Page 172 of Unravel Me

"Oh, then maybe it only works when I actually want to tell you something?"

A spark of understanding appears in his eyes. "Wow! That would actually be amazing, like an additional communication system!"

I feel a wave of relief because speaking out loud simply isn’t my specialty, as I’ve come to realize.

I can see that Jared is happy about it too. I can sense him, his satisfaction, his joy at this discovery.

"How wonderful! Another amazing discovery, but now… well. Make love to me! I want to feel good, Mauro. From now on, I always want to feel good…"

I wrap my arms tightly around him and resume swaying, rocking into him, sinking into his willing, open body.

Jared’s arms remain wrapped around me the entire time, his hands gently stroking my head, moving over my cheeks and temples with a tenderness that mixes with a searing desire. Inside me, a need rises to do what I wanted to do throughout his entire heat, and I allow myself to give in to it now, letting out a low, vibrating sound that asks him for permission to mark his neck glands.

Jared opens his eyes and makes an enthusiastic sound in response, giving me his consent and then asking for the same in return.

At the same moment, we both release our mating fangs. It looks kinda epic. His mating fangs are thin, pearly, and long, and it’s the first time in my life I’ve seen anything like this. No one has ever marked me before, so this is a completely new experience.

I raise my hand and gently touch one of his fangs with my fingertip, and Jared’s lips twitch into a slight smirk.

"They’re beautiful, so sharp…" I think, and he hears me. His smile widens even more.

"I’ve never bitten Mark," he also sends the words to me through this newly discovered telepathic connection between us. "I never wanted to, never felt the urge, but I want to bite you, Mauro."

As if in response to my earlier gesture, his eyes drift down to my fangs, and he brushes the tip of one of them. Then he slowly tilts his head to the side in a sweetly submissive gesture, inviting me.

A powerful shiver of joy runs through me at the thought that he is finally becoming completely mine, just as I have dreamed of since the moment I saw him in those dark corridors of the mafia fortress.

I tilt my head back a bit, feeling the surge in my body, primal energy rushing through me, and then… I sink my fangs into his neck gland while, at the same time, Jared sinks his into mine.

A sweet, powerful mating orgasm shakes our bodies, spreading through us like a wave of hot lava, coursing through our nervous systems, binding them together, surging along our spines before finally exploding in a burst of bliss.

At that exact moment, a wave of blood rushes toward my groin, impossible to stop, and my knot swells inside Jared. The feeling is breathless, dizzying, almost divine, but then…

I sense a faint wave of panic from Jared.

He pulls his teeth from my gland, his big green eyes snapping wide open.

"Oh, no! What if Tommy wants to come here—"

"Shhh…" I whisper inside his head, using our telepathic connection. "My body knows you’re expecting a child. It will subside quickly. It expanded because… of the mating orgasm. I couldn’t control it."

Jared’s eyes remain wide as we stare at each other. I know this is the moment when those words, about him expecting, have passed between us for the first time.

Since we’re firmly locked together by my knot and can’t exactly move, I guess we can talk, right?

"Did you know from the beginning that I would get pregnant?" Jared sends me.

"No. I knew you were on birth control. I would never have taken that kind of risk without your consent. I could smell its distinctive scent coming from your glands."

Jared sighs softly. "I was, actually. Alex gave it to me, although he pointed out that it might already be expired… It had been sitting in his closet for quite a while."

We look at each other for a moment.

"Jared… I really didn’t think you would get pregnant. It was only when Renato said there would be a new guardian that I heard about it for the first time." I hesitate, then add, still speaking inside his mind, "But I want you to know that this fills me with joy. I want to have this baby with you."

Jared’s big eyes lock onto mine, filled with intense anticipation.

He speaks almost solemnly, "I’ve always dreamed of having a big family. And not only kids, but to be surrounded by… a larger family, a village, if you know what I mean. That’s also one of the reasons I’d like us to stay here at Renato’s house, with Emilio, Gianni, and Tony… I’ve been alone my whole life. I want to be with people who care for me, people who will be family to me and my children."