by Jenika Snow
Without breaking the kiss, he reached between their bodies and placed the tip of his cock at the entrance of her pussy. Everything inside of her stilled, tensed, and she panted with anticipation. He pulled back, looked down at her face, and the fierceness that covered his expression made her picture him with his sword raised high, blood covering his chest, and a beast he’d just slain at his feet.
“You’re mine, and I’m taking what belongs to me, my female.”
She licked her lips, her pussy clenching, needing his length in her.
“Are you ready to be fully mine, Audrey?”
All she could do was nod.
In one, deep thrust, a fluid motion that had her back arching and her head spinning, Styx pushed into her. He broke through her hymen, the pain intense, the stretch burning. He groaned above her, closed his eyes, and she saw how taut his body became. She felt the heavy weight of his balls press against her bottom when he was fully inside of her. He stilled, maybe letting her adjust to him, or maybe to better control himself. Audrey felt full, stretched, and the discomfort was so shocking that she couldn’t catch her breath.
When he started moving in and out of her, faster and harder with each passing second, she grabbed onto his biceps and dug her nails into his firm flesh. He didn’t speak, but he breathed hard, heavy, and kept his eyes closed. He started speaking in his language again, but that just turned her on even more.
He finally opened his eyes, and the perspiration that covered his face dripped onto her chest, turning her on even more. His massive chest rose and fell as he breathed, and his big arms shook, as it was clear he was trying to refrain and control himself.
“Just be with me. Don’t hold back.” Maybe she shouldn’t have said that given this was her first time having sex, but she wanted to experience Styx in all his hardened glory.
“Fuck,” he said harshly. He pushed into her and pulled out, over and over, groaning with every thrust.
Audrey felt her inner muscles clench rhythmically around his girth. The sensation was slightly uncomfortable because she was sensitive, and because he filled her so completely.
“Watch as I claim you.”
When the tip of his cock was lodged in the opening of her body once more, she rose up and braced her elbows on the furs to support her upper body, wanting to watch him as much as he wanted her to see what he did to her.
As she stared between her thighs, she could see his massive length inside of her. When he started to pull out she saw how her wetness glistened off of his shaft.
“Watch as I fuck my mate.”
He moved in and out of her, sweat dripping down his temples from his exertion. With each passing second he picked up speed until he was slamming his dick into her.
“Gods, yes.” Audrey let herself fall back on the pallet. He went primal on her then, the sound of their wet skin slapping together filling the room, and making it so that was all she could hear. Right before she felt herself falling over the edge, Styx pulled out of her and flipped her onto her belly.
A gasp left her at the sudden feeling of emptiness and at the quick movement, but he didn’t make her wait long to feel full once more. He palmed her ass with his big hands, gripped the mounds, and squeezed them tightly until she gasped from the sensitivity of it.
“So fucking perfect.” He grabbed her waist and hauled her up so she was now on her hands and knees, her ass in the air and her legs spread. Her pussy was on display, and the chilled air moved along her overheated flesh.
She felt him place the tip of his shaft by her entrance once more, and then he was sliding into her in one smooth, fluid motion.
“Yes,” she found herself whispering.
He moved in and out of her slowly, but just like before he started picking up speed as the seconds moved by. He growled and held onto her hips in a bruising hold.
She lowered her head and looked down the length of her body, could see the heavy weight of his balls swinging as he thrust in and out of her. Audrey opened her mouth in a silent cry.
He groaned and grunted, and her pleasure increased. And then he was holding her hips so tight that the pain had her gasping out, but also mixing with the pleasure. He buried himself deep inside of her, and she could actually feel the hard jets of his seed fill her. He had his mouth at her throat and she felt him pierce her throat.
The pleasure went even higher, if that was possible.
He filled her with his cum, bathing her in it until all she could feel, smell, and hear was Styx.
Pulling his mouth away from her neck he groaned out, “Mine.” He was over the edge in his control.
He covered her back with his chest, and his breath, coming out in hard pants, bathed her flesh. Her arms shook as she held herself up, the pleasure consuming her. And when he pulled out of her she collapsed to the furs. After a second Styx lay beside her, but he kept his hand between her thighs, gathered his cum that slipped out of her, and pushed it back into her body.
“My seed belongs in you, mate.” He wrapped his thick arm around her waist and had her pulled in close to him. Her skin was sweaty, his cum and her pussy cream covered her pussy, and she’d never felt more content than she did in that moment.
“My female,” he said huskily.
This warm, loving feeling filled her when he leaned down and kissed the top of her head. He pulled the furs over them, and she leaned closer, snuggling in and loving the heat that came from him. She took his scent into her, and couldn’t help but smile. Audrey felt safe, protected in his arms. How strange that she had gone from wanting to escape, to desiring nothing more than to be by his side.
She knew the future was full of possibilities and uncertainties. She’d lived it, experienced the good and the bad. She didn’t have her family anymore, had nothing to go back to. But even if none of that was true, even if she could have found a life elsewhere, she honestly didn’t want to be anywhere but with Styx. It was a fast coupling, confusing, dangerous, and so much more, but it felt right, and she didn’t want to let that go.
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Hours had passed, and Audrey lay beside Styx, listening to his even, deep breathing, and feeling contentment of him holding her so close. She stared at the fire, the flames burning brightly over the logs, and casting shadows and light along the cavern wall.
She thought about her family, and what they’d think of her and her situation. How would they feel if they knew she was accepting this, and wanted to stay with Styx?
She smiled as she stared at the flames.
They’d be happy I’m happy. They’d be glad I found someone that cares for me.
She’d never forget where she came from, the hardships they’d gone through to have food on their table and a roof over their heads. But she’d also never forget the love she’d experienced from her mother and brother, or the wonderful memories of the quiet times they’d have just being in each other’s presence.
She tuned and faced Styx, saw he was sleeping, and reached up and cupped his stubble-covered cheek. This big man, this warrior, and different species from her, had cared for her when she was all alone and didn’t have anyone or anything in this world. She didn’t know what the future held, but she did know she was falling for him, her mate, her husband, and the man that had given her more than he’d ever know, and more than she ever expected to have after she’d lost everything.
Epilogue
Several years later
The fire roared in the center of the cave, there was stillness surrounding them, and all Styx felt was happiness and being fully complete. He’d just fucked his mate, made her come multiple times, and now he held her as the night waned.
Not a day went by where Styx didn’t thank the gods that he’d found Audrey, and that she’d accepted him for who and what he was. Their time together in the beginning might have been anything but traditional, at least where she came from, but they’d made it work.
The years had gone by in a blur of memories, protecting what was his, and making sure Audrey
and his young were protected and cared for above all else. They were the reason he lived now, the reason he went out and fought to make sure they were fed, that they had everything they needed.
He looked down at his mate, pushed her long red hair off her face, and felt his chest tighten at the emotions that filled him every time he looked at her. His kind didn’t have a word for what he felt, and although he knew the human species called it love, to Styx it was something stronger, more permanent.
She was the mother of his children, the reason he breathed every day. Pushing down the animal fur that covered them, he placed his hand over her swollen belly. She was due with their third child any day now, and he couldn’t help the smile that spread across his face. Before Audrey and his children had come into his life Styx had found nothing to be pleased about. He’d lived every day just surviving, wanting a mate, a family, but being alone he knew that might never happen.
“It’s cold,” Audrey whispered, but he saw the smile on her face, scented the teasing notes coming from her. She opened her eyes and looked up at him.
He still had his hand on her belly and felt their child kick.
She ran her hand over his bicep, and for long seconds they just lay there in silence. “Husband, tell me what we’re having?” she said softly.
Gods, he’d never get tired of her calling him “mate” or “husband”. He pulled back slightly and looked down at her. “I thought you wanted this time to be a surprise?”
She rested her head right over his heart. “I think surprises are overrated.”
He chuckled softly. Styx rubbed his hand over her belly for several long seconds, and then he answered. “It’s a girl, wife,” he said quietly, not wanting to wake their twin boys that slept on the other side of the cave.
She snuggled in closer to him.
“A little girl,” she repeated softly, and lifted her hand to touch his cheek.
Styx’s species had heightened senses, and because of that he’d been able to scent his children’s gender early on. But this last time she hadn’t wanted to know right away, or she hadn’t in the beginning.
“You think you’ll be able to handle a girl?” his mate asked, that teasing note still in her voice.
Styx kept his hand on his mate’s belly, felt their daughter kick again, and knew he’d protect what was his at all costs. “I handle you,” he said, teasing his mate right back.
She elbowed him gently, and both of them laughed softly.
Every day he loved her more. She was his mate, his wife, the very reason he breathed. He’d die for her if it meant she and their children were safe and happy.
“Do I make you happy, my female?” he asked.
After a second she pushed herself up and braced her upper body on her elbow, staring at him. “You know I am,” she whispered and cupped his cheek with her other hand. “Before you I had a mother and brother, lived a simple life.”
He’d heard her story before, and even all these years later he still felt rage for her, and wanted to hunt down the men that had done this to her and kill them slowly.
“But after being sold and running, and then you bringing me back to the cave, I realized I could be so happy despite the circumstance that made me scared at first.” She continued to smooth her hand over his cheek. “You make me happy, and you’ve given me beautiful children to love and watch over.” She leaned forward and pressed her lips to his. “I love you, mate,” Audrey murmured against his lips.
“And you are mine,” he said. She knew there was no word for love, or what he felt for her for his kind, but telling her she was his meant more than anything he could say, or anything he could do. He cupped the back of her head and pulled her an inch closer. For long seconds he just kissed her, pleased when she melted against him. “My life is yours, Audrey.”
She sighed, and it was that small sound, that little act, that had pride filling him, and letting him know tenfold he was a lucky bastard.
He slid his hand down the back of her head and to her nape. Styx moved his palm to the side of her throat so he covered the mark he’d given her during their first mating. It would never heal, would always show anyone that dared look upon her that she was mated. Every time he looked at those twin puncture marks he felt pride. Audrey was his female, his mate, and there was nothing short of death that would take her away from him.
“But are you truly happy?” he asked again, and although he could smell she was pleased, he wanted her to say it, wanted to hear the words.
“Even though you know I am, Styx … yes, you make me deliriously happy.” She smiled. “You’re a good mate, protective and attendant. We are your world, and you care about us unconditionally. I couldn’t ask for anything more.”
He ran his thumb along the twin puncture wound scars.
“You’re a good father, take care of the boys, and I know you’ll do the same for the newest addition.”
He pulled her closer and just held her. She was his, and nothing would take that away. It had been years since he’d found her in the forest, and things had changed for them so much in that short time. She was his mate, the mother of his children, and the female he was meant to be with. He felt that deep within his body, consuming every part of him.
“Momma.”
The sound of Ryker had Audrey sitting up.
“Come here, baby.”
Because Ryker was up, Kai, his twin, rose as well. Their three-year-old boys were spitting images of Styx, and he hoped their daughter was just like Audrey, sweet and beautiful, and with a head full of bright red hair.
The boys got onto their sleeping pallet, lying between them, and snuggled against their chests. Styx wrapped his arms around his children and mate, and held them close. He leaned down to kiss his female on the crown of her head.
He had a beautiful family, two healthy sons, and a daughter on the way. His mate was healthy, content, and cared for him. That’s all he could ask for.
Styx stared at Audrey as she held their children close. Ryker had his little finger twined around a lock of her hair as he drifted off to sleep. Soon the boys fell asleep, and emotion filled him. It was only with them that he showed this gentler side.
He might be a hardened warrior, had killed countless beasts in order to survive, and would continue to do that every day for the rest of his life, but he knew this was exactly where he was supposed to be.
These three, soon to be four, people were his world, and nothing and no one would ever change that. He drifted off to sleep with his family beside him, his hand on Audrey’s belly, and the world at his feet. This was what it meant to truly survive, to be a male of worth.
He was never letting go.
The End
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