Page 28 of The Monster at the End of This Courtship

"Merritt said rain was coming," I said in greeting.

"I like rain." He patted the bench. "How was your dinner with Weld?"

"He's nothing like what I thought he would be." I felt guilty even saying it. I'd wanted him to be a total jerk, and that was unfair to Tuft.

"He's changed a lot since …" Tuft sighed. "So have I, I suppose."

"Look, I?—"

"I thought we?—"

We tried to talk at the same time and laughed.

"You go first." My mom had taught me good manners, after all.

"I didn't mean to end things so abruptly last night."

"We're lucky things ended at all." So many times, Tuft tried to leave, but we kept falling back into each other's arms.

"We should talk first," he said. "The talk."

"The talk?" I laughed. "Neither of us are virgins."

Tuft stood and grabbed my hand, pulling me toward the door. "I suddenly want to be somewhere no one can hear us."

"Kobold hearing is good, but not that good."

He rolled his eyes. "You know what I mean."

Once we were seated on my couch with the laptop firmly closed, Tuft turned to me and put his knee between us onthe couch cushion. "How much do you know about kobold anatomy?"

"I know your body is very different from mine." Tuft had a slicked channel and internal eggs waiting for my seed and my knot to seal them together. Once they were fertilized, they grew, and when they were too big, they pushed their way into his balls and then out the birthing canal in his penis.

"I've been making more slick, since I met you. It's a sign that I'm fertile again." He brought his clawed nails to his mouth and chewed on them. "Are you ready for a family?"

I grabbed his hand and massaged it between my own until his claws retracted. "I'm ready to be a family with you, whatever that means for us." I'd been ready to be a dad to a kid that wasn't even mine.

Maybe I should have been more worried about our future together. I had been before my talk with Weld. Now, I was certain Tuft was my fated mate, and I wanted all the wonder and joy our union had to offer.

"You mean that." He sounded surprised.

"What will it take to prove it to you?"

He swallowed hard. "Well … there is one thing."

"Only one?" I laughed.

"The only way we won't get pregnant."

I knew what he was saying. He wanted to be on top. "I lied." I had to be making a goofy face at him, because he laughed. "I guess I am a virgin."

I was happy to give Tuft this experience. His would be the first cock in my ass. Mine wouldn't be the first in his, not even in this form, but it didn't matter to me. I wanted to experience everything with him.

"Ready to punch my V-card?"

Chapter 11

Tuft

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