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“Oh, how I wish we could do more. I have a feeling you will feel really good seated deep inside me.”

I shuddered at the thought, hoping we didn’t have to wait too long to experience that.

Nelson licked both of his palms and spit into one before wrapping his hands around our shafts. He held them firm together then started moving his hands up and down. The softness of his cock against mine contrasted to the texture of his hands and his varying grip strength.

Pleasure danced through my body, firing every synapse. I couldn’t speak, found I could barely remember to breathe, simply enjoying the sensations courtesy of my future mate.

Nelson rocked his hips over me, ramping up the fire under my skin until I couldn’t hold it in any longer. I burst, the rapture boiling over in my groin and leaving through the tip of my cock.

I gasped for air, overwhelmed by the intensity of my first release with another being. When I caught my breath, I knew I had to grant Nelson the same gratification.

Chapter Eleven

Nelson

As I opened my eyes, a wave of contentment washed over me. Living in a hut in the Enchanted Forest without the amenities I was used to wasn’t what I’d expected when I’d made my wish upon leaving Hung. However, I did find someone whom I believed would love me for the rest of my life. I rolled over to cuddle into Holden, the shifter whose children I would one day give birth to. Only I couldn’t find him. I sat up and glanced around the hut. It was devoid of him, like the bed.

I sighed. He’d probably returned to the pond after he carried me back to our new home the night before. Or maybe he had to help settle a dispute in the village. Holden had been in the bed with me when I had fallen asleep, but I didn’t know how long he’d stayed.

After relieving myself in the makeshift toilet built for me the day before, I trudged to the closest well to gather some water for washing up and to make coffee. Instant coffee had come a long way from the crunchy grounds in the jar available when I was a child, but it still wasn’t the same as a freshly brewed pot. Yet, instant cold coffee, the French Vanilla flavor I’d requested, remained the only option available to me to get that morning caffeine jolt.

With a cup of tasty java, I headed to the pond to find my mate. Looking out over the water, I saw many striders on top of the sparkling ripples, dancing across the surface in between the lily pads. But I didn’t see a turtle. Not even the head of one poking out of the pond. Maybe he’d gone elsewhere because he’d always come to the shore any other time I’d come down there.

I finished my coffee on the way back to the hut then decided to visit Walter. He was my next best option to find Holdenwithout having to go into the village where I might encounter Banir. The head of the council hadn’t seemed happy about me choosing Holden over him and everyone else on the council. I didn’t want to ruin my happiness first thing in the morning.

When I reached the country cottage, no one seemed to be around. Not even the kids played outside. About to concede and head for the village, I heard a scream from inside.

I ran toward the house before the thought crossed my mind, not even considering the danger I might encounter. The front door had no lock, so I rushed inside then paused at the scene before me. “Oh my gosh, are you okay?”

Walter sat on the floor, his legs bent and back supported by a wood-framed couch. Sweat beaded across his forehead as he breathed in and out in short puffs. His children hid behind the couch, only their mops of hair and wide eyes visible as they peeked over the top.

“No,” he groaned before clenching at his stomach. “I’m in labor.”

“Oh.” It took a moment for his words to process in my mind. “Oh, no. Where is Oscar? What can I do?”

“Oscar is working at the community garden.” He winced, pushing on one side of his large belly. “I need Rauh. And Oscar. And a bucket of water.”

“Okay.” I hurried out the door to do what Walter asked of me. I had no idea how to deliver a baby or how to comfort his children. And calling 9-1-1 wasn’t an option in the Enchanted Forest. So, I grabbed the metal bucket off the porch and raced toward the village.

I located Oscar first. “Walter’s having your baby right now. Go home, and I’ll get Rauh.”

He didn’t say a word, simply nodded at me before taking off toward his home. To find Rauh, I had to go farther into the village, where there seemed to be some kind of gatheringhappening. I tried to avoid it, slipping along the outer perimeter of the huts until I found the one belonging to the healer. But he wasn’t there.

I dreaded going back out, sure I would have to encounter Banir at some point since he made himself hard to avoid. If Walter wasn’t in labor, I would sneak back to my own hut, but I’d promised to help.

As I approached the crowd, I saw Rauh standing among them all. Luckily, he stood on the edge closest to me, so I approached him and tapped him on the shoulder.

He gasped as he turned toward me. “Nelson! I didn’t expect to see you today.”

“Walter is in labor. He asked me to fetch you.”

“Oh.” His eyes widened as his mouth fell open. “I must get to him right away.”

Upon the healer’s departure, I took in the scene in front of me. It seemed to be some kind of ceremony. And Holden stood in the center of the crowd, with Banir there, too, dressed in his ceremonial robe. Someone stood between them, a being I didn’t recognize. Yet, with his perfect makeup and high-end fashion I could never have afforded, he had to be an outer-worlder. An outer-worlder who held Holden’s hand as Banir droned on and on about something.

My stomach twisted as vices clenched my chest. I couldn’t move, couldn’t breathe as I watched Banir bond my supposed mate with the new outer-worlder. A sob escaped from deep within me, and that seemed to snap me out of my trance.

I had to get away, had to flee. I would return to the meadow to call Ahmed and demand he send me back. The only being in the Enchanted Forest I would have stayed for just bonded with another. I thought we had something special, but what I felt obviously wasn’t reciprocated if he chose to be with another. Mywish hadn’t come true. The wizard had lied. His cards were duds. I wanted to return to my own world as soon as possible.

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