Total pages in book: 105
Estimated words: 99485 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 497(@200wpm)___ 398(@250wpm)___ 332(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 99485 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 497(@200wpm)___ 398(@250wpm)___ 332(@300wpm)
“Excuse me, Drake,” he said, without breaking our staring contest. “I’m going to have to go now.”
“I’ll let you know when we catch him,” the other male promised. “He probably won’t be in your territory anymore.”
“Not if he knows what’s fucking good for him,” Slade growled. Without looking, he slapped the button on the holo projector and the 3-D image of the other Brute abruptly disappeared. “How long have you been listening, Princess?” he asked me, getting up and coming to the door.
“Not long,” I said quickly, backing up. I wasn’t sure how angry he might be at me for eavesdropping on him. “I just heard you shouting and I wasn’t sure what was happening,” I added.
“What’s happening is I’m going to find that fucker who tried to take you last night and fuck him up,” Slade said matter-of-factly. “Nobody hurts or disrespects my wife and lives to tell about it.”
“Are…are you really going to kill him?” I asked, backing up a step. He seemed so big, looming over me in the narrow hallway.
Slade nodded.
“He’s going to die as soon as I can get my fucking hands on him.”
I felt a tingling rush go through me and I still didn’t know what it meant. Was I upset that he was going to kill my attacker? Or did it give me a rush to know he was so determined to protect and defend me? Also, why was I so cold again?
“Hey, are you okay, Princess?” Slade frowned at me. “You look really pale.”
“I…I…” I shook my head. “I’m f-fine,” I got out at last. “J-just cold, that’s all.”
“Mmm-hmm, well that’s going to be a problem until we complete our Binding,” Slade said matter-of-factly.
“C-c-complete it h-how?” I demanded, my teeth chattering in earnest now.
“Let’s go have a seat and talk about it,” Slade rumbled.
And before I could protest, he swept me up off my feet and carried me into the living area.
23
SLADE
She was shivering in my arms and I wasn’t sure how much of it was The Need and how much was fear. Her scent was conflicted—half hot and half frightened, as though she didn’t know how to feel around me.
“Take it easy, baby,” I murmured as I settled on the couch with her still in my lap. “What are you afraid of?”
“Are you…are you mad at me for listening to your conversation?” she asked at last. Her teeth had stopped chattering, at least. Probably because I was holding her. Direct skin-to-skin contact was best to counteract The Need. Luckily she had on a dress with short sleeves and I was still bare-chested.
I shook my head.
“If I had wanted to keep things private, I would have locked the door. I’m sorry if you heard something you didn’t like—that’s the nature of my business. We operate outside the law—it isn’t always very fucking pretty.”
“I believe you,” she said faintly. “Er…you can put me down now?”
“So you can freeze to death? I don’t think so,” I said firmly. “Until we seal our Binding—”
“But how do we seal it?” she interrupted. “I know the priestess said something about a ‘Deep Seeding’ in the ceremony last night—what does that mean?”
I sighed to myself—she probably wasn’t going to like this.
“You saw the knot at the base of my cock last night, right?” I asked.
Aurora’s cheeks got pink with embarrassment but she nodded.
“Yes, I saw it. There’s no way that would ever fit inside me, though!” she added, half embarrassed and half defiant.
“Yes, it will,” I said patiently. “Of course, it would be easier if you’d let me lick you, but there are other ways to help you open.”
“What ways?” she asked suspiciously. “And what does your knot have to do with a ‘Deep Seeding?’”
I debated on holding back this information—it might scare her, since she was a virgin. But I had too much respect for her intelligence to try and put her off—she was sharp. She would find out, if not from me then from someone else. I preferred to be her main source of information.
“A Deep Seeding is when the mouth of your womb opens to allow the head of my shaft to slide inside,” I explained. “That allows my knot to slip up, into your pussy and swell to tie us together. It also allows me to shoot my seed directly into your womb, increasing the chance of getting you pregnant.”
Her eyes got wide.
“But…that couldn’t happen! I don’t think my body works that way.”
“Mine does,” I said firmly. “Don’t worry, baby—it won’t hurt. In fact, it should feel very, very good once you’re open and ready for me.”
“Does that happen—that Deep Seeding—every time?” she asked, her eyes still wide.
I shook my head.
“No, Knotting and Seeding are a step past regular sex. We save them for special occasions—like sealing a Binding or Breeding a woman.” I gave her a direct look. “The way I’m going to be Breeding you.”