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"I don't know," she mused. "I was always wandering around my father's mansion with my nose in a book. My mother always caught me and scolded me for being unladylike. She said real ladies didn't read, they worked to become better wives for their future husbands.""Wow," he said and his mouth was hanging open slightly."Maybe I should've listened," Beth bit her lip and averted her eyes. What if she hadn't spent enough time learning how to be a good wife and he could tell? What if she wasn't a good enough wife and made him miserable?Ethan used the side of his index finger tip gently tip her chin up so she was looking at him. "Beth, I like the fact that you read. Smart women are sexy.""Really?""Absolutely."He said it with enough conviction that she almost believe him. Almost. Not that she thought he was lying -- she didn't -- but after years of hearing her mother say it, it was rather stuck in her head."She always told me I didn't help enough. She said if I wasn't helpful, I wouldn't
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"Can we take the ring off without hurting her?" he asked."Tough to say," Anthiel replied. "I've heard if they're on long enough then taking them off will outright kill the person.""Beth said the same thing," Ethan added"So basically," Alana said. "We either risk her life by taking off the ring or condemn her to a life of slavery.""If it were me, I know what I'd pick," Ethan said. "I'd rather die than be forced to do someone else's bidding for the rest of my life."Everyone else agreed except Raklan. "I'd take life; you can always escape if you're alive. You can't do nothing if you're dead."Everyone ignored him."So we're agreed then, we'll take the ring off of her?" Ethan asked. Everyone but Raklan nodded. Raklan was too busy stuffing his face with pickles to answer verbally, but the look on his face made his opinion clear enough."Better sooner than later," Anthiel said.Ethan nodded, wolfed down the last bite of salt pork, and stood up."Serif, Raklan; you're on watch duty," An
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Alana told the whole story of how she had tried to kill her and her friend Ethan a couple times. However, they had figured out she was being compelled, removed the ring and how Ethan had given her some deep mana to save her life."I remember most of that, but it's a little fuzzy," Rachel said. "Isn't Ethan a dragon?"Alana nodded. "Yes, and one of the best men I've ever known.""Thank you for helping me; it would've been a lot easier to just kill me.""We don't do that kind of thing,""I'm glad," Rachel replied. "Could you help me up? I would really like to thank him in person.""Sure thing," Alana said.The wood elf helped her stand and provided a steadying hand to the door of the captain's cabin. Outside, it was a beautiful day. The sun was shining, the air was warm, and the gentle breeze felt amazing. On deck, a steel gray dragon was sparring with a massive blond crewman who was built like a troll or golem.Rachel sat down on deck for a minute's rest and watched them spar until the
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"There, I've said my peace and I'll let it be," Damon said. "I'm going to get some rum, then circle around. You want some?"Falkaan shook his head, and started calculating what it would cost to hire enough mercenaries to eliminate the dragon and the wood elf. He could easily afford it and the bounty would cover the price ten times over.Damon was right, the bounty was too high.He pulled out his spyglass and began looking at the dragon and his airship again. There was something else going on here between the dragon and Lord Delmar. He just wished he knew what it was.* * *Alana threw the last shovel full of guano laden earth into the last barrel. They had spent the better part of a day finding a cave with bats, then the rest of the day mooring the Argo, lowering the barrels down and filling them. Everyone who was part of the operation was sweaty and tired, herself included."That's it," She announced with glee. "Three barrels full of it.""The barrels aren't the only thing that's ful
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A few moments later, Beth came into view. She was wearing a blue dress that accentuated her blue eyes. Her blond hair was done up in a simple bun, but it looked like she had spent some time getting it to look just perfect. Alana suppressed a hint of bitterness that Beth had been doing her hair while the rest of them were quite literally shoveling shit... but her staying behind had been the wood elf's idea.She wasn't used to hard work, didn't having any appropriate clothing, and probably wouldn't have been much help. Or at least those were the excuses. The real reason was she wanted some time with Ethan without Beth around. She was painfully aware that she had literally shoveled shit to get that time."There you are," Beth said to Ethan. "I was wondering where you went.""I was just asking Alana to teach me about enchanting," he said."Can that wait?" Beth asked. "Now that she's feeling better, Rachel is moving out of the captain's cabin and we have some time to kill..."She trailed o
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"Then what is?""Love," Anthiel replied. "Real, true love. Love is commitment, its action; it's what you DO, not what you FEEL. Love is doing what's best for someone else regardless of what you would lose or gain. It's putting someone else and their well-being before your own. It's making a commitment and choice to put the other person first regardless of what happens. That's love. The feelings often go with it, and they grow over time, but that's love at the core. So let me ask you a question.""Okay," Beth said."Has Ethan always put your well-being before his own?" Anthiel asked.Beth thought about Ethan rescuing her from Wulvren, agreeing to marry her to save her life and the lives of her family, then him saving her from Rachel on their wedding night."I think he has," Beth said."And he continues to do so," Anthiel said. "A blind man could see Ethan and Alana are head-over-heels for each other. Yet despite their powerful attraction -- aided by their bond -- both of them have kept
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Unbidden, her one brief glimpse of Ethan's cock came to mind. He was big, even while soft and she knew they got bigger. She wondered what it would be like if Ethan was free to wed her. What would their wedding night be like? How would it feel to have a part of Ethan enter her most intimate depths?Wondering soon led to imagining.Imagining led to more rubbing.Idly, she wondered what Ethan was doing to Beth right now. He was probably already inside of her. He probably was thrusting back and forth inside of Beth as untold amounts of bliss coursed through her.Alana's mind protested and her emotions shrugged, but her body responded edging closer to an orgasm as she imagined herself in Beth's place. She imagined that Ethan -- her Ethan -- made tender love to her for hours on end. She imagined their bodies spending hours proclaiming their love without words.She wanted it so badly.If only.She imagined him spraying his potent seed into her fertile womb. She shuddered as she imagined what
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The dragon in him longed to take both Alana and Beth to bed at the same time. The dragon wanted to force them to pleasure each other and then himself, before he impregnated them both. He tried to clear his mind, but the dragon wouldn't let it go. He didn't either, but he was getting a slightly painful case of blue balls; or rather blue ball -- singular.His dragon side relented.Shaking his head, he got up and walked out of the captain's cabin.It was early morning and the sun had just risen behind some clouds in the east. The deck was deserted, except for Anthiel and Rachel. Anthiel was playing an instrument up on the quarterdeck near the ship's wheel. Rachel was staring listlessly out into space at the front of the ship. At least, it looked like she was staring. Her flame-colored hair made it hard to tell from the back."Penny for your thoughts," Ethan said after walking up to her."What's a penny?""It's a tiny copper coin from my home," Ethan said."Home," Rachel repeated the word
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