“Did I wake you Nessie?”
“Naw, the sun did.”
“Me, too. I guess we should have drawn the curtains last night,” Reif murmured, pushing back against his mate.
“Frisky, are ye?”
“I’m just happy to be with you,” Reif said, then laughed as his stomach grumbled.
“Ay, the doc said ye needed to eat more to make up for the energy ye used yesterday,” said Brian. “How aboot Imake ye breakfast afore the doc comes to check on ye and yer eggs?”
“Ian’s coming this morning?”
“Ay, he’s bringin’ bigger incubators that work with house current and dinna need batteries.”
“Uhm, I must have missed that discussion last night,” Reif murmured, lifting Nessie’s hand to his lips and kissing it. “Do we have time for a shower?”
“Ay.”
Rolling over, Reif lined his cock up with his mate’s. Then wrapping his fist around both and feeling Nessie’s cock jerk against his, murmured, “Three months to fuck our brains out, until our babies keep us too busy to do anything but eat and sleep, Nessie.”
Aroused at the feeling of Reif’s fist sliding up and down his cock, Brian growled, “Aboot that…I dinna think so.” Placing his hand on top of his mate’s, Brian pumped his hips, rubbing his cock against the underside of Reif’s, their pre-cum dripping copiously on every stroke.
“You mean you’re not up for fucking our brains out?” gasped Reif, his need rising, his hips moving in sync with Brian’s, his balls tingling. “Trust me, Nessie, that’s what I plan on doing.” The sea dragon’s voice stuttered in time with his hips as his orgasm raced down his spine. “Ahhhhhhh…NESSIE!”
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Walking into the small living room after their shower, Brian found Reif standing next to an incubator where he was delicately touching one of the eggs. Moving next to him, Nessie placed his finger next to his mate’s and followed it as it traced along the smooth surface. “Amazin’,” Brian whispered.
“They are,” agreed Reif.
Turning to his mate, Brian said, “Ay they are, but I was referrin’ to ye.”
Glancing at Nessie, Reif asked, surprised, “Me?”
“Ay, ye. On the ride back, Colton told me what they did to you and the pain ye’d gone through. Ye are amazin’ because ye survived long enough for us to rescue ye…and then ye gave me five healthy babies.” Brian ran his finger down his lover’s jaw before leaning in to kiss the lips he loved, whispering against them, “If those filthy bloodsuckers had nae been dead already, I’d have gone back and killed them.”
“I’m glad you didn’t have to,” Reif whispered back, gathering Nessie into his arms and giving his mate a kiss overflowing with all of his love. Slipping his tongue inside Brian’s mouth, he could still taste himself from the blow job his mate gave him in the shower, after which, he’d turned Nessie around, planting his hands on the wall, and then sinking his cock into the place meant only for him.
Pulling back slightly, Reif gazed at his mate, his breath floating over Nessie’s lips. “I’ll never get enough of you…not today…not tomorrow…not ever. While I lay dying there, I was worried about you, Nessie, and what would happen to you after I was no longer alive. I hoped, no, I prayed for you to live and find some happiness, but I also made up my mind that, no matter how long it took after I was gone, I would try to wait for you before meeting the gods. I wanted my fated mate by my side so we could show them how much we loved each other.
“I made the choice to die, Nessie, not because I didn’t love you, but because I knew how much pain you’d suffer if our sons were forced into a life that would bring themonly sorrow. I was trying to protect them and all I could hope is that you’d understand why I did it…that you would forgive me for choosing our babies over you.”
“Hush, mate,” Brian crooned, wiping Reif’s tears away. “I do understand and I love ye all the better for makin’ that choice. There’s nae a thing to forgive, Reif, nae a thing. Twas the right choice.” Burrowing into his mate’s chest, Brian whispered, “Yer goin’ to be the best da ever.”
Nessie’s words settled over Reif, allowing him to forgive himself for not choosing his mate over the babies. Dropping his chin onto his mate’s head, he sighed, releasing the tension that had been building since yesterday, smiling as he felt Nessie hug him in return. All was finally right in his world.
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Breakfast was filled with laughter after Reif decided it’d be a good idea if he learned how to cook. Following Nessie’s instructions, he cracked a dozen eggs into a bowl. “Hey, where did all the food come from? I know it wasn’t here when I left.”
“The Shaman arranged for it before we flew home last night,” Brian said.
“Got to thank him,” Reif muttered as he finished cooking the scrambled eggs. Then dividing it onto two plates and adding the bacon, he carried them over to the table that Nessie had set. Handing one to his mate, he put the other one down at his place, then flopped down. “Whew! I sure hope it gets easier.”
“Ay, it does,” Brian replied, fighting a grin as he bit into pieces of eggshells. But it was a losing battle when he heard his mate exclaim…
“Fucking hell! My eggs are crunchy!” Seeing the grin on Nessie’s face, he broke into laughter. “Sorry about that. Maybe I’ll be better at cleaning up the kitchen after you cook the meal.”
