It's been a long wait, but it's finally here- another section in the tale of Bambi and the humanoid dragon that took her as a mate, Kyern. Months have passed, a sultry spring leading into a steamy summer, and Bambi finds herself settling into a rough-and-tumble routine with her powerful partner. Thoughts linger on her mind, of having to go back to boring civilization and doing something with her research. Kyern makes sure, in the best way possible, to give her something to really look forward to upon her return...

This story is a short, compact 3,329 words long.

-Excerpt-

"That's not all Bambi.. That's not all I do!" She corrected herself even as she spoke, turning away from the pile of paperwork she had been standing over and organizing. She was now face-to-face with Kyern, or more correctly, face-to-chest. While he had a generally human shape, he was far taller than she was, and broadly built to boot. A sly grin was on his face, revealing predatory white teeth, and his amber eyes glinted with a particular sort of mischief. She put her hands against his chest and pushed him, lightly, as he was still very close to her and very much in her space. He barely budged. Kyern was all muscle, and she had no hope of really getting him to do anything he damn well didn't want to do. His black-tipped tail lightly lashed the air, and his sharp fingernails were once more digging into the front of her shirt. His gently forked tongue rasped against the outside of her ear, and Bambi balled up one of her hands into a small fist and smacked his shoulder. "Cut it out. You're all hot from laying in the sun like that. How do you even stand it?" She complained, though even just that had spread some of that warmth through her. Kyern was impossible to resist. She wasn't sure if it were pheromones or something else to do with the way his kind bonded, or something else, but she could never tell him no...