“Well,” Onyx began. “There are many types of shifters. Most were born that way, but there are rare occasions where you can be turned into one. I am a dragon shifter. I have been ever since I was born.”
Azura raised a brow. He knew it wasn’t her intention, but he found her inquisitiveness very sexy.
“So, you can turn into a dragon at any moment? And any person can turn into any animal they want?”
Onyx shook his head.
“You can only turn into what you were born as. Usually, it's only one type of animal. Again, there are rare cases where the genetics have been manipulated, and someone can turn into more, but generally, it's one form for life.”
Azura began pacing around him, her arms still crossed, pushing her giant breasts upward. He wanted to bury his face in them, but there was time and place for that.
She still had that inquisitive look on her face, but it was fading into something a bit more mischievous. Whatever she was thinking, he wanted to know, desperately.
“And at a moment’s notice?” she asked.
Onyx nodded as she walked behind him, her fruity scent following her and engulfing him along the way.
“If I wanted to, yes,” he replied.
Azura nodded and gazed back into the pool ofneonz.Onyx adored the look on her face, so tantalizing and quizzical.
“A dragon, eh,” Azura murmured. “I’ve always found dragons, well, the idea of them anyway, to be the sexiest of the mythical creatures.”
Her voice was low and sultry, and Onyx wasn’t sure how much longer he could take it. She was too appetizing to resist.
“Is that so?”
Azura nodded, then bit her bottom lip. He thought she was going to take a step closer to him when the naughty look melted away. She looked afraid.
“What about this fated mate thing?” she asked.
Onyx put his hands in his pockets before speaking.
“It’s something in each shifter's nature,” he began. “We all have that one mate, someone fated to each of us. When we find them, we would do anything for them. Literally. We physically have to.”
Azura was still looking at him with that gaze of uncertainty. She nodded and took a step closer. His heartbeat slammed inside his chest.
“Is that love, then?”
Onyx nodded again, knowing that concept was very difficult for humans to compute.
“It is,” he said. “It's not the same as wanting to be monogamous to someone. You have to be. You are physically bound to them.”
A silence cast over them. Nothing but the sound of running water was heard until Azura’s sweet, quiet voice spoke again.
“How could you feel love for someone you barely know?” she asked him.
He removed his hands from his pockets, holding them in front of himself.
“Shifters just can,” he said softly. “I can.”
Azura’s arms dropped away again, and she took hold of his hands. Onyx was surprised but delighted. She placed one on her waist and the other on her cheek. Her skin was soft and calming. Onyx thought either his heart or dick was going to pop through his clothing.
“You can kiss me.” Her dusky voice invaded his soul.
His body did as she asked. Onyx leaned down and pulled her face to his, their lips touching lightly initially, then running wild with soaking wet hotness. Onyx had never kissed anyone like that in his life. He had never felt so enthralled and chaotic.
He pulled her waist in close so her breasts pressed against him, doing his best to keep from zipping her dress down from behind.