A/N Ok, LEMON boys and girls, only warning and no I don't nicely separate my chapter to make it easy to skim and skip it. Rate M for a reason loves, by popular demand…..DESNA
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"You know for someone who seems to want this you sure aren't making it easy…" Cobra claws were trying to get through the soft leather encasing his mates body and Vander was writhing under him, finally grabbing a handful of maroon hair and forcing Cobras thin lips to his own and groaning the moment they sealed together.
"And how exactly would making this easy make it more fun?" The shadowquip demanded, biting his lower lip and making Cobras dragon nearly white his vision out in its need to utterly own the wicked creature fate had given him.
Cobra hadn't ever wanted someone this bad, he'd tended to stick to women in his pursuits to sate his occasional lust, but none had ever stirred him like this and he sure as hell had never felt this way toward anything male, he'd been carrying this idea of a cute little virginal woman around and Vander was just about as far the opposite of that as was possible, well...maybe cute….no...no cute wasn't a term he'd use….sexy...wicked...hot as fucking hell. But these soft plump lips felt so incredibly good and Vanders strength thrilled him, he didn't have a soft body under him, Vander had a little more muscular bulk than he had himself, defined pecs Cobras tongue slid over hungrily as the tall mage rolled his body up into Cobras and gave a breathy laugh when the dragon slayer bit him again.
"Fuck those teeth...Gods…" Vander gasped out then hissed when Cobra drug them over the Havati serpent on his right pec. Cobra was in a sort of sensory overload,loving everything he was getting, wanting more but almost locking up he was already getting so much. Vanders hands were not staying still, and he was giving as good as he got cobras coat was already on the floor, Vanders hands on his skin under his shirt and he hadn't reached all the skin he wanted yet so was trying his teeth on the leather, amazed at how firm it was, how it gave under his fangs but didn't yield, didn't rend and give him access. He ran his tongue over the bite from before, groaning when Vanders blood hit his tongue, poison...his mate had fucking poison in his blood...holy sweet Gods he might become religious...
He couldn't stop tasting him, a strong hand slid into his hair and pulled his mouth back to Vanders, and when Vanders tongue slid into his mouth he moaned, his pants now painfully too tight and the leather on his mates body now far too thick a barrier. His claws lengthened as he tried to get the leather off and Vander gasped.
"Ah! Fuck I love those claws….shit...Gods get naked...I have to have you…" Vander gasped out and Cobra jerked away, kneeling over the shadow mage and tearing at his own clothes, tossing his shirt away while Vanders long fingers undid his belt and pants then gripped the waistband of his red leather pants and jerked them down hard enough Cobra grunted at the force.
Vanders red eyes locked on the hard length that sprang free and smirked up at him "King Cobra it is then.." He purred and Cobra smirked down at him.
"I aint gentle…" He said. Vander dug his fingers into one of Cobras ass cheeks until he growled.
"Really anything shy of fucking like a dragon is going to disapoint me...leave MARKS I want my body to show what took it…" He returned. Cobra almost...almost...whimpered at those breathy words.
"Oh I will pretty boy…" Cobra growled, Vanders eyes narrowed and the challenge that flared into those deep red eyes made Cobras heart hammer in his chest wildly. Shit he knew nothing about this man, not a fucking thing, all he knew was this was his mate, the person he was destined for, who he'd been made for the moment the lacrima accepted him and the dragon soul became a part of him.
"Call me pretty again snake." He growled and Cobra narrowed his eye
"Prettiest thing I've ever laid an eye on." He replied.
"You do only have one…" Vanders mouth quirked and Cobra growled at his defiance.
"Fuck I love your lips…" Cobra admitted, he just about couldn't take his eyes off Vanders mouth, he wanted to bite that full lower lip.
"I love your ears…" Vander returned and Cobra smirked, fucking red eyed beast knew how to suck on his ear too, fuck that had been about his undoing, he'd almost cum in his pants out there.
His eye slid critically over Vanders clothes again, no clasps, no buttons, nothing…
"Sexy as that leather is…" he growled,dragging a sharp claw over the front of Vanders pants right over where his erection strained at the leather and Vander hissed, hips bucking up into Cobras hand making the slayer grin.
"Hows it come off?" He asked, palming Vanders cock over his pants and Vander groaned.
A moment passed then Cobras eye widened as the leather just melted, turning into wispy shadows and leaving his mate naked under him. Cobras breath caught...serpents swirled down the right side of Vanders body laced through runes you could only see at certain angles . The black and red one around his bicep had a twin wrapping around his right thigh and the one over his right hip had a long tail that curled right over the root of a long hard cock that made Cobras mouth water. He kept himself neat too, almost hairless...would make licking all over him a little easier.
"Holy fuck...there are Gods.." he breathed and Vander laughed
"Gonna give me a big head." He chuckled and Cobra smirked
"You got that right…" He purred and Vander bared his teeth at him, he knew how this had to go, his brother and sister were Dragon Slayers, he'd have to be the one getting fucked their first time and Cobra wasn't small, but he'd taken men nearly that big, maybe bigger, Beck wasn't a little guy and he'd fucked Vander pretty damn good a couple of times at some of White Seas wilder parties, of course...that was after Vander had fucked him...
"Shit...you're gonna bite me with those…" he breathed,reaching up and running a finger over Cobras lip, tracing a fang, Cobra kissed his finger, gripping Vanders cock and making him hiss again.
"I am...more than once...but I'll make sure you like it…" Cobra said in a low voice that made Vander shudder as if the feel of Cobras calloused hand stroking him wasn't enough.
He reached out and Cobra watched his mates hand vanish and reappear with a bottle, his eye skimmed it and he smirked,taking it from him and setting it on the small table by the bed they were on. He dropped back down then, capturing that full lower lip and sucking it into his mouth, gods he tasted as good as he smelled too. He wanted those lips all over his...everything, every inch of his body and he meant to have that. Right after he had his own mouth all over those gorgeous tattoos.
He trailed his lips down, tracing his tongue over the first havati serpent and pinching Vanders pec with his sharp teeth near where he'd bitten him earlier making the man growl at him.
"Bite me...fuck...yes…" Vander moaned and Cobra growled, holy shit that was sexy...Vanders hands were way too skilled too, trailing over his body and making him shudder as they found spots that made him ever more sensitive to the sensations coursing through him. His dragon was writhing inside him anxious to set his fangs into their mate and those fangs itched, pressed against his lip as he teased Vanders body, licking lower until he was following the Havati serpent on the front of Vanders hip, tracing its body right over the root of Vanders cock and stopping to lick up the velvet length and make Vander arch off the bed into his touch.
Cobra turned his head and bit into Vanders hip, the taste of his blood reaching his tongue as Vander writhed "Ah...yes...fuck…" Vander gasped out as Cobra licked over the bite before moving back up Vanders body, he couldn't take much more play, his dragon was impatient, and they had their whole lives ahead of them, a week aboard this ship to enjoy each other. He grabbed Vanders knees and shoved them apart moving between the shadowquips thighs. He was uncertain about what he was doing but his dragon wasn't, it drove him on, made him near blind with lust as Vander reached for him.
"Lets see how well I can charm a snake…" Vander said in a husky voice that had Cobra almost whimpering. His mate plucked the bottle from the table and poured some of the contents into his hand "Never been able to use this on anyone but myself on long solo missions far from people….Havati venom in it, I'm betting you'll like it…" He added.
The scent of the oil in the bottle had his head spinning as Vander slid it onto his hard erection and he groaned as the shadowmage took his time, a sly smile making those full lips curve and Cobra lunged in, kissing him again, his mate….this was his mate...the thought staggered him, coupled with the fact he knew next to nothing about the man aside from the fact he had a wicked sense of humor and was as close to sex on legs as anyone could get. He knew he was a Pradesh, Bickslows youngest brother, but he wasn't one of the famous ones, Kaleb, Farron, even Cristoff a little because the man seemed to be a favorite model for Elluris and the magazines loved dragonslayers.
"Gods...you can kiss…" Vander gasped a few moments later and Cobra growled
"wait till we start fucking…" He smirked and Vanders eyes narrowed.
"Cobra may be the king variety but I have yet to see how well he uses it…" Vander said and Cobra slid down sucking the head of Vanders length into his mouth and running his needle sharp fangs over the sensitive flesh.
Vander cursed, hands snapping to grip Cobras hair. The slayer looked up his heaving body, deciding he loved the view, and smirked at Vanders wide wine colored eyes. "Wanna keep teasing or are we doing this?" He growled.
Vanders smirk returned and Cobra had just enough time to growl before his mate vanished from beneath him, appearing on the other side of the room by the small desk leaning against the wall and snickering as the Slayer glared at him.
"I was going to ask you the same thing, you seem content just playing around, I have two dragon slayer siblings, I know how this works...you need to dominate me to mate with me...so...lets see if you can manage that..I won't leave this room...but I'm not about to just lay there and get fucked...I love sex too much to let it be boring." He said and Cobras lips curled, sharp white fangs showing as he slid slowly from the bed and shed his pants and boxers so they weren't in his way.
Vander saw the scars, Gods they littered the slayers body, the scar tissue on the wrists and ankles, it all meant this Dragon Slayer had once been in chains...for a longtime too...and those lash marks and other scars made it clear Cobra had endured one whole hell of a lot, but Vander had been around, he'd seen a lot, so a hard life didn't entirely impress him, his own hadn't been a cake walk even with his loving family.
He had no intention of denying the mating call, knew it would hurt him and this sexy caramel skinned God of a man that was going to become his. Being mated to a slayer meant a lot of things and he liked all of it, and, Cobra had already said they could talk about monogamy later, so he was open to some playing, wouldn't demand Vander only be his, or at least Vander hoped he wouldn't.
Cristoff, Nurem, Emi, Laxus...he'd heard it most of his life, how slayers mates became tuned to them and vice versa, how they were perfect for each other, how the sex would never be as good once they were mated with anybody as much as with their mate, but, to Vander...that just meant it would never be as good as it was with his mate involved, and good Gods, who would keep that indigo eyed smirking bit of lust out of their bed? Not him, no, he was warming more and more to belonging to Cobra and vice versa, though he knew little about the man besides the fact his venom was the deadliest in all of Earthland and he'd once been a dark mage.
White Seas emblem was clear on his left shoulder, Vander had already run his tongue over that. He got the guy probably had little experience, he was Fioran after all, but...fun was fun, and for a Dragonslayer, he knew, hunting was a good form of foreplay, Emi and Cristoff had both said so.
So they played cat and mouse, Vander managing to dodge a few of Cobras lunges before laughing he was finally grabbed and slammed against the desk, a firm hand gripped the back of his neck and pressed him down into the desk, the other wrenching his hips back while Cobra kicked his legs apart and Vander bit his lower lip.
When Cobra leaned over him and started rubbing his hard length along the inside of his thigh, so it touched Vanders the shadowquips eyes fluttered shut, "No more teasing, no more foreplay." Cobra growled and gripped Vanders hip, stepped into him and groaned as he pushed into his mates heated body, the venom laced oil making it easier but Vanders body was still tight on him.
Vanders breath caught, Gods above he'd been with plenty of men but this...this was just too good,right width, length...Cobra was perfection as he started snapping his hips, gripping Vanders hips with both of his hands and the shadowquip gripped the desk, thanking the Gods it was bolted down securely because fuck he would be lucky not to have bruises on the fronts of his thighs as hard as they were getting slammed into the desk.
"Gods...so...fucking...good.." Cobra grunted, slamming harder and harder into his mate, who was meeting those thrusts with equal force.
He waited, until Vanders moans got more desperate, until he was rocking back hard into Cobras body, and then he stopped, pulled back and out of his mates body, his dragon going nuts but he had a point to prove.
Gripping his mate as the man made a disappointed sound and tried to turn to look at him he tossed the man to the bed again and pounced on him, slamming him onto his back and shoving his legs apart roughly he grabbed Vanders ass, his clawed fingers digging into the hard rounded muscle and lifting his body so he could thrust in hard.
Vanders back arched, a sharp cry of pleasure escaping him that was cut off by a rough thrust from the dragon slayer.
"MINE...you are my MATE." He snarled and took up a brutal pace that had Vander clawing at the bed for any leverage, finally forced to reach over his head to keep his head from getting slammed into the wall and the sight was too much for Cobra, his mate spread out, arms over his head, black hair tousled, heavy locks falling over one brilliant lust hazed eye while the other gleamed up at him.
"Yours...fuck I'm so yours…" Vander agreed, unable to stop himself, and Cobra lunged down, arms wrapping around his mate and holding them pressed together as his hips worked, Vanders legs wrapped around him, his hands remaining on the wall above his head as Cobra kissed him, trailed open mouthed kisses down his jaw to his neck where his tongue drew more sounds from the Boscan.
It was so good, so hot and rough and filled with so much biting and growling until Cobras hand slid between them and wrapped around Vanders pulsing cock and started pumping it in time with his deep jarring thrusts into the mages body. Vander didn't last much longer then, gasping out his end "Erik…" and Cobra lunged down, sinking his fangs into the side of Vanders neck, feeling his blood wash over his tongue as he pumped his magic into his body and came himself releasing deep inside Vanders shuddering body, groaning against his neck.
The magic swirled, and Cobra gasped, Vanders wasn't just shadow magic, Vander was a master of shadows and void travel and they whipped around Cobra, dragged themselves over his pleasure raked body and pushed into him, Vanders magic entering Cobra as he drank in the shadowquips blood just like Cobras flowed into Vander through his fangs.
They both felt parts of themselves rip away and the pain was all encompassing until both felt the others soul come into them, and the doubts, the worries about not knowing the other were just...gone.
"This works, you have an asshole and I am one...match made in Heaven." Cobra said lazily twisting a red streak of Vanders hair around his finger.
Vander gave him a doubtful look but the upward tilt of his lips was telling,
His expression though didn't match his soul, which was now in perfect harmony with Cobras, and Cobra could hear him now. His wicked Hot Damn...how long till he's ready again...Gods I need more… Had Cobra smirking.
"Grab your ankles babe, I'll give you the mating night of your fucking dreams." He growled and Vander laughed.
"King Cobra, you try to put a dress on me and I'm feeding you poisons that will leave you high enough you'd fuck mailboxes." The shadowquip returned.
"Street side or PO box because I like em tight." Cobra returned. Vander laughed, gripping his new mates ass
"You better have a quick recovery, talk like that will get you laid." He said.
Cobra smirked "Spread em then sexy, I was born to be a snarky fucker."
"Doesn't get much snarkier than me…" Vander returned.
"Uh huh, like I said...spread em…"
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Lucy leaned on the railing of the ship her breath making white shimmering puffs in the frigid air, even with the ships powerful containment field that kept the wind generated by the speed the ship was moving at from flowing over the deck and sweeping everyone who ventured there away nothing could be done about the intense cold.
Iceburg saw daytime highs in the single digits this time of year though they were moving away from the worst of it, she already could feel the temperature getting less biting. Her cheeks still stung and little bits of frost clung to her eyelashes, but the light of the sun even though weak through the clouds helped her mood.
They had been delayed by storms so were now 9 days into their flight. The captain said that by midnight or so they would reach their landing spot where the Saberfox would have to drop them for the trek across Pergrande.
Everyone was doing well, the fact that Cobra had found his mate in Vander had brought about an even more positive and excited feel to this mission, Arman Pradesh calling daily to check on his new son-in-law and, to talk with her. Lucy had to admit it helped, Arman was kind, wise and brimmed encouragement, he was thrilled beyond reason that she and Kaleb were Promised now.
"You should come inside, Princess." she smiled, not even needing to turn to know who had come up behind her. Cristoff, he and Laxus had become her comfort, She glanced over her shoulder as large well muscled arms an circled her and pulled her against his chest.
"I was talking to your dad." She said, which was true, she had come up here so she and Arman could chat without disturbing anyone. The cold filled the ship, and had everyone huddling for warmth, the ships heaters weren't designed to handle the prolonged cold of crossing Iceburg.
"Well, I see you're done, want to come have some coco and play cards with Laxus, Bix and I?" He asked hopefully and she smiled, she knew he and Laxus were working to keep her occupied, even knew it was Kaleb and Arman who had put them up to it, well...put Laxus up to it, Cristoff seemed to sense when she started missing his brother and would suddenly show up all smiles and bright demeanor and demand she do something with him. He liked to ply her with chocolate too, it worked, she'd only cried a couple of times since they had left White Sea and both times were while she was talking with Kaleb himself and hearing his voice, feeling him in her mind as they talked made her miss him.
She gave in, following Cristoff back below deck to the small common room, placing a kiss on Laxus' temple when he handed her a steaming mug of coco and smiling watching Cobra, he was sitting straddling the bench by a table playing chess with Presca while Vander was reclined, leaning back against his chest, reading through some reports while Cobra idly played with his hair. The pair were mated completely now, the second bite had been set three days ago and already the purple dragon on Vanders neck was dark in his tanned skin. Lucy had never in her life imagined Cobra could find someone as wicked minded as he was, but he absolutely had. Vander had no problems at all keeping up with the Poison slayers toxic tongue, and had also figured out how to make the slayers voice fail him, Vander, for the time being at least, had a bigger appetite for all things physical in their relationship, but Cobra was catching up quick and had his Dragon slayers stamina on his side so his lusty mate was kept plenty happy.
It didn't stop Vander from teasing though. At first it had been hard to watch the pair, she missed Kaleb, they hadn't gotten barely any time to enjoy their new status as a promised couple, one night, Gods what a night it had been too, wrapped in his arms they hadn't slept much at all, but they had made good use of the hot tub in his bedroom, the balcony, the private bath and of course his large bed that was, she had learned, incredibly comfortable.
They had talked about so many things, she was a worrier, and he'd coaxed all he could get out of her, all of her questions and concerns so they could address them.
He said they needed to, because they were going to be apart for a long while and he didn't want her carrying any of her worries with her. So he'd been a little relentless, and she had been her typical evasive defensive self, but it had all come out. They had laughed, she had cried a couple of times, and he'd kissed away every tear and made love to her in between their talks.
"I want to take that spot at the Academe if I can get it next year." She had said as they were regaining their breath. He'd kissed her shoulder, nuzzling against her neck before sucking her earlobe in between his teeth.
"I expect you to get that spot." He whispered in her ear making her shiver.
"But I'd be there for 7 months…" She sighed.
"I could visit at will, Cristoff and Thane can both teleport the distance between White Sea and the Academe Lucy, I could spend every weekend with you. So that's not an issue." He responded.
"I don't know if I'm ready to move up here…" She admitted next, talking about moving into the Guildmaster mansion on top of the guild.
"Then don't, its a few minutes walk from here to your apartment, you're entitled to your space Lucy." He had replied, smiling at her.
"I'm new, the guild doesn't even know me and I'm already dating you...they'll think…" She started and his kiss had silenced her.
"They'll think their Guildmaster is their Guildmaster and he's never once let a damn one of them say a single thing about his choices, a lot of them will be jealous though...of me, I've heard you and your golden hair along with Laxus and his have stirred things up, you turning every proposition down has bets all over about who will get to be with you first...I won." He wagged his eyebrows at her and she laughed.
"I want to travel." She said and he'd chuckled, kissing her harder.
"You'd better I have to travel a good bit for the Guild and you're a working mage, I expect it." He returned.
"Lucy...we can make it all work, I have faith in us, I want to be with you, I want to fall in love with you." He told her softly and her heart had about melted right then, she'd given him wide amazed happy eyes.
"You do?" She whispered. He smiled, arms tightening around her.
"Yes Woman, it's kind of the point of becoming promised…" He'd looked into her eyes for a few moments and Lucy had felt him her eyes narrowing.
"You're in my head." She said and he smiled rolling to his back and pulling her on top of him.
"Not often, I know you think I'm endlessly invading there but I promise you...I don't, I do respect people's privacy, just...sometimes with you, I need to know where your thoughts are going because you tend to undermine yourself...I won't let you do that with me...not ever. I don't hide things, I may not mention something that doesn't affect you, or I may delay telling you something if I feel I need to know more before I tell you, but I promise you...I will never hide things, it's not in my nature, you can ask my father, who will no doubt be all over you for a while and I apologize for that in advance, I won't hide things, I won't lie, it isn't in me. You will know if I'm upset about something, I'll tell you. And…" He looked at her again, eyes warm and full of affection.
"I expect the same from you...promise me Lucy, because I know what a promise means to a celestial mage, promise me you will tell me when something between us upsets you, any fear, any worry, even if you feel it's silly or childish or nonsense, you will tell me, talk to me." He said and she had stared back at him for a few moments, it seemed like such a small thing, but she knew it wasn't, knew her own magic would start compelling her to be upfront with Kaleb and she didn't trust herself completely not to say things that might be hurtful or ignorant…
He reached up and cupped her cheek "I don't CARE, hurtful, ignorant, silly...whatever you label your worries or concerns Lucy...I want to hear them and I want you to talk to me about them." He said firmly and she sighed.
"I'll do as you do then, Just like you said, I may delay if I feel I need to know more before we talk...but...I promise." She agreed and he'd pulled her down into a long kiss that had led to them writhing all over the bed, he'd sucked at her neck as he had settled between her legs, sweat starting to make their bodies slick, and she'd lost all ability to think as his body had moved against hers, pressed her into the silk sheets, he always had silk, he prefered it, like the shirts and underwear he wore were always silk, like his hair was, he was soft in so many wonderful ways, especially with her, and she basked in it through that whole wonderful night.
After a couple of mugs of coco, a few hands of cards Lucy retreated to the bunk room, none of them had any real privacy, this was a military ship and a small one built for stealth and speed. She even shared her bed, some nights she had slept wrapped up in Cristoffs arms, some nights she slept with Laxus, she stayed warm that way and while Cristoff was the easier one to sleep with because he was simply more comfortable being cuddly and snuggling because he'd grown up with so many siblings, she still alternated between her two Dragon Slayers, since Cobra spent every night wrapped around Vander, enjoying the fact his mate handled the cold well and had a higher body temperature than most because of his adjustment to shadows and the voids he travelled.
She kept climbing into bed with Laxus because he got as much out of it as she did and she could tell. Cuddling with her made him relax and he even smiled in his sleep sometimes. So, while Laxus was stiff and awkward as they settled, and it took longer to get to sleep because he was worried about crushing her, she still did it, though she slept very well and soundly when she crawled into bed with Cristoff, to the point Vander, on a couple of nights she wasn't in Cristoffs bed, dragged Cobra to it and the cold sensitive slayer would get sandwiched between his mate and his his mates brother and in spite of his nasty comments and snarls, Cobra would sleep soundly, finally completely warm and with Cristoffs gentle magic to assure no nightmares reached him.
That was the other thing that happened on their 9 day trip to Pergrande. Cobra got his eye back. Vander had been kissing over his mates face as Cobra dozed and suddenly looked over at Cristoff.
"Could you restore his eye Cris?" He asked and his brother had raised a brow but slid off his bunk and crossed the space between them hand lighting up as it slid over Cobras sleeping face.
His frown lifted into a smile and he nodded at Vander, Lucys eyes had become saucers, a grin brightening her face.
"Wake him up and ask if he wants me to, but yeah, there's enough there I can restore the eye." Cristoff had said and Vander had smirked, hand sliding down under the blankets and Cobra had moaned, only to have his moan swallowed by Vanders demanding lips, the shadowquips tongue pushing into his mates mouth and soon Cobras eye opened, his arms wrapping around his mate and heaving him over to pin him against the wall beside their bunk.
Cristoff had smirked, leaning back against the corner post of the bunk to wait while the pair writhed a bit, Vander seeming to lose his focus on the ultimate goal of waking his mate when Cobras hands started moving over him.
Cobra though, while shifting to try and maneuver Vander beneath him grabbed the thick hard muscled thigh of his mates brother and froze.
He turned and glared at the smirking Lunar Slayer.
"Unless you're joining us for a three way..you really need to get that ass off this bed." He growled. Having Cristoff on the ship, Laxus too, while he had claimed his mate hadn't been easy. Naturally...because Vander was his mate, the shadowquip had just HAD to mess with that too. Frequently vanishing and cuddling with his sleeping brother only to return to the cabin the captain had given them for their mating so they could stay separate from everyone else once Cristoff had explained to him the importance of that privacy for everyone's safety.
It had been good because he'd had private space with his mate during the days between the two bites,and on the small military ship privacy was a commodity few enjoyed, less good because while Vander was warm and more than happy to heat him right the hell up and often, they didn't have the benefit of all the others and their warmth.
Then of course there was the proximity of two other unmated dragon slayers, Cobra handled it as best he could, and Lucy was able to help but Vander thought it was too funny to cuddle against his brother and return to Cobra while he was sleeping, slide back into bed with his mate and then have Cobras dragon wake him right the hell up at the scent of another dragon being on his mate.
The near violent possessive sex that would follow as Cobra reasserted his claim and covered Cristoffs scent thoroughly with his own was too good for Vander not to keep doing that too, he wanted the full dragon slayer experience and was making sure he damn well got it.
That Cobra reacted more to Laxus' scent had presented the Shadowquip with a unique challenge. If he tried to cuddle up to the lightning slayer Laxus would electrocute him without hesitation, had already warned him the second night on the ship after Vander had discovered, after falling into a tickle fight with Cristoff and Lucy that his mate reacted to him having another dragons scent on him with wild rough possessive sex then got all cuddles and touches and delicious affectionate afterward.
He'd looked at Laxus with a calculating gleam in his deep red eyes that had the Lightning slayer bristling.
"You touch me I'll toss your ass electrocuted and unconscious back to Cobra." He'd growled and Vander had smiled, sliding down to sit by Lucy. Now he could have Lucys scent all over him and that didn't bother his mate at all, no...it was the other dragon slayers that got the desired effect clearly. He'd have loved to see if cuddling Emzadi made it happen with her being a female slayer, but since his sister wasn't available, that left Laxus…
So Vander had taken up the challenge of getting the Lightning slayers scent on him because he wanted to see his mates reaction...purely academic reasons for it of course he told Lucy who narrowed her eyes on him suspiciously when he'd come into the bunk room one night and spotted Laxus dozing on his bunk while Lucy was reading all wrapped up in his thickly muscled arms.
When he'd grinned and crept closer on silent feet and his shadows had started slithering about to mask his presence completely she had frowned at him and he'd hesitated about to slide down on the bed behind Laxus who was laying on his side facing Lucy.
His wine colored eyes had pleaded with her, and the puppy dog look really was pretty convincing she had to hand it to him, even knowing full well he was up to no good, so she had rolled her eyes and Vander had slid down and pressed himself against the Lightning slayer, rubbing gently until the big man stirred a little then he was gone in a swirl of black shadows.
Laxus had groggily opened his eyes and smiled faintly when they had fallen on Lucy still intently reading her book on Boscan laws. Every second she wasn't somehow spending with one of them she was reading, she'd pushed through more than a dozen thick texts on Boscan laws, customs and traditions and had Crux working around the clock which didn't surprise him in the least, Bickslow had told him all that had happened the night of the party.
He'd been well occupied, two lusty Boscan guildmates had chosen to congratulate him privately in the bath house on his double s-class status and he'd spent a good portion of the night happily accepting their attentions.
He'd been to Bosco before, knew perfectly well how the people were, and while the disbandment of Fairy Tail hadn't set well with him, to the point he'd had his Fairy Tail emblem tattood permanently in place, going to Bosco and joining White Sea had just made sense.
He'd almost done it before when he'd been banished and spent all that time here, just let Fairy Tail, his grandfather, all of it go and become a White Sea mage, but the Raijinshuu were in in Fiore and he loved his team, his nakama, so he'd gone back.
Now, with his gramps chosing to let the guild end, to go on some mission and let it all fall apart, he wasn't going to stand around and cry about it. Fuck no, when Bickslow suggested Bosco and White Sea, he jumped right the fuck on that idea. Evergreen had been the only problem, she was in love with Elfman, and wouldn't leave him behind.
He could only respect that, and had finally agreed to let her stay, he'd been feeling Lucys pain, hadn't known what it was at the time, his own somewhat eclipsing it, but finally when they had gone out that day he and Bix had found her crying by the ruins of the guild, he'd figured it out. Bringing her had been the right thing to do.
Looking at her now, so happy, intently working on figuring out how to win her bet with Kaleb. The fat Kaleb was now protected by them being promised hadn't even slowed her down. She'd looked affectionately at Cristoff, kissed Vanders temple and plucked another book from the hefty stack Freed had gotten at her request from the Grand Library in Pelerno before he'd left with Cobra aboard the Saberfox to come pick them all up in White Sea.
She would find something, he had no doubt about it, Lucy protecting her nakama was no joke. He'd been about to lean in and bury his nose in her hair so he could go back to sleep when the scent of cherries and cloves hit him and he growled.
"He didn't…" He narrowed his eyes on Lucy who hid her face behind her book.
"Blondie, i swear to Mavis and every God out there you better wake me next time he does that shit." He growled and she peeked over the edge of the book at him owl eyed and nodded
"He just wanted to see if Cobra reacted different to your scent than he does to Cristoffs." She said softly, it was the argument Vander had tried when Laxus had warned him off earlier that evening.
"Bullshit, and you shouldn't be helping him tease Cobra, poor guys going through mating with Vander, give him a break." He huffed.
"I'm not helping him….I just didn't stop him…" Lucy objected but hid behind her book again knowing it was a weak defense at best.
"Uh huh, I'll fry you too blondie, don't think I won't, you and Van are both Kin but that won't stop me." He warned.
Vander had learned when he'd returned to Cobra that in fact, Cobra did react much more strongly to Laxus' scent being on him, what a glorious lesson it had been too, one he wanted to repeat but Laxus had been annoyingly alert since that first time.
But now the mating was complete, and while Cobra was still intensely possessive, he wasn't mindlessly reactive anymore, when he caught another slayers scent on his mate he was as likely to drag him into the shower and scrub him down as he was to deliver the bone melting sex Vander was always keen for.
Cobra wasn't complaining though, Vander was living breathing fun, affectionate, had blood laced with the most delicious poison Cobra had ever encountered and had a body that would have been mouth watering all on its own but add in the tattoos of winged serpents...Havati...which was what Cubellious had been? Holy Gods Cobra couldn't stop himself from randomly kissing them, running his fingers over them. His eyes were even that deep wine red, like Cubellios' had been, and he tasted good, felt good, had the same sense of humor Cobra had just...more so, and the sex….dear sweet Gods he'd gotten a God of Sex as a mate. Vander had just...no reservations, no hang ups, and skilled, his gorgeous mate had skills that left him barely able to breathe, writhing and at his mercy at times, especially when he wrapped those plump lips around Cobras cock…
There was no way anyone anywhere gave better head than his mate did., deep throating him, doing things with his tongue, his teeth, his fingers...and his shadows...fuck those things were like heaven, fluid bits of warm velvet when Vander used them to help him pleasure Cobra, It was incredible.
Add in the fact Vander was very game to try anything and Cobra, who had always had some slightly wild tastes, had met his ultimate match, it was odd that he was the one to throttle things back a little, to tell Vander he was open to others joining them but not yet, his dragon was still too possessive to share the dream come true of a mate they had finally found.
Vanders magic was terrifying, he wouldn't deny that, he thought his shit was freaky but when Vander had explained how his worked...Cobra had been left speechless, which for him was strange because he had a smart ass comment for just about anything.
That Vanders magic was now part of him as well made his mate even more affectionate toward him, the shadows more responsive to him and, he was sure, over time, he'd master what parts of it came to him through their mating bond.
Right now though, waking to his mate pumping his cock and shoving his tongue down his throat didn't have Cobra in the mood to play...with anything but Vander that was. So, turning and seeing his hulking muscle bound brother sitting on the edge of their bed with a boot propped against the wall, and gripping that hard as rock thigh...damn...he could so enjoy brothers...but Vander was pulling back, chuckling and Cobra narrowed his eye suspiciously, he adored his mate completely already but knew better than to trust him in situations like this.
"Actually, Cris is here to restore your eye babe." Vander said in a silky purr right into Cobras ear "Though I've already expressed my interest in threesomes in the future." He added.
Cobra turned to face Cristoff, now wide eyed.
"You...you could do that?" He asked in clear disbelief. Cristoff nodded
"There's enough to work with in the socket I can restore it, I can't remove the scar, but I can bring the eye back, just sit up straight and Vander can help hold you still, it won't hurt I promise, but it will probably feel weird, my magic has a cooling sensation as it works, so expect that, I'll try to keep it warmer considering your issues with cold but I can only do so much." Cristoff told him and Cobra was shifting quickly to get himself fully upright, Vander sliding behind him, wrapping his arms around him.
"How long…" Cobra asked, and Cristoff shrugged "a little bit,but Vander is pretty amazing at distractions…" Cristoffs smirk made Cobra roll his eye but he sat back against Vander who nipped his neck and started sliding his hands over Cobras chest, drawing a purr from the slayer he couldn't stop.
Fate hadn't given him a saint, that was certain, but holy hell was his mate perfect for him, Vander loved his humor, fedit like alcohol on a fire at times, and if he wanted kink...Vander fucking upstaged him and took it to new levels, his mate knew his body, knew how to work Cobras too well, and he was a very happy dragon lately, but his eye?
He almost didn't want to hope, and when the cool feel of Cristoffs magic flowed over his face and into the socket of his destroyed eye he braced himself for pain, but there was none, it felt weird,but Vanders hands were moving over his skin, those full warm lips were playing around his ear and felt so good he couldn't focus, just let himself drift into his mates touches and the soothing misty cool feel of Cristoffs magic.
The low grade headache he'd lived with since he'd had the brilliant notion to pour acid into his eye socket to claim some version of "strength" at the prodings of a madman he should have known better than to listen to considering the fucker had raped him countless times. That headache was gone, and more and more the hollow ache in his face left.
"Ok...it's going to feel strange, and likely be sensitive to light for a day or two, take it slow, the anti nausea bracelet will help a lot…" Cristoff was saying, Vander hugged him while Lucy slid in front of Cristoff, kissing the big slayers cheek, tears in her eyes and hope brimming in her as Cobra blinked open his eyes.
He blinked a few times, held his eyes shut, opened them, blinked again and smiled at Lucy. "Shit Tink...you're so much prettier with depth perception not making your face look deformed." He said and Lucy rolled her eyes, slapping his chest.
He winked his new eye at her and turned, grabbing his mate and pulling Vander over to pin him to the bed and stare down at him…
"Fuck…" He breathed, he'd always loved dark hair...silky black hair with red streaks in it was officially his all time favorite, all the things he'd done and this was still his mate...sex on fucking legs...smart as hell, magically powerful..Gods he was damn well ripped too, "Last time you missed leg day?" He asked and Vander smirked "I run, parkour most days, 7-15 miles every day, well, except on this damn ship, feel like a hamster in a ball here but I still work out every single day, lately I've been fucking the hell out of a Dragon Slayer for my cardio." He smirked and Cobra grinned at him.
"Thank you." Vander said, looking past him at his brother who was now holding Lucy, the pair cuddling each other since both knew Cobra wanted their cuddles of celebration about as much as a spike through his head.
"There was enough to work with, with better depth perception maybe he can catch you better so you two aren't banging around so much every night, shit sleeping across from you two sucks, they should have let you keep that little cabin." Cristoff chuckled.
Cobra smirked at him, realizing then, the Lunar slayer was Vanders brother….good Gods...he suddenly had family...Cristoff was even more readable than he'd been before, the big man had a rich music to his soul, as Cobra would have expected it was soothing, and admittedly, as much so as Lucys was just with deeper tones, Cristoffs was more mellow than Lucys bright sunshine.
Ok, think it's time we go enjoy the deck…" Cristoff declared, tugging Lucy with him as Vander vanished and reappeared behind his mate, Lucy knew that move...but this time Vander didn't look like he was just teasing...she jerked her head away as Vanders clothes started disappearing, snapping her eyes toward the door Cristoff was pushing her through, they almost bowled over Laxus who had intended to go lay back down after getting himself some coffee but the slayer looked past them at what was happening in the bunk room, rolled his eyes and fell in step beside Lucy.
"Yeah...that was an image I didn't need burned into my retinas…" Laxus growled. Cristoff laughed.
"They're recently mated and you know Vander, long as Cobras stamina holds out he'll be pushing it to its limits." the big slayer said waving his hand as if it were all just normal natural life as usual.
"That snake is your brother now." Laxus pointed out and Cristoff grinned.
"Yep, Dad will have them married as soon as he can pin em both down and Erik will be a Pradesh, he'll fit in fine, fuck he's perfect for Vander, they almost can't out smart ass each other." He chuckled.
Lucy smiled "I don't know, I think Erik will give Vander a run for his money." She said confidently. She didn't know Vander as well as Erik, but she had a feeling Erik was harder than the shadowquip, not that Vander didn't have a sharp edge to him, he did, she sensed his humor was something of a coping mechanism that had become a deep part of his personality, but, it was a sincere part of him, just like the compassion she saw in him from time to time, there was, like others had told her, a very good man beneath the sharp swords and black leather. She blinked, it was odd, she could remember ever having a sense for somebodies real feelings so clearly before, but she had almost heard Vander praying his mate could have his eye back while Cristoff had worked…
She shook her head, beaming at Freed when he walked up to them on the deck and put mugs of steaming coffee into their hands. It had warmed up, they were out of Iceburg now…
A few hours later they were standing, watching in amazement as the Saberfox engaged it's stealth device and vanished, only the wind from its engines as it lifted off telling it was still there. Packs were shouldered and Cobra grabbed Lucys shoulder.
"Hang on...Tink...shit, you know the whole fucking reason I ended up here was this…" The Poison slayer said, pulling something from his pocket and holding it out to her.
Lucys eyes widened, sitting in his palm was a bright silver key…
"Canes Venatici...the hunting dogs. There is no other tracker in all the stars better, no hunter short of Artemis herself that can find something like the hunting dogs can…." Lucy breathed, taking the key from Eriks hand before lunging and hugging him.
She kissed his face about a dozen times before bouncing back "Oh Erik! They...they can help us…" She breathed and held the key aloft, pushing her magic through it and opening the gate calling the hounds forth.
There were two, large, almost the size of horses, elegant long heads, large eyes, flopped ears with long legs and lithe graceful bodies, one was gray, the other was a rich red/brown both had long fangs and their eyes glowed with deep intelligence.
"Canes Venatici...I'm Lucy...would you make a contract with me?" She asked. The dogs both layed down at her feet, pressing their elegant heads against her legs.
"I am Chara, my brother is Asterion, we accept a contract with you and are always at the service of our mistress,set us a thing to find and we shall hunt it down for you, we are untiring guardians, have farsight, and either of us can carry you with ease, we can fight, and use stellar fire attacks in addition to our teeth in battle, we may not appear so, but penetrating the hide of a hunting star is near impossible so we can withstand massive amounts of damage without losing our corporeal forms." Charas voice was decidedly female and Lucy stroked over the gray dogs beautiful face.
"I am looking for the key to Aquarius…." Lucy said softly, mesmerized by the dogs soulful golden eyes.
"We are greatly skilled in locating celestial keys mistress, we can feel our celestial brothers and sisters, sense them from great distances...Aquarius is far from here, to the north east." Chara told her and Lucy grinned, hugging the dog around her neck.
Don't go too far ahead of us, but...guide us to her." She said and the dog nuzzled her, it's plumed tail wagging "It will be our honor...Princess Lucy." Asterions masculine voice declared and the red dog bounded from her running a circle around the group before play bowing a few dozen yards ahead in the direction they needed to go. "Well? We going?"
"That way." Lucy laughed as Chara joined her brother and, smiles on every face now, the team followed the bounding dogs.