chapter 12

Chapter 12: Flames of Farewell

Kael swung his sword straight at Vaelor’s shoulder. I stood right between them with my heart pounding hard. My thin silk slip stuck to every soft curve of my body. My heavy breasts pushed against the fabric and my round belly spilled over the edge. My wide hips and thick thighs rubbed together as I froze there on the rocky slope.

“Move, Sera!” Kael shouted. His voice was full of rage. “I will not let this beast ruin you any longer. You are throwing away your own blood for a monster. The king’s gold could have changed everything for our family. A real future instead of this fantasy you are chasing. You have always been the dreamer who hid in books while I faced the world. Stop being selfish and come home before you destroy what is left of us!”

His words cut deep. Selfish. That same word he had thrown at me for years while he looked at my soft belly and heavy tits like they were something to be ashamed of. Years of little comments about my body rushed back and made me feel sick. Guilt twisted inside me because he was my brother and he was fighting for me. But under that guilt something else burned hot. I felt protective of Vaelor. He was the only one who had ever looked at my plush curves and called them perfect.

Vaelor kept his golden eyes on me. His voice came out calm and sure. “I will not let them break you tonight, my treasure.”

Then the change started.

His body grew bigger fast. Golden scales spread across his skin like flowing fire. His black horns stretched longer. His wings burst out with a loud crack. He turned into a massive ancient dragon. Thirty feet tall and terrifying. His tail lashed and his claws dug into the stone. But those same golden eyes stayed locked on me full of the same love and hunger.

Even while he changed his tail brushed me one last time. It slid slow across my soft belly and dipped into my navel. Then it squeezed the thick meat of my thigh. Heat shot straight between my legs. My pussy got wet instantly and my thighs shook.

The soldiers screamed and charged anyway. Swords up and boots pounding.

Vaelor reared back and opened his jaws. A burst of golden orange flame shot out. It was not meant to kill. It arced high then licked the ground right in front of them. A few men on the edges got singed. Their clothes caught fire and light burns hit their arms and legs. They yelled and dropped their weapons and scrambled back.

Kael stood firm. His face twisted with fear and anger. “Monster!” he yelled. “You will pay for this. Sera, you are choosing him over your own brother over everything we built together!”

Vaelor’s voice boomed loud in the air and inside every head. “You came for my mate. Leave now or lose everything.”

I watched it all with horror and awe. My brother looked broken and furious. He still thought he was saving me. Relief and guilt fought inside my chest until I felt like I might throw up. Vaelor was not killing them. He was only protecting me.

Then his huge foreclaw scooped me up gentle but firm. He cradled my whole soft body against the warm scaled plates of his chest. My heavy breasts squished tight against him. My nipples dragged over the smooth scales and sent sparks through me. My round belly pressed flat spilling over the curve of his claw. My thick thighs spread wide around the thick digit and my plump ass nestled safe and warm. I felt so small and so completely held.

Before we took off Vaelor turned toward the old cave. The one filled with centuries of gold and furs where he had licked and touched me until I screamed. A deep sorrowful roar tore out of him. Then he sent a powerful stream of fire straight into the entrance. The mountain shook hard. Flames exploded out in golden light and rock. The whole hoard collapsed with a deafening roar. Dust and fire filled the sky.

I gasped against his scales. My voice broke. “Your home. You destroyed it for me.”

His voice filled my mind quiet and strong. That was never home. You are.

Tears burned my eyes. The weight of what he had just given up for my chubby body hit me hard. Love and guilt mixed together so tight I could hardly breathe.

Then we launched into the sky.

His wings snapped down hard. The ground dropped away fast. Wind howled past us. We shot upward so quick my stomach lurched. I screamed and clung to his scales. My thick thighs squeezed the claw for dear life. My soft belly pressed tight against his chest. The world spun. Trees looked like toys. The mountain shrank below us.

“We are too high!” I sobbed. “Put me down. I can’t. I am going to fall. Take me back!”

Panic clawed at my throat. Heights had always scared me and this was falling through the sky while my body jiggled against a dragon’s claw. I cried harder. My fingers scrabbled at the warm scales.

Vaelor’s tail wrapped around my waist like a seatbelt. The ridged length pressed firm into the soft give of my belly and the underside of my heavy breasts. Warmth poured through his scales straight into my skin. It calmed me and soothed me and made me feel owned. Breathe my love he said inside my head. I have you. Feel how perfectly your body fits against mine. I will never let you fall.

I squeezed my eyes shut at first and kept sobbing. But slowly the panic eased. His warmth and his voice in my mind and the way my curves molded so safe against him made it impossible not to feel it. I opened my eyes a little. The world below looked breathtaking. Mountains rolled like dark waves. Rivers glittered like silver veins. Fear and a strange sense of freedom mixed together until I could not tell them apart.

We flew for hours. Dawn painted the sky in soft rose and gold before Vaelor started to descend. He spiraled down into a lush mist shrouded crater valley I had never seen before. A crystal lake gleamed in the middle. Ancient trees draped in moss. A modest glowing cave entrance tucked into the far wall. It was hidden and safe and new.

He landed gentle on the soft grass. The transformation reversed in a shimmer of golden light. Scales melted back into smooth skin. Wings folded away. He stood as the seven foot humanoid Dragon King again. Still naked. Still hard. Still looking at me like I was everything. He set me down but pulled me close right away.

His big hands worshipped me without pause. Palms slid over my round belly. Fingers sank deep into the soft rolls with a low groan. He cupped my heavy breasts and circled my aching nipples with his thumbs. His hands moved down to my wide hips and squeezed the plush flesh of my thick thighs like he needed to feel I was real. His ridged cock pressed hot and heavy against my belly leaking against my skin. But he did not push for more. Not yet. This was just to ground me. This was us.

I whispered through fresh tears. My voice shook. “You burned your home. You took me away. What have I done to my brother and the only life I ever knew?”

Vaelor kissed my forehead then my lips slow and deep. He tasted every doubt I had. His hands never stopped stroking my belly my hips my thighs and the plump curve of my ass. He fed me strength with every touch.

“You chose to stop shrinking yourself,” he murmured against my mouth. His voice was rough with feeling. “The rest we will face together.”

I melted into him. My soft body trembled against his hard one. My pussy stayed slick from the flight and from his constant worship. For one moment everything felt possible.

Then I felt it.

A faint golden mark bloomed on my lower belly right above the swell of my soft stomach. It felt warm and pulsing and ancient. Vaelor’s eyes widened. Awe flashed across his face and something like hidden fear too.

In the distance the mist around the valley stirred in an unnatural way. It swirled like something huge had just woken under the lake.

The choice she had made in the fire and sky had not ended the war. It had only lit the fuse for something far greater.