wondered where they would move the portal next. It could go to the west or the south, but she doubted that Titus would have it in his kingdom. He had never really been a fan of the claimed project. A pang in her heart reminded her that Titus hadn't really been a fan of many of the things she had done with her life.

  He didn't know, couldn't know that they had once been the best of friends. And it was better this way, Ava told herself. Because she still didn't know who had attacked her people and left them for dead. It wouldn't do to bring that kind of trouble to the dragons.

  When they landed, Ava wanted out of the bag. She waited until Titus was sleeping before she unzipped the opening and was finally able to stretch her body out. She literally whimpered but didn't allow herself to wake him.

  With a power that no one save Zoe's mother had known about, Ava focused on whatever was hurting her and allowed the magic of the earth to heal her.

  It was only then that she was able to breathe normally. She opened her eyes in hopes of finding a place she could grab a few hours of rest when she caught the gaze of one very angry Dragon King.

  Chapter 19

  Titus could hardly believe his eyes. That half-breed she-devil had stowed away in his bags! Fury raced through his veins; the woman continued to defy him. He marched over and plucked her up by the arm.

  "What are you doing here?"

  His voice was deep and dark; the dragon was near the surface and it called to her. Ava felt lust explode within her. Something must have registered in her eyes because Titus' own black eyes flamed for a brief moment.

  "Do you have any idea of how much trouble you are in?"

  Ava had an inkling, but the imp inside of her insisted on prodding Titus. She shrugged her shoulders and gave him her best defiant look.

  It was seconds before she was turned over his knee and he was spanking her tender ass. There was no mercy or reprieve, just one swat after another, like a naughty child.

  Ava kicked and squirmed, trying to get away from him. She wasn't just going to allow the beast to dominate her. The part of her that was hidden away threatened to come out. She would show him just who she was, and maybe then, he wouldn't be so quick to punish her.

  The more she wriggled, the more Titus' cock hardened. He was throbbing in his breeches and needed release. If the wench didn't respond to spanking, she could take his cock down her throat. In a swift move, he had her kneeling in front of him.

  Ava's eyes were flushed and her mouth set in a determined line. But as he unbuttoned his breeches and removed his monster cock, Ava's eyes grew round.

  Did he actually expect her to suck him off after he had attempted to blister her ass? And honestly, why did the notion turn her on so much?

  "Be good, half-breed. Take your punishment like a good girl, and I will reward you. But do anything foolhardy, and you will wish you had never been born."

  He rubbed his bulbous tip against her face and she lapped at the tip, tasting the essence of him. It was manly, dark, and intoxicating. She leaned in, licking him from balls to tip, and Titus gasped at the sensation.

  He had been blown more times than he could count. It didn't make sense that his little half-breed could have so much power over him. She cupped his balls playfully and then sucked one into her mouth, rolling it around and pulling gently. She paid the same attention to the other ball and then moved back to his shaft.

  She was learning what made him squirm and the little things that had his hands tightening in her hair. He was gorgeous standing before her with his cock proudly standing at attention. It was so thick and long, it nearly reached his belly button.

  She hungered for it in her pussy, and her ass tingled and wondered what it would be like to take such a magnificent specimen. Ava closed her lips around the head and sucked him inside of her mouth. She stretched her lips wide around his girth and sucked and licked at the heated flesh.

  His cock was throbbing inside of her mouth. He wanted to move, to fuck her mouth properly, but still, he held back. Titus didn't want to hurt her. No, that was the last thing he wanted, even though he was angry at her deception.

  She took him deeper but could feel his reserve. Wondering what she could do to send him over the edge, she grabbed his ass and pushed him deeper in her throat.

  Titus was holding on by a thread. He desperately wanted to move, to shove inside of that hot mouth and feel her swallowing him whole. But he held fast, knowing that his kinks and desires were too dark for such a fragile creature.

  And then he felt her fingertip ring his anus, and he shoved forward. She choked, water leaking from her eyes, but changed her angle so that she could take him deeper. Ava wondered if he would push her away from touching him in such an intimate place.

  But if anything, it seemed to egg him on. He liked his anus being played with. She made note of that and continued to slip a finger inside of his ass while she sucked his dick like it was her favorite treat.

  No longer able to control himself, Titus thrust his hips forward and began to move of his own accord. He knew it was too rough, but she had added another finger to his ass and the combined pressure was more than he could stand.

  She pressed forward, deeper inside of him as she sucked him deep into her throat, and he erupted, his seed filling her mouth and leaking out the sides.

  Titus felt boneless, helpless, like he needed to rest. Never before had he come so hard from a woman sucking his cock and the sight of her with cum dripping out of her mouth and onto her ripe breasts. The dragon inside of him roared with approval.

  He reached out, wiped her mouth, and then rubbed the places where his seed had spilled into her skin.

  "It is dangerous for you to be here," he said, breaking the spell between them.

  "I can help you," Ava said defiantly. "I want Zoe back just as much as you all do. She was my best friend's daughter and I have watched out for her since she was born."

  Titus wanted to argue with her, but he knew that the stubborn half-breed would likely do whatever she wanted anyway.

  "It could mean your life," he tried to explain the severity. "The underworld, it isn't like our realm or the earthly realm. You are half-human, I don't know if your human side can withstand the lures of the afterlife."

  Ava didn't correct him, but she wasn't half-human and never had been. However, she was half dragon. "My dragon will keep me safe. I am not worried."

  "Your dragon?" He gave her a curious eye. "Most half-breeds can't even speak to their dragons."

  Ava raised her chin. "I may not have the ability to shift. But my dragon speaks to me every bit as much as yours does to you." There was a flash of flame in her eyes that surprised him.

  Clearly, there was more to this little half-breed than he had anticipated.

  "I won't take you among the dragons unclaimed; it would be folly."

  Ava didn't mention the fact that she had walked freely among the dragons since she had set up the program and nobody had come close to claiming her. But her dragon liked the idea of the Black Dragon of the North claiming her.

  "Fine." Ava shook her red hair. "I claim you, Titus, as my dragon."

  His eyes widened in surprise. "It will only be for a time. You understand that, right?"

  Ava eyed him with impatience. "I set up the claiming program i
n the first place. I know how it works."

  "Very well." Titus moved closer and lifted her from the floor. His lips were dangerously close to her and she wondered for a brief moment if he might kiss her.

  Dragons didn't usually kiss unless they were mated. But to her dismay, he didn't. His lips moved to her ear, and he whispered the words that she had longed to hear, "I, Titus, Black Dragon King of the North, claim you, Ava. What is done is done."

  He carried her over to the bed that he kept when at his brother's palatial cave. "We shall now seal our vow."

  Chapter 20

  Titus strapped Ava to the four corners of the bed and tried to will his lust as the desire to take her, slam into her, was almost overwhelming. Walking over to the mantle, he picked up a fat soy candle and moved above her.

  "Are you afraid?" he asked in a dark voice.

  Ava shook her head. The truth was that she was terrified, but she wasn't about to share that with him. Her heart pounding and her knees shaking, she lifted her head in defiance. "No."

  He laughed, the low tones trickling over her skin and causing her flesh to pebble. The first drip of hot wax on her stomach caused her to cry out. "Breathe, Ava, you will feel the sting fade."

  And he was right; the stinging did fade, but warmth began to rush through her body. He dripped more wax, creating a pattern on her abdomen. She hissed at times, but he was careful never to burn her with the flame. In truth, dragons were rarely bothered by fire, but being a half-breed, he didn't know how she would react.

  "You are doing beautifully, Ava."

  He moved the candle back to the mantle and came back to her, blowing softly on her tender skin. With the edge of his nail, he peeled up the dried wax, admiring the zigzag pattern he had made. It was shining faintly pink. Titus loved seeing his mark on her.

  The thought made him frown. He didn't need to see any marks on Ava, certainly not his.

  A vision of Ava bearing his mating mark flashed into his mind and he quickly shoved it out again. She was a means to an end, sex simply for the pleasure of it and nothing more.

  He stripped his pants off and then took a cloth and blindfolded her.

  Ava wasn't sure what she thought about being blindfolded. It was one thing when you could anticipate what was coming, but to have your sight taken away involved real trust of the other individual.

  "Are you okay, Ava?" his dark voice whispered across her skin. He was somewhere near her ankle and she tried to turn to him in her restraints.

  "Yes, Master."

  Master, the word reverberated in his head and his cock hardened even further, which he hadn't thought possible. The woman was intoxicating, her plush curves on display and her ample tits begging to be clamped. There were so many things he wanted to do to her, but where to begin?

  Titus clasped his cock and gave it a few pumps, then he moved over onto the bed and placed the tip of his massive cock against her cheek.

  "Nobody sucks dick like you do, Ava. I am very proud of you."

  Her cheeks reddened and she delighted in the compliment. It might have been crass, but she knew that Titus wouldn't say it if he didn't mean it. She stuck her tongue out and he allowed her to taste the tip before moving it away.

  Ava whimpered but then gasped when he shoved her tits together and started thrusting his heavy dick between them. His body straddled hers and he moved with fierce deliberate thrusts. But almost as quickly as he had begun, Titus stopped and moved further down her body.

  His tongue came to lick and suck her breasts, first rolling one nipple in his fingers while sucking the other one deep inside his mouth and then moving to the other side.

  Ava could hardly stand the torture, she wanted him inside of her. The air in the room teased her exposed pussy. She felt like every nerve ending was on edge; not having her sight increased her other senses. She could smell his musk and it drove her wild. She could feel his hard body as he licked and sucked on her nipples. He moved lower and gently bit the curve of her stomach.

  She cried out just as his mouth hovered over her sex, and then he was eating her. His tongue was lapping at her core, and she was dying. Surely, she must be dying because of the intense feelings rocketing through her.

  He moved back and Ava cried out, begging for more. Titus knelt between her parted thighs, loving the taste of her on his tongue as he lined up his cock at her entrance.

  She was impossibly tight and he worried that he might split her, but the way her sheath was squeezing his cock made Titus powerless to stop. By the time he was balls deep, they were both panting. Tears were running out from the blindfold, and in horror, Titus ripped it off.

  Ava blinked a few times, getting used to the light.

  His cock was still wedged inside of her and she desperately wanted him to move, but he was still as he asked her. "Tell me honestly, am I hurting you?"

  "No," she croaked, fresh tears spilling, "I have wanted this for so long!"

  The words spurred him on and Titus lost control, the beast now ruling at the helm. He thrust into her again and again, hitting places that she hardly knew existed. Her body felt tight and full, and she never wanted him to stop.

  Her glamour was much harder to keep up when her senses were so scattered, but she knew that she couldn't show her true identity. It would mean trouble for the dragons and certain death for herself.

  So while it was clearly the best fucking of his life, Titus could sense that she was holding back.

  It angered the dragon within to know that she wouldn't give herself completely over to him. He unbuckled her legs and arms, flipping her to her knees, and re-entered her pussy with punishing force.

  Ava screamed in ecstasy as her body convulsed around him. But Titus wasn't done. He continued to fuck her at a brutal pace; over and over he took her body. He needed her more than he needed anything, and that scared the shit out of him. Never before had a woman wound herself so tightly around him so quickly.

  She orgasmed again, shoving her ass high as her head buried itself into the blankets and her body shook with pleasure.

  Titus wanted to prolong the inevitable, but his body won out and his seed shot forth inside of her. He was heedless of the fact that she was half dragon and could possibly bear a child. He couldn't have pulled himself from her body had the gates of hell been after him.

  It wasn't normal. The strange longing that he had for her, instead of assuaging the need, it seemed to increase with their coupling.

  His cock was already hardening again, and he moved her onto her back. She smiled up at him, shyly before closing her eyes. He provided her already soaked entrance with his cock, and her eyes popped open.

  "Again?" she asked, a slow smile forming.

  His answer was to slam inside of her, moving her legs up to rest on his shoulders. She grunted and then moaned when his body began to thrust into her over and over again. The feral nature of their lovemaking was ever present.

  But again, he felt that she held something back. It wasn't anything he could name, just a feeling inside.

  This time when she shattered, he was able to withdraw in time to splash his seed on her belly. He grabbed a cloth and wiped her up and then cradled her in his arms.

  He would speak to his little half-breed about his suspicions, but it wouldn't be this night. She had pleased him immensely and she deserved the rest that followed.

  Chapter 21

  "Giants! Of course, there are giants, I mean why in the hell wouldn't there be giants?"

  Titus rolled his eyes and regretted for the hundredth time bringing the half-breed along. It was obvious that she didn't have the stamina for such a journey. She was tired, irritable, and damned distracting.

  There had been more than one occasion that his younger brother, Cane, had outright laughed when Titus was paying too much attention to her and not enough to his flying.

  "Seems the half-breed is growing on you," Cane said, not caring that Ava could hear their conversation, since she was currently clasped in his claw
.

  "Like a fungus," Titus rumbled and then winced when she bit down on his thumb. "Stop it! I almost dropped you."

  Cane laughed, his dragon's head rearing back.

  In one instance, it was nice to see Cane with a smile on his face. They had been few and far between since his mate Zoe had been taken. But in another, it annoyed him beyond end to have his younger brother taking delight in his misfortune, especially since Cane was the one who foisted Ava off on him in the first place.

  "Look," Ava continued as if nothing had happened. "If we can't enter through the gates because of the wolves, eagles, and giants, there has to be another way inside."

  "It isn't your concern," Titus said firmly, and Cane ignored her, much like he had most of the trip.

  Ava was sick of being ignored. She was cramped from riding in Titus' claws and hot from his dragon's body heat.

  "Does everyone go to this Valhalla place, all of their dead?" Ava asked.

  Titus shook his head, scales glinting in the sunlight, "Only those Odin finds worthy to live with him. He is a god of war and, therefore, tends to have warriors and those who are truly tested in battle. But what most don't know is that Valhalla is located in Asgard, the god's celestial fortress."

  Ava paled. "We are breaking into a god's fortress? Fuck, we are so screwed."

  Titus scowled at Ava. "We are Dragon Kings and every bit as fierce as Odin."

  Ava gave him a look that clearly stated she was less than impressed with that estimation of things.

  Cane turned his massive head and stared at Ava. "She may have a point."

  Smoke rose from Titus' nostrils as he tried to contain his temper. Through gritted teeth, he said, "Are you saying that this is a lost cause?"

  Cane drew back, fire erupting from his mouth.

  "Fuck, no! But we may need to be sneaky about how we enter Valhalla."

  Ava grinned suddenly, bringing the brothers' attentions toward her.