Page 28 of Hunting for Love

A whimper escapes my throat as I taste blood. I let go, looking down with wide eyes as I see a bloody bite on the back of Zander’s neck.

Zander’s ass clamps down around my cock as he’s overcome with pleasure. Fuck. Another shiver wracks through my body. I carefully pull out and readjust us until I’m on my back and he’s in my lap.

“Want you to come and bite me too,” I murmur, planting my feet on the bed so I have leverage to thrust up into Zander’s body. I’ve already come but the adrenaline of mating has apparently helped me stay hard a little longer than usual.

Zander nods, wrapping his hand around his cock and stroking himself as he leans down and plants a kiss against my shoulder. There’s a moment where I wait in suspense. And the next Zander is moaning before pain lances through my shoulder.

“Gods! Fuck!”

Our mating becomes cemented in that moment. I can feel him. I can sense that he’s my mate, that he’s mine. It’s like nothing I’ve ever experienced before.

“Mine,” I whisper, tucking Zander against my chest and peppering kisses into his hair. “You’re mine.”

“I’m yours and you’re mine,” he says back with a wide smile. We kiss and I wrinkle my nose. Now that everything is said and done, it’s kinda gross that I can taste our blood on our tongues like this.

“Let me go grab supplies to clean us up and then I promise you can have all the kisses you want.”

Zander giggles, nodding his head and slapping my butt as I walk away. If this is what I look forward to for the rest of my life, then gods, I am one lucky man.

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

ZANDER

Our dayat the beach unfortunately is postponed. Thankfully everyone is extremely understanding on account ofme literally going into labor!

“Ouch, ouch, ouchie,” I murmur sadly, my body going tense all over. I look over at Ronny, narrowing my eyes at him.

“I’m sorry, baby,” Ronny says, wrapping his arms around me and running his hands up and down my back. It helps soothe some of the pain lancing through me. “I wish I could do more.”

“It’s fine,” I force myself to say. “I’ve been through this once before. I can handle this.”

“Thankfully,” Jeff says, popping his head into our RV, a smile stretching across his face. Gods, I wanna scratch the smile right off his stupid face. How dare he look so happy while I’m in so much pain. “You won’t have to do this alone.”

I stop the growl that’s half formed inside my chest. I take a deep breath, breathing in Ronny’s lemon scent and letting it calm me down. It wouldn’t be okay to hurt my family. I’m sure they’d forgive me but I would never forgive myself.

“What do you mean?”

“Would it be alright if I came inside?” The voice outside belongs to someone feminine and a small part of my brain registers it as someone I’ve met before. My inner omega doesn’t raise his head in alarm, instead sending me senses of peace that she’s here. I trust that inner voice.

“Come on,” I call out, watching as a short woman steps in, her hair snow white but for a streak of seafoam green in the front. She smiles at me, her eyes soft yet somehow all knowing. I remember her from Axel’s home, the same day Ronny found JJ and I.

“Hello,” she says softly, stepping into the bedroom area where Ronny and I are standing. His arms tighten around me but his scent stays steady, trusting this woman in my space and that further relaxes me.

“Star, right?” Ronny asks.

“That’s right. And you’re Ronny and your mate here is, Zander.” I nod. “I’ve helped a lot of omegas bring their babies into the world and I’d be honored to be leaned on if you needed help as well.”

“Thank you,” I murmur, feeling a bit out of my depth. “In my old litter, we didn’t really have anyone to help us. We just kinda locked ourselves into a closet until it was over.”

Ronny stiffens beside me and I wince. He kisses the top of my head, silently letting me know that it’s okay and I won’t ever have to experience that again.

My eyes move to Ronny’s shoulder where my mating mark is left. He took the bandages off this morning and it’s healing up really nicely. He’s mine and I’m his. I’ve been through so much in the past but that’s exactly what that is, my past. Ronny, JJ, this baby and this crew, they’re my future.

“I would love your help,” I say, smiling at Star. My smile quickly fades away as my stomach cramps up. Another contraction wracks through me and I grit my teeth. “Fuck.”

Star looks over at Ronny. “Alright, your mate needs you. Let’s get this kitty relaxed and ready to bring your kitten into the world.”

Between the two of them, they get me in bed with warm blankets wrapped around me. Normally, I would be overheating but there’s something very primal about making a nest around me. It speaks to my inner cat.

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