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Tyrand paced back and forth furiously, his tail lashing behind him like a whip. He flew away from the fight like a coward. His back and leg was still bleeding and sore where he was struck. He growled indignantly with his teeth bared. "I couldn't control myself, Neekay! She was slipping from my paws and I didn't know what to do!"

Neekay lay on his side lazily, resting on top of a rock outside the Alpha's den. The sun shined on his bronze hide and warmed him comfortably as he watched Tyrand pace. He was the Beta, the Alpha's brother and advisor. Tyrand had been gifted with strength while Neekay had been gifted with intelligence.

"If you weren't so bullheaded and simple-minded, you may have actually put some thought into it," Neekay snapped. "Instead, you decided it was best to forcibly mate her, in front of everyone to see no less! You critically wounded her mate and killed one of our own. You can't do that, Tyrand."

The red-scaled dragon sighed angrily and sat down, glaring at his brother with fiery eyes. He could see his disappointment. A dragoness came out of his den with some healing salve and bandages and began to patch Tyrand's wounds. "You don't know what it's like to have every female wanting you, and then have the only one you want deny you, to have everything you've worked for thrown away."

Neekay scoffed and retorted sourly, "I forget how much you suffer." He waved his paw dismissively.

Tyrand hissed with irritation. "She chose a weak fool to be her mate when I am the Alpha! She treated me like I didn't even exist. She didn't give me what I wanted, so I took it right where she was."

"And how was that supposed to help your situation with her?" he asked condescendingly.

Tyrand scowled and laid himself down after his wounds had been covered and the dragoness left. He looked solemnly in front of him. "It won't and I ruined any chance I had with her," he admitted.

"As it should have, you brutish beast!" Neekay hissed. "Do you know the actual impact of your actions?"

Tyrand stared at the ground guiltily. "No..."

Neekay glared at his brother and continued, "You've put us into a situation where there is going to have to be an evenhanded cause for you raping that dragoness and then killing one of our clan members. The word of your horrible actions is spreading like dragonfire."

"Let them talk!" Tyrand jeered. "That defiant bitch deserved punishment, and so did the one that attacked me."

"Punishment is taking a hoard away; punishment is the Sixteen Lashes; punishment is wing-clipping; punishment is not rape or murder! You completely humiliated her, forced her against her will to mate you when she already had a mate--who you could have killed--and you killed one of our own!"

The red dragon glowered at his brown-scaled brother with a snarl."What do you expect me to do? I can't take it back."

Neekay rolled his eyes and sighed with exasperation. "No, but we can justify your means to an end. Tomorrow, you will make a public apology for those still around, explaining your actions and asking forgiveness from them. Then, you will explain what she and her mate did. We can already justify your actions against the green one: he attacked you."

Tyrand looked at Neekay questioningly. "How does that help? Like you said, the punishment has to fit the crime."

"Because, what they really did was something far worse than the rumors made it out to be." Neekay grinned savagely. "She and her mate killed one of your hatchlings."

"How can we say that?"

"They snuck into your den, stole some treasure, and killed one of your hatchlings in spite of you," he replied simply.

"We don't have the proof for that!" Tyrand objected.

"Which is why we'll make the proof," Neekay returned. He had already thought through his devious plan.

Tyrand went silent, thinking and contemplating. "You mean for me to kill one of my hatchlings?" he asked timidly.

"If we want to keep our clan in the state that it is in, yes." Neekay was completely serious; a gleam of malice shone in his golden eyes.

"I- I can't do that," Tyrand stammered. He had caused enough trouble with his rage-induced fit. There was no way he could bring himself to kill his own flesh and blood.

"You don't have to, brother." Neekay stood up and stretched his paws, presenting the sharp, ebony blades he wielded. "I will take care of it."

"No..." he muttered. "There has to be another way!" How could anyone think about striking down their own blood like that?

"This is the only way to prove you're in the right and to keep a strong hold over our clan," Neekay explained. "Your broodmothers were out celebrating, there is no one watching them right now, and they have yet to return. We have to do it while there is still time."

Tyrand lowered his head and covered it with his paws, resenting the fact that he was sentencing his hatchling to die. "Do it," he murmured. Neekay departed and Tyrand lay there, feeling miserable with regret. He raped the mate of his dreams, the only female he felt worthy to bear the eggs of his best hatchlings, and he is letting one of his hatchlings die by his brother's wicked claws. Now what remained for him? A single, somber tear fell down his cheek. For the clan.

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Reesa stood up, feeling her sore muscles complaining painfully, and walked to take a drink from a small, pristine pool of water. Her white claws scraped the hard ground as she dragged herself lazily there. Tyrand had ravaged her body to the point that it still hurt terribly to sit and it was uncomfortable to lay down, even after a couple of days. Her neck was covered in a single bandage where Tyrand's vicious teeth penetrated her body. She was with Koru, who was bandaged and sleeping in another room, and they were at a den that belonged to a pair of mates from another clan. They were cared for by the two black-scaled mates that saved them.

"Are you feeling any better, Reesa?" The ebony dragoness, Eeve, asked politely, walking into the chamber with her black claws clacking against the stone. "Koru is getting better and could wake up any day. Don't you wish to see him?"

Reesa didn't acknowledge her. She only stared at her own haunting reflection. She saw her dead-eyes staring back. The verdant color of green that once filled her eyes with cheerfulness had faded from her irises, leaving a depressing, grey hue instead. Her memories returned to torture her all over again. Tears fell into the pool before she blinked and looked away, whimpering. The black dragoness came over to her immediately, hugging her with comforting, ebony wings.

Reesa pushed her away and faced the opposite direction of her. Her tail twitched irritatingly back and forth. She sniffled and sobbed, isolating herself from the caring company.

"I'm here for you," The black dragoness consoled and placed a gentle paw on her shoulder. Reesa growled and shook it off. She lay down, burying her head beneath her paws. The ebony dragoness laid herself next to her. "Just talk to me. It's been two days since you've eaten." Reesa ignored her, continuing to weep to herself. Eeve was persistent. "Your mate's wounds are healing, but it will take some time. They were numerous and deep. Sleeping will increase his recovery rate," she explained, hoping the dragoness was listening. "Bry is an expert in healing, and he will take good care of Koru."

"Why didn't you let me die?" Reesa asked gravely in a somber monotone, her motionless eyes staring directly in front of her.

Eeve was at a loss for words. She wanted to reply, but couldn't find the right thing to say.

Reesa's lifeless eyes stared into Eeve's bright, crimson eyes maliciously. "Kill me. Give back what wasn't yours to take!" She stood up threateningly with her teeth bared in a snarl.

"Reesa, please!" The black dragoness shouted and stood up to meet her. Eeve's warm, red eyes looked at her sincerely and sternly, seeming to speak her mind without using words. She didn't back down. Tension quickly rose between them. Reesa was edgy and prepared to strike. Eeve stood there calmly, using her eyes as her only defense.

"We saved you because it was the only right thing to do," she stated firmly. She turned around and flaunted her hind-end. "You will thank us later." With that said, she left the room.

Reesa huffed and sat down, feeling pain immediately shoot up her spine like an arrow. She angrily cursed and carefully laid herself down.

The red-scaled dragoness spent the entire week in isolation, not touching a single scrap of food. She never left the room. Eeve and Bry often tried to reach out and console her, but her vicious obstinance turned them away every time.

At the end of the week, Eeve entered the chamber to announce the good news. "Koru is awake!" she exclaimed cheerfully with a broad grin across her muzzle.

Reesa didn't budge and lay there with her paws over her head, uninterested.

Eeve's joyful expression dropped. She had expected the dragoness' mood to have changed--at least slightly--by now, especially since Koru, her mate, was awake. "Don't you want to see your mate?" she asked with a small crack in her voice, almost losing her strong composure because she felt so sorry for Reesa. Whatever remained of her wasn't what she used to be. She was a rose, wilting slowly away.

Bry walked in and nuzzled Eeve. "What's wrong?" he asked with concern. He, too, expected Reesa to come running to her mate as soon as she heard he was awake.

A tear fell down Eeve's cheek and she wordlessly walked out. Bry followed her, leaving Reesa alone in silence again.

Nearly an hour later, Koru's freshly bandaged body hobbled into Reesa's chamber. His broken left wing was tied firmly to his body like a sling. "Reesa?" he asked hopefully. He struggled to stand and had to be supported by Bry. He leaned on the black-scaled dragon and limped over to his mate. Reesa still did not budge and ignored them.

She ignored Koru.

"Reesa... please," Koru pleaded as tears streamed down his cheeks. What he saw before him was not his mate. She was not the dragoness with whom he fell in love. Reesa had changed drastically, and she was almost unrecognizable. Her once bright and beautiful, red scales were now dull and dirty as if she were aging into her third century. Koru lay next to her, wrapping his unbroken wing over her stone-cold body. Reesa growled and tried to push him away, but he held on tightly to her. He placed a forearm over her back, hugging her closely despite her vicious, snarling protest. Her dead eyes stared at Koru. He could feel the pain and anguish seeping from her, the pent-up emotional trauma. Still, he held strongly to her. Reesa kicked him with her hind-legs, and her claws rendered his underbelly.

"Koru!" Eeve shouted and tried to pull him from Reesa as she continued to hurt Koru.

"NO!" Koru roared, never faltering from his resolve. He took Reesa's relentless claws that tore apart his scales as he held her devotedly. Tears of pain and sorrow fell from his eyes like drops of blood. "Reesa!" he cried, "Please come back to me!" Koru's strength eventually gave out, and he was kicked and pushed away. Reesa stood up and was ready to pounce on him.

"Get him away from me!" she hissed. "I don't want him to see me!" Spiteful tears welled in her eyes, quickly falling in a steady stream. "Go away! All of you!" She backed up, screaming her dissent.

Koru's calm, sapphire eyes stared at her. He used what strength he could muster to stand by himself. He trembled and struggled to stay standing. His wounds bled, both new and reopened. "I am bound to you, Reesa. You are my mate!"

"I am nothing! My body has been soiled and torn. I am the Alpha's bitch now, no matter what I do." It pained her to say it. Every bit of her wanted to deny it, but she couldn't.

Koru hobbled over to her, limping and staggering. "You are not his!"

"Stay away! I reek with his putrid scent!" she sobbed, backing up against the wall.

Koru cornered her and tackled her, pushing her against the wall on the ground. "You are my mate!" He winced and groaned with pain. "No matter what happened, you are not Tyrand's!"

Reesa closed her eyes tightly shut and looked away from him, sobbing uncontrollably.

"For the love of the Gods, do you hear me!?" Koru screamed. His emotions drove him and had become too strong to control. His eyes spilled tears as he tried to forcefully get through to her. "You are mine!" He was sobbing relentlessly with her and collapsed. His limbs went numb, and his head fell into her arms as he passed out.

Bry and Eeve rushed over to them, but Reesa growled protectively. She held him within her grasp, pressing his warm body tightly to her dead, cold scales. His heat radiated against her, comforting the distraught dragoness in a way she never thought possible. It was as if he gave away his dwindling energy so she could be restored. She sniffled and cried, nuzzling her snout into his limp neck. She muttered beneath her breath, "I'm so sorry," and continued to repeat it over and over. Her quiet sobs changed into lamenting wails of her sorrow. His blood coated her scales with crimson splotches and continued to seep from his open wounds.

Eeve spoke up and said, "Reesa, we have to bandage him up again. Please, let us take him back to his room." Bry looked concerned and fearful.

She shook her head back and forth violently. "No. Do it here," she commanded. She never wanted to leave his side again.

The black-scaled mates agreed and brought bandages and healing herbs over to her chamber. Reesa stared at Koru somberly, waiting and watching, never separating from him. She held his limp paw, caressing it tenderly. When food was brought to her, she ate every last bit of it. She didn't ask for more, but graciously accepted it when it was given. Blood and grime still coated her red scales as the day passed into night. Eeve offered their hot springs to her to clean herself, but she refused to leave until Koru woke again. It was later the next night when he finally reopened his eyes.

Reesa nudged him happily and smiled the first smile she had since that horrific day. She licked his cheeks affectionately, rubbing and nuzzling her snout against him with warmth filling her heart past the brim. Crystalline tears of joy ran down her snout and fell onto his blue scales.

Koru beamed with exuberance and hugged his mate joyfully. "I have never been happier in my life to see you," he said softly. Reesa pressed her lips to his and they kissed. It was their first kiss since they'd been mated, and it meant to world to each of them. A kiss between dragons meant that they truly loved each other. It meant that there was a deeper connection between them than just mateship: an unbreakable bond. A minute passed timelessly between them as a fire was kindled in their chests, warm and dancing with emotion.

When they released, their eyes met, setting the fire in their hearts blazing. The color had returned in Reesa's beautiful, verdant-green eyes. Koru smiled gleefully, excited to once again see his mate's stunning gaze.

The rest of the night passed seamlessly as time continued on. Eeve and Bry led Koru and Reesa to their private hot springs located inside their spacious, accommodating den. Eeve carefully and gently removed Koru's dirty bandages while Reesa took off her own. Koru whined and winced as she took them off. Reesa comforted him by gently licking his pebbly-scaled cheek. After seeing some of his wounds, she thanked the Gods that he was still alive. She winced and could almost feel the pain herself. When Eeve finished, she said goodnight and left them alone.

"Koru..." Reesa murmured, lightly tracing a few of his wounds.

He flashed her a reassuring smile and said, "I'm fine."

Reesa knew he was lying; she could tell from the pained look in his sapphire eyes. But then her heart sank with a new, heavy burden. Koru went through all of that pain for her. He tried to save the dragoness he loved dearly, and ended up paying worse for it than she did. She hated herself for not realizing it sooner. She squeezed his paw gently with her own, looking somberly at a large gouge in his hind-leg.

"I know what you're thinking," Koru stated. "And it's not true." He looked at her earnestly with a stern expression. "You suffered worse than I did. Anything that happened to me was because I could not protect you like a good mate should." He sniffled and tears welled at the corners of his blue eyes. He wiped away the first tears that fell, but gave up after they ceaselessly continued. He looked away shamefully and said, "It's my fault."

"Koru..." Seeing him suffer like that gave Reesa a painful feeling in her chest. Her heart hurt for him, pounding in her chest like a falling hammer, and her blood boiled. "It's not your fault!" she snapped angrily. "Do not blame yourself for that!" Reesa nipped at his neck seriously, expressing her disapproval.

Koru pulled his neck away, looking opposite of her. "If I had been there for you, it would never have happened. I made you come to the celebration, and I abandoned y-"

"Koru, stop!" Reesa interrupted. She grabbed his head and made him look into her wet, green eyes. She could see the roiling sea of terrible, hysteric emotions in his glistening, sapphire spheres. "It. Is. Not. Your. Fault." She affectionately licked his muzzle and repeated, "It is not your fault..."

The storm slowly calmed, and Koru looked at her adoringly. "Then it is not your burden to carry, either."

Reesa sniffled and smiled widely. "Thank you," she said, nuzzling him affectionately. "Let's get cleaned up and let our minds wander elsewhere."

Koru's sapphire-blue scales were grimy, coated in dried blood. His lesions and gouges were numerous, lining his body from neck to hind-end. His broken, right wing was still tied up in bandages. Reesa's ruby-red scales were covered in dirt and dust, mixed in with some of Koru's dried blood. After nearly two weeks of not bathing, she had lost a lot of the bright-red color in her scales. Her white underbelly was covered in bloody, dark-red splotches.

The damp room was lit by several small torch-like light sources. The hot water was in the center of the room, leading out the back beneath a wall. It was crudely shaped by nature's will, and it was dense with steam. The air in the room was thick and humid. Reesa helped Koru into the pool, carefully holding him and assisting him down into the hot water. The water felt pleasant against her scales as she stepped in, and it rose up to her shoulders just after a few steps. Koru winced and hissed, feeling the hot temperature of the water stinging his bare flesh. He slowly descended until the water rose above his shoulders. He sighed contentedly as the pain was replaced by relief.

The red-scaled dragoness began cleaning herself and rubbed her paws over her body, scrubbing off the grime coating her scales. She made sure to get every little nook and cranny, happy to finally be able to cleanse herself of the filth she accumulated. She was deliberately slow around her nether regions, tenderly rubbing herself in front of her mate. Out of the corner of her eye, she noticed Koru watching intently, just as she intended.

"Pervert," she teased.

"I can't help it when you do it right in front of me!" he retorted. "And Reesa..." Reesa glanced at him, expecting him to continue. "I can't wash myself properly, and I would like some assistance." He looked at her sheepishly.

The dragoness scoffed and waded over to him. She gently caressed his body, avoiding each wound. She worked her way down from his neck to his hind-end, feeling his rippling muscles as they flexed in response. To be with her mate again made her heart flutter with joy. She grinned deviously and suddenly groped his crotch. Koru sucked in a breath and lifted his good leg, releasing a satisfied moan as Reesa rubbed him back and forth.

"That's enough for you, dirty male."

"I'm the dirty one?" he asked in disbelief.

When she had finished cleaning herself and Koru, Reesa found a perfect platform to lay on where the water still rose above the base of her neck to relax. She smiled with satisfaction and felt her muscles slacken. Koru joined behind her, carefully cuddling up to his mate. They nuzzled each other affectionately with licks and nibbles.

"I bet Eeve and Bry lay right here, just like this," Koru said.

Reesa licked his muzzle and replied, "Let's not think about that..." She pressed her lips to his and they kissed. It was a short pleasant kiss that made her heart warm. She turned so her underbelly faced his and cuddled with Koru, sensually caressing his blue scales beneath the water. She nuzzled him gently, licking his neck up and down while avoiding his wounds. She lightly grazed the sensitive spots where his scales were the softest, eliciting quiet moans from him. He rubbed her body with his paws, her smooth, clean scales gliding across his pads. While she licked him, he licked the back of her head between her ivory horns. Reesa cooed happily to him, closing her eyes and relishing in his sensual attention.

"I can't wait until we can mate again," he said hopefully.

Reesa unexpectedly stopped stimulating him, realizing something as her joyful expression faded. "No... we can't."

Koru looked at her with questioning concern. "What do you mean?"

"I- I can't," she stammered. "Tyrand soiled me. He made me filthy--undesirable," She began to softly cry. She unexpectedly lifted her rear leg out of the water and began to rub her crotch, trying to rid it of the Alpha's filth. Fear and anxiety took control, shifting her thoughts negatively. She pressed on her vent, forcefully rubbing the pink flesh inside her softly scaled lips. It was painful, but she had to clean herself. She was dirty inside and out.

Koru pulled her paw away from her crotch, holding it so she couldn't use it. She pulled against him. "Reesa, stop!" He held her gently, caressing her with tender strokes and chose his words carefully. "You're not filthy or undesirable. You are my beautiful mate, and no matter what happened or what will happen, you will always be mine--my beautiful, sexy mate."

Reesa rambled on, "I am unclean! What if he impregnated me? What if I carry his eggs? What if I--"

"Reesa!" Koru interrupted with a terse growl. He crossly looked at his mate. "No matter what happens," he said, holding her paw while touching his snout to hers. "I will always love you. Whether you lay his hatchlings or mine, I will love them the same because they are ours."

The last of Reesa's tears and concerns fell from her. Her burden released and disappeared, relieving her greatly. "I am not a worthy mate for you, Koru."

Koru grinned joyously and hugged her tightly in spite of the pain. He whispered, "It is I who decides who is and who isn't a worthy enough mate for me."

Reesa's familiar words rang in her head. She looked at him thoughtfully, and then kissed him. Their tongues mingled together as their saliva mixed in their maws. His tongue delved and explored her mouth as she did the same to his, feeling the contours of his carnivorous teeth. Her paw slowly drew down his side, running across his clean scales until she groped his hind-end lustfully. Her breathing quickened as arousal fogged her mind. Koru held the back of her head with one paw, and rubbed her flank with the other.

They broke the kiss, looking at each other with a lustful adoration. They agreed to step out of the water and move to an open space. There, they lay with each other with Koru on his back and Reesa between his legs. She didn't want her weight to hurt him, so she half stood and half squatted. Her hind-end rested on his gently. Reesa could feel the warmth of his large member between her legs. Her slit rested on it as it pushed into her softly scaled lips. She lightly grinded against him and groaned with pleasure. She knew she was still too sore to comfortably take him, so she decided to try something else.

Reesa backed off of him and lay at his hind-end. Koru curiously watched her, his eyes wide with anticipation. She inhaled his thick, musky scent, sending shivers down her body. He was big enough that she was afraid she wouldn't be able to take him in her maw. Her forepaws groped him, massaging the sensitive flesh between his blue-scaled thighs. The soft pads on her forepaws kneaded into his warm cock. Koru groaned and clenched his toes.

"Oh, Reesa," he moaned, watching her play with his hard, red length. "That feels so nice..." She brushed her nose up against Koru's warm cock and huffed, filling her nostrils with his powerful odor. She shuddered again and set all of her inhibitions aside. Her tongue lapped at his large, erect member. He moaned loudly and his length throbbed. A little bit of pre escaped its tip.

"Feeling a little pent up, are we?" Reesa teased and lapped up his seed. "You taste good..." she lewdly groaned. The real thing was much better than her fantasies. She could feel his warmth and taste his flavor along with his lingering scent in her nostrils. Koru blushed and watched his mate mouth at his slick cock. She coiled her long, slimy tongue around his member and went down on him. He moaned loudly again, and another string of his liquid squirted from his twitching member directly into his mate's maw. Reesa hummed happily, slowly allowing his tapered tip to push into her mouth. Her loins warmed with arousal, and her vent felt wet; she could almost feel herself dripping. The back of her tongue brushed against his tip, tasting more of his seed. She engulfed his length, easily taking six inches of it.

Reesa slurped and sucked in a breath, pulling inch by inch out from her lips. Then, she carefully took him in her maw again. This time she engulfed as much as she could take, nearly biting down on him in the process. Her sharp teeth poked into his flesh now and again, making her mate flinch, but Koru completely trusted her. Reesa watched where her gag reflex was, keeping his tapered tip just before it at the beginning of her throat.

While Koru's cock nestled deep inside her steamy maw, Reesa used her tongue to rub it up and down, especially focusing the back of her tongue on his sensitive tip. She breathed in and out steadily, washing her warm breath over him. The male looked like he was in bliss. His eyes were closed and his maw was parted as he panted.

Reesa suckled him happily and slathered her saliva over his cock. His blunt flavor was nothing like she had ever tasted before, and then it mixed with his seed, giving it an enjoyable tang that clung to her taste buds. She let his length slip from her maw, slurping on it as it passed her lips. Her warm, engorged slit was itching to be pleasured, but Reesa ignored it for now, focusing on her mate. Koru moaned and sighed contentedly, basking in the pleasure his mate gave him. Then, Reesa quickly took him again. She repeated the bobbing motion while holding his cock steady with her forepaws. With a quick, fluid pattern, she dipped her head up and down, letting his length slip in and out of her maw.

Koru gasped and his muscles tensed. He tried keeping still to avoid the pain, but he couldn't help but to squirm as Reesa orally serviced him. She closed her eyes, focusing on taking his large member deeper and deeper. His tapered tip pressed into the back of her throat with each nod of her head, and soon it slid past her gag reflex. Reesa controlled it and hummed elatedly.

"Reesa... I- I'm close!" Koru moaned. He clenched his toes and winced as pleasure nearly burst through him. Reesa engulfed his entirety, feeling it begin to throb in her mouth. She quickly removed his length just as it began to pulse rapidly and ejaculate his seed. Splatters of his hot liquid struck her face. She closed her eyes and flinched and felt the slimy seed dripping down her snout. Koru moaned and bucked his hips, spilling his seed on his blue scales. Reesa smiled and pawed at his cock while he climaxed. She reveled in how powerful each pulse felt against her paws. Koru released the last spurts of his liquid with a satisfied sigh. Reesa licked his twitching member up and down, cleaning it with her tongue. Koru smiled and watched his mate, who had strings of his seed on her muzzle.

"That felt... amazing," he said between heavy breaths. He lay there for another pleasant minute in satisfaction as his mate cleaned him with her tongue. Once she was nearly done, he said, "Now, allow me to return the favor." He carefully rolled onto his belly, facing Reesa. "Onto your back!" he commanded playfully.

Reesa still felt apprehensive about her sex. "You don't have to, Koru. I'm fine." Reesa couldn't have lied more blatantly. Her loins burned with the need for release. It was almost unpleasant with how badly she itched for pleasure.

"Oh, you're not getting out of this!" Koru crawled toward her, and she backed up. She quickly found herself backed up to a wall, sitting on her hind-end. The blue-scaled dragon snaked his head between her forelegs and pressed the tip of his snout to her fervent crotch. He inhaled her scent as Reesa yelped in surprise. She lifted her forelegs up and Koru caught her off balance, gently pushing her back to the wall.

Reesa splayed out; her hind-legs were spread apart and her damp, white crotch was exposed. Her slit was swollen with arousal, engorged with blood. Koru lowered his head but was caught by Reesa's hind-paw.

"Hey!" she scolded, holding him back. Her three toes curled over his snout while the rough pads of her paw pressed against his chin. "Hold on a moment!"

Koru slyly grinned. She was flustered by his rapid, bold approaches, and he enjoyed seeing that nervous side of her when she wasn't in control. He licked her hind-paw, slathering his tongue over the base of her foot. Reesa gasped and clenched her toes. Koru grabbed her paw, holding it as he nuzzled the bottom of her foot. She felt his warm tongue licking her paw up and down. The unusual feeling was surprisingly pleasant and relaxing. Reesa spread her toes with a light moan of approval, letting the male play with her hind-paw. The light-red scales surrounding her pads were sensitive, and he grazed them with his tongue, sending shivers down her spine.

"You like this, do you?" he asked and started rubbing her other foot.

"Y- yes..." she stuttered. From her heel to the tip of her middle toe, he licked her other paw with a broad smile. Then his tongue slowly began to trace down her scaly leg to her white-scaled, inner thighs. The anticipation was too much for her. Reesa immediately spread her legs and watched him, allowing the male to continue his servicing. Koru licked all the way down to the crevice between her leg and crotch, brushing all of the sensitive spots that made her groan. Then, he nuzzled her fervent crotch, feeling the heat of her sex against his snout. Reesa blushed and tensed up, moaning as the flat of his tongue pushed apart her soft lips. With no hesitation or shame, he began lapping at her sex like a dog. The lewd sounds that came from her crotch made her cheeks flush with heat.

"O- Oh!" she moaned. "Y- You win!" Reesa clenched her toes, moaning and growling lustfully as her mate ate her out. His tongue slathered over her sensitive sex, spreading his slimy saliva over it. She watched him, seeing her arousal clinging to his tongue as he lapped at the pink flesh nestled inside her slit. He looked into her glazed-over eyes as his tongue flicked over her clitoris, eliciting a pleasureful gasp from her.

Koru pressed his snout firmly against her slit, penetrating her entrance with his tongue. It wormed inside the dragoness, tasting her richer secretions. Reesa gasped as her sex clenched down on his invading muscle. She didn't feel the soreness at all; she only felt pleasure. Koru placed his forepaws on her thighs and spread her apart. She grinned happily with her eyes closed, basking in bliss as the tongue wiggled and squirmed inside of her, sending pleasureful jolts through her loins.

Reesa already felt her climax ready to burst. The tip of Koru's tongue brushed against a sensitive spot deep in her sex, stimulating a lewd moan from her. Reesa winced and felt her sex beginning to undulate. She held off her orgasm for as long as she could, enjoying the feeling of oral pleasure. With a single toe on his forepaw, Koru caressed Reesa's clitoris, rubbing the erect pearl with the soft pad of his digit while his tongue lapped at her g-spot.

The dragoness couldn't hold out any longer. She groaned ecstatically and squirmed as she hit her orgasm. Her sex clamped around his tongue, pulling it into her depths as it rapidly undulated around it. Koru removed his tongue from her pulsating muscles and lapped at her tender, dripping vent. Reesa moaned as her climax washed over her body like a warm, pleasant wave.

Koru's tongue doted her nether regions and traced up her other leg. By the time he reached her hind-paw, Reesa's orgasm had finished. She smiled at him adoringly, watching him rub and lick her hind-paw. She clenched her toes as he coiled his slick tongue around them. He smiled at her and nuzzled her foot.

Reesa petted him with her paw, brushing her foot against his muzzle. "You really know how to satisfy a female," she commented with contentment.

Koru carefully crawled between her legs and lay on her underbelly. "It's something I've fantasized about for a long time," he replied, nudging her snout affectionately.

"Even my paws?" she teased.

"You like it, too!" he accused with a warm blush.

Reesa laughed brightly and licked his neck. They cuddled for some time before cleaning themselves off again. After Koru was clean, he went to Bry who replaced his bandages with additional healing salve. Reesa's wound along her neck was nearly healed, so she decided not to have it bandaged. Bandages made her scales itch. Then, they fell asleep together inside their own chambers.

The next day Reesa climbed into the hot springs by herself, taking some time to relax alone. She lay on the ledge from the night before, smiling to herself as her red-scaled body was submerged in the warm, comforting water. She sighed contentedly, closing her eyes for a moment. Then, she heard the faint clacking of claws as someone entered the steamy room. It was Eeve.

"Oh, sorry. I didn't realize you were in here," she said. "Do you mind if I join you?"

"It's your home," Reesa replied cordially. She watched the dragoness step into the water. Eeve's wet, black scales were glossy and beautiful, dark like the night yet bright like the stars. Her bright, crimson eyes were like the setting sun, the last bit of red light before the night set in.

"How are you feeling?" Eeve asked kindly, beginning to clean herself. Her paws rubbed over her body, brushing her ebony scales from head to toe. She didn't feel uncomfortable at all, even as her paws went between her legs. Reesa figured it was because she was a female, too.

"I am well, thanks to you," Reesa answered. "I- ... I'm so sorry for how I acted." She looked away shamefully, awkwardly fiddling with her paws. "I treated you poorly when you and Bry had saved us and been nothing but caring."

"I forgive you, Reesa. I don't know what you were going through, and I will never pretend to understand, but I won't ever hold anything against you. I saw who you really were the moment Koru woke up in your arms." She smiled warmly. "I've never seen anyone so devoted to their mate. Both of you must love each other immensely." Reesa smiled agreeably. Eeve finished cleaning herself and waded through the spring until she found a comfortable place to sit.

"You and Bry seem to be happy together," Reesa said, remembering when she saw them wrestling.

Eeve smiled awkwardly and blushed. "Oh--uhm--we are siblings!"

Reesa's eyes grew wide and she immediately apologized. "I thought you were mates!"

"Why would you think that?" Eeve slightly cocked her head to the side curiously, laughing brightly.

Reesa blushed and tried to explain herself. "Well... You two are living together and have been... affectionate toward another."

"This used to be our family's den before our parents moved apart with the rest of our siblings. We are the eldest children, so we stayed here. Haven't you any siblings? I don't think our affection is anything different." Eeve sounded as if she were defending a secret, the secret Reesa knew.

"I do not... but..." Reesa's cheeks flushed and her eyes avoided looking at Eeve. Reesa didn't mean to expose the siblings' secret, but she had to let Eeve know what she saw. "I saw you and Bry at my clan's gathering." Eeve seemed to realize what she was getting at; her body betrayed her as she tensed up. "You orally pleased him in front of me."

"Oh... you saw that." Her expression saddened and she looked down, ashamed.

Reesa's heart sunk into her chest when she saw the dragoness' face. "I won't tell anyone!"

"We've done things like that before, but no one has ever known. No one knew who we were there, so we thought we were safe." She chuckled uncomfortably to herself.

"You shouldn't feel so bad about it," Reesa comforted. "If you really love him, I don't think it's wrong to express that."

"But we're the same blood. It's forbidden by our clan," Eeve explained. "We've always been alone because of our preferences. We maybe have someone else to mate with every few months, but it gets very lonesome here with just us."

"Why are you alone? You're very beautiful, and I see no reason for you to have troubles finding a mate," Reesa consoled.

Eeve smiled uneasily and admitted, "Bry and I prefer mating with the same gender."

"Oh." Reesa wasn't too surprised, but the confession caught her off-guard. "You have difficulties finding others with the same interests in your clan?"

Eeve seemed to be happy to get that off of her chest. She grinned warmly and answered, "Yes. Our clan isn't as open-minded as other clans are which is why we travel around."

"And so you came to our celebration."

Eeve nodded and continued, "We first saw you and Koru up against that tree." She giggled as Reesa blushed. "I didn't realize that you had watched us, too."

Reesa laughed with her, smiling warmly. Then, her memories returned to haunt her again. She grew solemn, drowned in her thoughts. "Why did you two save us? Our own clan didn't even bother."

Eeve noticed the sudden change of mood, and her joyful expression waned. "That's not true! A green-scaled dragon tried to save Koru, but the Alpha killed him before Bry could help. And there were a few of your clan mates that tried to help you before I got to you, but you were vicious toward them. They were cowards, but they did try."

Reesa frowned. She didn't know that someone had died for Koru nor did she realize that others had tried to help her. Then, she asked again, "So why did you save us?"

"Because it was the only right thing to do," she answered confidently. "You couldn't have stayed in that clan, so we were the only ones that could truly save you."

Reesa paused for a moment, alone in her thoughts. Everything Eeve said was right, and it wasn't by coincidence that they ended up in their care. "Thank you, Eeve. I don't think we can ever repay you two."

"Don't worry about it!" she said with a reassuring grin. "You two can stay here as long as you like. We could use the company." Eeve stood up and climbed out of the pool. Water dripped from her gracile form, falling to the ground in large splatters. She shook herself off and said, "Oh, and if you two could keep it down when you're... you know... that would be appreciated!" She bared a playful grin and left with her hips swaggering back and forth.

Reesa blushed and sighed, relaxing by herself once more. Her world was rapidly changing around her faster than she could keep up. She wished she could just go back to that den with Koru, settle down with him, and live out her life. Now she didn't even know where she was or who she was. She was only sure of a few feelings: her love for Koru, her gratitude for being alive, and her boiling hatred for Tyrand. She had spent so much time sulking to herself that she had nearly forgotten who did that to her. She clenched her paws together and growled angrily. Somehow and some way, she would kill him.