“So where are we starting?” Leandra asked after Fox left.
“We need to get your conditioning and strength training up before we get into any hand to hand.”
“We ran this morning. We’re up to six miles,” he said, answering my unasked question.
I nodded, “That’s a lot of progress in a week. Let’s work on strength training today.”
We spent the next week working on Leandra’s strength and conditioning before starting on her hand to hand training. “You’re still leaning too far forward on your left foot,” I said to Leandra as she ran through the drill we had been working on for the fifth or sixth time. I could feel her frustration building and I blew out a breath, “Okay let’s take a break.”
“I might have a fix for the foot thing,” Josie mind linked me before linking me images of a sequence, “If she does this instead, it’ll eliminate the problem completely.”
“That could work,” I said aloud, “Let’s try it out and see if it solves it.”
Josie and I sparred, with Josie in Leandra’s spot and me throwing all that I could at her to test the fix. This was how we usually trained and why we were both nearly unbeatable. Josie did a quick move after which actually threw me off enough Josie could capitalize, “Ha!” She said rolling off of me before turning to Leandra, “If you can just follow up the first sequence with that move, I think you’ll be able to win. You have speed on your side instead of size, but that isn’t a bad thing.”
Leandra nodded, “Can you show me again?”
Josie and I showed the sequence to her a few more times before Leandra took Josie’s place. We ran through it several times with Josie correcting her here and there, and each time Leandra became more and more confident in her movements. “That was great. I think we’ll call it a day,” I put my hands on her shoulders, “I know it’s a lot to learn, but you’ll get there; try not to get discouraged.”
She nodded, “Thank you both for all of your help.”
We worked on many new moves over the next several weeks until finally Leandra and Finley both were ready to fight. Daniel was chatting with Edward when Fox and I walked out to the glacadh field. Daniel’s attention was pulled away as Jace, Finley, Ian, and Leandra walked out onto the field. He shook hands with Edward, and asked Ian to take a walk with him. “I wonder what they’re talking about,” Fox said to me quietly.
“Daniel’s asking Ian to take his rightful place as head warrior,” I whispered.
“Edward’s not taking his place?”
I shook my head, “Daniel asked him, but Edward elected to retire.”
“That had to have been rough.”
I nodded, “But I think he’ll enjoy telling Ian how to do his job. Mona’s going to help until Leandra feels confident enough to take her spot alongside Ian. I think she and Aurelia are going to help with controlling magic while Ian works on hand to hand.”
Fox nodded his head, but didn’t get to respond as Daniel and Ian walked back to the center of the field. “You’re in?” I barely heard Jace ask Ian. Ian nodded with a big smile on his face as they embraced tightly before pulling apart and pressing their foreheads together.
Daniel patted them both on the shoulder, “Cearul and Corvin know to keep it in check?” They both nodded and took a seat alongside Edward and Mona. Fox and I walked over and sat down with them. I gently squeezed Jace’s shoulder as we sat behind him. Daniel called attention to him, “It is customary for royalty to fight glacadh as our dragons are the most dominant in the clan. Although Finley and Jace haven’t mated, Finley is the future queen thus it’s her right to ensure women coming into the clan have the strength required to be in this clan.” He turned to Finley and Leandra, “are you both ready?”
They both nodded and grasped each other’s forearms. Daniel took his seat with us on the sideline as the fight began. Finley faked a left swing, giving way to a hit to Leandra’s stomach with her knee. Leandra took the hit, but shifted her body so Finley only got part of her midsection. Finley struck out again, but Leandra was able to avoid her fist. This time Leandra followed up with a hit of her own, quickly kicking her in her side before stepping back. They circled one another, looking for a weakness. Finley grappled Leandra to the ground. I saw Ian sit forward out of the corner of my eye, but Leandra slipped out of Finley’s hold. She quickly got back to her feet and struck out at Finley once she was back on her feet, landing three quick punches to Finley’s face. The hits stunned Finley long enough for Leandra to grapple her to the ground, but Finley managed to wiggle out of her grip. Finley hit Leandra with a quick combo of punches, stunning her so Finley could grapple her to the ground. Before Finely could get the tap out though, Leandra did a fast reversal to pin Finley. Finley struggled to get out of it until she finally submitted. Leandra released her grip on Finley, and helped her to her feet. They grasped each other’s forearms again, and, like Daniel and Fox after Fox’s glacadh, touched their foreheads together.
Daniel walked over to them as they pulled apart. He pressed his forehead against Leandra’s before pulling back and putting his arm around Leandra’s shoulder, “I present to you Leandra Kazan, Head Warrior of the Storm Dragon Clan.”
The clan stood from where they were seated and put their fists on their chest and bowed before straightening. Ian rushed to Leandra, picking her up and spinning her. Jace embraced Finley, pulling back to hold Finley’s face in his hands. He kissed her forehead and whispered something only they could hear.
As the clan made its way to the feast, Fox and I walked over to where Leandra and Ian were talking to Edward and Mona. “Congratulations!” I said as I hugged Leandra tightly.
“Thank you for all of your help,” she responded.
“I’m happy I could help,” I said with a smile.
Fox gave her a hug and congratulated her, “I’m glad it’s over and that I won.”
Fox chuckled, “I completely understand that feeling.”
We chatted for a little while before joining everyone at the feast. Fox and I spent hours at the feast, dancing, laughing, and chatting with our clanmates. On our way back to our room, Fox had his arm around my shoulder, “Are you ready for the Naval Ball?”
“Alanza says I’m not,” I answered, causing him to chuckle.
“Why does she say that?”
“I haven’t bought a new dress. I told her I was just going to wear one I already have, but she says I need a new one,” I said with a sigh. “It’s so hard to find a dress that covers everything. If it weren’t a human event, I wouldn’t have to worry about it, but most humans don’t know what my scars mean and want to know when they see them.”
As we entered my office, Fox pulled me to him in a crushing hug before pulling back and kissing my forehead, “You will look beautiful in whatever you decide to wear.”
I smiled at him and pulled his lips to mine, kissing him slowly. He tipped my head back slightly, deepening the kiss. I threw the lock on the door as Fox picked me up and pushed me against the door. I wrapped my legs around his waist and my arms around his neck. His hands began moving up my torso beneath my shirt before coming to a stop at the clasp of my bra. After unhooking it, he ran his thumbs over my nipples which were tight, hard peaks. His hands moved back to my ass as he gave it a firm squeeze before walking us into the bedroom. He threw me on the bed and began undressing himself, so I followed his lead and started taking off my clothes too. He stalked toward me, moving over me once he made it to the bed. I laid back onto the bed and wrapped my arms around his neck, trying to bring his lips down to mine.
Fox came down just enough to nip my lips, but wouldn’t come down far enough to kiss me. Niamh let out a whining growl, wanting our mate to kiss us. He chuckled before giving into us and kissing us deeply. He broke the kiss and began moving down my body, kissing and nipping me as he went. After spending some time sucking, biting, and licking my breasts, Fox moved down further down my body. When he finally made his way past my navel, his lips latched onto my clit as he thrashed it with his tongue. A moan slipped out of my lips as he slid a finger into me. My back arched reacting to his fingers’ movement as well as his assault on my clit, and soon I felt my orgasm build. Before my body could fall into bliss, Fox pulled away completely, making me growl.
He reached over me and fumbled around in the bedside table drawer, looking for a condom. Finally he came up with one and quickly slipped it on his dick. He kissed me and pressed his forehead to mine, “Good?”
I smiled and nodded, “Good.”
He thrust into me, causing my back to arch from the sudden intrusion. We laid there for a moment, just breathing in sync before he began moving in and out of me. I felt the orgasm he denied me a moment ago build back up, and as he rubbed my clit, I came hard with a loud moan. He kept fucking me through my orgasm, prolonging it.
He pulled out and away from me, “Hands and knees babe.”
I quickly did as instructed, and he hooked an arm around my waist and thrust into me roughly. He kissed my shoulder before moving in and out of me hard and fast. I moaned loudly as I felt another orgasm building in me. Fox reached between my legs and began rubbing my clit as his own movements became more hurried and less rhythmic.
When he felt me starting to contract around his dick, he rubbed my clit harder. As soon as my orgasm washed over, Fox came with a shout, collapsing on top of me. “Fuck,” is all Fox said, rolling off of me. I chuckled as I wrapped myself around him.
Author: Kailan Counahan 