Magmus climbed out of bed when the warp drive was ready to make the next jump into the solar system en route back to the armada. The Space Dart was a quick vessel, but they had traveled through space for nearly two weeks from the armada and would have to make the same trip back.

The armada was holding off the Mulgor in a system several light years away. He would have to decide what to do with Cora once they returned to his ships. The Mulgor had infested the entire trade route, seeming to grow into an insurmountable force. The safest thing for his bride would probably be to return to Galaton while he continued the fight. But the thought of being without her was too much to bear. He had finally been united with his love, and he did not want to be separated from her again for any reason.

He considered his options as he made his way to the command deck of the Space Dart. The small crew who had come with him aboard the quick vessel were waiting for his command.

“Are we ready to jump?” Magmus asked.

“We are sir,” said Admiral Saka.

He had made sure that Cora was secure in her bed before leaving her in the chamber. He gave the command to enter warp speed and they took the jump. Unlike the bride ships provided by Draconia, many vessels could use warp speed, such as the armada, which was outfitted with the most advanced technology available to his kind. The bride ships had originally been designed for short tracks to Draconia from Earth and the Draconians were not willing to outfit any other vessels for the Galatonian brides.

In dealing with Draconia, Galaton was often on the losing side. The same was true with the Mulgor invasion. Draconia had not been willing to help Galaton, and the princes had been forced to raise their own army and defense. Now it was up to him to bring this invasion of Galatonian space to an end. No one would live safely as long as the Mulgor were in their trade routes.

As the Space Dart came out into the new system, Magmus breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing the system was clear of Mulgor vessels. They were one step closer to the armada and would join the rest of his warships in just a few days.

Leaving his crew on the command deck until the warp drive was powered up again, he made his way through the Space Dart back to his chambers to check on Cora. He walked into the bedroom and found her washed and dressed as she waited for the food replicator in his kitchenette. A cup of steaming hot liquid emerged from the counter, and she picked it up, testing the heat with her lips.

“How did you fare during the space jump?” he asked.

“It was fine. But I’m glad you’re back,” she said, walking across the chamber to stand beside him.

Her little body was endlessly enticing, and he wrapped his arm around her waist, pulling her against him. She smiled up at him as she drank her herbal tea. Magmus ran his hand over her round belly. The thought that his heir was growing inside her womb even now stirred emotions inside him that he did not recognize.

Until he had finally been united with her, Cora and his child had only been a theory. He had not even been allowed to think of her over these long months. She was nothing but a vague and distant idea. Now she was here in his arms. He could feel the baby stir inside her. He had tasted the sweet musk of her sex on his lips. Just the thought of it made his body stir with desire.

He wanted nothing more than to sink his thick, throbbing cock into her soft yielding cunt. But he knew he had to take it slow. Her little body was not ready to take his massive erection. A human woman had to be reformed to accept a Draconian cock inside her pussy. The process of the mating ritual ensured the female would be physically ready for such a physically taxing event.

His semen on her flesh had altered her very DNA, causing her body to slowly become soft and open enough to take him. He longed for the moment when he could have her, but he knew it was not today. The synthesized semen she had been rubbing on her skin did not do the necessary job. She would be able to carry a Draconian baby, but her body was still not ready to give birth to such a large child, or to take Magmus’s massive cock. For that, it would require his natural semen to do its magic on her body.

After feeling her pussy clench on his fingers, he thought she would be ready in a few more days. But with a baby inside her womb, he had to be more careful than usual with her. He didn’t want anything to happen to his child or his bride.

He walked with her to the seating area and they sat together on the loveseat while she sipped her tea.

“I need to discuss something with you, Cora,” he said.

“What is it?” she asked between sips of tea.

“The Mulgor invasion is far worse than anyone could have anticipated. I am going to have to finish this war or none of us will be safe.”

“It’s really that bad?” she asked.

“It’s probably worse.”

“What do you intend to do?”

“There are several options in front of us,” he said.

“What are they?”

“The first is that you take the Space Dart all the way home to Galaton after we arrive at the armada.”

Cora shook her head at the suggestion of going back to Galaton without him, but remained silent, her eyes dark.

“The second option is that you remain with me while we finish the fight.”

“I like the second idea much better.”

“You have to understand, my beloved, this is exceedingly dangerous.”

“I refuse to spend another minute without you. These last six months have been torture. Don’t ask me to go through more of it.”

“I feel the same way, my bride. But to risk you and the child? I just don’t know if it’s right.”

“Being together is all that matters to me anymore.”

“What about the child?”

“What if something happens to you? I would be left alone on Galaton to fend for myself. There’s no way that my baby can defend your throne. We would be murdered in our sleep. Don’t ask me to go to your homeland just to die alone. I would rather die with you than die without you.”

“You’re brave.”

“I’m not brave. But I am in love.”

He took her hands in his and turned to face her, his expression tight.

“Then I will take you with me,” he said. “And we will put an end to this war together.”

“How will you do that?”

“The Mulgor have been harassing Draconians for decades. Since they attacked the Earth, they have been nothing but trouble. Draconia is too intent on mating with every female left on Earth to defend our trade routes. I say we put an end to this ourselves. We take the fight to Mulgor.”

“Yes,” she breathed. “Let’s finish this together.”

Magmus and Cora spent the day in their chambers until it was time to warp jump again. When they jumped into the next system, Magmus found it was clear of Mulgor. While Cora slept in their bed, Magmus flicked off his uniform and climbed under the blankets beside her. She was wearing a thin nightgown that felt silky soft over her round flesh.

He hadn’t tasted her since the day before and was dying to taste her again. He slid his hand under her silky nightgown and dipped between her legs. He heard her moan and felt her take a deep breath, her back against his chest. He slid his fingers between her damp folds and found her awakening clit.

“Oh Magmus,” she breathed in a husky voice.

He continued rubbing her clit with his finger until he couldn’t stand it anymore. He turned her over on her back and kissed her hot mouth. His cock was so hard, he could feel his body throb along with it. His dragon growled and roared for him to sink his thick cock inside Cora’s soft body.

Magmus had to hold himself back. He could tell Cora was still not ready to take him. But he would let her taste his cum for the first time. He brought her up onto her knees in front of him. Her round belly rose under his hand as he reached between her legs and fingered her clit. Magmus sucked her breasts as he played with her pussy. He could feel she was ready to come at any moment.

He wanted to feel her mouth on his cock while she climaxed for him. He ran his fingers through her hair and cupped the back of her head, looking down into her green eyes. Cora groaned and licked her lips, glancing at the head of his cock as it spurted the first drops of precum.

She leaned forward, panting with anticipation. Her lips opened and she took the head of his cock between them. He flicked her clit, making her nipples go rigid with desire. Her body gushed moisture into his hand as she lapped up the precum seeping from the slit in the head of his cock.

He licked her juices from his fingers as she sucked him deeper into her mouth. Her tiny mouth could never take the full force of his erect phallus, but she stretched her lips wide and sucked as much of him down as she could. Her velvety mouth on his rigid flesh was like a dream. As he felt his balls tighten with the impending orgasm, he reached between her legs and slid his fingers inside her pussy.

Cora groaned and sucked harder as he stroked his shaft. Cora held onto his hips as she bobbed up and down on him, sucking and taking as much of his huge cock as would fit into her tiny mouth. Her tongue slid up the side of his shaft and flicked over the head.

Her body clenched on his fingers as she came. He felt the deep churning desire in his loins shoot out in an ecstatic pulse. His cum erupted from the head of his cock and shot deep into Cora’s mouth. She groaned as she sucked it down, swallowing every drop.

With panting breaths and tiny groans, Cora licked up the last of the semen that flowed from inside him. As he withdrew his fingers from her pussy, he knew that she was one step closer to being ready to be claimed.