“I told you before that we are not supposed to kill dragons.” I told him as I started to cough up blood.

He put his foot on my chest and yanked the sword out. I fell back onto the nose of the dragon.

“Two tasks, one sword. I can say that the dragon killed you and I had to avenge you. The princess would honor me for that.”

He walked out of the room and I was panting in pain. The dragon shifted around and carefully used one of his claws to apply pressure on the wound.

“Thank you.” He told me after we heard the tower doors closing. “You did not have to save me Liam.”

My eyes widen because the dragon knew my name. I turned my head and noticed some of the gashes.

“You should take care of your wounds, some look terrible.” I looked away as I spoke due to the pain I was in.

“Without being headless, I can survive these wounds. You, on the other hand, look pale and there is a lot of blood. Please let me take care of you.” I nodded my head at his words. “Could you apply pressure while I change into a better shape?”

I was confused by what he said but I followed his orders. Then I felt his whole body shake as it shrunk down and became softer.

“Dorian!” I was surprised as I looked at the now mostly human face. “You were the dragon this whole time.”

“I guess I was more injured than I thought if I can’t turn fully human.”

He shifted his arms around me and carefully lifted me up. The shock of movement cause me to cough up more blood. He was whispering sweet words to me as he carried me to one of the other rooms in the tower. I was able to see that his skin had splotches of scales going from his face and down his chest. My eyes felt heavy as he started to stitch me up. I watched his mouth move but I could not hear anything as my vision faded away.

At first, I thought I was dead until I felt movement around me. I opened my eyes and noticed that I was laying on a giant red pillow.

“I was worried for you but I can sense that you were still fighting to survive.” Dorian said right before I felt a lick on my cheek.

“I feel like there is a heavy weight on my chest.” I did not realized that he had his tail on me until he moved it off. “The weight feels like it is still there.”

“Most people would feel like that after almost getting cut in half by a knight’s sword.”

I was smiling as I curled up around one of his legs. I was expecting sharp, hard scales but they were both smooth and soft.

“You have a point. Your scales are surprising soft.”

“Thank you, I use oils to keep it nice and soft.” He sounded like he was purring. Then I felt him shift around under me. “Hold still while I get into a better size.”

When he was finished shifting, I was laying on his chest with his arms wrapped around me. I had my eyes closed because I felt tired. It was relaxing until I felt something poking me.

“Are you naked right now?”

“Yes, did you think that I had magical clothing or something?”

“Well, you are poking me.”

“Oh! I am sorry that I have someone who is sexy inside and out laying on top of me.”

I was blushing as his words and then I turned darker as he kissed my cheek. His body felt warm and it lulled me to sleep.

The month that I stayed with while I was healing was both fun and amazing. He would flirt with me every chance he had to make me blush all the time. We would go down to the village for supplies and I found out that everyone knew he was the dragon. They treated him just as if they would a human. However, the day came when I was fully healed, he was told to move back home because he was no longer guarding a princess.

“Would you like to come live with me?” He asked me with a bright blush on his face.

For the first time, I made him blush instead of the other way around.

“I would love to, but, I need to get some items back from home.”

He perked up, like an excited puppy, and picked me off the ground. We were laughing as he spun us around.

“We should go straight to the castle then!”

“Okay, I would love to see Princess Anya again.” I said as he stopped spinning us.

“Mine!” He pulled me into a tight, protective hug.

He reminded me of a puppy that found a lost toy. He is a great fire-breathing dragon but he acts like a cute puppy all the time.

“Dorian,” I lightly pulled his face towards me so I can look in his eyes. “I treat her like a sister. Besides, you have my heart.”

I pulled him into a kiss and I could feel his smile on my lips. I love that spice of his taste that reminds me of cinnamon.

“Okay then.” He said as we pulled away from each other.

Later in the week, we traveled to the castle and I was surprised that there was hundreds of people coming in and out of the castle. Quite a few people were staring at Dorian. He got into the habit of going shirtless so he would stop destroying all of his clothing when he changes form. He does have a fit body even with the scars.

“Excuse me,” I walked up to a nearby old lady. “What is going on inside the castle?”

“We have been preparing for Princess Anya’s wedding! She is marrying the knight that rescued her from the horrible dragon.” She told us before walking away.

I saw Dorian’s eye twitch from the comment and he had a thin line of smoke coming out of his mouth. I reached out and grabbed his hand to calm him down. Then, we continued walking into the castle.

“Liam!” I heard a shout right before I was tackled to the ground. “I thought you were dead!”

She was crying on my chest while still hugging me.

“Anya, you are not acting like a princess right now.”

She got off of me and stood up. She brushed off her blue dress before she spoke. Dorian helped me up and Anya had a look on her face that looked like she was trying to remember him.

“I’m sorry but what happened to you?”

I quickly looked around but I did not see Kane anywhere in the courtyard.

“I will explain but not here, if you can find a place that we can talk privately. Bring Sir Leon with you but do not let Kane know.”

“I have the perfect place.” She clapped her hands and one of her lady-in-waiting walked up. “Bring these two to my room and do not let Sir Kane see you.”

“Yes, my lady.”

We followed her to the room and a few minutes later, Anya came in with Sir Leon. Dorian had an odd smile while looking at the two of them.

“Liam! You are alive! I knew that even though Kane said the dragon ate you.”

“Trust me sir. I have eaten Liam before but never in a deadly way.” Dorian said and I started blushing.

I quickly turned towards him and I smacked his arm.

“I will skin your scales while you sleep if you say anything like that again.” Anya’s eyes widen after I spoke.

“He is the dragon that was in the tower with me! His eyes looked familiar to me earlier.” Then, she had a confused look on her face. “But Kane said that he killed you? What happened in the tower?”

“Kane was looking for glory and tried to kill Dorian. I tried to stop him.” I moved my shirt to show off the top part of my scar. “He attacked me and left us for dead. We did not even know about the wedding until we got here.”

“Why would you come back? Kane could have seen the two of you and finished the job.” Sir Leon pointed out.

“To get all of his things so he could move in with me.” Dorian explained and the other two had shocked looks on their faces.

Princess Anya summoned her father and we explained our story without the lewd comments. He called off the wedding that was supposed to be tomorrow. Sir Kane lost his knighthood and became the new stable boy. After I got all of my personal items, I moved to the dragon’s homes with Dorian. A month later, we received a letter from Anya. She married Sir Leon and they were happy together. It turned out that Leon did not go to the tower because he was afraid that Anya would think that he was too old.

Living with a dragon is never boring. There was quite a few moments of the bed catching on the fire. I started helping Dorian when he guards the princesses by helping him with the chores. Even though I started my life begging on the streets, now I am with my dragon lover. This must be what a happy ending feels like.