Dragon Mate

Chapter 4

Lucy stopped at the bar counter and ordered a quick milkshake for take away from Mira. She couldn't stay too long before she needed to get back out there.

It had been a few days since the Guild Gala where Natsu had attacked Sting and then disappeared seemingly without a trace leaving Lucy alone and confused.

Since that evening, or maybe even before that she had started to feel strange. She would break out in cold sweats more often, though Porlyusica said she couldn't find anything that would point to an illness. Still, her muscles seemed to cramp up and she would be raked with fevers and cold sweats more and more by the minute.

The weirdest part was that she felt so wanton that she found herself thinking about jumping her fellow guildmates more than she would have liked. Though that was simply because she couldn't find the person she truly wanted to help ease the heat between her legs.

Natsu's scent had seemed to disappear along with him. None of the other dragons could sniff him out, and not even Happy had seen him since that night.

Sting and Rogue had stayed behind to help the search, though the Master had seemed to limit their involvement quite a bit. Not that Lucy complained. For some reason Sting seemed to want to stick to her like glue. She did suspect it was because he could smell her arousal more prominently than the others. Or maybe the others simply didn't react as badly to her scent as Sting did. Whatever the case may be, Lucy was glad that the master had limited the twin dragon slayer's help in their search. They had also been banned from the guild hall after a fight between Gajeel and Sting broke out because of his obsession with Lucy, so now if the blond wasn't out looking for Natsu, she was holed up in the safety of the guild.

"Still no luck?"

Mira looked at Lucy, worry clearly painted all over her face.

Lucy dropped her head down onto the bar counter, glad for the cool of the countertop that soothed her fever.

"No. I just don't know where to look anymore. And I don't want to venture too far from Magnolia again. Not after what happened yesterday."

She had gone all the way down to Hargeon with Happy's help but could find no sign of Natsu anywhere. Sting had insisted on coming along to help her look, though he had ended up feverish himself. When Lucy had shown her concern for him, he had pushed her up against the wall of an alleyway, his breaths coming in short pants and his eyes crazed as he stared at her neck. It had looked like he had struggled with keeping himself at bay and Lucy herself felt conflicted with her own indecent needs. Though deep down inside of her she knew that Sting was not the guy she wanted. Luckily Happy had rescued her out of the light slayer's clutches and had flown her home before the slayer could do anything else. That's when the master had limited their help. They had been banned from the guild hall soon after.

"Lucy, are you feeling alright?"

Mira's concerned voice drifted to Lucy's ears where she lay spread out with her top half on top of the counter of the bar trying to get as much of the cold to seep into her bones as she could. Mira threw the master a scolding look that went by unnoticed, before she bent back down and frowned at Lucy. She could feel the heat coming off the celestial mage from where she stood.

"Mira, it's so hot in here. And I-I just feel so-"

Lucy stammered, her breathing labored as sweat covered her entire body. Her heart drummed in her ears droning out most of the guild's noise, not that there was much since Natsu had disappeared. no one was in a partying mood with one of their own missing.

She just felt so hot!!

And fucking horny!

Her senses were dulled and all she wanted, all she could think about was Natsu's warm hands on her ass, his breath on her neck as he smelled her scent, his body pressed up against hers. She just wanted him to touch her, to relieve the pain that spearheaded her abdomen.