Page 79 of How to Hide Your Angel Kid

Pinks gnawed at the bone with his human teeth, then shifted into a wolf so he could crunch into it properly. Zarrie yipped and came to investigate; Pinks bit off the cartilage and gave her that softer part so she could tear into it with her little teeth.

By the time Galent returned, Pinks had chewed up half the bone and shifted back into a human. Zarrie was curled up in his lap, tired out after all her gnawing.

“Both of you are absolutely adorable,” Galent purred. He dropped a kiss on top of Pinks’ head, then left to install the lights.

Pinks began sniffling. “No!”

“No?” Galent turned back. “You wanted blue lights.”

“I want you to cuddle me because I’m sad!”

“Oh, Sweety-Pinks.” Galent set down the lights and came back, grabbing fluffy towels. “Here, let’s get both of you dry, then I’ll cuddle you for as long as you want.”

Galent did most of the drying, really. When Zarrie was sleeping soundly in her crib and Pinks was toweled dry, Galent carried Pinks to their bed, cuddling with him.

“What about now?” Galent kissed Pinks’ neck and pressed his hand over Pinks’ heart. “Are you feeling better?”

“I guess,” Pinks said grudgingly. Come to think of it, Galent had done everything Pinks wanted, without even complaining.

Galent laughed quietly. “My grumpy Sweety-Pinks.”

“You like it when I’m grumpy?”

“I like you when you’re you. No matter how you are. Actually.” Galent leaned in, whispering in Pinks’ ear, “I love you.”

Pinks’ heart tumbled. They hadn’t said those words to each other before. It had been months since Pinks first acknowledged Galent as his alpha, but those words... They had felt too big, and Pinks hadn’t been ready to say them, even though he’d known what he felt.

He wet his lips, his heart pounding. Galent watched him patiently, fondly. Like he already knew.

“I love you,” Pinks croaked. “Sorry it took me so long to say it.”

But Galent only smiled wider. He cupped Pinks’ face and kissed him deeply, tangling their tongues together. “Mine. Would you like to have my mating bite, Sweety-Pinks?”

Oh, gods.Pinks couldn’t breathe. “Yes.”

Galent rumbled, stroking his hand down Pinks’ chest, to his belly. He pressed his blunt human teeth to the crook of Pinks’ neck, and bit down hard, breaking skin.

The jolt was half-pain and half-pleasure. It went straight through Pinks and made him pant, his entire body thrumming with awareness. With belonging. When he looked down, he found thin, swirling lines surfacing on his skin—in a deep blood red, the color of Galent’s dragon eyes. “Oh.”

Galent made a soft sound of surprise. “Don’t these lines only form when wolves mark each other?”

“I don’t know. But—But I think Liem has them, too. From his bond with Onyx. Onyx is a demon.”

Galent gave a pleased hum, smoothing his hands over the exquisite lines—Pinks’ arms, his chest, his belly, his thighs. A tendril of it went down Pinks’ cock, to his very tip. Galent traced the line with his thumb, then closed his hand over Pinks’ cock and squeezed. Sparks exploded through Pinks’ body. “Let’s see if it’s on... other parts of you.”

Galent turned Pinks over, sucking in a slow breath.

“It’s all over your back, too.” A calloused fingertip traced elaborate swirls down Pinks’ back, over his ass and down his thighs. Galent grasped Pinks’ asscheek and spread him open, his finger following the markings straight to his hole. “Fuck. The lines all lead here. Like this. And this. And this.”

Pinks whimpered when Galent followed each line to his pucker, then pulled away to trace another line. “Just put them inside me already!”

Galent groaned and pushed his fingers straight in, sinking them all the way to his knuckles. Pinks moaned. His body stretched easily around his alpha, already wet, his cock aching with need.

“That’s it. Take my fingers, Sweety-Pinks,” Galent murmured, holding his fingers inside Pinks, lightly stroking his inner walls. “Now every inch of you is mine. And everyone will know.”

“Yours,” Pinks said breathlessly.

“I think you’re ready to take my dragon cock now,” Galent purred, brushing his thumb over Pinks’ taint. “I’ll be so careful. Push it in slow. Let you feel how big you make me.”

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