Chapter 11

"I've decided to accept your offer," Dania told Dave once they were back in their rented room.
Dave seeming stunned said nothing for a few seconds and Dania wasn't sure if he had heard her, but then, Dave suddenly stepped forward and picked Dania up swinging her around happily making her laugh.
"You will?" Dave asked her quietly in a tone of disbelief. He couldn't believe that Dania had finally accepted being his and would take his tooth so she would always be at his side.
"I will," Dania told him smiling giving him a scorching hot kiss, as if to confirm her words.
Dave accepted the kiss and immediately took it over to where he was nearly fucking her with his mouth, his hands around her waist holding her against him.
Dave's hold around her waist was gentle, not crushing at all, and Dania melted into his embrace.
"What made you change your mind gorgeous?" Dave wanted to know once the kiss had broken and both had recovered their breaths.
Dania flushed at being called gorgeous, but didn't object to the description.
"It was a lot of little things," Dania admitted her blush fading. "The way you always treated me like an equal, which no man before you has ever done. The way you protect me without making me feel weak and like I can't protect myself if necessary. The way you helped me get revenge on those men who killed my kin. The way you offered to find me a tutor and pay for lessons to help me learn the magic I should already know if not for the deaths of my family. The way you spoil me every chance you get, though that's more of a bonus than a requirement.
"Also, the pain in your voice after I told you that I might go off on my own once we reached Chicago made me realize that you did love me and I'm also well aware that I wouldn't do half as well on my own thanks to societies rules such as they are. It also made me realize that I was being selfish and not considering anybody's feelings, but my own. Why I said something so hateful and hurtful is beyond me now, but it just came out of my mouth bypassing my normal filter, before I really thought about what I was saying.
"The pain in your voice and eyes was heartbreaking, not to mention your posture. It just radiated off you, as if you're very being had been destroyed at the mere thought of me disappearing out of your life. It was as if I had unintentionally broken your heart completely in two when I said what I did and I never meant to hurt you like that.
"As I just said, it made me realize I was being selfish and thinking about my own needs and not yours and believe me I figuratively kicked myself once I realized how much I had hurt someone who had been so kind and considerate to me," Dania finished.
"You've been supportive without being smothering and treating me like I'm an invalid, which has meant a lot to me," Dania added, as if as an afterthought.
"I'm only treating you like a woman should be treated and other men should follow my example," Dave said.
"That might be true, but it'll never happen," Dania snorted.
"True, with some exceptions," Dave said, as he hugged Dania close to him. "If you're ready to accept my tooth, I'm ready to oblige you, believe me. It didn't take as long as I thought to win you over, as I figured it would take a lot longer several more months at least. I mean, we've only been together for about six weeks more or less.
"Yes, if I'm being completely truthful, I did feel as if my whole world had ended when you said you might separate away from me when we reached Chicago, as that's the way it is with mates. Once you reversed your decision and told me that you would stick around for a while I felt as if my heart had repaired itself and now that I know you'll never leave me I finally feel whole."
"Yeah, that's not much time to fall in love, at least not under normal circumstances, but if there's one thing I know is I love you, Dave and the idea of being without you causes me physical pain right here. When I realized that, I knew I would be stupid to ever want to be parted from you," Dania tapped the vicinity of her heart to show what she meant.
"I mean, why make myself and you miserable?" Dania added.
"That's very good to hear. Believe me, I feel the exact same way," Dave told her, even as he kissed her tenderly the second time instead of passionately like he had for the first kiss. "I'm glad you do love me, because I certainly love you and I will never stop. I'm only sorry to be bringing you into my troubles with my brother."
"Don't be," Dania told him. "I thought about that already and I accept the danger because I love you and I would probably kill myself if you decided to leave me just to protect me, because of your troubles with your baby brother."
"When you swallow my tooth, I won't be able to be very far from you. Remember what I said," Dave reminded her.
"We can be no more than 30 maybe 40 miles apart," Dania remembered what Dave had said.
"Exactly," Dave agreed. "And that's not very far at all."
"No, it's really not," Dania agreed.
"Here let me order you something to drink so you can swallow my tooth," Dave said, as he went to the phone that was sitting on the bedside table. "What would you like? Anything you want is yours."
"Some lemonade would be good," Dania decided.
"Lemonade it is," Dave agreed, as he made his call to order two glasses and a pitcher of lemonade with ice. "After you swallow, my tooth, why don't you give me that fashion show you promised me?"
"Happy to," Dania agreed smiling. "So. are you ever going to give me the ring you bought me?"
"Thanks for reminding me, as it slipped my mind, considering your announcement," Dave said, as he took the box he had bought his mate out of his coat pocket and opened the lid showing Dania the ring inside.
"It's lovely, Dave. You have excellent taste, but then, really I should've known that already considering the ring you used magic to create," Dania told him, as Dave took it out of the box and slipped it on to Dania's ring finger after she had taken off the old one. "It's lovely," Dania told him admiring it.
"I'm glad you think so," Dave told her smiling at her tenderly.
"So, what do you want to do with the old ring?" Dania asked him.
"Well, since it was created by magic, I don't know why we can't just destroy it," Dave said. "It's not like it's worth anything, even if I know it looks like it's the real deal. Nobody would ever know it wasn't except for my kind and since we'll be meeting a lot of them over the centuries it's just better if you have the real thing, not a fake imitation.
"Seems a shame," Dania said. "I mean, you went to so much effort to create it for me that I hate to see it destroyed."
"I didn't put to that much effort into it," Dave told her waving away, Dania's comment as being inconsequential, "as it was simple magic that only one of royal lineage can do. Sure, other dragon shifters could create something like this, but whatever they created wouldn't last and would disappear within a few days."
"So, can you create anything? Ordinary things, like food or clothes or furniture?" Dania wanted to know.
"No," Dave said, shaking his head. "Dragon shifters can only create things involving precious gems or metals like gold or silver."
"So basically, if it's made of metal and it's valuable, you can create it," Dania said.
"So long as I have seen the original, yes, I can," Dave agreed, "but as for the other things you mentioned no. Well, other than things like the paper money that is used here, but really that's valuable too, but if I tried to use magic to create anything else absolutely not. Really it makes sense when you think about it."
"Why does it make sense?" Dania inquired with a raised eyebrow.
"Because dragons are covetous. Basically, they're greedy when it comes to things that are valuable, especially things like gemstones and precious metals," Dave explained. "Dragons are always collecting some sort of treasure, always involving precious metals or things like gemstones. Seeing as dragon shifters in general are all that way some more or less of course, it makes sense that they're able to recreate valuable objects, coins, or jewelry.
"Personally, I think, that the goddess made it so that whatever is created instead of earned disappears after a while, depending on the strength and the amount of magic put into it in order to keep her people from getting lazy and not earning whatever it is, they have and to also catch those that try to sell to other species what they create since any object will disappear at some point leaving the people having wasted a lot of money and without the item they bought.
"Nobody would be able to tell unless they were another dragon that what they were sold, wasn't real, and by the time that whatever it was, disappeared, it would be too late."
"And yet, you can create such things and make them last forever," Dania questioned.
"Members of the royal family are the only ones that can do that though," Dave reminded her. "However, as I told you, any dragon shifter will be able to tell if something is created with magic instead of it being real precious metal or gemstones.
"Personally, I think, if it was the goddess that gave members of the royal family the ability to make whatever we create last. I think she did it way so that whatever we create emanates those vibes I told you about to let others of my species know that what they're seeing is made by magic and therefore, not really valuable at all. That's just my personal opinion though, as there's no proof."
"It does make sense, though," Dania said pursing her lips thoughtfully. "When you have such an ability, there's usually a fail-safe if you will, to prevent someone from using their ability wrongly. It's the same way for magicals."
"And what is the fail-safe for magicals on this plane when they are doing some kind of complicated spellwork that takes a lot of energy from that person," Dave wanted to know.
"I believe you just answered your own question," Dania told him smiling. "Anything complicated, that takes a lot of power, especially if you're doing it all by yourself and not with others that means that you're using your own inner resources, which tires you out. Use enough of your energy and you'll need to rest and eat to regenerate it.
"If you're working with others like a coven, for example, then you can accomplish more and also last longer than just by yourself without having to rest. Some spells drain a large amount of energy from you so it's really wise to get others to help you with it, so you don't drain yourself so badly that you are a long time in recovering. You can even put yourself in a coma, which is sometimes permanent, sometimes not depending. It all just depends on the spell you're trying to perform and the effect you're trying to have."
"That sounds about the same as in my realm," Dave said finally once Dania had finished. "I suppose some things are universal."
"I'm sure there's a difference in techniques, but it's probably essentially the same," Dania agreed. "I would have to actually study the magic of the witches in your realm to say for sure one way or the other."
"You'll get the chance eventually," Dave told her.
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door, and Dave immediately went to open it, knowing that it had to be the lemonade he had ordered.
Outside the door was a man in a hotel uniform holding a tray with two glasses already filled as well as a pitcher filled with yellow liquid.
"The lemonade you ordered sir," the man offered holding out the tray.
"Yes, thank you," Dave told the man, as he took the tray inside.
"Just leave the tray and everything else outside the door when you're finished sir. One of the maids will pick it up on her rounds and return it to the kitchen," the man said, and Dave nodded.
"I'll make sure to do that," Dave agreed before gently closing the door as soon as the man had left.
Dave set the tray down on the table that was on one side of the room and then calmly reached into his mouth and plucked out a tooth with no sign of pain. He then put the tooth between both his palms in order to turn it into a pill, and Dania watched all this in fascination. She felt the release of magic and watched as the tooth transformed in Dave's hands.
She found the process fascinating.
"Here you go, Dania," Dave told her as he handed over the pill that had used to be his tooth to his mate.
Dania took it, and Dave handed her one of the glasses of lemonade. Dania put the pill in her mouth and immediately took a big gulp of lemonade making sure she got enough liquid in her mouth to swallow the pill easily, so the pill wouldn't get stuck in her throat.
The lemonade was tart, sweet and cold with just a hint of a bite. In other words, just perfect, everything lemonade should be.
Dave watched this and then gave her a tight hug and a scorching kiss as soon as Dania had swallowed his tooth.
"I'm so glad you decided to be mine," Dave murmured to her, his voice, tender, and loving, as he picked her up and placed her on the bed. "You have no idea how much your acceptance means to me."
"I have a good idea," Dania said breathing heavily, as Dave continued to kiss her face and neck, and before she knew it, she was without her blouse and Dave was kissing her bare breasts, then belly. Dave now had immediate access to her upper body, once her blouse was on the floor, as she wasn't wearing a corset.
Dania had refused to go along with the trend and wear a corset, as to her they were too restrictive. She would never have been able to breathe and work all the hours she had worked in one of those fabric prisons so she had never gotten into the habit.
Besides, they were mostly for those of the upper class and while she could technically be considered that class now thanks to getting involved with Dave she still refused to wear one.
She was simply too active to wear a corset as they didn't allow you to breathe deeply if they were tied tightly around the bust and stomach. Such a device wouldn't allow her to run if she needed to or do anything more than walk at a sedate pace so she refused to wear one even though it was the fashion. She had never seen the point of having a 6 inch waist, which you had to have if you were to be considered a beauty in this current time.
Men spent way too much time concentrating on a woman's looks instead of what was on the inside, which was ridiculous in Dania's opinion. Such a reason was why men had never really considered her for a permanent relationship though. Like she cared what men thought as it was simply ridiculous. Luckily Dave was different in that regard and didn't care if she had a 6 inch waist or if she painted up her face. Dave liked her just as she was and that made him practically one-of-a-kind and why she loved him so much.
Dave certainly didn't seem to mind that she didn't wear a corset and in fact, he seemed to appreciate having easy access to her flesh whenever he wanted to without worrying about, having to get rid of her many layers. Things like the aforementioned corset a bustle, a shift made of chemise, which was a thin, filmy material and covered her whole body, from her shoulders to her ankles. The corset of course went next, and the shift underneath was made to protect the skin from the stays that made it up.
Most women also wore drawers with an open crotch for easier access and that was something that Dania could definitely appreciate now that she was involved with Dave so she had made sure to get her some when she bought all her new clothes.
Thanks to her, refusing to wear a corset she also didn't need the thing that went over it known as a corset cover and really all that did was smooth out the lines of the corset itself giving the woman's shape a more defined form.
Why go through all the hassle of adding all those layers, which she would think would only make a woman hot, especially in summer. Fashion could be a pain in the rear, Dania figured, which was why she didn't care if she was fashionable or not.
She had never been that fashionable and didn't care that she wasn't, as she would never fit in with the wealthy set, so why bother to try? Why make herself miserable and try to be anyone but herself among all those women that would still secretly look down on her, because she didn't have their breeding or their manners? Not to mention, she hadn't had their money either.
A lot of women were raised to only get married and have children and were useless out in the real world, but that definitely wasn't her.
Most women wouldn't know what to do in some kind of an emergency and would just stand around wringing their hands together instead of springing into action.
"You are the most gorgeous woman in the world to me. You never have to worry about my loyalty to you, as I will never look at another, as that's the way it works with mates. Mates are always loyal to each other and never cheat with another," Dave told her, his tone serious, his eyes twinkling with joy, even as he continued to work his way up and down her body. "Thank you for accepting my tooth, for always wanting to be by my side."
"You're very welcome," Dania told Dave breathlessly. "I could do nothing less, as you made me fall in love with you, just by being the kind, generous, compassionate person you are, prince or not.
"As for your brother, well, we'll deal with him when the time is right. Now you are welcome to get back to what you were doing just a few seconds ago."
"Happy to," Dave told her with a playful leer looking down at her before getting back to what he had been doing, and soon Dania was swamped in pleasure again as her now mostly naked body just sang. Dave had somehow managed to remove her skirt without her, even realizing it until just now, so all that was left was her drawers with the open crotch.
"You know I certainly appreciate these crotchless drawers," Dave said. "It makes it much easier for me to penetrate you and without you even having to remove them."
Dave then penetrated her for the first time without another word, and Dania was immediately lost in the pleasant sensations again, though these were much more intense now that Dave had actually entered her and spurted his seen into her.
She'd already climaxed once just from the pleasant sensations swamping her body from Dave's kisses and other ministrations. Dave then pulled out and pushed in again doing this several times without pause and she climaxed yet again until Dave finally released his seed into her body again.
They both lay there on their sides of the bed, totally spent, as Dave has rolled off her, as soon as his penis had stopped spurting for the second time. Both were more than content with each other just like any pair of newlyweds.
"I hope you know you've made me a very happy dragon since you agreed to accept my tooth," Dave told her after he had recovered somewhat from their vigorous bout of sex.
"That goes both ways, Dave, as it's not just one-sided," Dania told him sincerely. "You have turned my life totally upside down. You yanked me out of my life of drudgery and of counting my pennies. You saved me from wondering if I would have enough to pay the rent, to buy food, of having to deal with men like Buddy, which seems to make up the majority of the human race, the men anyway. Believe me, I'm grateful that mate or not you were willing to do that.
"I haven't had a man to protect me ever since my entire family was murdered, and a woman trying to make a life for herself is a very hard thing to do, as you are well aware. Well, you saw the way I was living, as you were in my apartment and also saw where I worked.
"You know, I had to put up with men pinching my behind and calling me, honey, sweetie or sweet cheeks. Women have to put up with a lot when they have to work for a living and don't have a man to protect them."
"Yeah, you were barely making any money at all," Dave said frowning. "I know we've discussed it before, but they really don't pay women what they deserve to be paid for all the hard work time they put in."
"No, they don't," Dania agreed. "If you hadn't come along, I might just have done what I really didn't want to do in order to make more money and that was to become a prostitute."
"I am so glad you didn't take that route," Dave shuddered at that thought. "You likely would have ended up killing yourself eventually, as men would've used you for the sex and nothing else not caring if they gave you some disease that is transmitted through the exchange of bodily fluids. It's quite possible that you would've died while still young, even for a human due to that.
"Which is one reason I never took that route, but believe me, I did seriously consider it a few times. I knew the only problem with my ideas is that word would've eventually gotten around about what I was doing, and I probably would've lost my job over it, which is one reason I never went through with it," Dania said. "Anyway, let's talk about more pleasant subjects, as that part of my life is over now and I can't say I'm going to miss it. At all!"
Dave immediately dropped it, as his mate was very right in the fact that that part of her life was behind her.

~~~Dave and Dania~~~