Or staying here. With a partner who needed me. With eggs that would become my children. With a life that challenged me in ways that made me stronger instead of slowly grinding me down.
I turned away from the portal deliberately.
Spread my wings. Jumped.
Glided back toward Drav, clumsy and almost falling. But he caught me like he always did. Flew us both back to The Eyrie.
Behind us, the portal shimmered and the voice called out again.
"Hallie Reeves. Final warning. Thirty seconds."
I didn't look back.
"Twenty seconds."
I landed at The Eyrie entrance with Drav beside me, wings folded.
"Ten seconds."
I walked into our nest. Our home. Our future.
The portal closed.
Forever.
Drav was on me immediately.
Desperate. Possessive. Claiming me all over again.
"You chose me. You chose this."
"Yes." My wings spread under me automatically. "I chose you."
He bred me feral, nothing gentle or careful about it. Just pure claiming. His breeding cock pushed inside hard and fast. The knot swelled immediately.
"Mine." He thrust deeper, harder. "My mate. My female. You're mine forever now. No escape. No going back."
"Yours." I was already coming from the intensity. "Forever yours."
"Going to keep you pregnant." His hand pressed my belly where the eggs rested. "Ensure your womb is never empty. Your belly will never be flat again if I have my way. I intend to keep your womb occupied until we run out of seasons."
Carrying my young. I needed more.
"Yes—" I gasped. "Keep me pregnant—breed me constantly?—"
He shouted his completion. Seed flooding into me. So much of it. The eggs responded immediately—I felt them shift inside me. Felt pressure building suddenly.
"They're coming," I said, not sure how I knew but knowing absolutely. "The eggs—they're ready?—"
"Now?" Drav's eyes widened. "You're laying them now?"
"Yes—" The pressure increased dramatically. "I need to—Drav I need to?—"
He pulled out despite the knot not being fully released, forcing it. Repositioned me quickly. On hands and knees. Wings spread for balance.
"Push," he said, gripping my waist to guide me. "Push and I'll breed you through it. The orgasms help. Make the laying easier."
His breeding cock pushed back inside from behind. The dual sensation—eggs pressing out, his cock pushing in—was insane.
