Ordus complies immediately, stuffing his limb into me and fucking me until I’m so full, I can barely breathe. He leans back against the rock, and my arms drop forward to balance on his chest.
Moans and cries fall past my lips from the overwhelming sensations. It’s too much and not enough at the same time.
He tugs his cock out of my hand, and I feel it skate along my thigh down to my pussy. A violent shudder tears down my spine as he removes his tentacles, notching his cock at my entrance. Warm liquid coats my core and drips down my legs.
“Are you certain, little mate? Once we do this?—”
I cut him off with a whimper. “Please, Ordus.”
The tapered tip slides in, and I gasp at the screech the Curse releases from the depths of my soul. Its panicked cries raise the hairs on the back of my neck, and I crush my lips to his to try and block out the roaring in my ears.
His appendage abruptly stops, and my eyes widen at the hard, flared bulb pushing against me.
Carefully, he contorts my body to the side, easing my legs apart with a tentacle wrapped around each ankle so I’m spread wide for him to see his cock inside me. I turn my head to gape up at him, curling one arm behind his neck to keep stable against the sprawling limbs he has me lying on.
Ordus’ purr rumbles against my side as he draws his appendage out before thrusting back into me. I moan when the knot hits me, over and over, suckers plucking at my clit intensely as he pushes the bulb harder with each drive.
He pinches my nipple between his thumb and forefinger, groping the flesh as his harsh breaths fan over my heated skin, snarling and gnashing his teeth in barely restrained hunger.
The Curse is rearing its head, torn between fighting what’s happening and soaking it in.
With each thrust, my screams ricochet off the walls of the cave. The echo turns into a symphony, harmonizing with Ordus’ grunts and groans. Pleasure pools and spills from my core.
His hands are on me. Around me. Over me. I’m not sure. I can’t think from the combination of him fucking me and the way the Curse is jerking around inside me. It’s painful at the same time as it makes every sensation heightened.
Bright lights flash everywhere—maybe it’s in my mind. Maybe it’s real. I cry from the pure pleasure that ruptures through me, and it only climbs higher when this thick bulb pushes into me. I can’t feel the sting of pain through all the euphoria, but all at once, it becomes too overwhelming.
“My mate,” he rumbles. “My perfect mate.”
I push his suckers away as he gives short thrusts, his knot inside me, pushing against the spot that makes me see stars.
Ordus roars as spurts of liquid heat coat my insides and drip out of the place where we’re connected. The Curse thrashesagainst the walls of my body, frantic, feral, and I feel like I can’t breathe or I’ll explode. Tears gather in my eyes, and I try to blink them back. It all feels too much.
“I must return the mark.” I can barely hear Ordus’ heavy rasps over the live wire sparking in my veins, threatening to wrap around my heart and crush it so it stops beating. His cock pulses inside me, pumping me full of his seed.
“Will it hurt?” I force out, the sound almost animalistic from the darkness clawing at my throat.
“I’ll be gentle.”
A tear trickles down my face. “You’re always gentle.”
He kisses my wet cheek. “Only with you.”
I drop my forehead to his, trying to swallow back the searing pain in my soul. “I’ll be gentle with you too.”
He lowers his lips to the left side of my chest, like where I put my mark on him. Teeth pierce skin, and the Curse comes alive. Agony like nothing I’ve ever known rushes through my veins. Blinding white light bursts behind my eyes. My soul twists and tears like I’m about to rip into a thousand pieces. I open my mouth on a silent scream.
Everything goes black.
33
Ordus
I clutch the seaweed bag tighter, eyes darting around the water for threats. The fish within buck in their attempts to escape their fate of becoming my mate’s dinner.
It has been ten days since Lazell made his ultimatum, eight since Cindi and I married.
There is no telling if the Curse is broken.
