"That sounds intriguing. What is it?" I lift my brows, and he blushes.
We stare at each other, and suddenly Alex says,
"It’s something I discovered recently. A weird little trick I can do. I thought maybe I could teach you, and then we could…" He hesitates.
"What is it? Tell me. What did you figure out?"
Alex giggles timidly. "Just watch… a picture’s worth a thousand words."
He sits beside me with his legs folded under him.
"Look!"
He tilts his head back a bit, lifts his upper lip, and…
He extends his mating fangs.
I stare in shock.
"Wow. What the fuck?"
It’s impossible to extend your teeth before your glands are developed. I’ve never heard of anything like this. Adults can mark each other’s neck glands, usually during heat, to complete a mating, but teenagers? Never.
Alex grins with his teeth still out, thin and pearl white like two thick needles pushing through his upper gums. There’s a tiny streak of blood, because to come out they had to pierce through the flesh.
A sudden, inexplicable urge crashes over me.
"Could you… could you bite me?"
Alex goes serious. He looks at me for a long second. I see confusion in his eyes.
I sit up too, and now we’re kneeling across from each other on the bed.
"Do it, Alex. Bite me. I want this."
My voice is solemn.
Silence fills the room. Alex slowly moves closer on his knees.
He finally kneels between my legs and sets his hands on my shoulders.
His heart races, and mine tries to catch up with it.
"Are you sure?" he asks, a little muffled because his teeth are still out.
"Absolutely. Do it."
I pull down the collar of my T-shirt, exposing my inactive neck gland.
Alex’s eyes lock on it for a moment, then return to my face.
I nod.
He nods.
Then he leans in and sinks his fangs into my skin.
The feeling is…
