Gasping, Mercury dug into his back with his blunt nails on his clawed fingers, giving a tiny sting right back. That was the best feeling on earth, knowing that Mercury was finally willing to stand up and give as good as he got.
Well, Talon certainly didn’t want Mercury to stand up right now.
He put the tip of his cock against Mercury’s hole, not bothering to give his fingers to open Mercury up. No, he had a feeling Mercury was wide open for him and ready any moment.
He could feel the wetness against his skin, and he knew Mercury was ready for his knot. So he slid deep in one hard thrust.
“Braaken!” Mercury closed around him like a vise, then echoed that with his arms and legs, clinging like a sea vine. He was lovely with color in his cheeks, his eyes closed, his silveryhair spread around him. Talon had never seen anything more beautiful in his life.
“More, Talon. I need you to move!” Mercury dug into the backs of Talon’s legs with his heels, yanking.
“Mmmph!” He grunted as he almost fell forward, but then he was able to pull back and thrust in again.
And again.
Then they were off and running, his hips thrusting back and forth, his ass clenching as Mercury took him in. Talon panted, sweat beading up along his body, collecting especially where his scales were popping up. Mercury just held him, arms and legs and body wrapping around him. Keeping him right there, plunging in and out.
His knot started to engage almost immediately, and Talon could feel how Mercury shook as it started to swell much bigger every time he thrust. Soon they were barely moving, just sliding up along the bed, in fact, until Mercury hit the headboard and reached up with his hands to keep him from bending in half.
This was no sweet, gentle loving. This was fierce and hard, and he knew this was perfect. This is what they both needed. Mercury needed to believe he could do this, and Talon needed to take his mate.
“Please? Oh, please,” Mercury cried out. “Please.”
“That’s it, hailee. Ask for what you need. Tell me what you want. I’m right here and I will give it to you.”
“You! I need you! I need your knot! I need you to give it to me, Talon. Please now!”
So Talon yanked his hips back and then thrust one more time deep so that he could be seated all the way in, his knot fully engaged. Mercury cried out, and without either one of them even touching that sweet little cock, he came all over them, coating their bellies with seed.
Talon came deep inside Mercury’s body, filling him with everything he had, knowing that it would let Mercury know he was wanted, needed, and desired. This was his hailee.
“Braaken.” The word came out as a broken little sound, and he moaned because it was perfect. He couldn’t have asked for more.
“Do you trust me, my hailee?” He knew Mercury did, but he needed to hear the words aloud. The scene with Kami had upset them both more than he’d thought.
“I do. So very much.” Mercury patted him, clumsy as all get out.
“Good.” He eased them to their sides, knowing they would be stuck like that for a bit.
“I’m still mad at Kami, though.”
Talon chuckled. “Fair enough, my love.”
He would let Mercury take care of the situation with Kami on his own.
His sweet mate was far more fierce than Talon had expected.
Chapter
Sixteen
It took Mercury nearly two weeks to feel as though he could speak to Kami without either yelling or bursting into tears.
He was—Mercury sighed as he shifted his box of cupcakes to his other arm so he could knock on Kami’s door. He’d never had friends before. He didn’t know how to be one. He didn’t know about teasing, or about testing friendships to see if they were real or…
Or any of it.
Talon had explained that Kami wasn’t much better at it than he was, thanks to how he’d been banished from his keep, so Mercury was willing to give it another try.
