Asim grudgingly rolled out of bed early the next morning. The insistent someone pounding on his door had refused to leave when he hadn’t answered it in the first few minutes. He glanced at Pearl and saw she was watching him with an amused smile.

“I have to answer that,” he said, bending over to brush a kiss across her lips.

Pearl chuckled and nodded. “I think I know who it is,” she replied, throwing the covers back and sliding out of the bed.

“Dragon’s fire, but I would be willing to ignore them to keep you in my bed,” Asim said.

“Your eyes are flashing again. You’d better answer the door. I have a feeling they aren’t going to go away until you do,” Pearl chuckled as she grabbed the sheet from the end of the bed, then folded and wrapped it around herself like a sarong.

“Surely they will get the message? I swear if it is Mandra, he can shovel the damn Pactor poop by himself today,” Asim snapped in frustration.

He reached over and grabbed his trousers from the floor. He looked around for his shirt, but gave up when the pounding increased. With a muttered curse, he turned in time to see Pearl step out of their bedroom.

Hurrying after her, he caught up with her half way down the stairs. His gaze ran appreciatively over her sheet-wrapped body and bare shoulders. At least it wouldn’t take long to undress her once he told their unexpected company to get lost or he would bite their heads off. He was a dragon on a mission and that was to mate with Pearl in every way he could. He had a lot of years to make up for and so did his dragon.

They reached the bottom of the stairs and turned toward the front door. Striding across the foyer, he stepped in front of Pearl and opened the door. An irritated Vox stood on the other side, his hand raised to bang on the door again. Vox barely caught himself before he rapped his knuckles between Asim’s eyes.

“Where is she?” Vox asked in exasperation.

“None of your business,” Asim snapped.

“What the… Grandma?” Riley exclaimed.

Asim glanced over Vox’s shoulder and saw Vox’s mate staring at Pearl behind him. Riley’s eyes were opened wide and her mouth was hanging open. He stepped to the side when he felt Pearl run her hand over his right buttock. He might have been alright if she hadn’t pinched it. Of course, his body – still burning with the remains of the Dragon’s Fire – ignited.

“Hello, Riley. What brings you here this early? I would have thought you’d still be asleep,” Pearl commented.

Asim wrapped his arm protectively around Pearl’s waist and drew her close to his side when she stepped up beside him. She shot him a questioning glance and shook her head in amusement before turning her attention back to her stunned granddaughter.

“You look like you’ve been…,” Riley started to say.

The scowl on Asim’s face darkened when Riley waved her hand at him before turning back to Pearl. The frown quickly turned to a smothered oath. Pearl’s left hand was sliding down the back of his pants and she was kneading his taut butt cheek. If he didn’t get rid of Vox and Riley soon, Riley was going to have no doubt as to why her grandmother looked the way she did.

“I have. What have you and Vox been doing? Working on more great-grandbabies for me, I hope. I absolutely adore Roam,” Pearl said with an innocent smile.

“I told you she was fine, Riley. Let’s go,” Vox said, partially turning away.

“Oh, hell no, we are not going! This… this maniac kidnapped my grandmother and you want to just leave her here? She didn’t even meet him until yesterday!” Riley stuttered.

“Riley… I really think we should go… now,” Vox murmured.

“Would you like some refreshments?” Pearl asked.

“NO!” both men replied at the same time.

“Yes,” Riley stubbornly said.

“I really don’t think she meant for you to accept her offer, Riley,” Vox warned, glancing at Asim’s flushed face and the scales rippling up his body.

“Why not?” Riley demanded.

Asim watched Vox bend to whisper in Riley’s ear. The younger woman’s mouth dropped open again and she blushed. Her gaze darted to him before turning to her grandmother’s serene face, then to the front of Asim. Her face turned a bright red.

“Oh!” Riley whispered. “But… She’s my grandma!”

Pearl laughed. “I’m also a woman with her hand down the back of a gorgeous man’s pants, Riley. I’m old, not dead. I can still appreciate a fine-looking man, a nice bottle of bourbon, and messing up a set of silk sheets,” she said with a mischievous grin.

“That’s just… too … TMI, Grandma!” Riley exclaimed.

Asim saw Riley’s gaze immediately shift back to his waist. Her face wrinkled into a look of dismay. His hips jerked forward when Pearl ran her nails along his skin. His control was shot.

“Alright, she’s safe. It’s time to go,” Vox said with a determined smile. “Sorry to interrupt, Asim.”

“Tell the others to stay away,” Asim replied in a strained voice.

“I will,” Vox promised.

“But… But… Vox!” Riley started to protest.

Asim released the breath he was holding when Vox wrapped his arm securely around Riley and guided her toward their transport that hovered along the narrow road in front of the house. He wrapped his fingers around Pearl’s wrist when she pulled her hand out of the back of his pants, turned to face her, and walked her backwards, barely closing the door before he reached for the sheet around her.

“You…,” he started to say before he shook his head and released a long, uneven breath. “All I can say is you better be ready for some serious loving, because my dragon and I are fired up again.”

Pearl’s fingers were already working on the front of his trousers. “I thought we’d never get rid of them,” she laughed. “I want to make love to you in the shower. I’ve always had a fantasy to try it there. We can work our way through the house after that.”

“Goddess, I must have been one good warrior to be rewarded with you as my mate,” Asim retorted, kicking his pants to the side and pulling Pearl after him.

“When do we get to try it dragon style?” Pearl asked halfway up the stairs.

Asim stumbled on the step, and closed his eyes. His dragon was breathing heavily inside him and pacing back and forth. Pearl had noticed the ripple of scales on her arms last night and heard the whisper of her dragon being born. He had hoped to have a few days alone with her, but something told him that wasn’t going to happen.

Give me the shower and I’ll show her how to shift, Asim practically begged.

She want dragon style. You get shower after, his dragon demanded.

“Dragon’s balls! He doesn’t want to wait now,” Asim groaned.

“What does that mean?” Pearl asked, gazing up at him with a hopeful expression.

“We’d better get to the balcony. He’s about to call for his mate,” Asim replied in resignation.

“Oh, my. I’m going to get some dirty dragon sex!” Pearl laughed, pushing past him and walking up the stairs. “Last one to the deck is on the bottom.”

Asim watched Pearl’s delightful ass disappear through his bedroom door. It took a moment for her words to sink in. The thought of him being on the bottom with her on top, riding him….

Go! She getting there first! His dragon complained.

I know, Asim calmly replied with a wicked smile. If she wanted some dirty dragon sex, she was going to get some dirty dragon sex – in both forms. His dragon had stopped pacing, realizing what Asim was planning.

Yes! I like!

“Pokey!” Asim called to his symbiot. “I think it is time for Pearl to see what happens when she teases a dragon warrior.”

His symbiot flowed past him up the stairs. Asim followed at a slightly slower pace. He was going to take his time. His mate wanted to try every spot in the house. Well, he knew of a few places they could start with outside. The smile grew on his face when he heard Pearl’s startled curse. He climbed the last few steps and paused in the doorway.

Pearl turned to look at him with an expression of growing anticipation. The gold bracelets on her wrists now wound up her arms. Another band wrapped around her neck while two more formed around her ankles.

“I think it is time an old warrior taught you a few new tricks,” Asim stated.

“Thank you, Goddess of Love, I’m got a man who likes to play. I am going to be enjoying this,” Pearl chuckled.