The Selection: Bride Of The Dark Dragon

LARA

He was looking at me with obvious fury in his eyes. At first. But then he probably noticed the tears on my cheeks and the dark magic disappeared from his pupils.

“Lara?” he stepped closer. Carefully, as if he was afraid to scare me off. Which was funny, really, we already knew that a dragon could catch me easily.

“Demir!” I threw the wings away and run into his arms, bursting out in tears. He stilled for a few seconds and then I felt his arms wrapping around me. It was a tight and warm embrace and Goddess knew, I didn’t want anything else at this moment.

“What happened?” he started placing soft k****s at the tip of my head, “Tell me, Lara… Who gave you these wings?”

I sighed as I did not want to give away the gerdian princess.

“They were on my bed when I came back from my walk,” I chose my words carefully as I didn’t really want to lie to him. And luckily, he didn’t ask any more questions about it.

“And they made you sad?” he asked with a slight hope in his voice.

“No,” I shook my head and looked at him, “Demir, I found out something today. And this something is bothering me.”

“Tell me,” he asked as he lifted me in his arms and took me to the bed. He sat on the edge of it and placed me on his lap carefully and then cupped my chin, making me look at him.

“I was told,” I tried to swallow the lump that formed in my throat, “that gerdians can’t have children with just anyone.”

I looked at him but he didn’t deny it and I felt my heart breaking into million pieces.

“They say that except for other gerdians, only certain girls can have your children,” I tried to turn away from him as I felt embarrassed to even talk about it, “The ones whose bodies can accept dark magic…”

“That’s true,” Demir admitted and I wanted to cry again, but instead I turned to face him and met a pair of laughing eyes. It was fun for him. He didn’t even try to hide it.

“So, what’s the point of you trying to keep me then?” I snapped, “You and I both know very well that I am made of light. Dark magic will never survive in me!”

“Well, maybe I am keeping you for something else,” he smirked and I tried to slap him, but he caught my hand in time and threw me to the bed, immediately pressing me to it with his body.

“I didn’t know you were so eager to give me children,” he pointed out as his lips almost touched mine. Almost.

“Don’t jump to conclusions!” I retorted, “I am just trying to figure out what your sick plan is!”

“Oh, it’s terrible!” he chuckled, making sure that I couldn’t wriggle out from under him, “It’s so sick you’ll be cringed when you find out!”

He was mocking me and I hated him! Goddess, I hated him with every fiber of my soul!

“My sick plan is to marry you, Lara,” he said, making me lose all words, “To make you my Empress and then to live the rest of my life with you, having as many little copies of you and me as possible.”

I couldn’t say if he was serious and because of that, I didn’t know how to react. But, luckily, he helped me out.

“I am not just a gerdian, Lara,” he smiled and brushed his palm over my cheek, “I am a Dragon above everything. And even though I am a Dark Dragon and there is too much dark magic circling in my veins, my dragon part is the strongest in me.”

I wasn’t sure if he was going somewhere with it, so just clenched my lips expectantly.

“You are my soulmate, silly,” he pecked my nose with his lips, “The one and only person for whom I was born. The one and only person I was able to fall in love with… The one and the only person I’ll ever have children with.”

I gasped as this sudden confession and looked at him in shock. But for once his face was serious. He wasn’t joking…

“You…”, I was even afraid to repeat the words.

“I love you, Lara,” he got me without a doubt, “I loved you from the moment I saw you in that cave. Back then I already knew that you are mine. And you will always be mine.”

“And we can have children?” I asked just to make sure, making him chuckle at that.

“As many as you like and as soon as you like,” he nodded, leaning lower… but stopping right before he touched me, “Can I?”

“Yes, please,” I nodded to him through tears that unexpectedly formed in my eyes, and he covered my lips with his for a sweet k**s. But it soon turned into something else completely, with him deepening it greedily and his hands roaming my body. And to my shame, I didn’t mind any of this.

“Mine,” he growled as he started to k**s my neck, giving me new sensations. Demir was clearly experienced and knew all the right places to touch me, making me gasp and m**n from the new sensations. And I don’t stop him…

However, to my greatest disappointment, he breaks the k**s and sits up with a g***n.

“I am sorry,” he mutters, “It gets harder and harder to…”

I knew what he meant. Just a second ago I was ready to give myself to him.

“I’d probably better go,” he stood up and I almost wanted to cry, yet when he turned to look at me, I forced a smile on my face, fixing my dress.

“The wings,” he sighed, looking at his sister’s present for me on the balcony’s floor and rubbing the back of his neck.

“You can have them,” I said, walking there and picking them up. Without thinking twice, I returned to the gerdian in from of me and handed them to him. “I don’t think I need them now,” I smiled, “Will you keep them for me at the moment?”

“It would be my pleasure,” he took them and then grasped my hand and brought my fingers to his lips, kissing them with a promise in his eyes.

“Thanks,” I mumbled, feeling how even the tips of my ears were turning red.

“Lara,” he wasn’t letting go of my hand, “I need to go now… But I… I’ll see you at the masquerade, right?”

“Right,” I bit my l*p and his eyes lingered over it, “Can’t wait.”

“I want you to think about what I told you today,” he got serious suddenly, “At the ball when all masks are off, I’ll have something to ask from you…”

“You will have to find me first,” I smirked, remembering the little trick that I had in mind for the upcoming event.

“I’ll find you even among millions of people,” he promised me confidently.

“Then you have nothing to worry about,” I giggled.

On the day of the masquerade, my maids started to prepare me early. I underwent so many painful procedures that I didn’t even have an idea were so necessary. But when Lisa was done with my make-up and I turned to look at myself in the mirror, I knew – this was the best I ever looked.

“You are going to have so much fun tonight!” Sandra sighed next to me, she was busy making her own face pretty. And just then and there I knew that she was right.

“So are you,” I chuckled and handed her the box with the dress that Demir gifted me for the ball…