Page 18 of The Fall Before the Heat

I panted against his lips, flaccid for now, but still wanting more. We needed to exchange the claiming vows and I needed him inside of me. Who cared if I just came? Already the tickling hint of my next erection played over my testicles. I held Rex tight, wrapping my arms and legs around him, so he knew he was right where I wanted him.

“Inside me, Alpha. Inside me,” I whispered to him.

He pulled back from the kiss long enough to meet my gaze with his amber eyes. I nodded before he could ask if I was sure I was ready, because I was.

“Don’t make me beg,” I said. “Heat. Magic. It’s all too much. Help me. I need you.”

“You never have to beg, mate,” he whispered before kissing me again.

Rex’s weight shifted above me, and he reached between our bodies. I snuck a peek at his fingers trailing over my slick hole again until they were coated in my arousal. He stroked his dick, lubing himself up, but I knew I was ready for him even without the prep work. I bucked my hips up, silently begging him to hurry up and slide into me.

He kissed me again, as the thick, mushroom-shaped head of his cock pressed against my omegahole. I swallowed hard, trying not to gasp as the warm pleasure heated me up even more. With the slightest bit of pressure from his cock, my body opened up to him. My nails dug into his back as a fresh wave of needy pleasure washed over me. He sank into me inch-by-inch, filling me up, and making room for himself as he went. I bit my lip and held onto him tighter. Everything burnt hot inside of me, but I still needed more.

I held onto Rex for dear life as we found the rhythm between our bodies. His thick cock rocked inside me as I ground my hips in time with his slow steady thrusts.

“Bite him!”My wolf cried out in my thoughts, and I did.

I found his claiming gland waiting for me on his shoulder and bit into the taut skin. He growled as the clear magical fluid flooded into my mouth. His pleasure hit me first. I was warm and tight and perfect around his cock. He struggled to keep a steady pace and not just let go and give me everything he had. Then his memories trickled in. London. Of course, it was bloody London. Only London wasn’t bloody back then, was it? At least, not when we were kids. Clarence and Medwin Moonscale floated in and out of his memories, along with their son Cade. Then came his family and a massive garden I’d never seen before. Then Hemlock Academy and class after class as if he married his major instead of just studying. Somewhere in all the memorieswas a puppy who grew into a hound named Apricot. He was gone now, but he was a very good boy.

Rex grunted and thrust hard into me shattering the memories for the briefest second. When they came back together, I saw myself sweaty, lost, and ready for a shower. It was my first day on campus. I’d been a bit of a prick when he tried to help me. How had I ever not wanted to be this man’s partner? None of that mattered now. Even before our true-mate response our lives started to entwine as if we knew before the proof was there.

Pleasure built between our bodies and Rex’s thrusts sank into me quicker. He nuzzled into the crook of my neck. My fingers dug into his flesh as he sank deeper into my body. His thrusts came slower as he kissed across my shoulder until his hungry mouth found my claiming gland. I tried not to think too hard about what it might show him. My life was more or less boring before the war. No one with a really interesting life grows up to be a teacher after all. Maybe a college professor, but not a teacher. Hell, I wasn’t even sure I wanted an exciting life. Exciting didn’t always mean good.

My thoughts broke apart as Rex sank hard and deep into my slick omegahole, sending a jolt of pleasure over my whole body. He pressed a soft, stinging kiss against my squishy gland, before his canine broke through my taut flesh. I hissed and squeezed his cock hard inside of me. He moaned against my shoulder, but soon his hungry tongue lapped at the clear magical fluid that flooded out of me. I expected my memories to wash over me as Rex’s had, but they didn’t come. It was just me and Rex, and the rocking of our bodies seeking out pleasure together. He sank into me over and over, as his tongue chased down the clear stuff.

He kissed me hard when it was gone and I clung to him for dear life, as the pleasure rained down on me again over our newly opened mating link. Every thrust danced through myhead twice in parallel. I felt him inside me, but also the phantom of how it felt for him to be inside of me teased me too. The rest of the world ceased to exist. It was just us and how good every small movement we made felt.

Everything inside of me drew up tight to my body. I was close, but so was he. That knowing settled over me like a contentment even though we hadn’t come yet. The bond and the knowing were enough to sate so deep a hunger for intimacy I never knew I had.

Reaching between our bodies, Rex took my hard, trembling dick into his hand and stroked me in time with his fast thrust as if his hips drove his fist too. I gasped for air as orgasm squeezed me from the inside out. My dick shook and trembled before finally spilling its messy pleasure all over both of us. Still, Rex held onto me, as his thrusts came quick and shallow as he sought his own pleasure out inside of me. He was so close. Everything inside of him burnt red hot. He needed this. He needed me. His thoughts and pleasure rained down on me over our mating link until he finally threw his head back and howled in victory as the warm sticky proof of his pleasure poured into my body.

He panted above me, still moving, until there was no more pleasure left in either of us to milk out. This was perfect. The room was too hot. He wouldn’t let me open a window. London was falling down, but he and I were fucking perfect. He was the one good thing in my life. No, WE were the one good thing in my life. I wasn’t just me anymore. Now, I was part of a WE.

Chapter Twelve

Rex

Heat was an unpredictable beast. I figured we hadn’t seen the last of it. Even as we cleaned up and shuffled around the bed into a more comfortable position to cuddle, Del’s skin was warm to the touch. Still, laying next to him sated something deep inside me. Our problems were still outside the apartment door waiting for us to wrestle them. London was still on fire. We still had classes and degrees to pass and obtain. With our family situations in Europe that was more important than ever.

Since Clarence Moonscale officially declared war on the hate group, Mundanes Before Magic, I’d thrown myself more and more into my studies and work at the lab. It was the way I kept myself sane. If I wasn’t busy my thoughts would turn to the crumbling city of my birth.

All the messy things faded to the back of my mind while I lay cuddling with Del. It all still sucked, but it would suck just as much later. It’s not like we’d miss out on some special suckage by taking a few moments to celebrate our true-mate response.

I smoothed Del’s hair away from his face. He stirred in his sleep but didn’t wake up. He was fucking beautiful. Sleep smoothed out the day-to-day worries from his face as he snuggled into me. I’d search again for internships later. I had to press forward harder than ever now. Clarence Moonscale couldn’t hold me to working at a hospital that was blown to smithereens. I’d get a place somewhere else, and the crunchy old dragon could just sign off on it later. I’d give Del the world if it was the last thing I did.

I swallowed a groan as I slipped out of bed. The last thing I wanted to do was leave the warmth of Del’s body, butpreparations needed to be made. Normally, heats were reported to the school nurse. The academy was extra progressive in the way they handled both heats and ruts. Then again, when your buildings are full of young shifters smacking right into the wall of adulthood, I guessed you had no choice but to plan for these things.

I didn’t call the Hemlock Academy Clinic. I needed to tell someone the good news who wouldn’t blow up my phone with calls like my family would. Besides, as soon as I let my mental walls down, they’d pick it up over our family link anyway. Instead, I texted Doctor Knight-Hemlock.

ME: Sorry to disturb you at home. There has been a development. Del and I have true-mate responded. Neither of us expected this to happen, but as such responses are usually unforeseeable, I’m afraid I’ll need a few days off from the lab.

“Really? That serious? That distant?”My wolf said, making the closest sound he could to a laugh.

He could ‘hek-hek-hek’ all he wanted but I wasn’t about to type the word heat in a text message to my professor and mentor.

While I waited for Doctor Knight-Hemlock to message me back, I double-checked what was in the fridge. I grocery shopped the night before. We’d be okay. If Del’s heat stretched out for more than a few days the academy would provide supplementary nutrition.

Then I headed down the hall and clicked the thermostat down a few more degrees to ensure Del wouldn’t overheat in his sleep.

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