Page 17 of Donner

"I'm sorry," Beau said. "That sounds terrible."

"I don't see him often," I said. "I love him, but it's hard to be around him when he's so negative. He keeps saying I'm the end of our line of succession, like I can't have a reindeer baby."

Beau blinked. "Right. Babies. I forgot about that. My mom wasn't a shifter, so I didn't learn about omegas until I went into the military. One of my first patients was a pregnant omega. That stuck with me."

I laughed. "Did you have to deliver a baby?"

"Twins." His grin crinkled the corners of his eyes. "Dude came to the infirmary complaining of indigestion, and then his water broke. He didn't know he could get pregnant, either, so it was a learning experience for both of us."

"Was it yours?" I teased, making my eyes as round as possible and placing my hand over his.

"Of course not! He was a fox shifter. Definitely not my type."

"Oh, you have a type?"

He stared into my over-round, unblinking eyes and laughed. "I think reindeer are pretty hot."

"You didn't know we existed until two days ago."

"You've got me there." I loved the musical tone of his laughter. "The first shifter I ever dated was a white-tailed deer. He couldn't get over my predatory behavior, even though eagles only eat deer as carrion. We were both soldiers, too, both predators as humans."

I nodded. "I don't see your eagle as a predator, not of my kind, anyway."

"That's good to know." He straddled me on the couch, lifting my chin up to meet his lips in a soft kiss. "I have condoms in my bag, unless you want to tempt fate?"

We needed condoms to prevent pregnancy, but there was no risk of us catching human diseases. "I'd love to prove my father wrong, but this feels like a commitment." I stared up at him, my skin flushing hot from my face to my groin.

Instead of looking disappointed, Beau beamed at me like I'd accepted a challenge. "Condoms it is, then. Unless you want to top?"

I blinked. "You'd let me?"

"Let you?" He cocked his head and peered at me, and I swore his eagle was staring out at me through his gold-flecked brown eyes. "It would be an honor."

"I've never," I said. "I didn't think I could. My friends told me omegas didn't top."

"Your friends are really small-minded," Beau said. "Come on."

He hopped to his feet and pulled me with him, stopping short of draping me over his shoulder again. My body tingled with nerves. I'd never done anything like this before, but I wanted him so much, I didn't care how we did it.

We stripped out of our clothes with more care than we had the night before. I'd seen Beau naked, but tonight, I took the time to drink him in, enjoying the beauty of his thick shoulders, the definition in his arms and his abs, and the thick curves of his thighs and calves. Beau shifted into an eagle, but he didn't have bird legs. I wanted all of him, and I couldn't wait to touch him everywhere.

He studied me the same way, following the lines of my body with his gaze. I instinctively moved closer, reaching for his hip at the same time he traced my shoulder with his fingertips. I shivered beneath his touch as he skimmed down my arms to the tops of my thighs. He grabbed my ass and pulled me flush against him. I moaned as he thrust his cock against mine. I was already hard, and he was right there with me, his cock drooling precome all over mine.

I wrapped my arms around his neck and pulled him down for a kiss, our mouths slotting together perfectly, like we were made for each other. I slid my tongue against his and hooked my knee around his thigh. He hefted me off the floor, and I wrapped my legs around his waist, loving the way our cocks rubbed together from the motion.

He groaned into my mouth before breaking our kiss. "Want you now."

A flutter of panic stole my breath, and I had to force another into my lungs. I could do this, I told myself. I could bring him pleasure. Bodies were bodies, and I knew what to do, only I'd never been the one doing the stretching and preparing before. With the added incentive to use my own slick as lubrication, I knew I could make it good for Beau.

He walked us over to the bed and sat down at the foot of it, resting my knees beside his hips. Slowly, we made our way up the bed as we continued to explore each other. I loved the way Beau kissed my neck, and he writhed beneath me when I found his nipples. They were sensitive to the slightest touch.

Finally, Beau's head was on the pillows, his gorgeous body spread before me as I delved between his legs with fingers I'd slicked by rubbing the excess from my taint, where it was already starting to leak. I hadn't made this much slick since I'd first hit puberty, but it was a blessing now that I knew I could use it on myself and on Beau.

I slid a single digit inside him, and he bit his lip with a moan. "Oh, wow. Your slick feels amazing."

I gave him a second finger and worked him open, adding more slick until he was almost as wet as I was. Then, I went searching for the bundle of pleasure inside him, circling my fingers along his walls until his whole body shook like I'd hit a nerve and he moaned. He grabbed my hand and angled it so I pressed harder against that spot, and his cock bounced, leaking a long string of precome from the tip of his cock to his abs. I bent down to lick it up, laving the tip of his cock until he bucked against me.

"Need you. Please?"

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