A Pet for the Dragons

161.

ZORGE

"I cannot believe this is happening," I couldn't help but comment while I helped Arika get dressed. Radrox sat by the window, deep in his thoughts. He didn't respond to me. "We'd been trying to hide her all this time,"

"I should've done this sooner," Arika sighed as I loosely tied the back of her dress to let her breathe. Even though she had been given the heat subduing potion, she was still burning with heat.

I couldn't help but touch her. I wanted to do more than just touch her. I wanted her around my knot while my cock pulsed deep inside her, filling her womb with my seed. I was finding it harder to control myself.

I could tell that Ariak's heat also affected Radrox, but he was doing a better job of hiding it than I was. I wrapped my arms around her waist and pulled her closer, burying my face in her neck and taking a deep breath.

Her intoxicating scent was thicker and more potent, making my mouth water and my body tense with sexual need. The small moan that escaped Arika's lips didn't help at all.

I scraped my canines against her soft skin, tempted to break it and give her more of my venom to claim her once more before leaving, but before the thought could overpower my mind, I pulled back.

Arika huffed in disappointment at the loss of contact, but I ignored it. Radrox's eyes were on us, dark and simmering with heat. I could tell what he was thinking about. If anything, it pained me more because it was a reminder...

Today might be our last day together.

This created an urgency in me. I wanted to be united with Arika for the last time. I wanted to spend every second with her to breathe her in, to memorise every feature of her so I wouldn't forget about it even in my next life. But all this only added to my grief.

We'd lose her soon, no matter what. Our fates had been decided.

"No," I growled. "No," I wrapped my arms around her and held her closer this time, not wanting to let her go.

"Let's get done with it already before my adrenaline wears off. I'm starting to feel anxious. My stomach's cramping," Arika said, sounding restless and tired. She looked exhausted, too. I felt even more strongly that she shouldn't go anywhere near Mavie.

"I don't want Mavie near you again," I told her. "She did this to you, and she wants us away from you,"

"I have to talk to her, Zorge," Arika pressed. "Please... or we'll run away or something. I've been on the run for almost my entire life. We can manage. My ship is big enough to fit you all in it as long as you don't pick silly fights with Ivret. We all will be in the middle of the sea where no one can find us. I have an island of my own where I go to hide when shit gets real. We all can build a life there and live there together. We will have a..." she trailed off as her voice broke.

I held her tighter while Radrox rose to wipe her tears. A tense silence drenched the room. I could feel Arika's turmoil. Although she sounded confident about doing this, she was scared from the inside.

She could put up a facade for my brother and Ivret, but not me. I could read her well now. I could feel her desperation for us, her desire fuelled by the heat, and her disappointment at not being claimed in the heat. I could feel everything, and it was driving me mad already.

To think that I wouldn't be able to feel these things through her felt terrifying. To not feel Arika would mean to go numb forever. The thought was already maddening in itself. I didn't want to imagine how torturous it would be when we would be away forever.

"Fuck this. We're just wasting time. Let's get this done already. If she says no, we need time to run," Arika said, and to my surprise, Radrox chuckled a bit. It was very unlike him.

For a moment, I wondered if it was because this place had finally started to claim his sanity, but then I saw a tinge of hope in his eyes. For the first time in years, I felt some optimism in him, which was... concerning as much as it was surprising.

Maybe... this could work out. I wanted to be hopeful, but I decided against it. If Radrox was choosing to be optimistic, then I needed to be the cautious one. Usually, it was the opposite, but this situation made us act differently. We were out of our element today, which didn't suit me.

I bred a certain kind of uncertainty that I hated the most because it made it difficult for me to read people and predict their next move. These kinds of disruptions were the biggest downside of my skill.

"I don't feel good about this," I said, expressing concern. And I don't want you around her. I want you to be far, far away from her. " I waited for my brother to add to this, but he remained quiet. He was oddly calm in a situation like this, which bothered me even more.

I cocked an eyebrow at him when our eyes met briefly, but he didn't respond.

"We'll be far, far away from her once we're done with this," Arika assured us, but I wasn't buying it.

"Yeah, as if she would just let us walk away like that," I gritted. "Brother, are you sure about this? " I had to ask because I couldn't believe Radrox was allowing this. "This could be dangerous for her again. Mavie could take her away, and who knows what she'd ask of us in return for our stay,"

"We've risked enough by coming here. A little more wouldn't make a difference,"

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