Riding My Dragons (The Dragons Of Tellus #1)

CHAPTER 22

Jenna

There were questions and more questions.And for Cade, there were consequences.

The first thing that happened was that Byron called in some unnamed favors from some legal-eagle dragons that he and his family knew.They got immediately on Cade’s case; and also came to the aid of Elliot, Uncle Neal, and the other members of the Intercross who came to help me.The Gorgonites claimed that the reason I was in their headquarters was that I had come with the Intercross to help them vandalize their headquarters.They claimed it was a case of religious persecution during the Reaffirmation.I told my side of the story and Byron’s lawyer friends got it argued away as a case of one side’s word against the other.I, who had been kidnapped and was in danger for my life, was actually put on probation as a first offender, along with my uncle.This raised concerns with Byron and Elliot because of earlier arguments that they had brought up about people looking at my background too closely.Byron made sure his friends were watching the authorities while they kept their eyes on Uncle Neal and me, which made me just a little less nervous.

Elliot’s story was spun so that he looked like a hero who had come to Reptos, curious about the Reaffirmation holiday, and found the “vandalism” going on.According to his account, he had helped to break up the “rowdy” behavior going on at the townhouse.The Constables bought his story because he was, after all, a Scaler sports hero and some of them were his fans.It was another thing about Tellus that was so much like Earth, but in this case the bias in favor of a well-known and popular athlete who had never had a brush with the law came in handy.

Meanwhile, Nidaag went to the press and played up the “religious persecution” angle to the hilt, claiming that he and his people had come under attack from outsiders who hated their beliefs, their spirituality, and their way of life.He played the victim beautifully and the media took the story of Nidaag being a “victim” and flew with it.The Gorgonites, except for Nidaag, retreated into the background, letting him speak for them.Whenever and wherever he appeared, Nidaag was always in dragon form, never seen as a human.Some people found this suspicious, but Nidaag of course waved off their questions, once again citing his beliefs about Scalers being the “chosen ones” of Gorgonos.Religion makes an excellent shield and a very useful hiding place.

The whole situation came down hardest on poor Cade.There was evidence against him, after all, for the warehouse theft.His cousin Ross and his other relatives, who had gotten him into this damn dangerous mess, actually stepped up for him, sending in their own lawyers to take over his case from Byron’s team.But Cade resented his family now.After what they’d put him up to and what they’d put him through, he wanted nothing more from them.He wanted to break all ties with them and relied on the lawyers that Byron got him instead.I felt so bad for Cade, since this would mean bad feelings between him and his “scales and blood” for years to come.But I understood his decision.Cade ended up with a brief cage sentence, which came with a warning that any further arrests would mean a longer time behind bars.Cade took his sentence bravely and a little proudly, knowing that what he would go through now would give him the chance to create another life for himself when it was over.Elliot, Byron, and I promised to stand by him, and we all looked forward to his release, when we’d all have a proper celebration.And we all knew what that would mean.

Meanwhile, in exchange for sentences of “time served” for their members who had been involved in this mess, the Intercross surrendered the real Scaler Legion data box which they had switched for the bogus one that Cade had given the Gorgonites.The Intercross had people in law enforcement at different levels who would discreetly watch what was done with that box and find out what the authorities did with it and what they learned from it.They and Uncle Neal were still concerned that the box might contain what Neal described to the guys.If it was true, the Gorgonites would be sure to come up with some other plan to steal it.That meant the future of Tellus was still in a shadow of possible danger.

As the proverbial dust settled, Uncle Neal and I were happy to see each other again.But the whereabouts of his brother, my father, was still a troubling mystery.

Alone in my room at the dorm, we decided to check on the domain ring that was the other most important piece of technology in the world.I kept Daddy’s invention in a faux-leather sleeve.I kept the sleeve stuck firmly to the inside top of a drawer chest in my dorm room closet.While Uncle Neal waited, I went to the closet, opened that top drawer, and felt for that hidden piece of precious cargo.Carefully, I pulled it out and showed it to him.

The ring was a polished piece of metal, measuring about the circumference of a basketball hoop back home.With Nidaag so suspicious of my origins, I’d been worried that he might have sent someone to sneak in and search for the means by which I’d traveled from Earth to Tellus.But that hadn’t happened, probably because after the warehouse break-in, security on campus had been tightened.This was not our only domain ring.Uncle Neal had one of his own, and Daddy, wherever he was, had one as well.The Intercross, in their secret explorations of Earth, had used tech of their own to make the trip.

Uncle Neal reminded me, “You just remember, if things ever get too dangerous here, your father and I expect you to use that to get home.Even if it means you give us up.”

“I would never give up either one of you,” I argued.“You and Daddy are all that I have.”

With a skeptical raise of an eyebrow and curl of his lip, Neal responded, “Are we, Jenna?The way things seem to look right now, I’m not so sure.”As I returned the ring to its sleeve and shut both the drawer and the closet, he said, “Jenna, we haven’t really had a chance to talk about your friends.”

Facing him again, I repeated, “My…friends…”

“Elliot and Byron and Cade.We haven’t talked about how…close…you seem to be with them.”

”They’ve been good to me, Uncle Neal.They’ve been the best to me of anyone I’ve met since I’ve been here.”

”Yes,” he said, folding his arms, “I get the impression that they’ve all been very…’good’...to you.And you care about them quite a bit.”

”They care about me, Uncle,” I said.

”I see that,” he said calmly, not seeming to judge, at least openly.But then he added, “Jenna, you were an innocent young girl back home.Now you’ve come here, you’ve grown from being in this place, in this world.I see how you’ve grown.You’ve become a young woman, Jenna.But you’re still nineteen years old.I can’t help still seeing you as my brother’s little girl.And these three Scalers…”

“Elliot is a famous man,” I reminded him.“He’s good and he’s kind and he’s responsible.”

”And he’s also, what, twenty-five?” he reminded me.“You’re nineteen and he’s twenty-five, Jenna.And the other two are about the same age…”

“Byron is from one of the most respected families, Uncle.And Cade…all right, Cade I know what kind of a spotty reputation he has, but he’s not a bad guy.Or a bad dragon.None of them are bad.And look at what they all did to look out for me.Look at Cade now, caged up after helping me.They’ve taken huge risks for me.They’ve actually fought for me.I know they’re older, but they’re not using me.It’s not like that.”

”Maybe it’s not like that,” Neal said.“But sweetheart, I have some idea of how it actually is, and…”He paused, being careful.“Back home you never had a boyfriend, did you?Or at least you didn’t have a boyfriend that you were…A boyfriend that you…”Words were failing him, but I knew exactly what he meant.“Jenna, a young man has expectations.And a young man that age expects those expectations to be fulfilled.And this isn’t just one young man, honey.This is three young men.Do you understand what I mean?”

”And you think it’s something that I can’t handle?Is that what you’re saying?”

”What I’m saying is that unless something happened between the time your father and I came here and the time you followed us, it sounds as if you’ve gone from not having that kind of relationship with a boy to having that kind of relationship with…”Again, he couldn’t finish his sentence.He was floundering and I couldn’t help feeling a little hurt, even knowing that he was right.Since meeting the guys, I had suddenly gone from nothing to everything, three times over.How could my uncle not be concerned?

Finally, he said, “I’m not only thinking of the way I see you.There’s also your father.”

”Who neither of us have seen in so long,” I said.“He has no idea what I’ve done or what I’ve been through, trying to find him.Or what kind of friends I have.”

“We don’t know that,” said Neal.“Wherever he is, we can’t be sure what your father knows or doesn’t know.”

I said, “Well, if he were with us now, he’d have to accept that I’ve grown up, just like you have.”

Uncle Neal shook his head, now both concerned and a little frustrated.“Sweetheart, is this…are they…what you really want?Is this the kind of thing you really think you need?A nineteen-year-old girl and those three?And what about your future?”

”We don’t know what the future is,” I said.“We won’t know ‘til we get there.And I still want answers about Daddy.I still want to see him, wherever he is.”

“I understand that,” said Uncle Neal.“And he is your father.When we find him, I hope he’ll understand.”

”Daddy is a brilliant man, just like you.He can understand all kinds of things–just like you.Uncle, you do understand…?”

He put his hands gently on my shoulders and said, “I understand that I want you to be happy.”

“They make me happy, Uncle.And they’ll always look out for me.Just like you will.”

Uncle Neal pulled me close and wrapped me up in a hug whose warmth I cherished as much as I did him.

The school semester ended, and the summer break began.Cade’s release coincided with the end of the term.We’d all been visiting him during his time in the cage and kept up his spirits the best we could.Byron invited Cade to come stay with him while sorting out his life.

That, of course, meant it was time for the four of us to have a very happy, private celebration.

The four of us made ourselves naked.I stood near the foot of Byron’s bed, admiring the three incredible guys who had come to mean so much to me and brought me so much joy and happiness—especially, at the moment, the one who had been away for so long.My Cade.My Elliot.My Byron.My three heroes.They weren’t even touching me—yet—but still I felt warmed just knowing how much the three of them wanted me.And by how much they were showing their desire with the eager length and stiffness they all had down below.

In the middle of them, however, was Cade, eyeing me with wonderfully pent-up young dragon lust on his handsome, goateed face.Holding out one hand to him, I said, “Welcome home, Cade.”

He reached me with one step, took me tightly in his arms, and sealed his lips to mine in a kiss filled with all the desire that had gone unfulfilled in him.“Good to be back,” he said.

Cade was as cocky as ever.And from what now pressed and throbbed against my pubes and abdomen, the emphasis was on “cock.”

”You’re first,” I told him, pecking his lips.

“Fuck yeah,” he said, pecking mine in return.

I whooped and giggled a little as he lifted me bodily from the floor and spilled both of us backwards onto the bed.We both climbed up the bed until we reached the pillows and I lay my head down.Cade went for my breasts, kissing them all over while reaching below to feel the wetness of my pussy, tickling my moistened folds.At the same time, Byron and Elliot joined us on the bed.Elliot snuggled up beside us and kissed my lips and slipped his tongue into my mouth while Cade’s tongue circled one of my nipples.Byron kissed his way along my neck and shoulders while caressing my thigh and hip.And so, the reunion of our foursome began.

Cade traveled with his licking tongue and sucking mouth across my bosom, between my breasts, and down my body.I opened my thighs in anticipation.Soon he’d made his tingling way through my thatch of pubes and onto the glistening entrance to my sex.He licked and sucked at my pussy lips, taking his own good time after all the time he’d missed in bed with me.He darted his tongue in and out of my passage and slipped his way up to my clit to serve the part where he could excite me the most.All this pleasure I received while also having Elliot suck my one nipple and Byron the other.Soon the three of them had me quivering and squirming, bombarded by delight, until I released the long and feverish moan of my first orgasm for the night.

Unable to wait another instant for what he wanted most of all, Cade brought himself up on his knees and braced my thighs around his hips.His friends moved off to give him full access to me, and with one smooth, sure movement, Cade slid his hard and pulsing cock deep into my pussy.He set himself down on top of me and started to pump, hard and fast and deep, moaning desperately as he went.Each thrust inside me was the release of his too-long-denied need to have his prick inside me.I kissed him over and over again; all over his face, neck, and shoulders, and tightened my thighs rhythmically around him, telling him that my body truly was his home, as it was now home to Elliot and Byron.I would give of myself to the three of them as much as they would ever want.

“Fuck me, Cade.That’s it; fuck me,” I whispered lovingly at him, rejoicing at the urgent sliding of his needy cock inside me, expressing my equal need for him, which extended to all of them.Cade puffed and moaned madly while pumping my pussy with relentless vigor, penetrating me deeply and letting himself be taken over by the joy of finally fucking me again after so long without me.

Even though he’d been deprived of my pussy for so long and was so excited to be humping me again, he didn’t come too soon.He made it last, going on and on, while his friends watched, caressing my thighs from either side while Cade went on beating himself deep inside me.His puffing turned to an almost sobbing passion from having once more what he’d been too long denied.After taking his punishment, my pussy was Cade’s reward for his risk and sacrifice, and I was overjoyed to yield myself up to him.When he came at last, holding his cock all the way inside me and letting me receive the warm, thick stream of his cum, he bellowed as if it were his dragon self on top of me, proud and satisfied.My hands moving up and down his back while he lowered his face to mine in an orgasmic kiss were his sign that he was all the way home.

After pulling out of me, Cade switched places with Byron, who fucked me with an eager passion of his own.After Byron poured his own cream into my pussy, he moved down the bed and let me welcome Elliot—my first and perhaps my favorite and my best, though I truly loved them all.Elliot, who had fought for me so bravely in Reptos and brought me out of danger; who I knew would always be my greatest champion, my fiercest protector.He mounted me and moved his cock into me, bearing down and pinning me to the bed, fucking me hard, with a power and a passion that told me that my sex would always belong to him and his to me.His coming, the outpouring of his seed deep inside me, was one more expression of the unbreakable bond that I now shared with him and his friends.We were four who had become one.

My three dragons went on for hours, as they always did and always would.I went down on them and feasted on their cocks and balls, and they continued taking turns mounting and fucking me, long into the night.Somewhere between night and the break of dawn, I lay propped up on the pillows with Elliot’s head on my bosom, Byron’s head resting on my belly, and Cade lying with one arm across my thighs.All was quiet as they rested from pleasuring me.They would sleep for a while.I would sleep eventually.For now, I would just lie basking in the warmth after their sex as if I were a dragon lying in the sunshine.

Since that day at the beginning of Reconciliation when I first met them, I had gone through so much.If I could go back to that day and see myself as I was then, would I even recognize myself?There was no way to know.All that I could know for sure was that as amazing as the sex with Elliot, Byron, and Cade was, and as much as it had brought to me, the adventure of my life was just beginning.

So much more awaited us, I knew.I would face it without fear:for I was a woman in body and a dragon at heart.

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Enjoy what you read? Then you’ll love book 2 of The Dragons Of Tellus Series.