Zoe isn’t the type to let herself get killed easily. She’ll come back to me. Her mission will be a success. I absolutely know this.
Still, as time passes, I begin to worry. I grow weaker and weaker, each moment less lucid than the last. My strength bleeds from me, soaking the bed below me in perspiration.
Come back to me, stormy one. Be my mate. Let me love you. I want to father your young. We can be happy.
Tears of loss leak from my eyes. Time passes too quickly and too quietly. I’m going to die without her. I’ll enter The Eternals alone, forced to spend eternity with a gaping hole of loneliness inside me.
Black eats away at my vision, drawing me deep into unconsciousness. At least there, she’s alive and well. I happily chase her into the dark.
* * *
“Don’t let it get in!”
I kiss her plump lips, eagerly shredding her minnasuit from her body, my cock hard and aching.
“Hurry, block that door!”
Her blunt nails dig into my bare shoulders, scraping me as she draws me nearer.
“He went that way. Run!”
My mate with her stormy eyes and ornery smirk tugs at my hair and moans my name. Avrell. Avrell. Mine.
“Shit! Watch out!”
I touch her full breast, eager to watch it grow as her stomach swells with my child.
“Be careful, Zoe.”
She cries out when I pinch her nipple and bite at her lip.
“Behind you!”
Zoe pleads for me to push my cock inside her tight, waiting body. Begs. Practically cries for it.
“Blast him!”
I tease her slick cunt with the crown of my cock. Slowly, I enter her hot depths, shuddering with pleasure.
“Yes!”
She whimpers and touches her clit, but I grab her wrist, pinning her to the bed. Her face twists into a furious scowl. I laugh because she’s adorable when she’s angry. Always has been.
“Cut him open.”
I rock my hips at a slow pace to tease her. It works her up into a frenzy. Eventually, I put her out of her misery, reaching down to toy with her clit.
“Yes, I need more of that. A bloody piece.”
She cries out when her pleasure overtakes her, clenching around my cock.
“I’m going to check on him. You deal with…that.”
I’m unable to hold back any longer, filling her with my potent seed. I just know I’ve made her pregnant. I just know it.
“Seriously? I’ve been out there for damn near twenty-four hours chasing a goddamn wolf for your ass—one that managed to slip inside the prison and wreak havoc—and you’re in here rubbing one out?”
A hand smacks at mine, forcing me to blink my eyes open, chasing away my vivid dreams. The reality of seeing Zoe in the flesh, though, makes it all worth it. Her dark hair is messy and wild, but hope and triumph gleam in her eyes.
“I was at the good part,” I grumble. “I was about to immobilize you with my toxica. No talking or moving while I kiss you all over.”
Zoe rolls her eyes. “Sounds horrifying if we’re being honest.”
“You sure didn’t complain when you came hard around my big cock.”
“Avrell,” she hisses, her cheeks turning a pretty pink. “That was a sex dream. It’s not happening.”
I reach a shaky hand to touch her face. “Oh, but it will, mate. As soon as I’m well enough, I’ll take good care of you.”
“You’re burning up hot,” she groans. “At this rate, you’ll never get the chance. Here.” She holds up a dripping green hunk of raw meat. “Eat this and then maybe you’ll get your shot to do something with that thing.”
The thing in question is my cock that’s tenting the sheets. At some point during my feverish dreams, I stripped out of my clothes. It makes me wonder if Zoe covered me. Did she see my cock? Did she like it?
I open my mouth to ask her those questions, but the woman shoves a rancid piece of meat into it. A hiss escapes me, disgusted over the pungent flavor. My cruel mate covers my lips with her palm.
“Chew it up, Doc, or I’ll be forced to hold your nose and make you swallow it whole.” Her gray eyes flash brilliantly. “I know I didn’t just stalk that thing all over this damn prison to have my efforts wasted by your picky taste buds.”
I snarl at her but begrudgingly chew on the meat. Once I swallow it down, she shoves another piece into my mouth. She manages to get a few more pieces into me before my stomach begins to roil violently. A howl of pain sears through me and I clutch my stomach.
All I see are her terrified eyes before I snap mine closed, blacking out from the pain.
* * *
“…and I sat on the roof, staring up at the stars wondering if there was anything out there waiting for me.”
I inhale her sweet scent even though I can’t open my eyes.