Page 13 of A Bond So Deadly

Crap. No, it’s fine Shade. You’re a shifter, remember?

“Six!”

I pass a few more trees, and something flutters by my ear before it’s gone again. It better not be a mosquito. Wait. Does the shadow realm have mosquitos? I can’t say I like the idea of getting bitten on my more intimate parts, but I tell myself I was just imagining things.

“Eight!”

Hold on, did he skip a second? I’m so distracted that I’m unprepared for the massive tree log that appears in front of me. My thighs hit the wood, and I cry out as I pitch forward, my stomach scratching against the bark as I bend over. Before I can correct myself, the last number cuts through the air. “TEN!”

Oh sweet son of a demon.

The ground trembles and in seconds, I freeze as I feel him behind me. His icy shadows crawl over my skin, sliding past my breasts as they wind around my body. My heart races as my shadows entwine with his. I try to lift myself, only to find I’m stuck bent over the log with my ass suspended in the air, and him pressing against me from behind.

Okay, well this is just great. I feel like I should be embarrassed, but fear and anticipation cloud my thoughts, and Raith’s monster huffs a dark laugh. One of his hands moves to my hips, his claws resting against my skin.

“You didn’t make it one-hundred yards, tiny mate,” he snarls, his voice thick with desire.

“Are you sure?” I squeeze out, my skin prickling at his touch and my nipples hardening.

He drags a thick finger up my center, and I gasp.

“I’m sure,” he growls. When he reaches my opening, he dips the clawed tip inside me before slowly sliding his finger back to my clit and circling. I whimper, my thighs shaking. Pain makes my stomach clench, and the need to be with my mate makes it hard to breathe.

Raith chuckles darkly again, the sound vibrating between my legs. “You nearly died today, tiny mate,” my monster rumbles.

“Yup,” I reply, my mouth so damn dry it’s hard to swallow. “Wouldn’t that have sucked.”

“Do you wish to die?”

“What? No, of course not.”

“Good,” my monster growls with satisfaction. “Because death is not an option for you, tiny mate. You’re mine.” He says the last part with such possessiveness that my breath catches, and that pain spreads inside me again. I’m about to cry out from the agony, when he forces my legs further apart, and he crouches down, his hot tongue sliding up my center. The air rushes out of me as I moan instead, the pain inside me easing, chased away by pleasure. My monster growls at the taste of me.

Oh holy shadow daddy hotness. Yes… At this point, I don’t even care that the bastard made me run. I need this. I need my mates. My monster devours me, sucking and licking like he can’t get enough. His long, velvety tongue flicks against my clit, and I gasp, suddenly glad to have the log for support. When he pushes a thick finger inside me, I tip over the edge, stars bursting behind my eyes as I cry out.

I’ve barely stopped shuddering when Galen’s soft laugh fills my ears. He stands in front of me with his hands in his pockets, shadows curling in the air around him.

“I trust all is going well, little shadow,” he drawls, his eyes hooded with his own desire as he takes in the sight of me bent over.

I don’t respond, but Raith grunts as if Galen had been speaking to him. My monster lifts his head, but the instant he does the pain from earlier rushes up inside me again, the sensation even stronger than before. What the hell?

I don’t know what the pain means, but I do know that it hurts less when I’m with my mates. “More,” I rasp to Raith. “Please.”

My monster chuckles again, and he ignores Galen, his shadows wrapping tighter around my body and brushing against my breasts. He kneels behind me, lining himself up with my entrance while his other hand grips my ass.

Anticipation thrums through me, and when he slides the tip of his thick, ribbed cock up and down my center, dragging it through my wetness, a whimper falls out of me. Over and over he teases me, never giving me more, and the pain eases a little. I pant, my stomach pressed to the log.

“Look how you weep for me, tiny mate,” he growls as I remain at his mercy, my body slick with sweat.

“Please,” I rasp, no longer thinking about the pain but only of my mate.

He moves his cock to my entrance. “Are you not afraid, mate?”

“Afraid?” I blink, remembering my worry from earlier. Oh yeah. Because of how gigantic his cock is. I should be scared, but it feels so right. “No,” I say, and it’s the truth. Despite the gruffness of Raith’s monster, he doesn’t scare me. And neither does that massive weapon between his legs. I bite my bottom lip.

“Good,” he growls. “Because this pussy is mine.”

He pushes the head of his cock inside me, and I gasp at the stretch. I cry out as my body shifts to accommodate him. The moment it does, he thrusts in deeper, the ridges of his cock sliding against my walls.