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I faded in and out of darkness, and when I melted down next to Luna, she took over, grinding herself against me until she too faded out.
Each time I woke, it was to see Auggie’s face with a respirator covering his nose and mouth to avoid getting high as a kite off Luna’s heat hormones.
He forced a bottle of water into my hand. “You have to get her to drink,” he ordered me. “I almost lost my fingers last time I tried.”
After chugging down the cool liquid, I turned to a delirious Luna, sitting her up and holding her by her hair so she couldn’t flail all over the place. “Be good for me.”
She struggled anyway, but I eventually got a whole bottle into her, and then Auggie was plying us with some of the protein cookies from the heat service.
“How long has it been?” I asked, my voice rough.
“About sixteen hours. You’ve probably got another eight at least of her like this. You’re just lucky her heats are easy.”
“Easy?!” I squawked.
Auggie laughed. “I mean, yeah. Comparatively so, anyway. Her haze is shorter than average. Mine’s probably twice as long as hers, so if anyone was going to make it through a heat with one beta, she’s on the short list.”
The haze was the hard part for everyone. The spikes that would follow sounded infinitely more manageable and enjoyable.
“Do you need to tap out?”
I shook my head, Luna already climbing into my lap. “I can do it.”
Auggie left us alone again, and I grabbed one of the array of toys from Luna’s box near the nest. Pressing her back into the nest, I pinned her carefully by the throat and pushed the toy into her eager body. The slick made it easy, and my arms had a little more strength than my hips right now, so I took advantage of it, trying to keep my head level while she was lost to the world.
I alternated like that, a rotation of fucking her, using the toys, and letting her ride me to her heart’s content, the hours disappearing in a fog of aching pleasure.
“Luca.”
I burst awake at the sound of my name, seeing Luna, finally clear-eyed, staring down at me.
“What’s happening? Are you okay?”
“Thirsty as hell and starving, but otherwise we both survived.”
We both turned at the sound of the suite door opening. Auggie poked his head in, and when he saw both of us were awake, he waved. “You’re alive. Good job.”
I couldn’t quite bring myself to sit up. “Barely,” I agreed.
He passed us each a water bottle. “I’ll get you something to eat.”
Luna snuggled down against me, her skin hot and sticky. “I assume the boosters helped since you’re still awake.”
“I feel like I could sleep for a month, but they got me through it.”
Her kiss was sweet and luxurious, her scent overpowering and her lips demanding. “I can’t believe you did it. You’re a beast.”
I sighed deeply, releasing some of the tension held in my body. “There’s still more of the heat to come. Let’s not congratulate me just yet.”
Auggie returned with some steaming lasagna and a plate of cut fruit, forcing us out of the nest long enough that he could drag down one of the blankets to freshen the space up a little bit. “You two relax. Let me handle things.”
I didn’t have the energy to object as he spooned bites to each of us, feeding us like we were his children, until the plates were empty. I could practically feel my body sucking up the energy from the food.
“How are your muscles doing?” Auggie asked. “Any more of them seize? I can work on them again if you’d like.”
I didn’t even remember him doing it to begin with.
At my blank stare, he continued, “It’s honestly a shame neither of you are going to remember how awesome I was during all of this. Get up and stretch,” he ordered.
