“What?” I asked.
“Did that not translate?” she asked with a grin.
I grinned and kissed her neck. “Every moment with you, my mate, is an absolute delight.”
She smirked at me. “I’ll give you a delight.”
I carried her over to a bench built into the wall of the pool so she was higher, and jumped up, sitting on the edge of the pool, then I leaned back and gave her a lazy grin. My vixen crawled along the bench and ran her arms up my thighs. Slowly and carefully, not breaking eye contact, she lowered over my cock and sucked the tip into her mouth. I growled. “Fuck, you are so sexy with my cock in your mouth,” I told her. She wrapped both hands around me and worked my shaft while she licked and sucked my tip.
She was so sexy and gorgeous, and when she handled me so confidently, it wrecked me. I wasn’t going to last long, but I would always try my hardest for her. I relaxed my body, enjoyed the sight of my mate, my chosen one, the other half of my soul as she feasted on my cock. When I saw her squeezing her thighs together, I pulled her up next to me. She protested, but I let her keep my cock. I reached down and gently played with her cunt while she worked me over.
After a few more minutes, my body began to tense, and I rubbed her faster. I gritted my teeth, holding back with everything I had. I felt my Emily tense, on the edge of her release, and I let go, my orgasm tearing through me. I pulled back from her mouth at the last moment, not wanting my cock to swell behind her teeth and lock her painfully. My first stream of cum hit her lips, but she moved forward, suctioning around just my tip as I swelled and fired jet after jet. “Yes, suck me down. You can take it.”
A small bead of my seed dripped from the edge of her mouth. I captured it with my thumb and offered it to her. She licked it, careful of my claw. “You taste so good,” she said, her eyes heavy with lust.
I pulled her up my body and slid inside of her cunt carefully. My cock pulsed its aftershocks while deep inside her, and the sensation sent her over the edge into her own orgasm.
We lay there for a long while, her laying across my chest, and my cock pulsing inside of her. These were the moments that made everything better.
“Kex, do you want kids?” my mate asked.
I closed my eyes, the wonder of what our children could be overwhelmed me. “Yes, if we are able, or even if we aren’t, I would love children with you.”
“We’re able,” she said.
I lifted and looked at her. “The medic was able to tell our species are compatible?”
“Yes, apparently it wasn’t really hard to figure out.”
I squeezed her to me. “Good.” A small hesitation ran down my spine. Tiny creatures to keep safe in our violent universe. I’d have to do everything in my power to make our world safe for them. “Do you want children?”
“Yes,” she whispered softly. “I can’t imagine anything better than a small version of you.”
“Good. Then as soon as we have things settled with your species documentation, we can start trying in earnest.”
“Well,” she started, her voice a squeak.
I rubbed her back, running the pads of my fingers up and down her spine. “Or we can wait, there is no rush.”
“Kex, the medic figured out we’re compatible, because I’m already pregnant. Barely pregnant, but pregnant, and I haven’t been with anyone in a long while, so I know it’s yours, and I know this is soon, but I really hope you’re okay with it.”
My brain broke and everything grew fuzzy and distant. “Truly?” I asked, my heart stammered, my chest ready to burst.
“Yes,” she said softly. “Is that okay?”
I pulled my mate further up my body, squeezing her against me. I ran a hand over her head. “My mate, my dearest Emily, that is more than okay. It’s wonderful. I can’t express how happy I am that we are so blessed.”
“Are you sure? Even if your documents aren’t ready?”
“Yes, even so.” I would make sure my mate and child were safe.
“Good. I love you so much, Kex,” she said, and leaned down and kissed me. We kissed tenderly at first, a reassurance of our love and a celebration of our family, but my mate wiggled atop me a little too enthusiastically, and I rolled until she was beneath me. I kissed down her body and gave her a fifth orgasm.
After cleaning off our release, I dried my mate, then carried her to bed. I lay with my head on her stomach for a long while, and we talked about the future, what our child might look like, blending our traits and genetics. I would have been happy, spending my life with my Emily, even if we couldn’t have genetic children. There were many interpretations of family, and my titles could pass to nongenetic children just as easily. But to know a life grew even now within my mate, one created by our love, I couldn’t imagine anything better.
I held her in my arms, my hand spread wide over her stomach until we both drifted off. My sleep was deep and peaceful, and I awoke feeling refreshed and new. Since returning from the mess the empire was calling a war, I hadn’t been able to sleep indoors without endless nightmares. Retreating to the deep forest had helped. My sleep was easier, if not peaceful. After I found my Emily, my sleep improved, as though her presence healed a little something within my chest. I’d worried returning to these rooms would bring back the dreams, but as I woke with my mate pressed firmly against me and ran my hand down her body to rest against her stomach, I thanked Monaifor every moment of my life, every hardship and blessing that brought me to my Emily.
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