“Yes. Let’s.”
“How is she?”
Eclipse managed to make it as far as the kitchen island, but he had to drop onto a stool once he was within range. “It’s brutal.”
Obsidian chuckled. “Never thought you’d say that, huh?”
“Never.” Then again, as a highly sexual male, his pleasure receptors were tuned to flare up at even the mention of sex. However, Eclipse was beginning to wonder if friction burn was a thing, and if so, how long before he felt it.
“Maybe there’s a patch or something you could wear,” Reidar noted. “Curb the cravings.”
Eclipse flipped him off, then hung his head. He was exhausted and he could only imagine how Orianna was doing. They’d slept maybe a total of two hours in the past nine. The rest had been spent attempting to ease theamnigh.
“I think, at the very least, we need to task the healers with finding something that’ll help,” Reidar tacked on.
“Wouldn’t matter. Orianna’s opposed to drugs.”
“Yeah, well, maybe they can come up with something that’ll stop all that fucking energy then,” the male rumbled. “Because fucking hell, man.”
Eclipse grinned as he peered over at Obsidian.
“Hey,” Obsidian said with a smirk, “I have to agree with him there. And I’ve only endured from you. They’ve been dealing with this since I brought Penelope back here.”
“Or maybe you can just keep youramsouelotsaway until you’ve undergone thelintamair,” Reidar suggested.
“Not happening,” Obsidian countered. “Safer here.”
“Yeah, well, tell that to my dick.”
Eclipse chuckled again, thanking Phillip when he passed over a cup of coffee. “I’ll need the evening meal delivered to my room.”
Theheurospnodded, smiled widely. “It would be my pleasure, sire.”
When the male walked away and Reidar started toward the dining room, Eclipse motioned Obsidian toward the office at the back of the house.
“What’s up?”
Eclipse took a deep breath, ignored the churning in his gut. “I need someone to prep the mating chamber. Preferably … you.”
Obsidian’s eyes widened. “Brother, it would be my honor.”
Another deep breath cruised through his lungs and back out, a bit heavier this time as the emotion grabbed hold of him by the throat. “I know I have to do this,” he said softly, “but I’m not sure how I’ll survive it.”
Rather than placate him with words, Obsidian moved close, took hold of Eclipse’s head, and dragged their faces closer. With foreheads touching, Eclipse felt his shoulders begin to shake. He’d been holding it in since he mentioned it to Orianna. He was fairly certain it had been a spur-of-the-moment thing, but in the end, he knew it was a necessity. Ensuring his female’s safety was paramount, and this, no matter how hard it would be, was the only way.
“I won’t sugarcoat it, it’s the hardest thing you’ll ever do,” Obsidian said gruffly. “But know we’re all here for both of you. You will survive this, as will she.”
“My brain understands that,” he told his brother. “My heart’s the problem.”
“I know.”
They remained like that for a couple of minutes before Eclipse squared his shoulders and pulled away from the embrace.
“I’m going to need you in the next couple of days,” Eclipse told his brother.
“I’m not going anywhere. Whatever you need.”
Eclipse thanked Obsidian, then forced his feet to carry him up to the third floor. He knew their meal would be delivered any minute, and he wanted to share it with Orianna before they were pulled under once more. His cock had already hardened, growing more insistent the closer he got to their private quarters.
