Ryan tried to sit up and stay awake, but before Cary Grant had told David Niven he was an angel, he was sound asleep in my lap. I sat there for hours, watching my favorite movies, and after a while, I realized I hadn’t felt this at peace in years. I stroked my hand down Ryan’s back and sides whenever he grew restless, feeling him settle quickly at my touch. His presence seemed to still something in me that had been restless for a long time. Time would tell, but I was more certain than ever that this was where I was meant to be.
7
RYAN
Warmth surrounded me. Unlike the feverish heat I’d felt over the previous few days, this heat felt comforting and something else.
Safe.
I shiftedunder the soft comforter and felt a presence at my back. I knew it was Ragnar without even looking. I was already attuned to him in a way I’d never been with anyone else. I felt him. I needed to possess every inch of him, and I would have yesterday if my body hadn’t been so tired. I took a moment to assess how I was feeling this morning.
My head wasn’t hurting anymore,and the stuffiness was almost gone. Breathing deeply, I felt the congestion ease. But underneath it all was a growing need. My ass ached, and my cock was hard and weeping. I wiggled back and forth to relieve the feeling, but it only grew the longer I lay there. It could only be one thing. I was in the middle of my first fucking heat. Pleasedwith the health inventory but frustrated by the unfulfilled need flowing through my veins, I eased out of bed and tiptoed to the bathroom. My goal was to quickly shower and get rid of all the post-illness funk I was sure I was wearing. I was going to get laid by my mate today, dammit. Stepping into the warm water was the most heavenly feeling after days of being sweaty and ill, and the water flowing down my skin felt like a lover’s caress. The water dripping down my ass crack tickled the gaping opening of my hole, making my need to be filled even more desperate. I scrubbed my hair and washed my skin until it was squeaky clean as quickly as I could. I took special care with all my bits and pieces but didn’t linger too long. My own touch wasn’t what I craved, and it wouldn’t end my growing frenzy of need. When I was done toweling off, I was so desperate that I dropped the towel and slammed the bathroom door open. The sound startled Ragnar, who popped up in bed, sexy and sleepy-eyed, until he saw me. I could only imagine how I looked, my naked body silhouetted in the light from the bathroom.
“Ryan, what…”He let his question trail off as I held his gaze. My head lowered as I stalked toward him, determination and need filling the space between us.
“You’re my freaking mate,Ragnar, and I’m done waiting. Fuck the flu. I’m slick and gaping. This is my first heat, and I’m ready to be fucking claimed and filled.” I ripped the covers off the bed and threw them on the floor, then pounced on Ragnar, pulling his pajama pants down to his ankles. “Claim me and mark me, or whatever you need to do, but fucking do it now.”
I never even saw himmove. One minute, I was kneeling by him on the bed. Next, I was face down and ass up on the edge of thebed, Ragnar’s hand around my throat and his lips at my ear. “I’ll take care of you, baby. Push that ass back like the little needy boy you are.”
I archedmy back as far as I could. “Please, Rag, please. I need you.” I felt his hands rubbing up and down my ass, back, and thighs, avoiding the place I wanted him most. “Quit teasing me!”
I felt the pop on my ass, shocking me into stillness. Then the sting radiated to my cock, and my ass wept even more, making me moan like a cat in heat. “Ohh, fuck, yeah.”
“Oh,that’s good to know. My mate likes a spanking, does he?” Two more pops on my ass had me squirming and moaning, the slick from my ass trailing down my legs. He trailed his fingers through the moisture, then traced them around my hole before dipping in. “Oh, fuck, yes! More, please.”
I was beyond feeling embarrassed.Ragnar and my heat had reduced me to a hole and a cock and ragged nerve endings that needed to be satisfied. Urged by my reaction, Ragnar pumped his fingers in and out, fucking me slowly enough to ramp me closer to breaking but not sufficiently to satisfy my need. After a few more pumps, he gathered more slick before reaching around and circling my cock with his fingers. It was light, too light a pressure to tease me into a higher frenzy of need, the clever bastard. He was a master at playing my body, and I was thanking the universe every second.
As he teasedmy cock for a few more moments, I felt him lining up to my entrance. “I’m taking you now, and once I do, you’re mine. No going back. Tell me you want me, Ryan.”
Beyond all politenessat this point, I screamed, “My ass is in the air, and I’m writhing into a puddle of goo with your hand around my cock. What the fuck do you think I want right now, Ragnar? Fuck me, take me, pound me into the mattress until I can’t walk a straight line. Claim me and give me a fucking family of my own, babe. I don’t care how. Just do it now.”
The echoof my words was still in the air when he slammed into me with no mercy. His cock stretched me to almost painful fullness, even with the slick my body provided. His pace was relentless, and his strokes were long and deep. But the best part was the constant flow of words he muttered as he claimed me for his mate.
“Fuck,so tight. Perfect fit and perfect mate. Love your face, hair, and eyes. Your voice and grunts make me harder, fuck yeah. Can’t wait to knot this ass and keep you pregnant. Gonna fill that belly with babes. Don’t care what they are, just want you and babies.” He fucked me deeper and deeper as he talked. Hearing him talk about getting me pregnant clicked something in my brain I never even knew I had. It wasn’t a kink. It was a deep-seated need. I needed him to get me pregnant. I wanted a full belly with a child growing inside, one we created.
“Ohhhh,fuck, yeah, fill me up, babe. Knot me and knock me up tonight.”
Hearingme echo his need must have pushed him over the edge. His pace quickened, then he tightened a hand around my neck, pulling me back so he could lean down and bite my shoulder. As soon as I felt his bite, the fullness in my ass tightened, andI knew he was knotting me. As soon as I felt the knot, I knew deep down that our desire would come true. In 9 months, we’d be parents. I was convinced. Knowing this, I burst and came all over the sheets with no hand or help.
I lay on the bed,trying to catch my breath for several minutes while Ragnar held still behind me, his knot keeping us together. He laid his head on the center of my back, attempting to catch his own breath after our intense encounter.
“Jesus,that was intense. You’re amazing, but I guess we should talk about a few things.”
I lay there for a second,then wiggled my ass, moving him with me and making him groan through his chuckle. “Hold on there, baby. I’m sort of stuck.”
I turnedmy head as far as I could, then arched my back, letting the knot slip a fraction deeper than it had been. “Yeah, you’re stuck with me now. You’ve fucked me, found out I have a spanking and pregnancy kink, and just so you know, we probably conceived already, so kiss your mate and we can talk later, m’kay?”
Not waiting a second,Ragnar leaned down, gently held my chin, and kissed me for the first time. The first touch of our lips sent his knot slipping out. He slipped onto the bed next to me and pulled me into his strong arms, holding me tight against him and deepening the kiss until our tongues, teeth, and lips melded into one perfect connection. We climbed into bed, breaking our kiss only for a moment when Ragnar went to retrieve thecomforter and sheets. I had a moment to feel a bit embarrassed about that. “I’m sorry for attacking you like that. I know what came over me, but it’s no excuse.”
Rag gaveme a playful pop on the ass before scolding me, “Don’t you dare apologize for being attracted enough to me to jump my bones, baby. It was hot as hell.”
He tucked us into bed,and we spooned, talking about ourselves and our lives. It was odd, but neither of us was weirded out by the thought that we might have conceived today. The most interesting topic was whether it would be a raven or something else. I didn’t know what my lineage was, but I knew it wasn’t enough to shift or hadn’t been up until now. There was no telling what a heat and a possible pregnancy would bring, but we decided that was a problem for another day. I had given all I had during the mating, so when we finally snuggled back into bed, I realized I was, in fact, still not totally well.
“I think I need a nap,Rag. I’m still feeling a bit tired.”
“Oh,damn, I should have realized. Let me take you to the sofa, and I can change the sheets and remake the bed before you fall asleep.”
“No,that’s okay. Just throw a blanket over the bottom sheet and use the old sheets. I want to lie in our bed and sleep with my mate. Please?”
