“Don’t forget about us,” Philit said from behind.

  He reached around and cupped my breasts, readjusting me so I was leaning further back. It only made Philit press deeper inside of me. I whimpered at the pressure, almost hurting, but also so good.

  Zilon claimed my lips, kissing me hard as I rode Landers with Philit at my back. It never felt so right having them all surround me like this. I sped up, ignoring the burn in my thighs. The pleasure exploded all around me, Zilon swallowing my scream as he sucked on my tongue. I thought I was going to come down from it, but Philit reached out and tweaked my clit and right nipple at the same time, sending me over again.

  “Fuck!” Landers sounded like he was in pain as hotness swept through me.

  He came, bucking under me. His hands dug into my hips as he grunted. Landers moved his own hips to slam into me one last time as he knotted, stretching me further.

  I groaned, trying to draw in breath as all of me tightened again. Philit was relentless and drew out another orgasm from me. By the time it was over, and I could regain any kind of control over my jelly body, I was on my side with Landers in front of me, holding me while he waited for his knot to disappear.

  Someone skirted behind me, pulling me against them as they cupped a breast, playing with my nipple.

  “Keep doing that, and I won’t be able to get out of her,” Landers warned.

  “I can’t keep my hands off her,” Zilon whispered, nipping at my neck as he pushed his hips forward so I could feel his cock against my ass.

  I whined, wanting more still. It wasn’t enough. I hadn’t had enough.

  “Looks like she needs to be fucked in oblivion,” Philit said, standing over us—also naked—his cock standing tall from a light dusting of dark, curly hair at the base.

  My mouth practically filled with saliva at the thought of his cock. I drank him in.

  Landers finally slipped out of me, leaving me feeling too empty. I whimpered, but then Zilon turned me so that I faced him. He lifted my leg up and thrust inside of me. I groaned, my pussy clamping around him, ready for more.

  Someone slipped behind me and touched my asshole. I tensed as he pressed a finger in.

  “I’ve been wanting to play with this hole for too long,” Philit said into my ear before gently biting my earlobe and then kissing along my neck, sucking on the skin, turning my sensitivity level up a notch.

  Zilon continued to pump inside of me in slow movements that played with that spot deep inside of me, making me feel wild. He teased it relentlessly with his gentle prodding.

  “Harder,” I gasped, only to tense when Philit pushed his finger deeper into my ass.

  “Relax,” Philit said. “We got you. We’ll fill you from both sides until you're full.”

  I pushed back against his finger, making Philit grunt. His raspy, warm breath against the back of my neck sent shivers dancing down my spine. The pressure he created in my ass was different, but it was a nice different.

  I liked it.

  “That’s right,” he said.

  “Damn. Every time you pump into her ass, she clenches around me,” Zilon said, his jaw tensed as he gritted his teeth, looking pained.

  The pressure increased as Philit added another finger, slowly stretching me, prepping me. I moaned, my eyes closing as I got lost in the feel of them from both sides. How Philit played with my ass while kissing along my neck and shoulders. How Zilon slowly slipped in and out of me, teasing me while he began playing with my breasts.

  The burning began when he slipped in a third finger.

  “It’s okay,” Philit said. “You’re okay. Just focus on how good you feel. On how even better it’ll be once my cock is in your ass.”

  I whimpered, pressing my ass against his fingers, practically riding it myself while he worked me over.

  “Yes,” Zilon hissed, slamming into me harder. I moaned as the heat in me swirled around faster.

  “Perfect,” Philit said, sucking at my skin and biting it hard. I jerked from the pleasure that warred with the pain of his bite. “You’re ready.” He shifted behind me, removing his fingers, making me feel like something was missing.

  But then it was quickly replaced with the feel of his hard cock. “I got you,” he said, circling his cock around my ass before pressing in.

  I groaned as the pressure was almost too much. It burned, and the pressure went away briefly as Philit pulled back. But then he pushed back inside again, going further. So much further.

  “That’s right, relax for me, baby.” His voice sounded so strained. As he talked, he pressed even deeper in.

  I squirmed, trying to find release from so much pressure. I thought I was about to explode. It was too much. My moving only forced the two of them further inside of me as Zilon continued to relentlessly drive me to the edge. I was held back only by the discomfort of something pushing in my ass.

  Philit began rocking his cock in me slowly from behind and as the burning went away, something new took its place.

  “Oh,” I gasped at the new sensation.

  Philit grunted and pushed in even deeper until I could feel him completely inside of me.

  “So much.” I gasped

  Zilon swore, lifting my leg up higher so he had easier access. He pumped harder now, growing more frantic as he reached his end. Philit did the same, slamming into my ass hard, his breathing ragged.

  “Fuck me,” Landers said off in the distance, but I couldn’t see him, sandwiched between the two men before me.

  “I won’t knot inside of you,” Philit said as he continued to pump into me. “You aren’t ready for that.”

  I wasn’t sure what he meant, I imagine with both of them in me, riding me hard, I was ready for anything. I couldn’t voice my opinion though as my orgasm grew to new heights. I clawed at Zilon as an explosion of pleasure slammed into me, and I clenched hard. Zilon roared as I forced his release into me, his cock expanding until we were locked together.

  Philit had slipped out of me, but my ass felt warm as he released his cum on my ass cheeks instead of inside of me.

  Zilon reached down and played with my clit, drawing another orgasm out of me. It was intense enough that for a moment, my world grew white.

  Everything was blurry for a long time as a body curled around me, their heat becoming my heat. Zilon’s cock twitched inside of me as it uncoiled and spread through me, but he didn’t move but still held me tightly against him. His heart hammered in his chest.

  Zilon sat us up so I was in his arms, my legs around his waist, my head tucked into his neck. His scent was intoxicating, and I dozed off again.

  “Damn, that look on her. I want to make sure she has that look on her face more often,” Landers whispered. “Like she’s been thoroughly fucked.”

  “It means we did our job taking care of her,” Philit said, also using a softer voice.

  I whined, forcing my eyes to blink open. I couldn’t fall asleep here. And could I even fall asleep if I was already sleeping and this was the dream?

  That was a sobering thought that completely woke me up. I pulled away from Zilon, realizing he was no longer inside of me, but just cradling me close like he had so many times when we were hiking our way to the academy and the nights were too cold for me to handle.

  “This is just a dream? Can’t it be real?” I asked in a tired voice. “I want this to be real.”

  “Oh, this is real. It may be in a different realm, but it doesn’t make it any less real,” Zilon said.

  “I don’t want to go back there,” I admitted, holding onto him tightly, my body shaking. “I really don’t want to go back there.”

  “We should have left when we had the chance,” Philit said, sounding tired. “She’s right. We can’t stay there. Captain was pissed too when he realized we weren’t gone.”

  “What do you mean?” I asked, finally lifting my head to look at him.

  They all looked at each other briefly. “After they bound our wings, they took us to holding cells for the night. Captain Corniz paid us a visit and practically ripped us a new asshole,” Landers said.

  Zilon sighed. “Basically, he was pissed we didn’t take the chance to leave. Apparently, he and his mate cooked something up to give us the chance. And we failed to know that despite all the signs. We were gathered during a shift change, making it easier to slip through security. And we only knew that because we heard guards nearby talking about it. Now that I think about it, they were a little loud about it. Obvious in hindsight.”

  “Hindsight is a bitch,” Landers said.

  “So they wanted us to escape?” I asked.

  Philit reached over and gently pulled me into his lap, wrapping his arms tightly around me. No one said anything about the switch, and I definitely didn’t mind as I buried myself into him. I hadn’t had as much time with him as I’d wanted. He’d fought our connection harder than anyone else, and he had been so furious when we first bonded. That seemed to have gone away since all I felt from him was contentment. He liked having me in his arms as much as I liked being there.

  He rubbed his hand along my thigh, making me tingly again.

  “They don’t want us near the king,” Philit finally said. His hand went a little high and I stiffened. That had him freezing too, and I almost whimpered at the loss of his hand. He cleared his throat and whispered to me. “I’d love nothing more than to put you on your knees and fuck you senseless in that pretty, little ass of yours, but we need to focus. There’s no telling how much time we have left together.”

  “The king is a fucking creep. He said he wanted me to choose him,” I said.

  That got a round of furious growls, even Philit’s chest shaking against my back.

  “Who the hell does he think he is?” Philit snarled, taking me by surprise.

  He wrapped his arms back around me, pulling me even closer against him until all of my backside was hot from the heat between us.

  “Uh, the king,” I said.

  None of them were impressed with my response. Neither was I, frankly.

  “We need to figure out how to get out of here,” Landers said.

  He glanced at Philit before pulling me into his lap. Philit seemed like he wanted to keep me in his lap, but after a slight hesitation, he let me go.

  “How can we do that when we can’t even contact Rayna through our bond? It’s like everything is blocked off somehow.”

  “So it isn’t broken?” I asked.

  “Does this feel broken to you?” Landers said as he ran his hand down my arm, sending sparks through me. I moaned against the touch, responded easily to him. “That’s what I thought.”

  “But Coral said—”

  “Fuck what she said. We all heard about her. Even the other dragons are talking,” Landers growled. “If she tries to touch you again, punch her face in and rearrange it. Don’t shy away from her.”

  “No, don’t do that.” Philit sighed. “Rayna’s supposed to be keeping her head down. Besides, she apparently already did that and got whipped for it.”

  “She needs to fucking protect herself,” Landers snapped back. “They need to realize Rayna isn’t a doormat.”

  They went back and forth like that, arguing over how I should deal with Coral. The more they talked, the more it sounded like I was entering a tunnel, their voices becoming distant.

  “Rayna!”

  I snapped my eyes open and found myself staring up at Aylia.

  “Class, we need to go now. I let you sleep as long as I could, but we shouldn’t be late,” she explained.

  “Good idea,” I mumbled.

  It took a bit, but I was able to get out of bed. Aylia even had my uniform ready. At least the academy had replaced the one they destroyed. As I moved, I realized I still felt that soreness in my body, just like in my dream. Like my real body was the one that got fucked senseless. It made me smile, even as my cheeks heated up.

  “We have to get going; today is our first riding lesson.”

  My eyes widened. “What?”

  Aylia grabbed my hand and pulled me out of our dorm room. “Our first riding lesson is today. Everyone is hush hush about what we’re going to do. No one has any dragons yet. Everyone thinks that today, they’ll start pairing us off to see if anyone is our mate. Apparently, everyone in our class will be there with all the unmated dragons.”

  That got me excited and got me moving faster. My guys were close. I’d get to see them after not truly being near them for the past three days.

  “Where do you think you’re going?”

  I bit back a groan as we turned to face Coral. She’d been quiet the last couple of days, but apparently, it was too much to ask her to remain that way.

  “To class,” I said.

  “I told you to stay away from the dragons. They don’t need you,” Coral said, stepping close enough to get into my personal space. “And it isn’t like you get to pick your dragon anymore.”

  I shoved her away from me, my skin feeling like there were creepy crawlies all over with her so close. “What the hell are you talking about?”

  Coral shrugged, not phased by my reaction. She slipped by, going out to the training grounds without looking back.

  Chapter

  Sixteen

  Everyone was gathered in the middle of the massive field with the dragons around us in a big circle. A small stage was set up, just big enough to fit a couple of people. At the top of it, Captain Corniz stood front and center with a harsh gaze as he waited. Tanja stood slightly behind him.

  While we waited, I glanced around the field and tried to get a peek at any of my guys, but there were so many of us that I was having trouble seeing over heads or around the stage. And I still couldn’t sense them like I should have been able to. It did feel like we were closed off from each other. Was that because of whatever the academy had used to bind their wings? Was there something out there that could block a connection?

  My stomach dropped at that. If they could block a connection, then what stopped them from breaking it?

  Slowly the whispers died down as it became evident that Captain Corniz was about to start. The constant silence stretched out awkwardly until the students shared uncomfortable glances with each other. Then, he finally started, making some of us jump with how his voice seemed to echo across the field. I could hear him as clearly as if I were standing right in front of him.

  “Today you’ll be testing your compatibility with the dragons. Some of you will find your mates. Others will not. Be prepared. Those who have dragons will advance through to the next lessons involving the riding lessons, while the others will remain on standby until they do find their dragons. You’ll still be part of the lessons, but as observers if you do not have a dragon.” Captain Corniz paused for a moment, and when no one said anything, he continued. “Pairing is a special moment between dragon and rider. You’ll become one, connecting on not just a physical level but also a mental one. Prepare yourselves, and when the bond happens, open yourself up to it. If you fight it, it can become painful. If you let it happen, it can become a special moment that you’ll remember for the rest of your life.”

  Captain Corniz glanced at Tanja, who was smiling at him softly. For a moment, I swore his expression softened too, but then he turned back to us and was back to looking like he’d prefer to eat nails than talk to us.

  “No one here gets to actively choose who their dragon is. If you are meant to be together, it will happen naturally. And like how you don’t get to choose your dragon, it is the same with the dragons. They don’t get to actively choose you either. Our dragon sides are picky, and they will ultimately make that decision.”

  A hand shot up and someone bravely asked, “So their dragons are the ones to choose? Not them exactly? Are dragons separate?”

  Captain Corniz visibly grew agitated at the interruption, his expression becoming hard as he glared at the student. His wings shifted behind him, and his tail whipped around agitatedly.

  Tanja reached out and touched Captain Corniz’s arm, and he relaxed.

  “Correct,” he growled out. Murmurs broke out briefly, but the captain’s glare had them all stopping before anyone could really say anything. “Dragons are us, and we are our dragons, but there is a part of them we don’t get to touch, just like there is a part of us they don’t get to touch, so while we are one and the same, we are also not. That is why our human selves do not get to choose our dragons. If this confuses your simple minds, then think of it like this, our instincts are at work here. And the same is for you as riders too. This moment is all instinctual, as the dragon and the rider inside of us searches for the most compatible partner. That is why you get one mate, and if you fuck it up, if you go against that bond between you and your mate, then you are as weak as a human. Never try to break your bond with your mate. Treasure what you have. Build up that bond. The stronger the bond, the stronger you will be.”

  The more the captain talked, the more I realized how impossible my situation really must have sounded. If that were the case, then I should have had only one mate. After I’d bonded with Philit, it should have been over. Instead, that beautiful moment happened two more times with Zilon and then forcefully with Landers. I definitely didn’t ask for my bond with Landers. He took that choice out of my hands. But now, I wouldn’t want it any other way. They were mine.

  Mine.

  That felt so right on tongue and in my mind.

  “We don’t have much time, so be prepared. For the remainder of class, we will focus on you finding your mates. We will split you all evenly among our dragons, and one by one, you’ll climb on their back and see if the connection occurs. Once you try to bond with a dragon, you’ll rotate to the next one.”

  “How will we know?” a girl asked.

  Tanja snickered as she stepped forward, playfully bumping into Captain Corniz's side. “Trust me, you’ll know.”

  I thought about how I was impaled by the spine on their backs, and that had me snickering. Tanja’s gaze met with mine, and for a moment, we had that inside joke. We both knew exactly what was about to transpire, but apparently, they weren’t going to share that with the crowd. Everyone was in for a not-so-little surprise.

 

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